1975 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)

3rd place National Football Conference Western Division 4-10-0 .286

Fred Bruney	Defensive Coordinator
Eddie Khayat	Defensive Line
Al Lavan	Defensive Secondary
Marv Matuszak	Linebackers
Bill Nelsen	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
Jimmy Orr	Receivers
John Rauch	Offensive Backs
Bill Walsh	Offensive Line

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Fri	8/8/1975	A	Washington Redskins	16-14	W		Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	18444
Sat	8/16/1975	N	Baltimore Colts	10-3	W		Lincoln, NE	Memorial Stadium	43097
Sat	8/23/1975	H	Oakland Raiders	7-22	L		Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	39878
Sat	8/30/1975	H	New York Jets	13-16	L		Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	34387
Sat	9/6/1975	N	Buffalo Bills	14-16	L		Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	41212
Sat	9/13/1975	H	Philadelphia Eagles	17-14	W		Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	28675
Sun	9/21/1975	A	St. Louis Cardinals	20-23	L		St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	42172
Sun	9/28/1975	H	Detroit Lions	14-17	L		Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	45218
Sun	10/5/1975	H	New Orleans Saints	14-7	W		Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	29444
Sun	10/12/1975	A	San Francisco 49ers	17-3	W		San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	44043
Sun	10/19/1975	A	Los Angeles Rams	7-22	L		Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	60581
Sun	10/26/1975	H	Cincinnati Bengals	14-21	L		Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	45811
Sun	11/2/1975	A	New Orleans Saints	7-23	L		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	49342
Sun	11/9/1975	A	Minnesota Vikings	0-38	L		Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	43751
Sun	11/16/1975	H	Los Angeles Rams	7-16	L		Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	44595
Sun	11/23/1975	H	Denver Broncos	35-21	W		Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	28686
Sun	11/30/1975	A	Oakland Raiders	34-37	L	OT	Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	50860
Sun	12/7/1975	H	Washington Redskins	27-30	L		Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	52809
Sun	12/14/1975	H	San Francisco 49ers	31-9	W		Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	38501
Sun	12/21/1975	A	Green Bay Packers	13-22	L		Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	38565

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
61	Brent Adams	LOT	6-5	256	23	Tennessee-Chattanooga	13	10
10	Steve Bartkowski	QB	6-4	215	23	California	11	11
63	Nick Bebout	LOT	6-5	261	24	Wyoming	14	4
50	Greg Brezina	RLB	6-1	221	29	Houston	14	13
34	Ray Brown	FS	6-2	206	26	West Texas A&M	14	14
82	Ken Burrow	WR	6-0	191	27	Utah State; San Diego State	13	13
38	Rick Byas	CB	5-10	185	25	Eastern Michigan; Wayne State (Michigan)	14	0
25	Larry Crowe	WR	6-1	198	25	Texas Southern	5	0
47	Brad Davis	RB	5-10	204	22	Louisiana State	3	0
32	Ray Easterling	SS	6-0	193	26	Richmond	14	14
46	Monroe Eley	RB	6-2	210	26	Palo Verde JC; Arizona State	6	0
89	Wallace Francis	WR	5-11	190	24	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	14	2
65	Len Gotshalk	ROT	6-4	255	26	Santa Rosa JC; Cal Poly (Humboldt)	14	14
43	Dave Hampton	RB	6-0	210	28	Wyoming	14	14
58	Don Hansen	LLB	6-3	227	31	Illinois	14	14
56	Dennis Havig	ROG	6-2	253	26	Colorado	13	13
27	Tom Hayes	RCB	6-1	199	29	Riverside CC; San Diego State	14	14
42	Mack Herron	RB	5-5	174	27	Hutchinson CC; Kansas State	4	0
78	Roy Hilton	LDE	6-6	240	32	Jackson State	12	4
68	Larron Jackson	LOG	6-3	270	26	Missouri	14	14
6	John James	P	6-3	199	26	Florida	14	0
84	Alfred Jenkins	WR	5-10	172	23	Morris Brown	14	13
40	Bob Jones	S	6-1	194	24	Virginia Union	14	0
54	Fulton Kuykendall	LB	6-4	226	22	UCLA	14	2
22	Rolland Lawrence	LCB	5-10	179	24	Tabor	14	14
69	Mike Lewis	RDT	6-4	260	26	Wiley; Arkansas-Pine Bluff	14	14
29	Ron Mabra	CB	5-10	169	24	Howard	8	0
77	Rosie Manning	DT	6-5	260	25	Northeastern State	2	0
88	Gregg McCrary	TE	6-3	232	23	Clark Atlanta	13	0
11	Kim McQuilken	QB	6-2	205	24	Lehigh	3	2
75	Jeff Merrow	LDE	6-4	250	22	West Virginia	12	7
12	Nick Mike-Mayer	K	5-8	187	25	Temple	14	0
86	Jim Mitchell	TE	6-1	235	28	Prairie View A&M	14	14
60	Tommy Nobis	MLB	6-2	235	32	Texas	13	12
55	Ralph Ortega	LB	6-2	220	22	Florida	14	1
30	Oscar Reed	RB	5-11	222	31	Colorado State	7	0
59	Carl Russ	LB	6-2	227	22	Michigan	14	0
53	Paul Ryczek	C	6-2	231	23	Virginia	14	0
64	Royce Smith	ROG	6-3	260	26	Georgia	14	1
24	Haskel Stanback	RB	6-0	210	23	Tennessee	14	10
7	Pat Sullivan	QB	6-0	201	25	Auburn	6	1
48	Woody Thompson	RB	6-1	228	23	Miami (Florida)	14	4
71	Mike Tilleman	LDT	6-5	275	31	Montana	14	14
81	Gerald Tinker	WR	5-9	173	24	Memphis; Kent State	8	0
57	Jeff Van Note	C	6-2	247	29	Kentucky	14	14
79	Chuck Walker	LDE	6-2	249	34	Duke	10	3
71	John Zook	RDE	6-5	240	28	Kansas	14	14

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	1	Steve Bartkowski	QB	California
2	29	Ralph Ortega	LB	Florida
3	65	Woody Thompson	RB	Miami (Florida)
4	81	John Nessel	G	Penn State
5	123	Gregg McCrary	TE	Clark Atlanta
6	132	Fulton Kuykendall	LB	UCLA
6	133	Doug Payton	G	Colorado
7	159	Mike Esposito	RB	Boston College
8	185	Brent Adams	T	Tennessee-Chattanooga
9	211	Brad Davis	RB	Louisiana State
10	237	Marshall Mills	WR	West Virginia
11	263	Jeff Merrow	DT	West Virginia
12	289	Alonza Pickett	T-G	Texas Southern
13	315	Carl Russ	LB	Michigan
14	341	Steve Robinson	DT	Tuskegee
15	367	Jimmy Robinson	WR	Georgia Tech
16	393	Steve Knutson	T	Southern California
17	418	Mitch Anderson	QB	Northwestern

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	47	72	41	80	0
Opponents Totals	58	91	66	71	3

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		225	87	118	20	79/207 38.2%	1/2 50.0%	78	635
Opponents Totals	13:41	288	131	142	15	101/242 41.7%	1/4 25.0%	77	716

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Nick Mike-Mayer	0	30	33	90.9	4	10	40.0	42
Dave Hampton	6	0	0		0	0		36
Alfred Jenkins	6	0	0		0	0		36
Jim Mitchell	5	0	0		0	0		30
Haskel Stanback	5	0	0		0	0		30
Wallace Francis	4	0	0		0	0		24
Steve Bartkowski	2	0	0		0	0		12
Ken Burrow	2	0	0		0	0		12
Ray Brown	1	0	0		0	0		6
Rolland Lawrence	1	0	0		0	0		6
Gerald Tinker	1	0	0		0	0		6
Team Totals	33	30	33	90.9	4	10	40.0	240
Opponents Totals	31	28	31	90.3	25	38	65.8	289

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Nick Mike-Mayer	4	10	40.0	0/0	3/3	0/3	1/4	0/0
Team Totals	4	10	40.0	0/0	3/3	0/3	1/4	0/0
Opponents Totals	25	38	65.8	3/3	8/9	10/17	4/8	0/1

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dave Hampton	250	1002	4.0	22	5
Haskel Stanback	105	440	4.2	26t	5
Woody Thompson	68	247	3.6	18	0
Oscar Reed	14	40	2.9	7	0
Kim McQuilken	4	26	6.5	14	0
Steve Bartkowski	14	15	1.1	5	2
Wallace Francis	2	12	6.0	9	0
Pat Sullivan	6	9	1.5	4	0
Monroe Eley	1	3	3.0	3	0
Mack Herron	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	465	1794	3.9	26t	12
Opponents Totals	571	2277	4.0	44	13

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Steve Bartkowski	255	115	45.1	125	1662	6.5	14.5	68	13	5.1	15	5.9	19	197	1465	59.3
Pat Sullivan	70	28	40.0	37	380	5.4	13.6	49	3	4.3	5	7.1	8	52	328	42.6
Kim McQuilken	61	20	32.8	32	253	4.1	12.7	31	1	1.6	9	14.8	5	45	208	12.6
Haskel Stanback	1	1	100.0	0	41	41.0	41.0	41t	1	100.0	0	0.0	0	0	41	158.3
John James	1	1	100.0	0	25	25.0	25.0	25	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	25	118.8
Team Totals	388	165	42.5	194	2361	6.1	14.3	68	18	4.6	29	7.5	32	294	2067	47.2
Opponents Totals	437	227	51.9	185	2810	6.4	12.4	71t	16	3.7	25	5.7	35	275	2535	60.5

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Alfred Jenkins	38	767	20.2	68	6
Jim Mitchell	34	536	15.8	32	4
Ken Burrow	25	323	12.9	23	2
Dave Hampton	21	195	9.3	24	1
Haskel Stanback	14	115	8.2	14	0
Woody Thompson	14	92	6.6	14	0
Wallace Francis	13	270	20.8	67t	4
Gerald Tinker	3	37	12.3	26t	1
Oscar Reed	2	1	0.5	1	0
Bob Jones	1	25	25.0	25	0
Team Totals	165	2361	14.3	68	18
Opponents Totals	227	2810	12.4	71t	16

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Rolland Lawrence	9	163	18.1	87t	1
Ray Brown	4	119	29.8	41t	1
Tom Hayes	4	16	4.0	7	0
Greg Brezina	4	11	2.8	8	0
Ray Easterling	3	32	10.7	15	0
Don Hansen	1	1	1.0	1	0
Team Totals	25	342	13.7	87t	2
Opponents Totals	29	602	20.8	61	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	RYDS	NYDS	NET
John James	89	3696	41.5	75	1	13	389	3047	34.2
Team Totals	89	3696	41.5	75	1	13	389	3047	34.6
Opponents Totals	71	2920	41.1	62	0	14	248	2392	33.7

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Mack Herron	10	1	94	9.4	24
Monroe Eley	7	0	61	8.7	15
Alfred Jenkins	6	0	38	6.3	15
Gerald Tinker	6	1	23	3.8	10
Ron Mabra	4	1	20	5.0	15
Ray Brown	2	2	12	6.0	9
Team Totals	35	5	248	7.1	24
Opponents Totals	53	6	389	7.3	42

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Wallace Francis	14	265	18.9	32
Gerald Tinker	13	307	23.6	33
Mack Herron	11	189	17.2	30
Monroe Eley	8	131	16.4	26
Rick Byas	5	94	18.8	22
Rolland Lawrence	4	80	20.0	24
Woody Thompson	4	62	15.5	23
Gregg McCrary	3	48	16.0	19
Oscar Reed	2	17	8.5	12
Alfred Jenkins	1	24	24.0	24
Brad Davis	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	66	1217	18.4	33
Opponents Totals	45	1038	23.1	51

SACKS	NO	YDS
John Zook	9.0
Mike Lewis	8.0
Roy Hilton	4.0
Mike Tilleman	4.0
Greg Brezina	3.0
Don Hansen	2.0
Jeff Merrow	2.0
Tommy Nobis	1.0
Ralph Ortega	1.0
Chuck Walker	1.0
Team Totals	35.0	275.0
Opponents Totals	32.0	294.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Steve Bartkowski	6		4	0	4	-2	0
Nick Bebout	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Greg Brezina	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ray Brown	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ken Burrow	1		0	0	0	0	0
Rick Byas	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Larry Crowe	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Ray Easterling	0	0	0	1	1	21	0
Monroe Eley	3		1	0	1	0	0
Wallace Francis	2		0	0	0	0	0
Dave Hampton	8		2	0	2	0	0
Don Hansen	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mack Herron	1		0	0	0	0	0
Larron Jackson	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Alfred Jenkins	1		1	0	1	0	0
Fulton Kuykendall	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Ron Mabra	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Gregg McCrary	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Kim McQuilken	3		1	0	1	0	0
Jim Mitchell	0	0	1	0	1	50	1
Ralph Ortega	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Haskel Stanback	2		2	0	2	1	0
Pat Sullivan	4		0	0	0	0	0
Woody Thompson	4		0	0	0	0	0
Gerald Tinker	1		1	0	1	0	0
Jeff Van Note	1		0	0	0	0	0
John Zook	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Team Totals	37	19	18	12	30	70	1
Opponents Totals	25	12	13	19	32		1