1988 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)

4th place National Football Conference Western Division 5-11-0 .313

Tommy Brasher	Defensive Line
Fred Bruney	Assistant Head Coach/Defense
Scott Campbell	Administrative Assistant
Chuck Clausen	Linebackers
Steve Crosby	Running Backs
Rod Dowhower	Offensive Coordinator
Foge Fazio	Special Teams/Tight Ends
Jim Hanifan	Assistant Head Coach/Offense
Claude Humphrey	Defensive Assistant
Tim Jorgensen	Strength and Conditioning
Jimmy Raye	Receivers

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/6/1988	A	New England Patriots	34-30	W	Foxborough, MA	Sullivan Stadium	32949
Sat	8/13/1988	H	Kansas City Chiefs	13-27	L	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	23369
Sat	8/20/1988	H	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	19-14	W	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	18141
Sat	8/27/1988	N	Washington Redskins	17-34	L	Birmingham, AL	Legion Field	51400
Sun	9/4/1988	A	Detroit Lions	17-31	L	Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	31075
Sun	9/11/1988	H	New Orleans Saints	21-29	L	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	48901
Sun	9/18/1988	A	San Francisco 49ers	34-17	W	San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	60168
Sun	9/25/1988	A	Dallas Cowboys	20-26	L	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	39702
Sun	10/2/1988	H	Seattle Seahawks	20-31	L	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	28619
Sun	10/9/1988	H	Los Angeles Rams	0-33	L	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	30852
Sun	10/16/1988	A	Denver Broncos	14-30	L	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	75287
Sun	10/23/1988	H	New York Giants	16-23	L	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	45092
Sun	10/30/1988	A	Philadelphia Eagles	27-24	W	Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	60091
Sun	11/6/1988	H	Green Bay Packers	20-0	W	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	29952
Sun	11/13/1988	H	San Diego Chargers	7-10	L	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	26329
Sun	11/20/1988	A	Los Angeles Raiders	12-6	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	40967
Sun	11/27/1988	H	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	17-10	W	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	14020
Sun	12/4/1988	H	San Francisco 49ers	3-13	L	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	44048
Sun	12/11/1988	A	Los Angeles Rams	7-22	L	Anaheim, CA	Anaheim Stadium	42828
Sun	12/18/1988	A	New Orleans Saints	9-10	L	New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	60566

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
47	Rick Badanjek	FB	5-8	217	26	Maryland	6	0
82	Stacey Bailey	WR	6-0	160	28	San Jose State	10	10
85	Lew Barnes	WR	5-8	163	26	San Diego Mesa JC; Oregon	13	0
98	Greg Brown	RDE	6-5	265	31	Kansas State; Eastern Illinois	16	1
93	Aundray Bruce	LOLB	6-5	265	22	Auburn	16	16
77	Rick Bryan	RDE	6-4	265	26	Oklahoma	16	15
23	Bobby Butler	LCB	5-11	177	29	Florida State	16	16
96	Reggie Camp	DE	6-4	274	27	California	4	0
25	Scott Case	RCB	6-0	181	26	Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Oklahoma	16	15
75	Tony Casillas	NT	6-3	279	25	Oklahoma	16	16
28	Bret Clark	FS	6-3	198	27	Nebraska	12	11
74	Stan Clayton	ROG	6-3	265	23	Penn State	2	2
20	Evan Cooper	S	5-11	184	26	Michigan	9	0
56	Joe Costello	LB	6-3	245	28	Central Connecticut State	6	0
51	Marcus Cotton	ROLB	6-3	237	22	Southern California	11	5
30	David Croudip	CB	5-8	185	30	Ventura JC; San Diego State	6	0
5	Greg Davis	K	6-0	202	23	The Citadel	16	0
8	Steve Dils	QB	6-1	191	33	Stanford	7	3
22	Charles Dimry	RCB	6-0	175	22	Nevada-Las Vegas	16	1
86	Floyd Dixon	WR	5-9	170	24	Stephen F. Austin State	14	14
3	Rick Donnelly	P	6-0	190	26	Wyoming	16	0
64	Jamie Dukes	LOG-C	6-1	275	24	Florida State	12	5
79	Bill Fralic	ROG	6-5	280	26	Pittsburgh	14	14
76	Mike Gann	LDE	6-5	268	25	Notre Dame	16	16
41	Tim Gordon	FS	6-0	188	23	Tulsa	16	5
99	Tim Green	ROLB	6-2	245	25	Syracuse	10	5
81	Michael Haynes	WR	6-0	182	23	Eastern Arizona JC; Northern Arizona	15	5
89	Jessie Hester	WR	5-11	172	25	Florida State	16	3
88	Alex Higdon	TE	6-5	247	22	Ohio State	3	0
69	Houston Hoover	ROT	6-2	295	23	Jackson State	15	12
78	Mike Kenn	LOT	6-7	278	32	Michigan	16	16
40	Leander Knight	CB	6-1	193	25	Hudson Valley JC; Ferrum; Montclair State	2	0
33	Gene Lang	RB	5-10	196	26	Louisiana State	16	3
87	Danzell Lee	TE	6-2	232	25	Lamar	5	0
27	Calvin Loveall	CB-S	5-9	180	26	Idaho	4	0
94	Charles Martin	NT	6-4	280	29	Western Carolina; West Alabama	16	0
83	Aubrey Matthews	WR	5-7	165	26	Gulf Coast JC; Delta State	4	0
7	Hugh Millen	QB	6-5	217	25	Santa Rosa JC; Washington	3	0
62	Brett Miller	ROT	6-7	295	30	Glendale CC; Iowa	15	4
12	Chris Miller	QB	6-2	206	23	Oregon	13	13
84	James Milling	WR	5-9	158	23	Maryland	6	0
34	Robert Moore	SS	5-11	190	24	Northwestern State (Louisiana)	16	16
67	Paul Oswald	LOG	6-4	275	24	Kansas	3	1
49	James Primus	RB	5-11	196	24	UCLA	16	6
59	John Rade	LILB	6-1	240	28	Northern Arizona; Modesto JC; Boise State	15	15
55	Wayne Radloff	C	6-5	274	27	Georgia	10	10
95	Michael Reid	ROLB	6-2	235	24	Wisconsin	16	3
42	Gerald Riggs	RB	6-1	232	28	Arizona State	9	9
61	John Scully	LOG	6-6	270	30	Notre Dame	11	11
44	John Settle	RB	5-9	209	23	Appalachian State	16	13
37	Elbert Shelley	S	5-11	180	24	Arkansas State	12	0
52	Vinson Smith	LB	6-2	243	23	East Carolina	3	0
29	Sylvester Stamps	RB	5-7	177	27	Jackson State	4	1
58	Jessie Tuggle	RILB	5-11	230	23	Valdosta State	16	8
45	Ken Whisenhunt	TE	6-2	237	26	Georgia Tech	16	15
80	Gary Wilkins	TE	6-2	235	25	Georgia Tech	14	1
54	Joel Williams	RILB-ROLB-LILB	6-1	226	32	Peru State; Wisconsin-La Crosse	14	12
73	Mitch Willis	NT	6-8	278	26	Southern Methodist	9	0
66	George Yarno	C	6-2	267	31	Washington State	16	5

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	1	Aundray Bruce	LB	Auburn
2	28	Marcus Cotton	LB	Southern California
3	56	Alex Higdon	TE	Ohio State
5	110	Charles Dimry	DB	Nevada-Las Vegas
6	138	George Thomas	WR	Nevada-Las Vegas
6	140	Houston Hoover	G	Jackson State
7	166	Michael Haynes	WR	Northern Arizona
8	194	Phillip Brown	LB	Alabama
9	222	James Primus	RB	UCLA
10	250	Stan Clayton	T	Penn State
11	278	James Milling	WR	Maryland
12	306	Carter Wiley	DB	Virginia Tech

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	33	82	45	84
Opponents Totals	50	89	75	101

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	28:08	257	106	136	15	89/239 37.2%	6/8 75.0%	67	542
Opponents Totals	31:52	312	124	168	20	86/214 40.2%	5/10 50.0%	92	761

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Greg Davis	0	25	27	92.6	19	30	63.3	0	82
John Settle	8	0	0		0	0		0	48
Michael Haynes	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Stacey Bailey	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Floyd Dixon	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Alex Higdon	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Steve Dils	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Mike Gann	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Gene Lang	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Chris Miller	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Robert Moore	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
James Primus	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Gerald Riggs	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Jessie Tuggle	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Ken Whisenhunt	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Team Totals	27	25	27	92.6	19	30	63.3	0	244
Opponents Totals	34	31	34	91.2	26	36	72.2	1	315

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Greg Davis	19	30	63.3	1/1	3/4	6/9	8/12	1/4
Team Totals	19	30	63.3	1/1	3/4	6/9	8/12	1/4
Opponents Totals	26	36	72.2	0/0	10/11	8/11	7/12	1/2

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
John Settle	232	1024	4.4	62	7
Gerald Riggs	113	488	4.3	34	1
Gene Lang	53	191	3.6	19	0
Chris Miller	31	138	4.5	29	1
James Primus	35	95	2.7	29t	1
Floyd Dixon	7	69	9.9	24	0
Hugh Millen	1	7	7.0	7	0
Jessie Hester	1	3	3.0	3	0
Steve Dils	2	1	0.5	1t	1
Sylvester Stamps	3	0	0.0	3	0
Team Totals	478	2016	4.2	62	11
Opponents Totals	518	2319	4.5	44	14

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Chris Miller	351	184	52.4	155	2133	6.1	11.6	68t	11	3.1	12	3.4	24	207	1926	67.3
Steve Dils	99	49	49.5	45	566	5.7	11.6	50	2	2.0	5	5.1	15	112	454	52.8
Hugh Millen	31	17	54.8	12	215	6.9	12.6	38	0	0.0	2	6.5	4	29	186	49.8
Team Totals	481	250	52.0	212	2914	6.1	11.7	68t	13	2.7	19	4.0	43	348	2566	63.2
Opponents Totals	504	281	55.8	199	3584	7.1	12.8	68t	17	3.4	24	4.8	30	211	3373	69.6

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
John Settle	68	570	8.4	27	1
Gene Lang	37	398	10.8	50	1
Floyd Dixon	28	368	13.1	36	2
Gerald Riggs	22	171	7.8	30	0
Stacey Bailey	17	437	25.7	68t	2
Ken Whisenhunt	16	174	10.9	25	1
Michael Haynes	13	232	17.8	49t	4
Jessie Hester	12	176	14.7	41	0
Gary Wilkins	11	134	12.2	33	0
James Primus	8	42	5.3	8	0
James Milling	5	66	13.2	34	0
Aubrey Matthews	5	64	12.8	21	0
Sylvester Stamps	5	22	4.4	7	0
Alex Higdon	3	60	20.0	34t	2
Team Totals	250	2914	11.7	68t	13
Opponents Totals	281	3584	12.8	68t	17

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Scott Case	10	47	4.7	12	0
Robert Moore	5	56	11.2	47t	1
Bret Clark	4	40	10.0	21	0
Aundray Bruce	2	10	5.0	10	0
Tim Gordon	2	10	5.0	7	0
Bobby Butler	1	22	22.0	22	0
Team Totals	24	185	7.7	47t	1
Opponents Totals	19	214	11.3	58	2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Rick Donnelly	98	3920	40.0	61	6	27	297	3503	35.7
Team Totals	98	3920	40.0	61	6	27	297	3503	35.7
Opponents Totals	73	2893	39.6	56	8	21	343	2390	32.7

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Lew Barnes	34	8	307	9.0	68
Aubrey Matthews	6	0	26	4.3	10
Evan Cooper	2	1	10	5.0	10
Team Totals	42	9	343	8.2	68
Opponents Totals	51	23	297	5.8	31

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Evan Cooper	16	0	331	20.7	28
Tim Gordon	14	0	209	14.9	32
Sylvester Stamps	12	0	219	18.3	27
Lew Barnes	6	0	142	23.7	36
Michael Haynes	6	0	113	18.8	25
Elbert Shelley	2	0	5	2.5	5
Jamie Dukes	1	0	13	13.0	13
James Primus	1	0	13	13.0	13
Gene Lang	1	0	12	12.0	12
Team Totals	59	0	1057	17.9	36
Opponents Totals	48		982	20.5	41

SACKS	NO	YDS
Aundray Bruce	6.0
Rick Bryan	5.0
Marcus Cotton	5.0
Mike Gann	4.0
Tim Green	4.0
Tony Casillas	2.0
John Rade	2.0
Scott Case	1.0
Tim Gordon	1.0
Team Totals	30.0	211.0
Opponents Totals	43.0	348.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Lew Barnes	4		0	0	0	0	0
Aundray Bruce	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Rick Bryan	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bobby Butler	0	0	0	3	3	29	0
Tony Casillas	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bret Clark	1		0	1	1	12	0
Evan Cooper	1		0	0	0	0	0
Steve Dils	3		0	0	0	0	0
Floyd Dixon	1		0	0	0	0	0
Mike Gann	0	0	0	2	2	36	1
Tim Gordon	1		1	0	1	0	0
Jessie Hester	1		0	0	0	0	0
Houston Hoover	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Gene Lang	3		0	0	0	0	0
Calvin Loveall	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Aubrey Matthews	2		0	0	0	0	0
Hugh Millen	1		0	0	0	0	0
Chris Miller	2		1	0	1	0	0
James Primus	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Wayne Radloff	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Gerald Riggs	3		0	0	0	0	0
John Settle	3		1	0	1	0	0
Elbert Shelley	1		0	0	0	0	0
Sylvester Stamps	1		0	0	0	0	0
Jessie Tuggle	0	0	0	1	1	2	1
Ken Whisenhunt	1		0	1	1	0	0
Joel Williams	0	0	0	3	3	12	0
Team Totals	29	21	8	14	22	91	2
Opponents Totals	29	14	12	18	30		1