1996 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)

4th place National Football Conference Western Division 3-13-0 .188

Head Coach: June Jones

Keith Armstrong	Secondary
Darrel Davis	Quarterbacks
Frank Gansz	Assistant Head Coach/Special Teams
Joe Haering	Linebackers
Milt Jackson	Assistant Head Coach-Offense
Tim Jorgensen	Strength and Conditioning
Bill Kollar	Defensive Line
Will Lewis	Defensive Assistant
Bob Palcic	Offensive Line
Rod Rust	Assistant Head Coach/Defense
Ollie Wilson	Running Backs

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/3/1996	A	Seattle Seahawks	17-19	L	Seattle, WA	Kingdome	30284
Sat	8/10/1996	A	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	0-16	L	Tampa, FL	Houlihan's Stadium	32855
Thu	8/15/1996	H	Oakland Raiders	27-6	W	Atlanta, GA	Georgia Dome	30553
Fri	8/23/1996	H	Arizona Cardinals	31-30	W	Atlanta, GA	Georgia Dome	29306
Sun	9/1/1996	A	Carolina Panthers	6-29	L	Charlotte, NC	Ericsson Stadium	69522
Sun	9/8/1996	H	Minnesota Vikings	17-23	L	Atlanta, GA	Georgia Dome	42688
Sun	9/22/1996	H	Philadelphia Eagles	18-33	L	Atlanta, GA	Georgia Dome	40107
Sun	9/29/1996	A	San Francisco 49ers	17-39	L	San Francisco, CA	3Com Park	62995
Sun	10/6/1996	A	Detroit Lions	24-28	L	Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	58666
Sun	10/13/1996	H	Houston Oilers	13-23	L	Atlanta, GA	Georgia Dome	35401
Sun	10/20/1996	A	Dallas Cowboys	28-32	L	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	64091
Sun	10/27/1996	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	17-20	L	Atlanta, GA	Georgia Dome	58760
Sun	11/3/1996	H	Carolina Panthers	20-17	W	Atlanta, GA	Georgia Dome	42726
Sun	11/10/1996	A	St. Louis Rams	16-59	L	St. Louis, MO	Trans World Dome	58776
Sun	11/17/1996	H	New Orleans Saints	17-15	W	Atlanta, GA	Georgia Dome	43119
Sun	11/24/1996	A	Cincinnati Bengals	31-41	L	Cincinnati, OH	Cinergy Field	44868
Mon	12/2/1996	H	San Francisco 49ers	10-34	L	Atlanta, GA	Georgia Dome	46318
Sun	12/8/1996	A	New Orleans Saints	31-15	W	New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	32923
Sun	12/15/1996	H	St. Louis Rams	27-34	L	Atlanta, GA	Georgia Dome	26519
Sun	12/22/1996	A	Jacksonville Jaguars	17-19	L	Jacksonville, FL	Municipal Stadium	71449

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
5	Morten Andersen	K	6-2	221	36	Michigan State	16	0
32	Jamal Anderson	RB	5-11	235	24	Moorpark JC; Utah	16	12
92	Lester Archambeau	LDE	6-5	275	29	Stanford	15	15
24	Patrick Bates	FS	6-3	215	26	UCLA; Texas A&M	15	9
97	Cornelius Bennett	LLB	6-2	237	31	Alabama	13	13
89	J.J. Birden	WR	5-9	165	31	Oregon	12	12
43	Juran Bolden	CB	6-2	205	22	Mississippi Delta CC	9	0
42	Sean Boyd	S	6-3	206	24	North Carolina	2	0
51	David Brandon	LLB	6-4	231	31	Memphis	16	2
73	Ethan Brooks	OT	6-6	305	24	Williams	2	0
80	Tyrone Brown	WR	5-11	164	23	Toledo	9	4
91	John Burrough	LDE-DT	6-5	275	24	Washington State; Wyoming	16	1
25	Devin Bush	SS	5-11	210	23	Florida State	16	15
76	Antone Davis	ROT	6-4	327	29	Tennessee	16	10
94	Shane Dronett	DE	6-6	296	25	Texas	5	0
27	Brad Edwards	FS	6-2	196	30	South Carolina	16	7
87	Bert Emanuel	WR	5-10	180	26	UCLA; Rice	14	13
56	Scott Fields	LB	6-2	210	23	Southern California	6	0
65	Roman Fortin	C	6-5	295	29	Oregon State; San Diego State	16	16
67	Moe Gardner	RDT	6-2	258	28	Illinois	10	10
1	Jeff George	QB	6-4	215	29	Purdue; Illinois	3	3
50	Ron George	RLB	6-2	245	26	Air Force; Stanford	16	15
98	Travis Hall	LDT	6-5	295	24	Brigham Young	14	13
3	Bobby Hebert	QB	6-4	215	36	Northwestern State (Louisiana)	14	13
34	Craig Heyward	RB-FB	5-11	264	30	Pittsburgh	15	5
33	Richard Huntley	RB	5-11	225	24	Winston-Salem State	1	0
44	D.J. Johnson	CB	6-0	189	30	Kentucky	2	0
96	Todd Kelly	DE	6-2	259	26	Tennessee	2	0
88	Harper LeBel	TE	6-4	248	33	Colorado State	16	0
86	Mitch Lyons	TE	6-5	267	26	Michigan State	14	4
81	Terance Mathis	WR	5-10	185	29	New Mexico	16	16
57	Clay Matthews	RDE	6-2	242	40	Southern California	15	1
28	Lenny McGill	LCB-RCB	6-1	202	25	Arizona State	16	8
22	Tim McKyer	LCB	6-0	174	33	Texas-Arlington	8	7
21	Eric Metcalf	WR	5-10	190	28	Texas	16	11
7	Browning Nagle	QB	6-3	225	28	West Virginia; Louisville	5	0
38	Nate Odomes	RCB	5-10	187	31	Wisconsin	7	4
93	Dan Owens	RDT-LDT	6-3	282	29	Southern California	16	9
64	Jeff Pahukoa	ROG-LOG	6-2	268	27	Washington	14	3
26	Anthony Phillips	LCB-RCB	6-2	209	26	Trinity Valley CC; Texas A&M-Kingsville	7	5
85	Roell Preston	WR	5-10	190	24	Northwest Mississippi CC; Mississippi	15	2
62	Dave Richards	ROT	6-4	310	30	Southern Methodist; UCLA	6	6
29	Louis Riddick	SS	6-2	216	27	Pittsburgh	16	1
52	Craig Sauer	LLB	6-1	238	24	Minnesota	16	1
84	Freddie Scott	WR	5-10	189	22	Penn State	10	0
37	Elbert Shelley	S	5-11	180	32	Arkansas State	12	0
90	Chuck Smith	RDE	6-2	262	27	Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Tennessee	15	15
4	Dan Stryzinski	P	6-2	200	31	Indiana	16	0
59	Lorenzo Styles	LB	6-1	245	22	Ohio State	16	0
61	Robbie Tobeck	LOG-TE	6-4	298	26	Kilgore JC; Washington State	16	16
58	Jessie Tuggle	MLB	5-11	230	31	Valdosta State	16	16
45	Darnell Walker	RCB	5-8	167	26	Coffeyville CC; Oklahoma	15	9
70	Bob Whitfield	LOT	6-5	309	25	Stanford	16	16
69	Gene Williams	OG-OT	6-2	315	28	Iowa State	10	0
77	Matt Willig	OT-OG	6-8	315	27	Southern California	12	0
72	Mike Zandofsky	ROG	6-2	300	31	Washington	14	14
74	Jeff Zgonina	DT	6-2	291	26	Purdue	8	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
3	84	Shannon Brown	DT	Alabama
4	117	Richard Huntley	RB	Winston-Salem State
4	127	Juran Bolden	DB	Mississippi Delta CC
5	164	Gary Bandy	DE	Baylor
6	188	Craig Sauer	LB	Minnesota
7	229	Ethan Brooks	T	Williams

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	52	82	82	93
Opponents Totals	100	157	87	117

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	29:52	292	67	202	23	79/200 39.5%	4/10 40.0%	111	961
Opponents Totals	30:08	309	102	182	25	87/206 42.2%	2/6 33.3%	106	816

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SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Morten Andersen	0	31	31	100.0	0	0	22	29	75.9	0	97
Terance Mathis	7	0	0		1	1	0	0		0	44
Jamal Anderson	6	0	0		0	1	0	0		0	36
Bert Emanuel	6	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	36
Eric Metcalf	6	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	36
Craig Heyward	3	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	18
J.J. Birden	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	12
Tyrone Brown	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Bobby Hebert	1	0	0		0	1	0	0		0	6
Mitch Lyons	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Roell Preston	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Robbie Tobeck	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
	0	0	0		0	1	0	0		0	0
Team Totals	35	31	31	100.0	1	4	22	29	75.9	0	309
Opponents Totals	48	43	43	100.0	1	5	42	44	95.5	1	461

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Morten Andersen	22	29	75.9	0/0	5/5	9/11	7/8	1/5
Team Totals	22	29	75.9	0/0	5/5	9/11	7/8	1/5
Opponents Totals	42	44	95.5	0/0	18/18	14/14	9/10	1/2

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Jamal Anderson	232	1055	4.5	32t	5	46	4	0	3
Craig Heyward	72	321	4.5	34	3	16	1	0	0
Bobby Hebert	15	59	3.9	25	1	5	1	0	1
Jeff George	5	10	2.0	5	0	0	0	0	2
Richard Huntley	2	8	4.0	5	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Metcalf	3	8	2.7	4	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	329	1461	4.4	34	9	67	6	0	6
Opponents Totals	473	2041	4.3	67	18	102	10	2	11

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	FD	G20+	G40+	RTG
Bobby Hebert	489	295	60.3	169	3162	6.5	10.7	57	22	4.5	25	5.1	27	150	3012	168	35	7	73.0
Jeff George	99	56	56.6	40	698	7.1	12.5	67	3	3.0	3	3.0	11	84	614	31	9	3	76.1
Browning Nagle	13	6	46.2	5	59	4.5	9.8	17	1	7.7	2	15.4	4	20	39	3	0	0	45.5
Team Totals	601	357	59.4	214	3919	6.5	11.0	67	26	4.3	30	5.0	42	254	3665	202	44	10	72.4
Opponents Totals	485	302	62.3	177	3953	8.2	13.1	77t	26	5.4	6	1.2	36	208	3745	182	44	17	100.6

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Bert Emanuel	75	921	12.3	53	6	48	11	5	0
Terance Mathis	69	771	11.2	55	7	48	5	3	0
Eric Metcalf	54	599	11.1	67	6	33	7	1	0
Jamal Anderson	49	473	9.7	34	1	19	9	0	1
J.J. Birden	30	319	10.6	57	2	12	2	1	2
Tyrone Brown	28	325	11.6	38	1	13	5	0	0
Roell Preston	21	208	9.9	17t	1	12	0	0	0
Craig Heyward	16	168	10.5	25	0	8	4	0	0
Freddie Scott	7	80	11.4	27	0	5	1	0	0
Mitch Lyons	4	16	4.0	5	1	1	0	0	0
Robbie Tobeck	2	15	7.5	14	1	2	0	0	0
Richard Huntley	1	14	14.0	14	0	1	0	0	0
Team Totals	356	3909	11.0	67	26	202	44	10	3
Opponents Totals	302	3953	13.1	77t	26	182	44	17	4

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Brad Edwards	2	15	7.5	15	0
Chuck Smith	1	21	21.0	21	0
Cornelius Bennett	1	3	3.0	3	0
Devin Bush	1	2	2.0	2	0
Darnell Walker	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	6	41	6.8	21	0
Opponents Totals	30	324	10.8	55t	2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	OB	DN	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Dan Stryzinski	75	3152	42.0	58	0	4	22	8	6	413	2659	35.5
Team Totals	75	3152	42.0	58	0	4	22	8	6	413	2659	35.5
Opponents Totals	64	2697	42.1	68	1	6	19			315	2262	35.3

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Eric Metcalf	27	9	296	11.0	39	0	6	0	3
Terance Mathis	3	1	19	6.3	10	0	0	0	0
Craig Heyward	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	31	10	315	10.2	39	0	6	0	3
Opponents Totals	32	25	413	12.9	78t	1

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	OB	TB	RET	RETY	TD	OSA	OSR
Morten Andersen	71	4717	66.4	1	16	52	1296	1	2	0
Dan Stryzinski	2	77	38.5	0	0	1	18	0	1	1
Team Totals	73	4794	65.7	1	16	53	1314	1	3	1
Opponents Totals						87	1825	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Roell Preston	32	0	681	21.3	50	0	16	1	0
Eric Metcalf	49	0	1034	21.1	55	0	21	3	0
Jamal Anderson	4	0	80	20.0	27	0	2	0	0
Craig Heyward	1	0	18	18.0	18	0	0	0	0
Lorenzo Styles	1	0	12	12.0	12	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	87	0	1825	21.0	55	0	39	4	0
Opponents Totals	53		1314	24.8	97t	1

SACKS	NO	YDS
Clay Matthews	6.5
Travis Hall	6.0
Chuck Smith	6.0
Dan Owens	5.5
Cornelius Bennett	3.0
Lester Archambeau	2.0
Ron George	2.0
David Brandon	1.0
Tim McKyer	1.0
Louis Riddick	1.0
Jessie Tuggle	1.0
Jeff Zgonina	1.0
Team Totals	36.0	208.0
Opponents Totals	42.0	254.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS
Jamal Anderson	4		0	1	1	0
Patrick Bates	0	0	0	1	1	0
Cornelius Bennett	0	0	0	2	2	0
J.J. Birden	2		0	0	0	0
Devin Bush	0	0	0	1	1	0
Roman Fortin	0	0	2	0	2	0
Moe Gardner	0	0	0	1	1	0
Jeff George	3		2	0	2	-24
Ron George	0	0	0	3	3	14
Travis Hall	0	0	0	1	1	0
Bobby Hebert	10		2	0	2	0
Harper LeBel	0	0	0	1	1	0
Terance Mathis	0	0	1	0	1	0
Lenny McGill	0	0	0	1	1	0
Tim McKyer	0	0	1	1	2	0
Eric Metcalf	3		0	0	0	0
Browning Nagle	1		0	0	0	0
Dan Owens	0	0	0	1	1	0
Dave Richards	0	0	1	0	1	0
Elbert Shelley	0	0	0	1	1	0
Chuck Smith	0	0	0	1	1	0
Darnell Walker	0	0	1	0	1	0
Bob Whitfield	0	0	1	0	1	0
Jeff Zgonina	0	0	0	1	1	0
Team Totals	23	12	11	17	28	-10
Opponents Totals	27	17	10	11	21