1979 Atlanta Falcons 3-13 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot 1979 Atlanta 35 107 33 64 0 239 Opponent 82 167 102 87 0 438 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 239 438 0-1 37 @New Orleans 40 70ø First Downs 274 339 0-2 0 @Philadelphia 33 60ø 5-15 Rush 91 125 0-3 0 Denver 20 73ø 0-10 Pass 171 202 1-3 20 @Detroit 14 70ø Pen 12 12 1-4 3 Washington 21 66ø 5-15 Penalties 95 81 1-5 7 Green Bay 14 67ø 0-10 Yards 651 488 1-6 23 @Oakland 26 62ø 0-10 1-7 3 @San Francisco 45 61ø 5-15 Rushing Att 423 589 2-7 29 Seattle 28 65ø 0-5 Heavy Rain Yards 1801 2204 2-8 27 Tampa Bay 37 63ø 5-15 Ave 4.3 3.7 2-9 30 @New York (N) 34 39ø 0-10 TD 12 19 2-10 10 @Los Angeles 21 63ø 3-10 33 New Orleans 21 56ø 10-20 Passing Att 520 473 3-11 0 @San Diego 40 75ø Comp 281 297 3-12 0 Los Angeles 23 44ø 5-15 Light Rain % 54.0 62.8 3-13 17 San Francisco 21 51ø 0-10 Rain Int 25 15 % 4.8 3.2 TD 19 36 % 3.7 7.6 Yards 3503 3894 Sacked 55 33 Punt Return 33 51 Yards 187 210 Ave 5.7 4.1 Kick Return 83 55 Yards 1427 1181 Ave 17.2 21.5 Punts 85 67 Yards 3337 2695 Ave 39.3 40.2 FG Att 23 25 Made 10 17 % 43.5 68.0 Third Downs 224 241 Made 82 110 % 36.6 45.6 Fourth Downs 19 28 Made 9 16 % 47.4 57.1 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 28 31 Lost 16 12 Turnovers 41 27 Net Offense 4950 5893 Per Play 5.0 5.4 1979 Atlanta Falcons Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Andrews, W 177 674 3.8 14 29 23 3 Francis 84 5 1253 14.9 15 57 37 5 Cain 69 323 4.7 6 15 35 1 Jenkins 57 4 900 15.8 9 40 55 7 Bean 56 278 5.0 10 15 46 3 Andrews 42 4 409 9.7 1 23 30 2 Mayberry 52 223 4.3 7 19 13 3 Mitchell 19 3 154 8.1 0 11 13 2 Stanback 32 204 6.4 7 10 36 2 Cain 17 1 176 10.4 0 11 23 0 Bartkowski 27 74 2.7 0 3 8 0 Stanback 15 1 123 8.2 0 4 19 0 Moroski 4 21 5.3 0 0 9 0 Jackson 13 4 157 12.1 0 8 17 1 Jones, J. 3 10 3.3 0 0 6 0 Bean 13 0 98 7.5 0 6 14 2 Strong 2 7 3.5 0 0 4 0 Pearson 7 3 106 15.1 1 5 29 0 James, J. 1 -13-13.0 0 0 0 0 Ryckman 5 0 54 10.8 0 2 17 0 423 1801 4.3 44 91 46 12 Mayberry 5 0 37 7.4 0 2 16 0 Mikeska 2 0 19 9.5 0 1 11 0 Scott 1 0 14 14.0 0 1 14 0 Strong 1 0 3 3.0 0 0 3 0 281 25 3503 12.5 26 171 55 19 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Bartkowski 406 232 57.1 2899 12.5 55 44 23 21 5.2 37 18 4.4 72.7 Moroski 10 5 50.0 40 8.0 14 0 0 0 0.0 3 0 0.0 60.4 Jones, J. 104 44 42.3 564 12.8 35 9 3 4 3.8 15 1 1.0 47.1 520 281 54.0 3503 12.5 55 53 26 25 4.8 55 19 3.7 67.3 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Mazzetti 31 23 74.2 23 10 43.5 14.3 0.0 46 53 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross James, J. 85 3337 77 3 0 29 51 210 36.1 39.3 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Strong 29 591 20.4 34 0 Pearson, D 16 9 118 7.4 14 0 Pridemore 6 103 17.2 25 0 Ryckman 17 7 69 4.1 12 0 Pearson, D 38 624 16.4 28 0 33 16 187 5.7 14 0 Stanback 4 62 15.5 19 0 Mayberry 2 23 11.5 14 0 Cain 2 22 11.0 15 0 Daykin 1 2 2.0 2 0 Cabral 1 0 0.0 0 0 McClain 1 0 0.0 0 0 McKinnely 1 0 0.0 0 0 83 1427 17.2 34 0 Fumbles Bartkows 9 Pearson, 3 Andrews, 2 Jenkins 2 Moroski 1 Cain 1 Strong 4 Francis, 2 Jones, J 2 Mikeska 1 Stanback 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Smith 9 Smith 21 Pennywel 13 Lawrence 7 Pridemor 5 Smith 3 Brezina 6 Yeates 9 Yeates 12 Yeates 6 Kuykenda 4 Scott, D 2 Pennywel 5 Merrow 6 Fields 10 Kuykenda 6 Brezina 4 Pridemor 2 Fields 4 Fields 4 Brezina 10 Byas 6 Smith 3 Pearson, 2 Kuykenda 3 Brezina 2 Smith 9 Easterli 6 Faumuina 3 Strong 1 Yeates 3 Pennywel 1 Merrow 6 Pridemor 5 Glazebro 2 Kenn 1 Merrow 3 Kuykenda 1 Kuykenda 5 Fields 4 Zele 2 Bartkows 1 Byas 1 Reed 4 Easterli 2 Van Note 1 Faumuina 1 Smith 4 Merrow 1 McKinnel 1 Merrow 3 Yeates 1 Howell 1 Brezina 2 Reed 1 Yeates 1 Pennywel 1 Cabral 1 Andrews, 1 Fields 1 Jenkins 1 Lawrence 1 Fields 1 Kuykenda 1 Byas 1 Reed 1 Mayberry 1 Brezina 1 Tackles Pennywel 106 Lawrence 81 Brezina 64 Glazebro 19 Daykin 9 Lewis, M 6 Kuykenda 102 Yeates 78 Reed 59 Faumuina 18 Moriarty 9 Zele 6 Fields 83 Smith 74 Merrow 44 Williams 15 Ryczek 7 McCartne 6 Pridemor 82 Byas 71 Easterli 39 Cabral 15 McClain 7 King, J. 4 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Lawrence 5 131 26.2 55 0 Pridemore 3 24 8.0 13 0 Byas 2 32 16.0 19 0 Reed 2 0 0.0 0 0 Easterlin 2 13 6.5 13 0 Pennywell 1 0 0.0 0 0 15 200 13.3 55 0 1979 Atlanta Falcons Coach: Leeman Bennett Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy Special QB Bartkowski, Steve 4 B 1 3 QB Moroski, Mike 2 B 1 3 QB Jones, June 2 B 1 3 HLD Skill Players BkR BkP Dur Att Yds Lg Ave Rec No Yds Lg Ave Special RB Andrews, William 2 1 4 239 1023 23 4.3 6 39 309 34 7.9 RB Bean, Bubba 2 1 3 88 393 60 4.5 2 12 137 49 11.4 RB Cain, Lynn 2 1 3 63 295 35 4.7 3 15 181 28 12.1 KR RB Mayberry, James 2 1 5 45 193 21 4.3 1 7 48 19 6.9 KR RB Stanback, Haskel 2 1 4 36 202 55 5.6 2 13 89 22 6.8 KR RB Strong, Ray 2 1 2 2 7 4 3.5 1 1 6 6 6.0 KR WR Francis, Wally 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 9 74 1013 42 13.7 WR Jenkins, Alfred 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 6 50 858 57 17.2 WR Jackson, Alfred 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.0 2 11 156 23 14.2 KR WR Pearson, Dennis 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 1 7 119 40 17.0 RET WR Ryckman, Billy 0 0 4 0 0 0 0.0 1 4 59 20 14.8 PR TE Mitchell, Jim 5 3 5 0 0 0 0.0 2 16 118 14 7.4 TE Mikeska, Russ 4 2 5 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 14 14 14.0 Lineman BkR BkP Dur Special C Van Note, Jeff 9 9 5 C Ryczek, Paul 3 3 5 LS G Thielemann, R.C. 7 7 3 G Scott, Dave 5 5 5 G Howell, Pat 4 4 4 T Kenn, Mike 8 8 5 T Bryant, Warren 6 6 5 T McKinnely, Phil 4 4 4 Defense Overall Run Pass Rush Dur Sacks Int Special DT Faumuina, Wilson 5 5 0 1 4 2 0 DT Lewis, Mike 4 4 0 1 4 2 0 DT Zele, Mike 3 3 0 1 4 0 0 DE Smith, Don 6 5 0 4 5 9 0 DE Merrow, Jeff 4 4 0 1 1 1 0 DL Fields, Edgar 6 6 0 2 5 4 0 DL Yeates, Jeff 5 5 0 2 5 5 0 ILB Kuykendall, Fulton 7 6 2 1 5 2 0 ILB Daykin, Tony 4 3 1 0 3 0 0 OLB Pennywell, Robert 6 5 2 1 5 1 1 OLB Williams, Joel 4 4 1 0 5 0 0 OLB McClain, Dewey 4 4 1 0 4 0 0 PR OLB Cabral, Brian 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 LB Brezina, Greg 5 5 1 2 5 3 0 LB McCartney, Ronnie 4 3 1 0 5 0 0 CB Lawrence, Rolland 6 0 6 0 5 0 6 CB Byas, Rick 4 0 4 0 5 0 1 KR S Pridemore, Tom 5 2 3 0 5 0 2 KR S Reed, Frank 5 2 3 0 3 0 2 S Easterling, Ray 5 2 3 0 5 0 2 S Glazebrook, Bob 3 1 2 0 4 0 0 PR S Moriarty,Tom 3 1 2 0 5 0 0 DB King, Jerome 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 Special Teams K Mazzetti, Tim P James, John