1979 Atlanta Falcons Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-10
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Leeman Bennett (6-10)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
1979 Atlanta Falcons StatisticsTeam Record: 6-10
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Leeman Bennett (6-10)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
1979 Atlanta Falcons Results
The Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League ended the 1979 season with a record of 6 wins and 10 losses, finishing third in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference.
The Falcons scored 300 points, but the porous defense conceded 388. William Andrews ran for a team-best 1,023 yards for Atlanta.
Steve Bartkowski passed for 2,505 yards. Wallace Francis paced the receiving corps, hauling in 74 passes for 1,013 yards. Alfred Jenkins contributed to the receiving game also.
Rolland Lawrence snatched 6 errant tosses from the opposition.
Leeman Bennett coached the team.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | William Andrews | FB | December 25, 1955 | 6'0" | 206 | Auburn | Thomasville, GA USA | 15 | 15 |
| 10 | Steve Bartkowski | QB | November 12, 1952 | 6'4" | 216 | California | Des Moines, IA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 44 | Bubba Bean | RB | January 26, 1954 | 5'11" | 195 | Texas A&M | Kirbyville, TX USA | 11 | 11 |
| 50 | Greg Brezina | RLB | January 7, 1946 | 6'0" | 226 | Houston | Sinton, TX USA | 16 | 0 |
| 66 | Warren Bryant | RT | November 11, 1955 | 6'6" | 273 | Kentucky | Miami, FL USA | 16 | 16 |
| 38 | Rick Byas | RCB | October 19, 1950 | 5'9" | 180 | East. Michigan | Detroit, MI USA | 16 | 0 |
| 51 | Brian Cabral | LB | June 23, 1956 | 6'1" | 233 | Colorado | Fort Benning, GA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | Lynn Cain | RB | October 16, 1955 | 6'1" | 205 | USC | Los Angeles, CA USA | 10 | 2 |
| 55 | Tony Daykin | LB | May 13, 1955 | 6'1" | 215 | Georgia Tech | Taipei, Taiwan | 11 | 0 |
| 32 | Ray Easterling | FS | September 3, 1949 | 6'0" | 195 | Richmond | Richmond, VA USA | 16 | 0 |
| 74 | Wilson Faumuina | LDT | August 11, 1954 | 6'5" | 275 | San Jose St. | , American Samoa | 14 | 14 |
| 77 | Edgar Fields | RDT | March 10, 1954 | 6'2" | 255 | Texas A&M | Austin, TX USA | 16 | 15 |
| 89 | Wallace Francis | WR | November 7, 1951 | 5'11" | 190 | Ark-Pine Bluff | Franklin, LA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 36 | Bob Glazebrook | DB | March 7, 1956 | 6'1" | 200 | Fresno St. | Fresno, CA USA | 13 | 0 |
| 64 | Pat Howell | RG | March 12, 1957 | 6'5" | 257 | USC | Fresno, CA USA | 15 | 5 |
| 85 | Alfred Jackson | WR | August 3, 1955 | 5'11" | 176 | Texas | Cameron, TX USA | 12 | 0 |
| 6 | John James | P | January 21, 1949 | 6'3" | 197 | Florida | Panama City, FL USA | 16 | 0 |
| 84 | Alfred Jenkins | WR | January 25, 1952 | 5'10" | 170 | Morris Brown | Hogansville, GA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 14 | June Jones | QB | February 19, 1953 | 6'4" | 200 | Oregon | Portland, OR USA | 5 | 2 |
| 78 | Mike Kenn | LT | February 9, 1956 | 6'7" | 273 | Michigan | Evanston, IL USA | 16 | 16 |
| 33 | Jerome King | DB | January 4, 1955 | 5'10" | 175 | Purdue | Jersey City, NJ USA | 1 | 0 |
| 54 | Fulton Kuykendall | LLB | June 10, 1953 | 6'4" | 225 | UCLA | Coronado, CA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 22 | Rolland Lawrence | LCB | March 24, 1951 | 5'10" | 179 | Tabor | Franklin, PA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 69 | Mike Lewis | DT-DE-NT | July 14, 1949 | 6'4" | 261 | Wiley | Houston, TX USA | 13 | 0 |
| 39 | James Mayberry | RB | November 5, 1957 | 5'11" | 210 | Colorado | Amarillo, TX USA | 16 | 1 |
| 4 | Tim Mazzetti | K | February 1, 1956 | 6'1" | 175 | Pennsylvania | Sao Paulo, CT Brazil | 16 | 0 |
| 56 | Ron McCartney | LB | July 20, 1954 | 6'1" | 220 | Tennessee | Charleston, WV USA | 16 | 0 |
| 52 | Dewey McClain | LB | April 25, 1954 | 6'3" | 236 | East Central (OK) | Okmulgee, OK USA | 15 | 0 |
| 73 | Phil McKinnely | T-G-TE | July 8, 1954 | 6'4" | 248 | UCLA | Oakland, CA USA | 15 | 0 |
| 75 | Jeff Merrow | DE | July 12, 1953 | 6'4" | 236 | West Virginia | Akron, OH USA | 3 | 2 |
| 87 | Russ Mikeska | TE | September 10, 1955 | 6'3" | 225 | Texas A&M | Temple, TX USA | 16 | 0 |
| 86 | Jim Mitchell | TE | October 19, 1947 | 6'1" | 234 | Prairie View | Shelbyville, TN USA | 16 | 0 |
| 45 | Tom Moriarty | DB | April 7, 1953 | 6'0" | 185 | Bowling Green | Lima, OH USA | 16 | 0 |
| 15 | Mike Moroski | QB | September 4, 1957 | 6'4" | 200 | California-Davis | Bakersfield, CA USA | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | Ricky Patton | RB | April 6, 1954 | 5'11" | 190 | Ferris St. | Flint, MI USA | 4 | 0 |
| 81 | Dennis Pearson | KR | February 9, 1955 | 5'11" | 177 | Washington | Gordo, AL USA | 16 | 0 |
| 59 | Robert Pennywell | MLB | November 6, 1954 | 6'1" | 222 | Grambling St. | Crowley, LA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 27 | Tom Pridemore | FS | April 29, 1956 | 5'10" | 186 | West Virginia | Oak Hill, WV USA | 16 | 5 |
| 28 | Frank Reed | SS | May 13, 1954 | 5'11" | 193 | Washington | Seattle, WA USA | 11 | 11 |
| 82 | Billy Ryckman | WR | February 28, 1955 | 5'11" | 172 | Louisiana Tech | Lafayette, LA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 53 | Paul Ryczek | C | June 25, 1952 | 6'2" | 230 | Virginia | Painesville, OH USA | 16 | 0 |
| 70 | Dave Scott | LG | December 26, 1953 | 6'4" | 276 | Kansas | Hackensack, NJ USA | 16 | 16 |
| 65 | Don Smith | RDE | May 9, 1957 | 6'5" | 256 | Miami (FL) | Oakland, CA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 24 | Haskel Stanback | RB | March 19, 1952 | 6'0" | 210 | Tennessee | Kannapolis, NC USA | 13 | 0 |
| 25 | Ray Strong | RB | May 7, 1956 | 5'9" | 184 | UNLV | Berkeley, CA USA | 6 | 0 |
| 68 | R.C. Thielemann | RG | August 12, 1955 | 6'4" | 255 | Arkansas | Houston, TX USA | 11 | 11 |
| 57 | Jeff Van Note | C | February 7, 1946 | 6'2" | 247 | Kentucky | South Orange, NJ USA | 16 | 16 |
| 58 | Joel Williams | LB | December 13, 1956 | 6'1" | 222 | Peru St. | Miami, FL USA | 16 | 0 |
| 79 | Jeff Yeates | LDE | August 3, 1951 | 6'3" | 248 | Boston Col. | Buffalo, NY USA | 16 | 16 |
| 63 | Mike Zele | NT-DT | July 3, 1956 | 6'3" | 239 | Kent St. | Cleveland, OH USA | 13 | 0 |
