1981 Atlanta Falcons Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-9
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Leeman Bennett (7-9)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
1981 Atlanta Falcons StatisticsTeam Record: 7-9
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Leeman Bennett (7-9)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
1981 Atlanta Falcons Results
The Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League ended the 1981 season with a record of 7 wins and 9 losses, finishing second in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference.
The Falcons lit up the scoreboard for 426 points, and the defense yielded 355. Steve Bartkowski triggered the aerial attack, passing for 3,829 yards. William Andrews hauled in 81 passes, while Alfred Jenkins accumulated 1,358 receiving yards.
William Andrews ran for a team-best 1,301 yards for Atlanta.
Tom Pridemore intercepted 7 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 | 16 | 16 |
| 10 | Steve Bartkowski | QB | November 12, 1952 | 6'4" | 216 | California | Des Moines, IA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 66 | Warren Bryant | RT | November 11, 1955 | 6'6" | 273 | Kentucky | Miami, FL USA | 11 | 10 |
| 23 | Bobby Butler | LCB | May 28, 1959 | 5'11" | 174 | Florida St. | Boynton Beach, FL USA | 16 | 16 |
| 21 | Lynn Cain | RB | October 16, 1955 | 6'1" | 205 | USC | Los Angeles, CA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 50 | Buddy Curry | RILB | June 4, 1958 | 6'4" | 224 | North Carolina | Greenville, NC USA | 16 | 16 |
| 59 | Paul Davis | LB | July 10, 1958 | 6'2" | 221 | North Carolina | Appalachia, VA USA | 13 | 0 |
| 55 | Tony Daykin | LB | May 13, 1955 | 6'1" | 215 | Georgia Tech | Taipei, Taiwan | 16 | 0 |
| 74 | Wilson Faumuina | RDE | August 11, 1954 | 6'5" | 275 | San Jose St. | , American Samoa | 16 | 6 |
| 48 | Mickey Fitzgerald | RB | April 10, 1958 | 6'2" | 235 | Virginia Tech | Lynchburg, VA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 89 | Wallace Francis | WR | November 7, 1951 | 5'11" | 190 | Ark-Pine Bluff | Franklin, LA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 34 | Blane Gaison | DB | May 13, 1958 | 6'0" | 185 | Hawaii | Kaneohe, HI USA | 14 | 0 |
| 36 | Bob Glazebrook | SS | March 7, 1956 | 6'1" | 200 | Fresno St. | Fresno, CA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 64 | Pat Howell | G | March 12, 1957 | 6'5" | 257 | USC | Fresno, CA USA | 16 | 2 |
| 85 | Alfred Jackson | WR | August 3, 1955 | 5'11" | 176 | Texas | Cameron, TX USA | 16 | 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 |
| 37 | Kenny Johnson | RCB | January 7, 1958 | 5'10" | 176 | Mississippi St. | Columbia, MS USA | 16 | 16 |
| 20 | Earl Jones | DB | July 19, 1957 | 6'0" | 178 | Norfolk St. | Tuscaloosa, AL USA | 16 | 0 |
| 14 | June Jones | QB | February 19, 1953 | 6'4" | 200 | Oregon | Portland, OR USA | 4 | 0 |
| 78 | Mike Kenn | LT | February 9, 1956 | 6'7" | 273 | Michigan | Evanston, IL USA | 16 | 16 |
| 54 | Fulton Kuykendall | LILB | June 10, 1953 | 6'4" | 225 | UCLA | Coronado, CA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 51 | Jim Laughlin | ROLB | July 5, 1958 | 6'0" | 222 | Ohio St. | Euclid, OH USA | 14 | 7 |
| 18 | Mick Luckhurst | K | March 31, 1958 | 6'1" | 180 | St. Cloud St. | Redbourn, England | 16 | 0 |
| 39 | James Mayberry | RB | November 5, 1957 | 5'11" | 210 | Colorado | Amarillo, TX USA | 16 | 0 |
| 75 | Jeff Merrow | RDE | July 12, 1953 | 6'4" | 236 | West Virginia | Akron, OH USA | 11 | 10 |
| 87 | Russ Mikeska | TE | September 10, 1955 | 6'3" | 225 | Texas A&M | Temple, TX USA | 16 | 0 |
| 80 | Junior Miller | TE | November 26, 1957 | 6'4" | 239 | Nebraska | Midland, TX USA | 16 | 16 |
| 45 | Tom Moriarty | DB | April 7, 1953 | 6'0" | 185 | Bowling Green | Lima, OH USA | 9 | 0 |
| 15 | Mike Moroski | QB | September 4, 1957 | 6'4" | 200 | California-Davis | Bakersfield, CA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 53 | Neal Musser | LB | March 20, 1957 | 6'2" | 220 | North Carolina St. | Elon, NC USA | 7 | 0 |
| 27 | Tom Pridemore | FS | April 29, 1956 | 5'10" | 186 | West Virginia | Oak Hill, WV USA | 16 | 16 |
| 56 | Al Richardson | LOLB | September 23, 1957 | 6'2" | 211 | Georgia Tech | Abbeville, AL USA | 16 | 16 |
| 33 | Bo Robinson | RB-TE | May 27, 1956 | 6'2" | 228 | West Texas A&M | La Mesa, TX USA | 15 | 0 |
| 67 | Eric Sanders | RT | October 22, 1958 | 6'6" | 277 | Nevada-Reno | Reno, NV USA | 16 | 6 |
| 70 | Dave Scott | LG | December 26, 1953 | 6'4" | 276 | Kansas | Hackensack, NJ USA | 14 | 14 |
| 61 | John Scully | G-C | August 2, 1958 | 6'6" | 262 | Notre Dame | Huntington, NY USA | 16 | 0 |
| 65 | Don Smith | NT | May 9, 1957 | 6'5" | 256 | Miami (FL) | Oakland, CA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 16 | Reggie Smith | KR | July 15, 1956 | 5'4" | 168 | North Carolina Central | Kinston, NC USA | 15 | 0 |
| 25 | Ray Strong | RB | May 7, 1956 | 5'9" | 184 | UNLV | Berkeley, CA USA | 16 | 0 |
| 72 | Matthew Teague | LB | October 22, 1958 | 6'5" | 240 | Prairie View | Cincinnati, OH USA | 11 | 0 |
| 68 | R.C. Thielemann | RG | August 12, 1955 | 6'4" | 255 | Arkansas | Houston, TX USA | 16 | 16 |
| 57 | Jeff Van Note | C | February 7, 1946 | 6'2" | 247 | Kentucky | South Orange, NJ USA | 16 | 16 |
| 52 | Lyman White | LB | January 3, 1959 | 6'0" | 217 | LSU | Lafayette, LA USA | 16 | 1 |
| 58 | Joel Williams | ROLB | December 13, 1956 | 6'1" | 222 | Peru St. | Miami, FL USA | 10 | 8 |
| 30 | Scott Woerner | PR | December 18, 1958 | 6'0" | 190 | Georgia | Baytown, TX 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 | 14 | 0 |
