1971 Atlanta Falcons Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-6-1
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Norm Van Brocklin (7-6-1)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia

1971 Atlanta Falcons Roster
1971 Atlanta Falcons Results

The Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League ended the 1971 season with a record of 7 wins and 6 losses and 1 ties, finishing third in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference.

The Falcons chalked up 274 points, but the defense conceded 277. Cannonball Butler ran for a team-best 594 yards for Atlanta.

Bob Berry passed for 2,005 yards. Art Malone paced the receiving corps, hauling in 34 passes, while Ken Burrow accumulated 741 receiving yards. Jim Mitchell contributed to the receiving game, too.

Ken Reaves picked off 6 errant tosses from the opposition.

Norm Van Brocklin coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Bob Berry	226	136	60.2	2005	8.9	11	4.9	16	7.1	84	21	150	75.9
Dick Shiner	57	30	52.6	463	8.1	5	8.8	5	8.8	47	10	89	72.5
Billy Lothridge	1	1	100.0	27	27.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	27	0	0	118.8
Leo Hart	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Totals	285	167	58.6	2495	8.8	16	5.6	21	7.4	84	31	239

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Cannonball Butler	186	594	3.2	19	2
Art Malone	120	438	3.6	19	6
Harmon Wages	64	266	4.2	27	1
Willie Belton	56	237	4.2	16	1
Sonny Campbell	29	79	2.7	8	0
Bob Berry	19	31	1.6	9	0
Jim Mitchell	4	25	6.2	24	0
Ray Jarvis	1	13	13.0	13	0
Joe Profit	3	10	3.3	4	1
Dick Shiner	10	9	0.9	4	1
Ken Burrow	1	5	5.0	5	0
Wes Chesson	1	-4	-4.0	-4	0
Totals	494	1703	3.4	27	12

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Art Malone	34	380	11.2	46	2
Ken Burrow	33	741	22.5	84	6
Jim Mitchell	33	593	18.0	43	5
Wes Chesson	20	224	11.2	24	0
Harmon Wages	19	249	13.1	47	1
Cannonball Butler	15	143	9.5	27	2
Ray Poage	4	71	17.8	31	0
Sonny Campbell	3	40	13.3	29	0
Willie Belton	3	22	7.3	10	0
John Mallory	1	27	27.0	27	0
Greg Brezina	1	3	3.0	3	0
George Kunz	1	2	2.0	2	0
Totals	167	2495	14.9	84	16

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Bill Bell	33	29	87.9	21	13	61.9	68
Totals	33	29	87.9	21	13	61.9	68

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Billy Lothridge	44	1639	37.2	58
Bill Bell	16	577	36.1	48
Totals	60	2216	36.9	58

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Willie Belton	30	163	5.4	32
Tom McCauley	1	8	8.0	8
John Mallory	5	3	0.6	2
Ray Brown	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	37	174	4.7	32

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Willie Belton	28	706	25.2	58
Cannonball Butler	13	372	28.6	82
Joe Profit	10	247	24.7	35
Sonny Campbell	4	95	23.8	33
Harmon Wages	1	21	21.0	21
Dick Enderle	1	20	20.0	20
John Small	1	12	12.0	12
John Matlock	1	4	4.0	4
Totals	59	1477	25.0	82

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Ken Reaves	6	43	7.2	31	0
Don Hansen	3	56	18.7	40	1
Ray Brown	3	32	10.7	23	0
Tom Hayes	3	27	9.0	27	0
Greg Brezina	3	22	7.3	11	0
Tom McCauley	1	0	0.0	0	0
Ron Acks	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	20	180	9.0	40	1

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
Don Hansen		0	0	3	14
Tom Hayes		0	0	3	69	1
Art Malone			5	3	0
John Mallory			1	3	54	1
Cannonball Butler			7	3	0
John Small			0	3	17	0
Greg Brezina		0	0	3	8	0
Sonny Campbell			1	2	11	0
Dick Shiner			3	2	-6
Bob Berry			4	2	0	0
Jim Miller			0	1	0	0
Jim Mitchell			3	1	55	1
Ken Reaves		0	0	1	0	0
Joe Profit			2	1	0
Bill Sandeman			0	1	0	0
Harmon Wages			2	1	0
Willie Belton			9	1	0
Ray Brown		0	0	1	11	0
Ken Burrow			1	1	0
Greg Lens			0	1	0	0
Glen Condren			0	1	0	0
Tommy Nobis			0	1	0	0
Jeff Van Note			1	0	0	0
Totals	0	0	39	39	233	3

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Bill Bell									13	29	0			68
Art Malone	6	2							0	0	0			48
Ken Burrow	0	6							0	0	0			36
Jim Mitchell	0	5					1		0	0	0			36
Cannonball Butler	2	2		0					0	0	0			24
Tom Hayes						0	1	2	0	0	0			18
Harmon Wages	1	1		0					0	0	0			12
Joe Profit	1			0					0	0	0			6
Don Hansen						1			0	0	0			6
John Mallory		0	0				1		0	0	0			6
Willie Belton	1	0	0	0					0	0	0			6
Dick Shiner	1								0	0	0			6
John Zook									0	0	0		1	2
Totals	12	16	0	0	0	1	3	2	13	29	0	0	1	274