
1978 Atlanta Falcons Statistics
Team Record: 9-7
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Leeman Bennett (9-7)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
1978 Atlanta Falcons Results
The Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League ended the 1978 season with a record of 9 wins and 7 losses, finishing second in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-1.
The Falcons eked out just 240 points, and the defense allowed 290. Steve Bartkowski threw for 2,489 yards. Wallace Francis paced pass catchers, hauling in 45 passes for 695 yards. Alfred Jackson contributed to the receiving game also.
Bubba Bean ran for a team-best 707 yards for Atlanta, and Haskel Stanback additionally aided the ground game.
Rolland Lawrence snatched 6 errant tosses from the opposition.
Leeman Bennett coached the team. The 1978 Atlanta Falcons lost in the Division Playoff.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Bartkowski | 369 | 187 | 50.7 | 2489 | 6.7 | 10 | 2.7 | 18 | 4.9 | 71 | 39 | 349 | 61.1 |
June Jones | 79 | 34 | 43.0 | 394 | 5.0 | 1 | 1.3 | 4 | 5.1 | 38 | 17 | 132 | 41.9 |
Bubba Bean | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Totals | 449 | 221 | 49.2 | 2883 | 6.4 | 11 | 2.4 | 23 | 5.1 | 71 | 56 | 481 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bubba Bean | 193 | 707 | 3.7 | 25 | 3 |
Haskel Stanback | 188 | 588 | 3.1 | 26 | 5 |
Ricky Patton | 68 | 206 | 3.0 | 15 | 1 |
Ray Strong | 30 | 99 | 3.3 | 14 | 2 |
Steve Bartkowski | 33 | 60 | 1.8 | 8 | 2 |
Mike Esposito | 7 | 21 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 |
Dennis Pearson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
June Jones | 10 | -3 | -0.3 | 17 | 0 |
George Franklin | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
Wallace Francis | 2 | -11 | -5.5 | -5 | 0 |
Totals | 533 | 1660 | 3.1 | 26 | 13 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wallace Francis | 45 | 695 | 15.4 | 54 | 3 |
Billy Ryckman | 45 | 679 | 15.1 | 59 | 2 |
Jim Mitchell | 32 | 366 | 11.4 | 24 | 2 |
Bubba Bean | 31 | 209 | 6.7 | 38 | 1 |
Alfred Jackson | 26 | 526 | 20.2 | 71 | 2 |
Haskel Stanback | 12 | 108 | 9.0 | 20 | 0 |
Ricky Patton | 10 | 90 | 9.0 | 32 | 1 |
Ray Strong | 7 | 56 | 8.0 | 21 | 0 |
Dennis Pearson | 5 | 71 | 14.2 | 23 | 0 |
Mike Esposito | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 4 | 0 |
Alfred Jenkins | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 22 | 0 |
James Wright | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 18 | 0 |
George Franklin | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
Totals | 221 | 2883 | 13.0 | 71 | 11 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tim Mazzetti | 18 | 18 | 100.0 | 16 | 13 | 81.2 | 57 |
Fred Steinfort | 9 | 8 | 88.9 | 10 | 3 | 30.0 | 17 |
Totals | 27 | 26 | 96.3 | 26 | 16 | 61.5 | 74 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
John James | 109 | 4227 | 38.8 | 57 |
Totals | 109 | 4227 | 38.8 | 57 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Billy Ryckman | 28 | 227 | 8.1 | 38 | 0 |
Alfred Jackson | 11 | 89 | 8.1 | 32 | 0 |
Rolland Lawrence | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
Rick Byas | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
Totals | 42 | 345 | 8.2 | 38 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dennis Pearson | 25 | 662 | 26.5 | 100 | 1 |
George Franklin | 11 | 258 | 23.5 | 33 | 0 |
Alfred Jackson | 11 | 225 | 20.5 | 30 | 0 |
Tom Pridemore | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 20 | 0 |
Ray Strong | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 23 | 0 |
James Wright | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 16 | 0 |
Edgar Fields | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 20 | 0 |
Jim Mitchell | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Totals | 59 | 1332 | 22.6 | 100 | 1 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rolland Lawrence | 6 | 76 | 12.7 | 44 | 0 |
Rick Byas | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 32 | 0 |
Frank Reed | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 |
Wilson Faumuina | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Ray Easterling | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Tom Pridemore | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 12 | 159 | 13.2 | 44 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frank Reed | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 0 | ||
Dewey McClain | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bubba Bean | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
Steve Bartkowski | 7 | 3 | -9 | 0 | |||
Tom Pridemore | 0 | 0 | 3 | -7 | 0 | 0 | |
Dave Scott | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Billy Ryckman | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
R.C. Thielemann | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rolland Lawrence | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
Rick Byas | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mike Kenn | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Robert Pennywell | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Fulton Kuykendall | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
George Franklin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Mitchell | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 | |||
Ralph Ortega | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Warren Bryant | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Claude Humphrey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mike Esposito | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ron McCartney | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mike Lewis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Wallace Francis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jim Bailey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Phil McKinnely | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Glazebrook | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Greg Brezina | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
June Jones | 4 | 0 | -12 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ray Strong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ricky Patton | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Haskel Stanback | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Alfred Jackson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 41 | 47 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Tim Mazzetti | 13 | 18 | 0 | 57 | ||||||||||
Haskel Stanback | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
Bubba Bean | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
Wallace Francis | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Fred Steinfort | 3 | 8 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
Jim Mitchell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Alfred Jackson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
Billy Ryckman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Ricky Patton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Steve Bartkowski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Ray Strong | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
Dennis Pearson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Rick Byas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Tom Moriarty | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Frank Reed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
Dewey McClain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
Totals | 13 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 240 |