1986 Atlanta Falcons Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-8-1
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Dan Henning (7-8-1)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia

1986 Atlanta Falcons Roster
1986 Atlanta Falcons Results

The Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League ended the 1986 season with a record of 7 wins and 8 losses and 1 ties, finishing third in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference.

The Falcons scored 280 points, and the solid defense allowed 280. Gerald Riggs ran for a team-best 1,327 yards for Atlanta.

David Archer threw for 2,007 yards, and Turk Schonert played quarterback, too. Charlie Brown paced pass catchers, hauling in 63 passes for 918 yards.

Bret Clark picked off 5 errant tosses from the opposition. Rick Bryan sacked opposing passers 7 times.

Dan Henning coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
David Archer	294	150	51.0	2007	6.8	10	3.4	9	3.1	65	34	249	71.6
Turk Schonert	154	95	61.7	1032	6.7	4	2.6	8	5.2	41	21	206	68.4
Scott Campbell	3	1	33.3	7	2.3	0	0.0	0	0.0	7	1	9	42.4
Gerald Riggs	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Totals	452	246	54.4	3046	6.7	14	3.1	17	3.8	65	56	464

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Gerald Riggs	343	1327	3.9	31	9
David Archer	52	298	5.7	22	0
Cliff Austin	62	280	4.5	22	1
Sylvester Stamps	30	220	7.3	48	0
William Andrews	52	214	4.1	13	1
Floyd Dixon	11	67	6.1	23	0
Billy Johnson	6	25	4.2	10	0
Ken Whisenhunt	1	20	20.0	20	0
Keith Williams	3	18	6.0	8	0
Aubrey Matthews	1	12	12.0	12	0
Turk Schonert	11	12	1.1	7	1
Bret Clark	2	8	4.0	6	0
Scott Campbell	1	7	7.0	7	0
Joey Jones	1	7	7.0	7	0
Stacey Bailey	1	6	6.0	6	0
Tony Baker	1	3	3.0	3	0
Totals	578	2524	4.4	48	12

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Charlie Brown	63	918	14.6	42	4
Floyd Dixon	42	617	14.7	65	2
Arthur Cox	24	301	12.5	49	1
Gerald Riggs	24	136	5.7	11	0
Sylvester Stamps	20	221	11.0	39	1
Ken Whisenhunt	20	184	9.2	23	3
Keith Williams	12	164	13.7	32	1
Anthony Allen	10	156	15.6	32	2
Joey Jones	7	141	20.1	41	0
Billy Johnson	6	57	9.5	27	0
Ron Middleton	6	31	5.2	8	0
William Andrews	5	35	7.0	14	0
Stacey Bailey	3	39	13.0	21	0
Cliff Austin	3	21	7.0	9	0
Aubrey Matthews	1	25	25.0	25	0
Totals	246	3046	12.4	65	14

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Mick Luckhurst	21	21	100.0	24	14	58.3	63
Ali Haji-Sheikh	8	7	87.5	12	9	75.0	34
Rick Donnelly	1	1	100.0				1
Totals	30	29	96.7	36	23	63.9	98

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Rick Donnelly	78	3421	43.9	71
Totals	78	3421	43.9	71

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Floyd Dixon	26	151	5.8	16
Billy Johnson	8	87	10.9	30
Joey Jones	7	36	5.1	14
Anthony Allen	2	10	5.0	9
Sylvester Stamps	1	8	8.0	8
Totals	44	292	6.6	30

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Sylvester Stamps	24	514	21.4	35
Keith Williams	14	255	18.2	32
Cliff Austin	7	120	17.1	25
William Andrews	4	71	17.8	22
Aubrey Matthews	3	42	14.0	20
David Croudip	1	20	20.0	20
Floyd Dixon	1	13	13.0	13
Totals	54	1035	19.2	35

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Bret Clark	5	94	18.8	34	0
Scott Case	4	41	10.2	41	0
David Croudip	2	35	17.5	29	0
Joel Williams	2	18	9.0	14	1
Dennis Woodberry	2	14	7.0	9	0
Reggie Wilkes	2	11	5.5	10	0
Bobby Butler	1	33	33.0	33	1
Buddy Curry	1	32	32.0	32	0
Wendell Cason	1	10	10.0	10	0
John Rade	1	6	6.0	6	0
Robert Moore	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	22	294	13.4	41	2

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Rick Bryan	7.0
Mike Pitts	5.5
Mike Gann	5.5
Joe Costello	2.0
Bret Clark	1.0
Robert Moore	1.0
Tony Casillas	1.0
John Rade	1.0
Dennis Harrison	1.0
Totals	25.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Tony Casillas	111	111	0		0	1	0	0	2
Scott Case	69	69	0	0
Mike Pitts	34	34	0		0	2	22	1	0
Mike Gann					0	3	12		0
John Scully					0	2	0	0	0
Arthur Cox					1	2	0		0
Bret Clark				0	0	2	0	0	0
James Britt					0	2	73	1	0
Floyd Dixon					3	2	0		0
Buddy Curry				0	0	1	0	0	0
Jamie Dukes					0	1	0	0	0
Wendell Cason				0	0	1	0	0	0
William Andrews					0	1	0		0
Gerald Riggs					6	1	0		0
Brett Miller					0	1	0	0	0
David Archer					8	1	-3	0	0
Anthony Allen					1	1	0		0
Dennis Harrison					0	1	0	0	0
Cliff Austin					1	1	0		0
Turk Schonert					5	1	-2		0
Sylvester Stamps					4	1	0		0
Wayne Radloff					0	1	-3	0	0
Charlie Brown					1	0	0		0
Keith Williams					1	0	0		0
Totals	214	214	0	0	31	29	99	2	2

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Mick Luckhurst									14	21	0			63
Gerald Riggs	9	0							0	0	0			54
Ali Haji-Sheikh									9	7	0			34
Charlie Brown		4							0	0	0			24
Ken Whisenhunt	0	3							0	0	0			18
Anthony Allen		2	0						0	0	0			12
Floyd Dixon	0	2	0	0					0	0	0			12
Mike Pitts							1		0	0	0			6
William Andrews	1	0		0					0	0	0			6
James Britt							1		0	0	0			6
Bobby Butler						1			0	0	0			6
Sylvester Stamps	0	1	0	0					0	0	0			6
Cliff Austin	1	0		0					0	0	0			6
Keith Williams	0	1		0					0	0	0			6
Joel Williams						1			0	0	0			6
Arthur Cox		1							0	0	0			6
Turk Schonert	1								0	0	0			6
Mike Gann									0	0	0		1	2
Rick Donnelly									0	1	0			1
Totals	12	14	0	0	0	2	2	0	23	29	0	0	1	280