1996 Atlanta Falcons Statistics
Team Record: 3-13
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: June Jones (3-13)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
1996 Atlanta Falcons Results
The Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League ended the 1996 season with a record of 3 wins and 13 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference.
The Falcons ran up 309 points, but the leaky defense allowed 461, most in the league. Bobby Hebert passed for 3,152 yards. Bert Emanuel hauled in 75 passes for 921 yards, while Terance Mathis provided receiving help also.
Jamal Anderson carried the ball for a team-best 1,055 yards for Atlanta.
Brad Edwards picked off 2 opponent throws. Clay Matthews sacked opposing passers 6.5 times.
June Jones coached the team.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bobby Hebert | 488 | 294 | 60.2 | 3152 | 6.5 | 22 | 4.5 | 25 | 5.1 | 57 | 27 | 150 | 72.9 |
Jeff George | 99 | 56 | 56.6 | 698 | 7.1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 67 | 11 | 84 | 76.1 |
Browning Nagle | 13 | 6 | 46.2 | 59 | 4.5 | 1 | 7.7 | 2 | 15.4 | 17 | 4 | 20 | 45.5 |
Totals | 600 | 356 | 59.3 | 3909 | 6.5 | 26 | 4.3 | 30 | 5.0 | 67 | 42 | 254 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jamal Anderson | 232 | 1055 | 4.5 | 32 | 5 |
Craig Heyward | 72 | 321 | 4.5 | 34 | 3 |
Bobby Hebert | 15 | 59 | 3.9 | 25 | 1 |
Jeff George | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
Richard Huntley | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
Eric Metcalf | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 4 | 0 |
Totals | 329 | 1461 | 4.4 | 34 | 9 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bert Emanuel | 75 | 921 | 12.3 | 53 | 6 |
Terance Mathis | 69 | 771 | 11.2 | 55 | 7 |
Eric Metcalf | 54 | 599 | 11.1 | 67 | 6 |
Jamal Anderson | 49 | 473 | 9.7 | 34 | 1 |
J.J. Birden | 30 | 319 | 10.6 | 57 | 2 |
Tyrone Brown | 28 | 325 | 11.6 | 38 | 1 |
Roell Preston | 21 | 208 | 9.9 | 17 | 1 |
Craig Heyward | 16 | 168 | 10.5 | 25 | 0 |
Freddie Scott | 7 | 80 | 11.4 | 27 | 0 |
Mitch Lyons | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 5 | 1 |
Robbie Tobeck | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 14 | 1 |
Richard Huntley | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Totals | 356 | 3909 | 11.0 | 67 | 26 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Morten Andersen | 31 | 31 | 100.0 | 29 | 22 | 75.9 | 97 |
Totals | 31 | 31 | 100.0 | 29 | 22 | 75.9 | 97 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dan Stryzinski | 75 | 3152 | 42.0 | 58 |
Totals | 75 | 3152 | 42.0 | 58 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eric Metcalf | 27 | 296 | 11.0 | 39 | 0 |
Terance Mathis | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 10 | 0 |
Craig Heyward | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 31 | 315 | 10.2 | 39 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eric Metcalf | 49 | 1034 | 21.1 | 55 | 0 |
Roell Preston | 32 | 681 | 21.3 | 50 | 0 |
Jamal Anderson | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 27 | 0 |
Craig Heyward | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
Lorenzo Styles | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Totals | 87 | 1825 | 21.0 | 55 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brad Edwards | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 |
Chuck Smith | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
Cornelius Bennett | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Devin Bush | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Darnell Walker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 6 | 41 | 6.8 | 21 | 0 |
Sacks:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
---|---|---|---|
Clay Matthews | 6.5 | 0.0 | |
Chuck Smith | 6.0 | 0.0 | |
Travis Hall | 6.0 | 0.0 | |
Dan Owens | 5.5 | 0.0 | |
Cornelius Bennett | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
Ron George | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
Lester Archambeau | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
David Brandon | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Louis Riddick | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Jessie Tuggle | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Tim McKyer | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Jeff Zgonina | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Totals | 36.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jessie Tuggle | 105 | 96 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Cornelius Bennett | 56 | 52 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Devin Bush | 55 | 51 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Darnell Walker | 48 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Travis Hall | 47.5 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Ron George | 52 | 42 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
Lester Archambeau | 48 | 41 | 14 | ||||||
Patrick Bates | 44 | 37 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Lenny McGill | 36.5 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Chuck Smith | 36.5 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tim McKyer | 32.5 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dan Owens | 32 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Brad Edwards | 27.5 | 26 | 3 | 0 | |||||
Louis Riddick | 24 | 23 | 2 | ||||||
Nate Odomes | 23 | 23 | 0 | ||||||
Moe Gardner | 22 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Anthony Phillips | 18.5 | 17 | 3 | ||||||
Lorenzo Styles | 15.5 | 15 | 1 | ||||||
Clay Matthews | 11.5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
David Brandon | 9.5 | 9 | 1 | ||||||
John Burrough | 10 | 8 | 4 | ||||||
Jeff Zgonina | 9.5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Craig Sauer | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Shane Dronett | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Sean Boyd | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
D.J. Johnson | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Roman Fortin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bobby Hebert | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Jeff George | 3 | 2 | -24 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bob Whitfield | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Elbert Shelley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
David Richards | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Harper LeBel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Terance Mathis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Jamal Anderson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Eric Metcalf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
J.J. Birden | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Browning Nagle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 781 | 710 | 142 | 0 | 23 | 28 | -10 | 0 | 13 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Morten Andersen | 22 | 31 | 0 | 97 | ||||||||||
Terance Mathis | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44 | |||||||
Jamal Anderson | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
Bert Emanuel | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
Eric Metcalf | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||
Craig Heyward | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
J.J. Birden | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Tyrone Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Roell Preston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Robbie Tobeck | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Bobby Hebert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Mitch Lyons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Totals | 9 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 309 |