2009 Atlanta Falcons Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 9-7
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's South Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Mike Smith (9-7)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia

2009 Atlanta Falcons Roster
2009 Atlanta Falcons Results

The Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League ended the 2009 season with a record of 9 wins and 7 losses, finishing second in the NFL's South Division of the National Football Conference.

Atlanta scored 363 points, while the defense yielded 325. Matt Ryan threw for 2,916 yards. Roddy White paced all receivers, hauling in 85 passes for 1,153 yards. Tony Gonzalez was targeted regularly, too.

Michael Turner ran for a team-best 871 yards for the Falcons.

Brent Grimes picked off 6 errant tosses from the opposition. Jonathan Babineaux sacked opposing passers 6 times.

Mike Smith coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Matt Ryan	451	263	58.3	2916	6.5	22	4.9	14	3.1	90	19	92	80.9
Chris Redman	119	69	58.0	781	6.6	4	3.4	3	2.5	50	8	34	78.4
Totals	570	332	58.2	3697	6.5	26	4.6	17	3.0	90	27	126

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Michael Turner	178	871	4.9	58	10
Jason Snelling	142	613	4.3	31	4
Jerious Norwood	76	252	3.3	21	0
Eric Weems	8	53	6.6	31	0
Matt Ryan	30	49	1.6	7	1
Aaron Stecker	5	15	3.0	6	0
Ovie Mughelli	4	10	2.5	4	0
Marty Booker	1	7	7.0	7	0
Chris Redman	6	4	0.7	5	0
Roddy White	1	2	2.0	2	0
Totals	451	1876	4.2	58	15

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Roddy White	85	1153	13.6	90	11
Tony Gonzalez	83	867	10.4	27	6
Michael Jenkins	50	635	12.7	50	1
Jason Snelling	30	259	8.6	38	1
Jerious Norwood	19	186	9.8	38	1
Marty Booker	16	181	11.3	27	1
Justin Peelle	12	115	9.6	32	2
Brian Finneran	11	111	10.1	19	0
Ovie Mughelli	7	51	7.3	21	1
Eric Weems	6	50	8.3	30	2
Michael Turner	5	35	7.0	10	0
Aaron Stecker	5	34	6.8	14	0
Verron Haynes	3	20	6.7	10	0
Totals	332	3697	11.1	90	26

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Jason Elam	33	32	97.0	19	12	63.2	68
Matt Bryant	10	10	100.0	10	7	70.0	31
Totals	43	42	97.7	29	19	65.5	99

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Michael Koenen	61	2598	42.6	70
Matt Bryant	1	36	36.0	36
Totals	62	2634	42.5	70

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Eric Weems	27	270	10.0	28	0
Totals	27	270	10.0	28	0

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Eric Weems	48	1214	25.3	62
Aaron Stecker	3	54	18.0	21
Jerious Norwood	1	39	39.0	39
Brian Finneran	2	22	11.0	16
Keith Zinger	1	7	7.0	7
Totals	55	1336	24.3	62

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Brent Grimes	6	17	2.8	11	0
Thomas DeCoud	3	25	8.3	15	0
Christopher Owens	2	13	6.5	13	0
Tye Hill	1	62	62.0	62	1
Mike Peterson	1	39	39.0	39	0
Chris Houston	1	4	4.0	4	0
Brian Williams	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Totals	15	158	10.5	62	1

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Jonathan Babineaux	6.0
John Abraham	5.5
Kroy Biermann	5.0
Stephen Nicholas	3.0
Thomas Johnson	2.0
Thomas DeCoud	2.0
Mike Peterson	1.0
Chauncey Davis	1.0
Lawrence Sidbury	1.0
Chevis Jackson	1.0
Jamaal Anderson	0.5
Totals	28.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Curtis Lofton	117	103	28	2	0	0	0	0	2
Mike Peterson	95	82	26	7	0	0	0	0	2
Erik Coleman	98	81	34	5	0	0	0	0	2
Thomas DeCoud	62.5	57	11	7	0	1	0	0	2
Brent Grimes	58	56	4	13	0	1	0	0	0
Stephen Nicholas	62	55	14	3	0	1	0	0	1
Chris Houston	43	39	8	9
Jonathan Babineaux	42	37	10	2	0	2	0	0	2
John Abraham	33	30	6	1	0	0	0	0	1
Kroy Biermann	34.5	29	11		0	2	4	1	1
Chevis Jackson	26.5	25	3	2	0	1	0	0	1
Christopher Owens	23.5	21	5	2	0	1	0	0	0
Jamaal Anderson	21.5	17	9	2
Chauncey Davis	19	16	6	1	0	0	0	0	1
Thomas Johnson	17	15	4		0	0	0	0	1
Brian Williams	16.5	15	3	3	1	1	53	0	0
Vance Walker	10.5	8	5	2
Trey Lewis	9	8	2
Coy Wire	8	7	2	1	0	2	0	0	1
Tye Hill	7	7	0	1
Lawrence Sidbury	4	4	0		0	1	11	1	0
Roddy White	3	3	0		1	1	0		1
Michael Jenkins	3	3	0
Brian Finneran	2.5	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Tony Gonzalez	2	2	0
Justin Blalock	2	2	0
Jerious Norwood	2	1	2		1	1	2		0
Ovie Mughelli	1.5	1	1
Todd McClure	1	1	0		0	1	0	0	0
Michael Turner	1	1	0		4	1	0		0
Harvey Dahl	1	1	0
Brett Romberg	1	1	0
Tony Gilbert	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	1
Antoine Harris	0.5	0	1
Peria Jerry	0.5	0	1
William Moore	0.5	0	1
Jason Snelling	0.5	0	1		2	0	0		0
Matt Ryan					5	2	0		0
Justin Peelle					0	1	0		0
Michael Koenen					1	1	0	0	0
Sam Baker					0	1	0	0	0
Eric Weems					3	0	0		0
Chris Redman					1	0	0	0	0
Totals	830.5	730	201	64	19	22	70	2	20

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Jason Elam									12	32	0			68
Roddy White	0	11							0	0	0			66
Michael Turner	10	0							0	0	0			60
Tony Gonzalez		6							0	0	0			36
Matt Bryant									7	10	0			31
Jason Snelling	4	1							0	0	0			30
Eric Weems	0	2	0	0					0	0	0			12
Justin Peelle		2							0	0	0			12
Matt Ryan	1								0	0	0			6
Kroy Biermann							1		0	0	0			6
Lawrence Sidbury							1		0	0	0			6
Tye Hill						1			0	0	0			6
Marty Booker	0	1							0	0	0			6
Michael Jenkins		1							0	0	0			6
Ovie Mughelli	0	1							0	0	0			6
Jerious Norwood	0	1		0					0	0	0			6
Totals	15	26	0	0	0	1	2	0	19	42	0	0	0	363