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1985 Atlanta Falcons

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Record: 4-12-0, Finished 4th in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 282 points (17.6/g), 26th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 452 points (28.2/g), 28th.
 Differential of -170 points (-10.6/g), 27th.
 Expected W-L: 3.9-12.1.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +4 (0.2/g), 9th.

Coached by Dan Henning (4-12-0)

1985 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 8 box L 0-1 Detroit Lions 27 28 21 300 140 160 1 16 286 156 130 2
2 Sun September 15 box L 0-2 @ San Francisco 49ers 16 35 18 253 130 123 1 23 380 184 196 1
3 Sun September 22 box L 0-3 Denver Broncos 28 44 16 341 233 108 2 27 428 280 148 2
4 Sun September 29 box L 0-4 @ Los Angeles Rams 6 17 18 258 154 104 1 14 283 177 106
5 Sun October 6 box L 0-5 San Francisco 49ers 17 38 22 386 271 115 2 30 499 420 79
6 Sun October 13 box L 0-6 @ Seattle Seahawks 26 30 20 350 187 163 1 22 421 358 63 3
7 Sun October 20 box W 1-6 New Orleans Saints 31 24 23 377 248 129 4 18 365 287 78 5
8 Sun October 27 box L 1-7 @ Dallas Cowboys 10 24 18 253 91 162 4 28 461 352 109 4
9 Sun November 3 box L 1-8 Washington Redskins 10 44 14 298 129 169 1 24 461 154 307
10 Sun November 10 box L 1-9 @ Philadelphia Eagles 17 23 20 310 94 216 2 15 330 235 95 2
11 Sun November 17 box W 2-9 Los Angeles Rams 30 14 22 290 132 158 1 9 177 132 45 5
12 Sun November 24 box L 2-10 @ Chicago Bears 0 36 10 119 -22 141 3 24 379 183 196 1
13 Sun December 1 box L 2-11 Los Angeles Raiders 24 34 16 365 235 130 3 20 388 211 177 1
14 Sun December 8 box L 2-12 @ Kansas City Chiefs 10 38 21 354 93 261 3 21 369 205 164 1
15 Sun December 15 box W 3-12 Minnesota Vikings 14 13 15 274 190 84 1 23 377 286 91 5
16 Sun December 22 box W 4-12 @ New Orleans Saints 16 10 22 432 189 243 15 246 178 68 2

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 282 4960 1091 4.5 296 254 462 2494 13 20 4.7 132 560 2466 14 4.4 149 30 10 15
Team Defense 452 5850 1014 5.8 546 289 535 3798 32 22 6.6 181 437 2052 24 4.7 329 34 12 36
Lg Rank Offense 26 20 17 23 27 26 8 28 6 3 17 7 3 3
Lg Rank Defense 28 25 24 21 27 27 12 24 6 17 26 26 21 25

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
David Archer 23 QB 16 11 4-7-0 161 312 51.6 1992 7 2.2 17 5.4 62 6.4 4.2 12.4 124.5 56.5 43 312 4.7 2.8 12.1
Steve Bartkowski 33 qb 5 5 0-5-0 69 111 62.2 738 5 4.5 1 0.9 62 6.6 6.7 10.7 147.6 92.8 18 158 4.5 4.5 14.0
Bob Holly 25 4 0 24 39 61.5 295 1 2.6 2 5.1 44 7.6 5.5 12.3 73.8 72.1 8 61 5.0 3.3 17.0
Team Total 25.6 16 4-12-0 254 462 55.0 3025 13 2.8 20 4.3 62 6.5 4.9 11.9 189.1 66.5 69 531 4.7 3.2 13.0
Opp Total 16 289 535 54.0 3798 32 6.0 22 4.1 7.1 5.8 13.1 237.4 79.5 42 331 6.6 4.8

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Gerald Riggs* 25 RB 16 16 397 1719 10 50 4.3 107.4 24.8 33 267 8.1 0 44 2.1 16.7 1986 10 0
David Archer 23 QB 16 11 70 347 2 29 5.0 21.7 4.4 347 2 9
Joe Washington 32 16 0 52 210 1 14 4.0 13.1 3.3 37 328 8.9 1 34 2.3 20.5 538 2 1
Cliff Austin 25 RET 14 0 20 110 0 17 5.5 7.9 1.4 1 21 21.0 0 21 0.1 1.5 131 0 0
Billy Johnson 33 wr 16 8 8 -8 0 6 -1.0 -0.5 0.5 62 830 13.4 5 62 3.9 51.9 822 5 4
Steve Bartkowski 33 qb 5 5 5 9 0 5 1.8 1.8 1.0 9 0 3
Bob Holly 25 4 0 3 36 1 20 12.0 9.0 0.8 36 1 1
Rick Donnelly 23 P 11 0 2 -5 0 0 -2.5 -0.5 0.2 -5 0 0
Stacey Bailey 25 WR 15 13 1 -3 0 -3 -3.0 -0.2 0.1 30 364 12.1 0 31 2.0 24.3 361 0 1
Ken Whisenhunt 23 16 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 0.2 0.1 3 48 16.0 0 29 0.2 3.0 51 0 0
Tom Pridemore 29 fs 16 5 1 48 0 48 48.0 3.0 0.1 48 0 0
Arthur Cox 24 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 33 454 13.8 2 62 2.1 28.4 454 2 0
Charlie Brown 27 WR 13 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 24 412 17.2 2 48 1.8 31.7 412 2 0
Anthony Allen 26 RET 16 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 14 207 14.8 2 37 0.9 12.9 207 2 0
Cliff Benson 24 TE 16 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 10 37 3.7 0 6 0.6 2.3 37 0 0
Allama Matthews 24 15 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 57 8.1 1 15 0.5 3.8 57 1 0
Team Total 25.6 16 560 2466 14 50 4.4 154.1 35.0 254 3025 11.9 13 62 15.9 189.1 5491 27 23
Opp Total 16 437 2052 24 4.7 128.3 27.3 289 3798 13.1 32 18.1 237.4 5850 56 18

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Cliff Austin 25 RET 14 0 39 838 1 94 21.5 969
Anthony Allen 26 RET 16 2 21 141 0 23 6.7 8 140 0 26 17.5 488
Danny Wagoner 26 14 0 13 262 0 34 20.2 262
Billy Johnson 33 wr 16 8 10 82 0 18 8.2 904
Sylvester Stamps 24 2 0 4 89 0 32 22.3 89
Ken Whisenhunt 23 16 0 4 33 0 14 8.3 84
Kenny Johnson 27 5 3 1 20 0 20 20.0 20
Allama Matthews 24 15 2 1 11 0 11 11.0 68
Tim Tyrrell 24 16 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 13
Ronnie Washington 22 16 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 25.6 16 31 223 0 23 7.2 72 1406 1 94 19.5 7120
Opp Total 16 52 0 62 1135 0 18.3

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Mick Luckhurst 27 K 16 0 9 7 10 8 11 8 1 1 31 24 77.4% 29 29 100.0% 1 26 26 0 26.0
Rick Donnelly 23 P 11 0 59 2574 68 0 43.6
Ralph Giacomarro 24 5 0 29 1157 52 0 39.9
Rick Bryan 23 LDE 16 16 1 1 100.0%
Team Total 25.6 16 9 7 10 8 11 8 1 1 31 24 77.4% 30 30 100.0% 89 3757 68 0 42.2
Opp Total 16 23 17 73.9% 56 55 98.2% 69 2898 42.0

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
David Archer 23 QB 16 11 9 2 0 0
Mike Pitts 25 LDT 16 16 7.0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 6 0 102
Rick Bryan 23 LDE 16 16 7.5
John Rade 25 LLB 16 14 5.0 2 42 1 38
Scott Case 23 SS 14 13 1.0 4 78 0 47 0 0 1 13 0 95
David Frye 24 rlb 14 5 4.0 1 20 0 20 0 1 13 0
Mike Gann 22 RDE 16 16 4.5 0 1 42 1
Bobby Butler 26 LCB 16 16 5 -4 0 0
Wendell Cason 22 RCB 14 14 3 30 0 22 0 2 2 0
Dan Benish 24 RDT 16 16 3.5 0 1 0 0
Steve Bartkowski 33 qb 5 5 3 1 -8 0
Billy Johnson 33 wr 16 8 4 0 0 0
Thomas Benson 24 16 1 1.5 0 2 0 0
Al Richardson 28 RLB 16 11 3.5
Ronnie Washington 22 16 1 0.5 1 1 0 0
Tiger Greene 23 FS 10 7 2 27 0 27
Jeff Kiewel 25 LG 16 9 0 2 0 0
Lawrence Pillers 33 9 0 2.0
Tom Pridemore 29 fs 16 5 2 45 0 36
Johnny Taylor 24 llb 15 5 1.0 0 1 0 0
Joe Washington 32 16 0 1 1 0 0
Anthony Allen 26 RET 16 2 0 1 0 0
Stacey Bailey 25 WR 15 13 1 0 0 0
James Britt 25 2 2 1 8 0 8
David Croudip 27 11 0 0 1 0 0
Buddy Curry 27 MLB 16 14 1 0 0 0
Rick Donnelly 23 P 11 0 0 1 0 0
Bob Holly 25 4 0 1 0 0 0
Andrew Provence 24 16 0 1.0
Eric Sanders 27 lt 16 7 1 0 -23 0
Tim Tyrrell 24 16 0 1 0 0 0
Danny Wagoner 26 14 0 0 1 0 0
Ken Whisenhunt 23 16 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 25.6 16 42.0 22 247 1 47 0 23 22 49 1 197
Opp Total 16 69 18 6 2

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Mick Luckhurst 27 K 16 0 29 24 101
Gerald Riggs* 25 RB 16 16 10 60
Billy Johnson 33 wr 16 8 5 30
Anthony Allen 26 RET 16 2 2 12
David Archer 23 QB 16 11 2 12
Charlie Brown 27 WR 13 9 2 12
Arthur Cox 24 TE 16 16 2 12
Joe Washington 32 16 0 1 1 12
Cliff Austin 25 RET 14 0 1 6
Mike Gann 22 RDE 16 16 1 6
Bob Holly 25 4 0 1 6
Allama Matthews 24 15 2 1 6
John Rade 25 LLB 16 14 1 6
Rick Bryan 23 LDE 16 16 1 1
Team Total 25.6 16 14 13 1 1 1 30 24 282
Opp Total 16 24 32 55 17 2 452