1978 Atlanta Falcons

1978 Atlanta Falcons Statistics

Passing
Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Sack	Loss	Rating
Steve Bartkowski	369	187	50.7	2489	6.75	71	10	2.7	18	4.9	39	349	61.1
June Jones	79	34	43.0	394	4.99	38t	1	1.3	4	5.1	17	132	41.9
Bubba Bean	1	0	0.0	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0.0
TOTALS	449	221	49.2	2883	6.42	71	11	2.4	23	5.1	0	0	56.7

Receiving Player Rec Yds Avg TD Lg Wally Francis 45 695 15.4 3 54t Billy Ryckman 45 679 15.1 2 59t Jim Mitchell 32 366 11.4 2 24 Bubba Bean 31 209 6.7 1 38t Alfred Jackson 26 526 20.2 2 71 Haskel Stanback 12 108 9.0 0 20 Ricky Patton 10 90 9.0 1 32 Ray Strong 7 56 8.0 0 21 Dennis Pearson 5 71 14.2 0 23 Mike Esposito 3 10 3.3 0 4 Alfred Jenkins 2 28 14.0 0 22 James Wright 2 26 13.0 0 18 George Franklin 1 19 19.0 0 19 TOTALS 221 2883 13.0 11 71

Rushing Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Bubba Bean 193 707 3.7 3 25t Haskel Stanback 188 588 3.1 5 26 Ricky Patton 68 206 3.0 1 15 Ray Strong 30 99 3.3 2 14 Steve Bartkowski 33 60 1.8 2 8 Mike Esposito 7 21 3.0 0 7 Dennis Pearson 1 1 1.0 0 1 June Jones 10 -3 -0.3 0 17 George Franklin 1 -8 -8.0 0 -8 Wally Francis 2 -11 -5.5 0 -5 TOTALS 533 1660 3.1 13 26

Kickoff Returns Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Dennis Pearson 25 662 26.5 1 100t George Franklin 11 258 23.5 0 33 Alfred Jackson 11 225 20.5 0 30 Tom Pridemore 4 71 17.8 0 20 Ray Strong 3 50 16.7 0 23 James Wright 2 31 15.5 0 16 Edgar Fields 2 21 10.5 0 20 Jim Mitchell 1 14 14.0 0 14 TOTALS 59 1332 22.6 1 100t

Punt Returns Player Att Yds Avg FC TD Lg Billy Ryckman 28 227 8.1 18 0 38 Alfred Jackson 11 89 8.1 6 0 32 Rolland Lawrence 1 17 17.0 1 0 17 Rick Byas 2 12 6.0 0 0 12 Bob Glazebrook 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 TOTALS 42 345 8.2 26 0 38

Punting
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Ret	Yds	Net
John James	109	4227	38.8	57	9	24	1	54	305	34.0
TOTALS	109	4227	38.8	57	9	24	1	54	305	34.0

Kicking
Player	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	All	Lg	PAT	Pts
Tim Mazzetti	0/0	7/7	6/9	0/0	0/0	13/16	39	18/18	57
Fred Steinfort	0/0	1/1	1/5	1/4	0/0	3/10	48	8/9	17
TOTALS	0/0	8/8	7/14	1/4	0/0	16/26	48	26/27	74

Defense
Player	Sacks	Loss	Ints	Yds	Avg	TDs	Lg
Rick Byas	--	--	2	37	18.5	0	32
Ray Easterling	--	--	1	1	1.0	0	1
Wilson Faumuina	--	--	1	7	7.0	0	7
Rolland Lawrence	--	--	6	76	12.7	0	44
Tom Pridemore	--	--	1	0	0.0	0	0
Frank Reed	--	--	1	38	38.0	0	38
TOTALS	0.0	0.0	12	159	13.3	0	44

By the numbers: Falcons-Chargers
San Diego Union Tribune | December 01, 2008
Zero turnovers for Chargers for the second time this season (at Miami).

'Resilient' Falcons hold on to beat Chargers
Atlanta Journal-Constitution | November 30, 2008
San Diego — A sign of a good team is being able to win when all cylinders are not firing.

White passes 1,000 in receiving yards
Atlanta Journal-Constitution | November 30, 2008
San Diego — On his second reception Sunday Falcons wide receiver Roddy White eclipsed the 1,000-yard receiving mark for the second consecutive season.