1979 Atlanta Falcons

1979 Atlanta Falcons Statistics

Passing
Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Sack	Loss	Rating
Steve Bartkowski	380	204	53.7	2505	6.59	57	17	4.5	20	5.3	39	286	67.3
June Jones	83	38	45.8	505	6.08	49	2	2.4	3	3.6	13	100	58.6
Mike Moroski	15	8	53.3	97	6.47	23	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	12	73.5
John James	1	1	100.0	20	20.00	20	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	118.8
TOTALS	479	251	52.4	3127	6.53	57	19	4.0	23	4.8	0	0	66.2

Receiving Player Rec Yds Avg TD Lg Wally Francis 74 1013 13.7 8 42 Alfred Jenkins 50 858 17.2 3 57 William Andrews 39 309 7.9 2 34 Jim Mitchell 16 118 7.4 2 14 Lynn Cain 15 181 12.1 2 28 Haskel Stanback 13 89 6.8 0 22 Bubba Bean 12 137 11.4 0 49 Alfred Jackson 11 156 14.2 0 23 Dennis Pearson 7 119 17.0 0 40 James Mayberry 7 48 6.9 0 19 Billy Ryckman 4 59 14.8 2 20t Bob Glazebrook 1 20 20.0 0 20 Russ Mikeska 1 14 14.0 0 14 Ray Strong 1 6 6.0 0 6 TOTALS 251 3127 12.5 19 57

Rushing Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg William Andrews 239 1023 4.3 3 23 Bubba Bean 88 393 4.5 1 60t Lynn Cain 63 295 4.7 2 35t Haskel Stanback 36 202 5.6 5 55t James Mayberry 45 193 4.3 1 21 Steve Bartkowski 14 36 2.6 2 18 Mike Moroski 3 31 10.3 1 19 June Jones 6 19 3.2 0 9 Ray Strong 2 7 3.5 0 4 Ricky Patton 3 1 0.3 0 2 John James 1 0 0.0 0 0 TOTALS 500 2200 4.4 15 60t

Kickoff Returns Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Dennis Pearson 30 570 19.0 0 29 Ray Strong 15 343 22.9 0 33 Lynn Cain 7 149 21.3 0 32 Tom Pridemore 9 111 12.3 0 21 Haskel Stanback 6 109 18.2 0 24 James Mayberry 4 49 12.3 0 16 Alfred Jackson 1 20 20.0 0 20 Rick Byas 1 19 19.0 0 19 TOTALS 73 1370 18.8 0 33

Punt Returns Player Att Yds Avg FC TD Lg Dennis Pearson 12 115 9.6 10 0 60 Billy Ryckman 12 72 6.0 5 0 15 Dewey McClain 1 2 2.0 0 0 2 Bob Glazebrook 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 -1 TOTALS 26 188 7.2 15 0 60

Punting
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Ret	Yds	Net
John James	83	3296	39.7	62	4	12	1	41	259	35.2
TOTALS	83	3296	39.7	62	4	12	1	41	259	35.2

Kicking
Player	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	All	Lg	PAT	Pts
Tim Mazzetti	0/0	9/11	1/6	3/7	0/1	13/25	48	31/37	70
TOTALS	0/0	9/11	1/6	3/7	0/1	13/25	48	31/37	70

Defense
Player	Sacks	Loss	Ints	Yds	Avg	TDs	Lg
Rick Byas	--	--	1	34	34.0	0	34
Ray Easterling	--	--	2	5	2.5	0	5
Rolland Lawrence	--	--	6	120	20.0	0	38
James Mayberry	--	--	1	6	6.0	1	6t
Robert Pennywell	--	--	1	39	39.0	1	39t
Tom Pridemore	--	--	2	20	10.0	0	20
Frank Reed	--	--	2	0	0.0	0	0
TOTALS	0.0	0.0	15	224	14.9	2	39t

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.