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1975 Atlanta Falcons: 4-10-0
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Home record: 3-4-0 (142 points scored, 121 allowed) Road record: 1-6-0 (98 points scored, 168 allowed) Head Coach: Marion Campbell

240 points scored (19th of 26 teams), 289 points allowed (15th) NFL Averages: 20.6 points/game (288.3 points/team)

Team stats and rankings:
           ---------------- PASSING ----------------    ----------- RUSHING ----------    --- TOTAL ---
           Cmp   Att   Yards  (Rank) Yd/Att  TD  Int    Att   Yards  (Rank) Yd/Att  TD    Yards   (Rank)  Turnovers
Offense:   165   388   2,067   (19)   4.92   18   29    465   1,794   (19)    3.9   12    3,861    (20)      48
Defense:   227   437   2,535   (21)   5.37   16   25    571   2,277   (21)    4.0   13    4,812    (22)      37

Team roster (starters in bold):
 #   Player              Pos   GP   Hgt   Wgt  Age  Exp   College
 6  John James           P     14   6'3   197   26    4   Florida
 7  Pat Sullivan         QB     6   6'0   200   25    4   Auburn
10  Steve Bartkowski     QB    11   6'4   213   22    R   California
11  Kim McQuilken        QB     3   6'2   200   24    2   Lehigh
12  Nick Mike-Mayer      K     14   5'8   185   25    3   Temple
22  Rolland Lawrence     DB    14   5'10  174   24    3   Tabor
24  Haskel Stanback      RB    14   6'0   210   23    2   Tennessee
25  Larry Crowe          RB     5   6'1   198   25    2   Texas Southern
27  Tom Hayes            DB    14   6'1   196   29    5   San Diego State
29  Ron Mabra            DB     8   5'10  164   24    1   Howard
30  Oscar Reed           RB     7   5'11  222   31    8   Colorado State
32  Ray Easterling       DB    14   6'0   186   26    4   Richmond
34  Ray Brown            DB    14   6'2   208   26    5   West Texas State
38  Rick Byas            DB    14   5'8   172   25    2   Wayne State (MI)
40  Bob Jones            DB    14   6'1   193   24    3   Virginia Union
42  Mack Herron          RB     4   5'5   175   27    3   Kansas State
43  Dave Hampton         RB    14   6'0   206   28    7   Wyoming
46  Monroe Eley          RB     6   6'2   210   26    1   Arizona State
47  Brad Davis           RB     3   5'11  208   22    R   Louisiana State
48  Woody Thompson       RB    14   6'1   228   23    R   Miami
50  Greg Brezina         LB    14   6'2   220   29    7   Houston
53  Paul Ryczek          C     14   6'2   238   23    2   Virginia
54  Fulton Kuykendall    LB    14   6'5   225   22    R   UCLA
55  Ralph Ortega         LB    14   6'2   220   22    R   Florida
56  Dennis Havig         OG    13   6'2   254   26    4   Colorado
57  Jeff Van Note        C     14   6'2   252   29    7   Kentucky
58  Don Hansen           LB    14   6'3   226   31    9   Illinois
59  Carl Russ            LB    14   6'2   227   22    R   Michigan
60  Tommy Nobis          LB    13   6'2   232   32   10   Texas
62  Brent Adams          OT    13   6'5   256   23    R   Tennessee
63  Nick Bebout          OT    14   6'5   267   24    3   Wyoming
64  Royce Smith          OG    14   6'3   260   26    4   Georgia
65  Len Gotshalk         OT    14   6'4   253   26    4   Humboldt State
68  Larron Jackson       OG    14   6'3   260   26    5   Missouri
69  Mike Lewis           DT    14   6'3   258   26    5   Arkansas-Pine Bluff
71  John Zook            DE    14   6'5   248   28    7   Kansas
74  Mike Tilleman        DT    14   6'5   273   31   10   Montana
75  Jeff Merrow          DE    12   6'4   230   22    R   West Virginia
77  Rosie Manning        DT     2   6'5   259   25    4   Northeastern Oklahoma
78  Roy Hilton           DE    12   6'6   250   32   11   Jackson State
79  Chuck Walker         DT    10   6'2   250   34   12   Duke
81  Gerald Tinker        WR     8   5'9   175   24    2   Kent State
82  Ken Burrow           WR    13   6'0   188   27    5   San Diego State
84  Alfred Jenkins       WR    14   5'10  155   23    1   Morris Brown
86  Jim Mitchell         TE    14   6'2   235   27    7   Virginia State
88  Greg McCrary         TE    13   6'3   230   23    R   Clark Atlanta
89  Wallace Francis      WR    14   5'11  185   23    3   Arkansas-Pine Bluff

                                               Per   Per
Passing              Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Sack  Loss  Rating
Steve Bartkowski     255  115   45.1  1,662   6.52  14.5  13   5.1   15   5.9    19   197    59.3
Pat Sullivan          70   28   40.0    380   5.43  13.6   3   4.3    5   7.1     8    52    42.6
Kim McQuilken         61   20   32.8    253   4.15  12.7   1   1.6    9  14.8     5    45    12.6
Haskel Stanback        1    1  100.0     41  41.00  41.0   1 100.0    0   0.0     0     0   158.3
John James             1    1  100.0     25  25.00  25.0   0   0.0    0   0.0     0     0   118.8
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Alfred Jenkins         38    767   20.2    6
Jim Mitchell           34    536   15.8    4
Ken Burrow             25    323   12.9    2
Dave Hampton           21    195    9.3    1
Haskel Stanback        14    115    8.2    0
Woody Thompson         14     92    6.6    0
Wallace Francis        13    270   20.8    4
Gerald Tinker           3     37   12.3    1
Oscar Reed              2      1    0.5    0
Bob Jones               1     25   25.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Dave Hampton          250  1,002    4.0    5
Haskel Stanback       105    440    4.2    5
Woody Thompson         68    247    3.6    0
Oscar Reed             14     40    2.9    0
Kim McQuilken           4     26    6.5    0
Steve Bartkowski       14     15    1.1    2
Wallace Francis         2     12    6.0    0
Pat Sullivan            6      9    1.5    0
Monroe Eley             1      3    3.0    0
Mack Herron             1      0    0.0    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Wallace Francis        14    265   18.9    0
Gerald Tinker          13    307   23.6    0
Mack Herron            11    189   17.2    0
Monroe Eley             8    131   16.4    0
Rick Byas               5     94   18.8    0
Rolland Lawrence        4     80   20.0    0
Woody Thompson          4     62   15.5    0
Greg McCrary            3     48   16.0    0
Oscar Reed              2     17    8.5    0
Alfred Jenkins          1     24   24.0    0
Brad Davis              1      0    0.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Mack Herron            10     94    9.4    1    0
Monroe Eley             7     61    8.7    0    0
Alfred Jenkins          6     38    6.3    0    0
Gerald Tinker           6     23    3.8    1    0
Ron Mabra               4     20    5.0    1    0
Ray Brown               2     12    6.0    2    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net John James 89 3,696 41.5 0 0 1 0 0 41.1 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Nick Mike-Mayer 0/0 3/3 0/3 1/4 0/0 4/10 30/33 42 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Greg Brezina 3.0 4 11 0 Ray Brown 4 119 1 Ray Easterling 3 32 0 Don Hansen 2.0 1 1 0 Tom Hayes 4 16 0 Roy Hilton 4.0 Rolland Lawrence 9 163 1 Mike Lewis 8.0 Jeff Merrow 2.0 Tommy Nobis 1.0 Ralph Ortega 1.0 Mike Tilleman 4.0 Chuck Walker 1.0 John Zook 9.0

1975 Draft:
NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 1 QB Steve Bartkowski 129 California [pick acquired from BAL] 2 29 LB Ralph Ortega 81 Florida 3 65 RB Woody Thompson 35 Miami [pick acquired from HOU] 4 81 OG John Nessel Penn State 5 123 TE Greg McCrary 74 Clark [pick acquired from BUF] 6 132 LB Fulton Kuykendall 124 UCLA [pick acquired from BAL] 6 133 OG Doug Payton Colorado 7 159 RB Mike Esposito 40 Boston College 8 185 OT Brent Adams 41 Tennessee-Chattanooga 9 211 RB Brad Davis 4 LSU 10 237 WR Marshall Mills West Virginia 11 263 DT Jeff Merrow 108 West Virginia 12 289 OT Monzo Picket Texas Southern 13 315 LB Carl Russ 19 Michigan 14 341 DT Steve Robinson Tuskegee 15 367 WR Jim Robinson 58 Georgia Tech 16 393 OT Steve Knutson 40 USC 17 419 QB Mitch Anderson Northwestern

Traded draft picks: #1 to BAL (Ken Huff), #3 to CIN (Gary Burley), #5 to DEN (Stan Rogers)


Transactions:

01-1975traded Clarence Ellis to Broncos for Charlie Greer, Jerry Simmons and Denver's #6 pick in the 1976 draft
01-23-1975traded George Kunz and Atlanta's #1 pick in the 1975 draft to Colts for Baltimore's #1 and #6 picks in the 1975 draft
01-28-1975traded Greg Marx and Atlanta's #5 pick in the 1975 draft to Broncos for Larron Jackson
07-17-1975Bill Sandeman retired
07-25-1975claimed Steve Price on waivers from Jets
07-25-1975traded Tom Geredine to Chiefs for David Jaynes
08-05-1975traded John Nessel to Chiefs for Tom Humphrey
09-02-1975placed Larry Mialik on injured reserve
09-09-1975traded Atlanta's #5 pick in the 1976 draft to Vikings for Oscar Reed
11-11-1975placed Ron Mabra on injured reserve


1975 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record
09/21/75 at St. Louis Cardinals L 20-23 0-1-0 09/28/75 vs Detroit Lions L 14-17 0-2-0 10/05/75 vs New Orleans Saints W 14-7 1-2-0 10/12/75 at San Francisco 49ers W 17-3 2-2-0 10/19/75 at Los Angeles Rams L 7-22 2-3-0 10/26/75 vs Cincinnati Bengals L 14-21 2-4-0 11/02/75 at New Orleans Saints L 7-23 2-5-0 11/09/75 at Minnesota Vikings L 0-38 2-6-0 11/16/75 vs Los Angeles Rams L 7-16 2-7-0 11/23/75 vs Denver Broncos W 35-21 3-7-0 11/30/75 at Oakland Raiders L 34-37 (OT) 3-8-0 12/07/75 vs Washington Redskins L 27-30 3-9-0 12/14/75 vs San Francisco 49ers W 31-9 4-9-0 12/21/75 at Green Bay Packers L 13-22 4-10-0

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