1966N Atlanta Falcons Season Summary - Final Injuries
Record (4-10)
Wk Result Opponent
1 L 7-26 LA Rams
2 L 0-17 at Philadelphia
3 W 38-35 at Detroit
4 L 11-13 Dallas
5 L 17-42 at Washington
6 W 39-34 San Francisco
7 L 7-26 at Green Bay
8 L 14-56 Cleveland
10 L 10-17 Baltimore
11 L 13-33 at NY Giants
12 W 30-27 at Chicago
13 L 0-28 at Minnesota
14 W 30-27 St Louis
15 L 14-31 Pittsburgh
Team Statistics
Falcons Opp.
Total First Downs 229 283
Rushing 82 106
Passing 125 160
Penalty 22 17
Third Down: Made/Att 66-192 68-171
Third Down Pct. 34.4 39.8
Fourth Down: Made/Att 8-18 4-8
Fourth Down Pct. 44.4 50.0
Total Net Yards 4094 5330
Avg.Per Game 292.4 380.7
Total Plays 893 898
Avg.Per Play 4.6 5.9
Net Yards Rushing 1732 1978
Avg.Per Game 123.7 141.3
Total Rushes 445 458
Net Yards Passing 2362 3352
Avg.Per Game 168.7 239.4
Sacked-Yds Lost 33-240 34-212
Gross Yards 4334 5542
Att-Completions 415-213 406-237
Completion Pct. 51.3 58.4
Had Intercepted 20 17
Punts-Avg. 87-42.3 69-39.3
Net Punting Avg. 38.5 35.6
Penalties-Yards Lost 88-745 80-678
Fumbles-Ball Lost 29-15 25-16
Touchdowns 30 55
Rushing 15 17
Passing 13 37
Returns 2 1
Total Pts. 230 412
Avg. Time of Poss. 29:14 30:46
PASSING Att Cmp Pct Yds Lng TD Int Sk SkY Rate
S.Sloan 13 7 53.8 148 37 0 0 2 19 94.4
D.Claridge 127 78 61.4 921 48 7 6 8 54 82.2
R.Johnson 275 128 46.5 1,533 46 6 14 23 167 50.2
Falcons 415 213 51.3 2,602 48 13 20 33 240 61.3
Opponents 406 237 58.4 3,564 91 37 17 34 212 100.2
SCORING R P Ret PAT FG Saf Pts
L.Kirouac 0 0 0 25/30 7/21 0 46
J.Coffey 7 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 42
E.Wheelwright 6 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 42
A.Hawkins 0 4 0 0/0 0/0 0 24
R.Johnson 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
V.Burke 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
B.Sherlag 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
T.Anderson 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
P.Dunn 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
B.Martin 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
B.Richards 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
B.Jobko 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
R.Heck 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 2
Falcons 15 13 2 25/30 7/21 2 230
Opponents 17 37 1 50/55 10/21 1 412
FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50
L.Kirouac 2/4 2/6 3/7 0/4 0/0
Falcons 2/4 2/6 3/7 0/4 0/0
Opponents 3/3 5/7 2/4 0/7 0/0
RUSHING Att Yards Avg Long TD
J.Coffey 219 851 3.9 38 7
E.Wheelwright 127 546 4.3 70 6
R.Johnson 36 117 3.2 12 2
D.Claridge 21 74 3.5 14 0
P.Dunn 29 64 2.2 7 0
V.Burke 3 55 18.3 21 0
C.Scales 9 25 2.8 5 0
S.Sloan 1 0 0.0 0 0
Falcons 445 1,732 3.9 70 15
Opponents 458 1,978 4.3 43 17
RECEIVING Rec Yards Avg Long TD
A.Hawkins 44 782 17.8 48 4
V.Burke 41 505 12.3 44 2
B.Martin 36 412 11.4 37 1
J.Coffey 30 261 8.7 37 0
E.Wheelwright 17 148 8.7 20 1
G.Barnes 17 208 12.2 38 0
P.Dunn 11 58 5.3 16 1
T.Anderson 10 142 14.2 33 2
B.Sherlag 5 68 13.6 21 2
C.Scales 2 18 9.0 11 0
Falcons 213 2,602 12.2 48 13
Opponents 237 3,564 15.0 91 37
PUNT RETURNS No FC Yds Avg Lng TD
R.Smith 31 6 155 5.0 12 0
B.Sherlag 3 1 4 1.3 2 0
N.Rassas 4 1 -2 -0.5 1 0
Falcons 38 8 157 4.1 12 0
Opponents 33 25 226 6.8 48 0
KO RETURNS No Yds Avg Long TD
R.Smith 43 1,166 27.1 89 0
N.Rassas 10 234 23.4 33 0
C.Scales 5 107 21.4 28 0
J.Sidle 5 100 20.0 29 0
Falcons 63 1,607 25.5 89 0
Opponents 44 1,113 25.3 96 1
PUNTING Att Yds GAvg In20 Long
B.Lothridge 87 3,679 42.3 21 68
Falcons 87 3,679 42.3 21 68
Opponents 69 2,711 39.3 20 58
INTERCEPTIONS No Yds Avg Long TD
J.Richardson 4 37 9.2 17 0
L.Calland 4 8 2.0 8 0
R.Smith 3 17 5.7 9 0
B.Jobko 2 0 0.0 0 0
B.Riggle 2 25 12.5 19 0
M.Rushing 1 3 3.0 3 0
K.Reaves 1 23 23.0 23 0
Falcons 17 113 6.6 23 0
Opponents 20 300 15.0 39 0
SACKS No Yds Avg SAF
S.Williams 7 53 7.6 0
B.Jobko 5 34 6.8 0
B.Richards 3 22 7.3 0
J.Szczecko 3 27 9.0 0
C.Sieminski 3 19 6.3 0
T.Nobis 3 20 6.7 0
M.Rushing 3 14 4.7 0
J.Richardson 2 8 4.0 0
K.Rubke 1 1 1.0 0
B.Marshall 1 5 5.0 0
L.C.Morris 1 4 4.0 0
R.Heck 1 2 2.0 1
B.Riggle 1 3 3.0 0
Falcons 34 212 6.2 2
Opponents 33 240 7.3 1