1976 Atlanta Falcons Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-10
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Pat Peppler (3-6)
Coach: Marion Campbell (1-4)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
1976 Atlanta Falcons StatisticsTeam Record: 4-10
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Pat Peppler (3-6)
Coach: Marion Campbell (1-4)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
1976 Atlanta Falcons Results
The Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League ended the 1976 season with a record of 4 wins and 10 losses, finishing third in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference.
The Falcons scored 172 points, but the defense allowed 312. Bubba Bean ran for a team-best 428 yards for Atlanta, and Haskel Stanback additionally aided the ground game.
Steve Bartkowski threw for 677 yards, while Kim McQuilken and Scott Hunter played quarterback, too. Alfred Jenkins paced pass catchers, hauling in 41 passes for 710 yards.
Rolland Lawrence snatched 6 errant tosses from the opposition.
Pat Peppler and Marion Campbell coached the team.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Brent Adams | LT | June 26, 1952 | 6'5" | 256 | Tenn-Chattanooga | Elberton, GA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 81 | Bob Adams | TE-T | August 15, 1946 | 6'2" | 225 | Pacific | Stockton, CA USA | 13 | 0 |
| 72 | Jim Bailey | RDT | June 9, 1948 | 6'4" | 253 | Kansas | Kansas City, MO USA | 7 | 6 |
| 10 | Steve Bartkowski | QB | November 12, 1952 | 6'4" | 216 | California | Des Moines, IA USA | 5 | 5 |
| 44 | Bubba Bean | RB | January 26, 1954 | 5'11" | 195 | Texas A&M | Kirbyville, TX USA | 14 | 4 |
| 50 | Greg Brezina | RLB | January 7, 1946 | 6'0" | 226 | Houston | Sinton, TX USA | 11 | 11 |
| 34 | Ray Brown | SS | January 12, 1949 | 6'1" | 208 | West Texas A&M | Fort Worth, TX USA | 14 | 14 |
| 38 | Rick Byas | DB | October 19, 1950 | 5'9" | 180 | East. Michigan | Detroit, MI USA | 14 | 0 |
| 41 | Sonny Collins | RB | January 17, 1953 | 6'1" | 196 | Kentucky | Madisonville, KY USA | 11 | 0 |
| 51 | Jim Cope | LB | June 23, 1953 | 6'1" | 235 | Ohio St. | Oil City, PA USA | 6 | 0 |
| 47 | Brad Davis | RB | February 9, 1953 | 5'10" | 204 | LSU | Hammond, LA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | Ron East | DT-DE | August 26, 1943 | 6'4" | 250 | Montana St. | Portland, OR USA | 14 | 0 |
| 32 | Ray Easterling | FS | September 3, 1949 | 6'0" | 195 | Richmond | Richmond, VA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 26 | Mike Esposito | FB | April 24, 1953 | 6'0" | 183 | Boston Col. | Everett, MA USA | 10 | 0 |
| 80 | Karl Farmer | WR | August 28, 1954 | 5'11" | 165 | Pittsburgh | Oklahoma City, OK USA | 1 | 0 |
| 89 | Wallace Francis | WR | November 7, 1951 | 5'11" | 190 | Ark-Pine Bluff | Franklin, LA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 71 | Steve George | DT | April 11, 1951 | 6'5" | 265 | Houston | Sulphur Springs, TX USA | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | John Gilliam | WR | August 7, 1945 | 6'1" | 195 | South Carolina St. | Greenwood, SC USA | 14 | 0 |
| 65 | Len Gotshalk | RT | October 21, 1949 | 6'4" | 259 | Humboldt St. | Lakeport, CA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 43 | Dave Hampton | RB | May 7, 1947 | 6'0" | 210 | Wyoming | Akron, OH USA | 2 | 0 |
| 87 | Claude Humphrey | LDE | June 29, 1944 | 6'4" | 252 | Tennessee St. | Memphis, TN USA | 13 | 13 |
| 16 | Scott Hunter | QB | November 11, 1947 | 6'2" | 205 | Alabama | Mobile, AL USA | 8 | 6 |
| 68 | Larron Jackson | LG | August 26, 1949 | 6'3" | 270 | Missouri | St. Louis, MO USA | 14 | 0 |
| 6 | John James | P | January 21, 1949 | 6'3" | 197 | Florida | Panama City, FL USA | 14 | 0 |
| 84 | Alfred Jenkins | WR | January 25, 1952 | 5'10" | 170 | Morris Brown | Hogansville, GA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 40 | Bob Jones | DB | February 10, 1951 | 6'1" | 194 | Virginia Union | Boardman, FL USA | 14 | 0 |
| 63 | Greg Kindle | RG | September 16, 1950 | 6'4" | 265 | Tennessee St. | Houston, TX USA | 10 | 10 |
| 54 | Fulton Kuykendall | LLB | June 10, 1953 | 6'4" | 225 | UCLA | Coronado, CA USA | 7 | 7 |
| 22 | Rolland Lawrence | KR | March 24, 1951 | 5'10" | 179 | Tabor | Franklin, PA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 69 | Mike Lewis | RDT | July 14, 1949 | 6'4" | 261 | Wiley | Houston, TX USA | 12 | 12 |
| 29 | Ron Mabra | DB | June 4, 1951 | 5'10" | 166 | Howard | Talladega, AL USA | 8 | 0 |
| 71 | Greg Marderian | DT | January 15, 1952 | 6'4" | 250 | USC | Burbank, CA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 52 | Dewey McClain | LLB | April 25, 1954 | 6'3" | 236 | East Central (OK) | Okmulgee, OK USA | 14 | 5 |
| 73 | Phil McKinnely | T-G-TE | July 8, 1954 | 6'4" | 248 | UCLA | Oakland, CA USA | 12 | 0 |
| 11 | Kim McQuilken | QB | February 26, 1951 | 6'2" | 203 | Lehigh | Allentown, PA USA | 8 | 3 |
| 75 | Jeff Merrow | RDE | July 12, 1953 | 6'4" | 236 | West Virginia | Akron, OH USA | 14 | 14 |
| 12 | Nick Mike-Mayer | K | March 1, 1950 | 5'8" | 186 | Temple | Bologna, Italy | 14 | 0 |
| 86 | Jim Mitchell | TE | October 19, 1947 | 6'1" | 234 | Prairie View | Shelbyville, TN USA | 14 | 0 |
| 60 | Tommy Nobis | MLB | September 20, 1943 | 6'2" | 240 | Texas | San Antonio, TX USA | 13 | 0 |
| 55 | Ralph Ortega | LB | July 6, 1953 | 6'2" | 220 | Florida | Havana, Cuba | 14 | 4 |
| Wally Pesuit | G-C-T-DE | March 4, 1954 | 6'4" | 252 | Kentucky | Steubenville, OH USA | 1 | 0 | |
| 82 | Scott Piper | WR | June 18, 1954 | 6'1" | 180 | Arizona | Philadelphia, PA USA | 13 | 0 |
| 39 | Billy Pritchett | RB | February 22, 1951 | 6'3" | 230 | West Texas A&M | Mart, TX USA | 6 | 1 |
| 28 | Frank Reed | RCB | May 13, 1954 | 5'11" | 193 | Washington | Seattle, WA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 56 | Guy Roberts | LB | June 12, 1950 | 6'1" | 217 | Maryland | North Babylon, NY USA | 14 | 3 |
| 53 | Paul Ryczek | C | June 25, 1952 | 6'2" | 230 | Virginia | Painesville, OH USA | 14 | 4 |
| 70 | Dave Scott | G-T | December 26, 1953 | 6'4" | 276 | Kansas | Hackensack, NJ USA | 13 | 0 |
| 64 | Royce Smith | G | June 17, 1949 | 6'3" | 250 | Georgia | Savannah, GA USA | 10 | 0 |
| 24 | Haskel Stanback | RB | March 19, 1952 | 6'0" | 210 | Tennessee | Kannapolis, NC USA | 14 | 0 |
| 48 | Woody Thompson | RB | August 20, 1952 | 6'1" | 228 | Miami (FL) | Erie, PA USA | 7 | 0 |
| 74 | Mike Tilleman | LDT | March 30, 1944 | 6'7" | 272 | Montana | Chinook, MT USA | 14 | 14 |
| 57 | Jeff Van Note | C | February 7, 1946 | 6'2" | 247 | Kentucky | South Orange, NJ USA | 10 | 10 |
| 58 | Jim Weatherly | C | April 13, 1952 | 6'3" | 245 | Mount San Antonio JC | Hazen, AR USA | 3 | 0 |
| 78 | Bill Windauer | DT-DT | November 22, 1949 | 6'4" | 250 | Iowa | Chicago, IL USA | 3 | 0 |
| 79 | Jeff Yeates | DE-DT-G | August 3, 1951 | 6'3" | 248 | Boston Col. | Buffalo, NY USA | 2 | 0 |
