1987 Atlanta Falcons Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 3-12
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Marion Campbell (3-12)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
1987 Atlanta Falcons StatisticsTeam Record: 3-12
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Marion Campbell (3-12)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
1987 Atlanta Falcons Results
The Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League ended the 1987 season with a record of 3 wins and 12 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference.
The Falcons scored only 205 points, worst in the league, and the leaky defense yielded 436, most in the circuit. Scott Campbell threw for 1,728 yards. Floyd Dixon hauled in 36 passes for 600 yards. Aubrey Matthews provided receiving help also.
Gerald Riggs ran for a team-best 875 yards for Atlanta.
Bobby Butler picked off 4 errant tosses from the opposition. Buddy Moor topped pass rushers with 4 sacks.
Marion Campbell coached the team.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | David Archer | QB | February 15, 1962 | 6'2" | 207 | Snow College (UT) | Fayetteville, NC USA | 9 | 1 |
| 47 | Rick Badanjek | RB | April 25, 1962 | 5'8" | 217 | Maryland | Warren, OH USA | 2 | 2 |
| 82 | Stacey Bailey | WR | February 10, 1960 | 6'0" | 162 | San Jose St. | San Rafael, CA USA | 7 | 6 |
| 53 | Doug Barnett | DE | April 12, 1960 | 6'3" | 250 | Azusa Pacific | Montebello, CA USA | 10 | 0 |
| 84 | Milton Barney | WR | December 23, 1963 | 5'9" | 156 | Alcorn St. | 3 | 3 | |
| 6 | Louis Berry | P | July 21, 1965 | 6'0" | 193 | Florida St. | Hattiesburg, MS USA | 2 | 0 |
| 75 | Dwight Bingham | DE | August 5, 1961 | 6'6" | 265 | Mississippi | Kingston, Jamaica | 3 | 0 |
| 58 | Ken Bowen | LB | November 15, 1962 | 6'1" | 220 | East Tennessee St. | Columbus, GA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | James Britt | DB | September 12, 1960 | 6'0" | 185 | LSU | Minden, LA USA | 12 | 0 |
| 91 | Aaron Brown | LB | January 13, 1956 | 6'2" | 235 | Ohio St. | Warren, OH USA | 6 | 1 |
| 89 | Charlie Brown | WR | October 29, 1958 | 5'10" | 182 | South Carolina St. | Charleston, SC USA | 6 | 0 |
| 98 | Greg Brown | LDE | January 5, 1957 | 6'5" | 254 | Kansas St. | Washington, DC USA | 12 | 5 |
| 77 | Rick Bryan | RDE | March 20, 1962 | 6'4" | 265 | Oklahoma | Tulsa, OK USA | 9 | 9 |
| 39 | Jerry Butler | RB | December 7, 1961 | 5'11" | 193 | East Tennessee St. | Smyrna, TN USA | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Bobby Butler | LCB | May 28, 1959 | 5'11" | 174 | Florida St. | Boynton Beach, FL USA | 12 | 12 |
| 88 | Sylvester Byrd | TE | May 1, 1963 | 6'2" | 225 | Kansas | Kansas City, KS USA | 3 | 2 |
| 10 | Scott Campbell | QB | April 15, 1962 | 6'0" | 196 | Purdue | Hershey, PA USA | 12 | 9 |
| 25 | Scott Case | RCB | May 17, 1962 | 6'1" | 188 | NE Oklahoma A&M | Waynoka, OK USA | 11 | 10 |
| 75 | Tony Casillas | NT | October 26, 1963 | 6'3" | 278 | Oklahoma | Tulsa, OK USA | 9 | 9 |
| 20 | Wendell Cason | DB | January 22, 1963 | 5'11" | 191 | Oregon | Lakewood, CA USA | 3 | 2 |
| 28 | Bret Clark | DB | February 24, 1961 | 6'3" | 198 | Nebraska | Nebraska City, NE USA | 1 | 1 |
| 66 | Randy Clark | C | July 27, 1957 | 6'3" | 260 | Northern Illinois | Chicago, IL USA | 3 | 3 |
| 56 | Joe Costello | DE | June 1, 1960 | 6'3" | 245 | Central Connecticut St. | New York, NY USA | 9 | 4 |
| 88 | Arthur Cox | TE | February 5, 1961 | 6'3" | 262 | Texas Southern | Plant City, FL USA | 12 | 10 |
| 30 | David Croudip | DB | January 25, 1958 | 5'8" | 183 | San Diego St. | Indianapolis, IN USA | 12 | 2 |
| 50 | Buddy Curry | LILB | June 4, 1958 | 6'4" | 224 | North Carolina | Greenville, NC USA | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Greg Davis | K | October 29, 1965 | 6'0" | 202 | The Citadel | Atlanta, GA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 86 | Floyd Dixon | WR | April 9, 1964 | 5'9" | 170 | S.F. Austin | Beaumont, TX USA | 12 | 12 |
| 3 | Rick Donnelly | P | May 17, 1962 | 6'0" | 195 | Wyoming | Miller Place, NY USA | 12 | 0 |
| 64 | Jamie Dukes | C-G | June 14, 1964 | 6'1" | 285 | Florida St. | Schenectady, NY USA | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | Larry Emery | RB | July 13, 1964 | 5'9" | 195 | Wisconsin | Macon, GA USA | 5 | 0 |
| 87 | John Evans | TE | June 13, 1964 | 6'2" | 243 | S.F. Austin | Houston, TX USA | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | Major Everett | RB | January 4, 1960 | 5'10" | 215 | Mississippi Col. | New Hebron, MS USA | 7 | 0 |
| 48 | Kenny Flowers | RB | March 14, 1964 | 6'0" | 210 | Clemson | Daytona Beach, FL USA | 8 | 1 |
| 79 | Bill Fralic | RG | October 31, 1962 | 6'5" | 280 | Pittsburgh | Penn Hills, PA USA | 12 | 12 |
| 76 | Mike Gann | LDE | October 19, 1963 | 6'5" | 271 | Notre Dame | Stillwater, OK USA | 12 | 12 |
| 89 | Leon Gonzalez | WR | September 21, 1963 | 5'10" | 162 | Bethune-Cookman | Jacksonville, FL USA | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | Tim Gordon | FS | May 7, 1965 | 6'0" | 188 | Tulsa | Ardmore, OK USA | 11 | 8 |
| 32 | Norm Granger | RB | September 14, 1961 | 5'9" | 225 | Iowa | Newark, NJ USA | 3 | 1 |
| 59 | Paul Gray | LB | June 20, 1962 | 6'2" | 231 | West. Kentucky | Tulsa, OK USA | 2 | 0 |
| 99 | Tim Green | LOLB | December 16, 1963 | 6'2" | 249 | Syracuse | Liverpool, NY USA | 9 | 5 |
| 32 | Steve Griffin | RB | December 17, 1963 | 5'10" | 185 | Clemson | Charlotte, NC USA | 4 | 0 |
| 86 | Steve Griffin | WR | December 24, 1964 | 5'11" | 198 | Purdue | Miami, FL USA | 2 | 0 |
| 50 | James Hall | LB | January 27, 1963 | 6'1" | 252 | NW State (LA) | Natchez, MS USA | 3 | 0 |
| 85 | Kwante Hampton | WR | December 11, 1963 | 6'1" | 182 | Oregon | Los Angeles, CA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 68 | Dennis Harrison | RDE | July 31, 1956 | 6'8" | 275 | Vanderbilt | Cleveland, OH USA | 11 | 5 |
| 53 | Jim Hendley | C | October 25, 1964 | 6'3" | 257 | Florida St. | Valdosta, GA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 28 | Charles Huff | DB | February 24, 1963 | 5'11" | 195 | Presbyterian | Statesboro, GA USA | 3 | 2 |
| 64 | Lawrence Jackson | G | August 10, 1964 | 6'1" | 275 | Presbyterian | Jacksonville, FL USA | 3 | 3 |
| 81 | Billy Johnson | PR | January 21, 1952 | 5'9" | 170 | Widener | Boothwyn, PA USA | 12 | 1 |
| 30 | Lyndell Jones | DB | March 18, 1959 | 5'9" | 175 | Hawaii | Seattle, WA USA | 3 | 2 |
| 47 | John Kamana | RB | December 3, 1961 | 6'0" | 230 | USC | Honolulu, HI USA | 2 | 1 |
| 78 | Mike Kenn | LT | February 9, 1956 | 6'7" | 273 | Michigan | Evanston, IL USA | 12 | 12 |
| 63 | Jeff Kiewel | G | September 27, 1960 | 6'4" | 270 | Arizona | Tucson, AZ USA | 12 | 0 |
| 37 | Leander Knight | DB | February 16, 1963 | 6'1" | 193 | Ferrum | Newark, NJ USA | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Erik Kramer | QB | November 6, 1964 | 6'1" | 200 | North Carolina St. | Encino, CA USA | 3 | 2 |
| 96 | Rich Kraynak | ROLB | January 20, 1961 | 6'1" | 227 | Pittsburgh | Phoenixville, PA USA | 9 | 8 |
| 93 | Jim Laughlin | LB | July 5, 1958 | 6'0" | 222 | Ohio St. | Euclid, OH USA | 5 | 3 |
| 18 | Mick Luckhurst | K | March 31, 1958 | 6'1" | 180 | St. Cloud St. | Redbourn, England | 12 | 0 |
| 34 | Mike Lush | DB | April 18, 1958 | 6'2" | 195 | East Stroudsburg | Allentown, PA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 73 | Doug Mackie | T | February 18, 1957 | 6'4" | 280 | Ohio St. | Malden, MA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 83 | Aubrey Matthews | WR | September 15, 1962 | 5'7" | 165 | Delta St. | Pascagoula, MS USA | 12 | 6 |
| 48 | Joe McIntosh | RB | December 9, 1962 | 5'10" | 192 | North Carolina St. | Lexington, NC USA | 2 | 0 |
| 87 | Ron Middleton | TE | July 17, 1965 | 6'2" | 262 | Auburn | Atmore, AL USA | 12 | 4 |
| 62 | Brett Miller | T | October 2, 1958 | 6'7" | 293 | Iowa | Lynwood, CA USA | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | Chris Miller | QB | August 9, 1965 | 6'2" | 212 | Oregon | Pomona, CA USA | 3 | 2 |
| 73 | Leonard Mitchell | RT | October 12, 1958 | 6'7" | 290 | Houston | Houston, TX USA | 12 | 12 |
| 72 | Buddy Moor | DE | December 1, 1958 | 6'5" | 250 | East. Kentucky | Greenville, MS USA | 3 | 1 |
| 34 | Robert Moore | SS | August 15, 1964 | 5'11" | 190 | NW State (LA) | Shreveport, LA USA | 12 | 12 |
| 76 | Dwaine Morris | NT | August 24, 1963 | 6'2" | 260 | La-Lafayette | Independence, LA USA | 3 | 2 |
| 23 | Gary Moss | DB | July 18, 1964 | 5'10" | 192 | Georgia | Habersham County, GA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 67 | Mark Mraz | DE | February 9, 1965 | 6'4" | 258 | Utah St. | Glendale, CA USA | 11 | 0 |
| 26 | Jerome Norris | DB | January 31, 1964 | 6'0" | 187 | Furman | 3 | 0 | |
| 45 | Darryl Oliver | RB | July 13, 1964 | 5'10" | 195 | Miami (FL) | Palatka, FL USA | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | Shelley Poole | RB | December 3, 1964 | 6'4" | 225 | Temple | Button Gwinnett, GA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 52 | Art Price | LB | May 17, 1962 | 6'3" | 227 | Wisconsin | Hampton, VA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 72 | Andrew Provence | DT | March 8, 1961 | 6'3" | 265 | South Carolina | Savannah, GA USA | 5 | 1 |
| 62 | Greg Quick | T | April 26, 1964 | 6'4" | 280 | Catawba | 1 | 0 | |
| 59 | John Rade | RILB | August 31, 1960 | 6'1" | 232 | Northern Arizona | Ceres, CA USA | 11 | 11 |
| 55 | Wayne Radloff | C | May 17, 1961 | 6'5" | 274 | Georgia | London, England | 12 | 12 |
| 95 | Michael Reid | LB | June 25, 1964 | 6'2" | 226 | Wisconsin | Albany, GA USA | 11 | 0 |
| 42 | Gerald Riggs | RB | November 6, 1960 | 6'1" | 230 | Arizona St. | Tullos, LA USA | 12 | 12 |
| 74 | Don Robinson | T | February 5, 1965 | 6'5" | 280 | Baylor | Dallas, TX USA | 2 | 0 |
| 65 | Pat Saindon | G | March 3, 1961 | 6'3" | 273 | Vanderbilt | Nice, France | 3 | 3 |
| 61 | John Scully | LG | August 2, 1958 | 6'6" | 262 | Notre Dame | Huntington, NY USA | 12 | 12 |
| 44 | John Settle | RB | June 2, 1965 | 5'9" | 207 | Appalachian St. | Reidsville, NC USA | 9 | 1 |
| 80 | Dan Sharp | TE | February 5, 1962 | 6'2" | 235 | TCU | Dallas, TX USA | 9 | 0 |
| 37 | Elbert Shelley | DB | December 24, 1964 | 5'11" | 190 | Arkansas St. | Tyronza, AR USA | 4 | 0 |
| 81 | James Shibest | WR | October 31, 1964 | 5'10" | 187 | Arkansas | Fort Riley, KS USA | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Struggy Smith | DB | February 13, 1964 | 6'2" | 190 | Appalachian St. | Charlotte, NC USA | 2 | 0 |
| 51 | Herb Spencer | LB | September 23, 1959 | 6'3" | 230 | Newberry | Charleston, SC USA | 3 | 2 |
| 29 | Sylvester Stamps | KR | February 24, 1961 | 5'7" | 172 | Jackson St. | Vicksburg, MS USA | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | John Starnes | P | December 25, 1962 | 6'3" | 185 | North Texas | Corpus Christi, TX USA | 1 | 0 |
| 78 | Mark Studaway | DE | September 20, 1960 | 6'3" | 273 | Tennessee | Memphis, TN USA | 2 | 2 |
| 92 | Lenny Taylor | WR | February 15, 1961 | 5'10" | 173 | Tennessee | Miami, FL USA | 3 | 2 |
| 25 | Leon Thomasson | DB | June 20, 1963 | 5'11" | 190 | Texas Southern | Dayton, OH USA | 3 | 2 |
| 58 | Jessie Tuggle | LB | April 4, 1965 | 5'11" | 230 | Valdosta St. | Spalding County, GA USA | 12 | 4 |
| 21 | Jimmy Turner | DB | June 15, 1959 | 6'0" | 187 | UCLA | Sherman, TX USA | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | Jeff Van Raaphorst | QB | December 7, 1963 | 6'1" | 210 | Arizona St. | Columbus, OH USA | 2 | 1 |
| 68 | Emanuel Weaver | NT | June 28, 1960 | 6'4" | 260 | South Carolina St. | New Orleans, LA USA | 2 | 2 |
| 45 | Ken Whisenhunt | TE | February 28, 1962 | 6'3" | 237 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA USA | 7 | 7 |
| 54 | Eric Wiegand | C | March 13, 1964 | 6'2" | 260 | Missouri-Rolla | St. Louis, MO | 2 | 0 |
| 51 | Reggie Wilkes | LOLB | May 27, 1956 | 6'4" | 235 | Georgia Tech | Pine Bluff, AR USA | 6 | 5 |
| 54 | Joel Williams | ROLB | December 13, 1956 | 6'1" | 222 | Peru St. | Miami, FL USA | 8 | 8 |
| 42 | Michael Williams | RB | July 16, 1961 | 6'2" | 220 | Mississippi Col. | Altmore, AL USA | 3 | 1 |
| 22 | Brenard Wilson | DB | August 15, 1955 | 6'0" | 178 | Vanderbilt | Daytona Beach, FL USA | 8 | 1 |
| 72 | Leonard Wingate | DT | November 3, 1961 | 6'3" | 265 | South Carolina St. | Charleston, SC USA | 1 | 1 |
| 71 | Mitch Young | DE | July 18, 1961 | 6'4" | 260 | Arkansas St. | Coldwater, MS USA | 1 | 0 |
| 46 | Geno Zimmerlink | TE | March 26, 1963 | 6'3" | 222 | Virginia | Milltown, NJ USA | 3 | 1 |
