1976 Atlanta Falcons Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-10
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Marion Campbell (1-4)
Coach: Pat Peppler (3-6)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
1976 Atlanta Falcons RosterTeam Record: 4-10
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Marion Campbell (1-4)
Coach: Pat Peppler (3-6)
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.
Marion Campbell and Pat Peppler coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Bartkowski | 120 | 57 | 47.5 | 677 | 5.6 | 2 | 1.7 | 9 | 7.5 | 50 | 18 | 150 | 39.5 |
| Scott Hunter | 110 | 51 | 46.4 | 633 | 5.8 | 5 | 4.5 | 4 | 3.6 | 34 | 9 | 81 | 64.7 |
| Kim McQuilken | 121 | 48 | 39.7 | 450 | 3.7 | 2 | 1.7 | 10 | 8.3 | 39 | 17 | 164 | 21.7 |
| Bubba Bean | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 49 | 49.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
| Mike Esposito | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Alfred Jenkins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 354 | 157 | 44.4 | 1809 | 5.1 | 10 | 2.8 | 24 | 6.8 | 50 | 44 | 395 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bubba Bean | 124 | 428 | 3.5 | 30 | 2 |
| Haskel Stanback | 95 | 324 | 3.4 | 30 | 3 |
| Sonny Collins | 91 | 319 | 3.5 | 47 | 0 |
| Mike Esposito | 60 | 317 | 5.3 | 36 | 2 |
| Woody Thompson | 42 | 152 | 3.6 | 10 | 0 |
| Billy Pritchett | 14 | 74 | 5.3 | 16 | 1 |
| Scott Hunter | 14 | 41 | 2.9 | 16 | 1 |
| Kim McQuilken | 9 | 26 | 2.9 | 17 | 0 |
| Dave Hampton | 12 | 24 | 2.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Jim Mitchell | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Steve Bartkowski | 8 | -10 | -1.2 | 2 | 1 |
| Totals | 470 | 1689 | 3.6 | 47 | 10 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred Jenkins | 41 | 710 | 17.3 | 34 | 6 |
| John Gilliam | 21 | 292 | 13.9 | 49 | 2 |
| Haskel Stanback | 21 | 174 | 8.3 | 28 | 1 |
| Jim Mitchell | 17 | 209 | 12.3 | 39 | 0 |
| Mike Esposito | 17 | 88 | 5.2 | 13 | 0 |
| Bubba Bean | 16 | 148 | 9.2 | 50 | 1 |
| Woody Thompson | 16 | 111 | 6.9 | 26 | 0 |
| Sonny Collins | 4 | 37 | 9.2 | 20 | 0 |
| Wallace Francis | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bob Adams | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Billy Pritchett | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 157 | 1809 | 11.5 | 50 | 10 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Mike-Mayer | 20 | 20 | 100.0 | 21 | 10 | 47.6 | 50 |
| Totals | 20 | 20 | 100.0 | 21 | 10 | 47.6 | 50 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John James | 101 | 4253 | 42.1 | 67 |
| Totals | 101 | 4253 | 42.1 | 67 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rolland Lawrence | 54 | 372 | 6.9 | 24 | 0 |
| Rick Byas | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Mike Esposito | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Guy Roberts | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Karl Farmer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Mabra | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Jones | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Totals | 60 | 385 | 6.4 | 24 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rolland Lawrence | 21 | 521 | 24.8 | 36 | 0 |
| Rick Byas | 12 | 270 | 22.5 | 44 | 0 |
| Wallace Francis | 9 | 156 | 17.3 | 30 | 0 |
| Sonny Collins | 7 | 141 | 20.1 | 24 | 0 |
| Ron Mabra | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Bubba Bean | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Bob Jones | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Bob Adams | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Haskel Stanback | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Mike Esposito | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Ralph Ortega | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Guy Roberts | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 60 | 1269 | 21.2 | 44 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rolland Lawrence | 6 | 43 | 7.2 | 22 | 0 |
| Ray Brown | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Frank Reed | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Ray Easterling | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Dewey McClain | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Guy Roberts | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Tommy Nobis | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 18 | 207 | 11.5 | 42 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Nobis | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Easterling | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Reed | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Hunter | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jeff Merrow | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Woody Thompson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rolland Lawrence | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Byas | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John James | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Lewis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brent Adams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Esposito | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ray Brown | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fulton Kuykendall | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phil McKinnely | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bubba Bean | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Claude Humphrey | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | |||
| Ron East | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dewey McClain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Mabra | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Bailey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Kindle | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Len Gotshalk | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Pritchett | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Steve Bartkowski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dave Hampton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Haskel Stanback | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kim McQuilken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sonny Collins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 30 | 32 | 37 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Nick Mike-Mayer | 10 | 20 | 0 | 50 | ||||||||||
| Alfred Jenkins | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
| Haskel Stanback | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Bubba Bean | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Mike Esposito | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| John Gilliam | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Steve Bartkowski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Billy Pritchett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Scott Hunter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Claude Humphrey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Totals | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 172 |
