1985 Atlanta Falcons Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-12
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Dan Henning (4-12)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia

1985 Atlanta Falcons Roster
1985 Atlanta Falcons Results

The Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League ended the 1985 season with a record of 4 wins and 12 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference.

The Falcons stumbled, scoring only 282 points, and the leaky defensive unit allowed 452, most in the circuit. Gerald Riggs powered the ground game, running for a 1,719 yards for Atlanta.

David Archer passed for 1,992 yards. Billy Johnson paced pass catchers, hauling in 62 passes for 830 yards.

Bobby Butler picked off 5 errant tosses from the opposition. Rick Bryan sacked opposing passers 7.5 times.

Dan Henning coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
David Archer	312	161	51.6	1992	6.4	7	2.2	17	5.4	62	43	312	56.5
Steve Bartkowski	111	69	62.2	738	6.6	5	4.5	1	0.9	62	18	158	92.8
Bob Holly	39	24	61.5	295	7.6	1	2.6	2	5.1	44	8	61	72.1
Totals	462	254	55.0	3025	6.5	13	2.8	20	4.3	62	69	531

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Gerald Riggs	397	1719	4.3	50	10
David Archer	70	347	5.0	29	2
Joe Washington	52	210	4.0	14	1
Cliff Austin	20	110	5.5	17	0
Tom Pridemore	1	48	48.0	48	0
Bob Holly	3	36	12.0	20	1
Steve Bartkowski	5	9	1.8	5	0
Ken Whisenhunt	1	3	3.0	3	0
Stacey Bailey	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0
Rick Donnelly	2	-5	-2.5	0	0
Billy Johnson	8	-8	-1.0	6	0
Totals	560	2466	4.4	50	14

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Billy Johnson	62	830	13.4	62	5
Joe Washington	37	328	8.9	34	1
Arthur Cox	33	454	13.8	62	2
Gerald Riggs	33	267	8.1	44	0
Stacey Bailey	30	364	12.1	31	0
Charlie Brown	24	412	17.2	48	2
Anthony Allen	14	207	14.8	37	2
Cliff Benson	10	37	3.7	6	0
Allama Matthews	7	57	8.1	15	1
Ken Whisenhunt	3	48	16.0	29	0
Cliff Austin	1	21	21.0	21	0
Totals	254	3025	11.9	62	13

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Mick Luckhurst	29	29	100.0	31	24	77.4	101
Rick Bryan	1	1	100.0				1
Totals	30	30	100.0	31	24	77.4	102

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Rick Donnelly	59	2574	43.6	68
Ralph Giacomarro	29	1157	39.9	52
Mick Luckhurst	1	26	26.0	26
Totals	89	3757	42.2	68

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Anthony Allen	21	141	6.7	23
Billy Johnson	10	82	8.2	18
Totals	31	223	7.2	23

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Cliff Austin	39	838	21.5	94	1
Danny Wagoner	13	262	20.2	34	0
Anthony Allen	8	140	17.5	26	0
Sylvester Stamps	4	89	22.2	32	0
Ken Whisenhunt	4	33	8.2	14	0
Kenny Johnson	1	20	20.0	20	0
Tim Tyrrell	1	13	13.0	13	0
Allama Matthews	1	11	11.0	11	0
Ronnie Washington	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	72	1406	19.5	94	1

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Bobby Butler	5	-4	-0.8	0	0
Scott Case	4	78	19.5	47	0
Wendell Cason	3	30	10.0	22	0
Tom Pridemore	2	45	22.5	36	0
John Rade	2	42	21.0	38	1
Tiger Greene	2	27	13.5	27	0
David Frye	1	20	20.0	20	0
James Britt	1	8	8.0	8	0
Mike Pitts	1	1	1.0	1	0
Buddy Curry	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	22	247	11.2	47	1

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Rick Bryan	7.5
Mike Pitts	7.0
John Rade	5.0
Mike Gann	4.5
David Frye	4.0
Al Richardson	3.5
Dan Benish	3.5
Lawrence Pillers	2.0
Thomas Benson	1.5
Scott Case	1.0
Andrew Provence	1.0
Johnny Taylor	1.0
Ronnie Washington	0.5
Totals	42.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
Mike Pitts	102	102	0	0	1	1	6	0
Scott Case	95	95	0	0	0	1	13	0
Thomas Benson					0	2	0	0
David Archer					9	2	0
Jeff Kiewel					0	2	0	0
Wendell Cason				0	0	2	2	0
Danny Wagoner					0	1	0	0
Dan Benish					0	1	0	0
Rick Donnelly					0	1	0	0
Mike Gann					0	1	42	1
Ken Whisenhunt					0	1	0	0
Steve Bartkowski					3	1	-8	0
Anthony Allen					0	1	0
David Frye				0	0	1	13	0
Johnny Taylor					0	1	0	0
Ronnie Washington					1	1	0	0
Joe Washington					1	1	0
David Croudip					0	1	0	0
Tim Tyrrell					1	0	0	0
Billy Johnson					4	0	0
Stacey Bailey					1	0	0	0
Eric Sanders					1	0	-23	0
Bob Holly					1	0	0
Totals	197	197	0	0	23	22	45	1

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Mick Luckhurst									24	29	0			101
Gerald Riggs	10	0							0	0	0			60
Billy Johnson	0	5	0						0	0	0			30
Charlie Brown		2							0	0	0			12
Anthony Allen		2	0	0					0	0	0			12
David Archer	2								0	0	0			12
Arthur Cox		2							0	0	0			12
Joe Washington	1	1							0	0	0			12
Cliff Austin	0	0		1					0	0	0			6
Mike Gann							1		0	0	0			6
Bob Holly	1								0	0	0			6
Allama Matthews		1		0					0	0	0			6
John Rade						1			0	0	0			6
Rick Bryan									0	1	0			1
Totals	14	13	0	1	0	1	1	0	24	30	0	0	0	282