1983 Atlanta Falcons Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-9
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Dan Henning (7-9)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
1983 Atlanta Falcons StatisticsTeam Record: 7-9
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Dan Henning (7-9)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
1983 Atlanta Falcons Results
The Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League ended the 1983 season with a record of 7 wins and 9 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference.
Atlanta scored 370 points, while the defense gave up 389. Steve Bartkowski threw for 3,167 yards. Billy Johnson paced the receiving corps, hauling in 64 passes, while Stacey Bailey accumulated 881 receiving yards. William Andrews was targeted regularly also.
William Andrews ran for a team-best 1,567 yards for the Falcons.
Bobby Butler and Tom Pridemore each picked off 4 errant tosses from the opposition. Mike Pitts sacked opposing passers 7 times.
Dan Henning coached the team.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | William Andrews | RB | December 25, 1955 | 6'0" | 206 | Auburn | Thomasville, GA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 82 | Stacey Bailey | WR | February 10, 1960 | 6'0" | 162 | San Jose St. | San Rafael, CA USA | 14 | 12 |
| 10 | Steve Bartkowski | QB | November 12, 1952 | 6'4" | 216 | California | Des Moines, IA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 69 | Dan Benish | DT | November 21, 1961 | 6'5" | 273 | Clemson | Youngstown, OH USA | 16 | 3 |
| 26 | James Britt | FS | September 12, 1960 | 6'0" | 185 | LSU | Minden, LA USA | 14 | 8 |
| 66 | Warren Bryant | RT | November 11, 1955 | 6'6" | 273 | Kentucky | Miami, FL USA | 16 | 16 |
| 23 | Bobby Butler | LCB | May 28, 1959 | 5'11" | 174 | Florida St. | Boynton Beach, FL USA | 16 | 16 |
| 21 | Lynn Cain | RB | October 16, 1955 | 6'1" | 205 | USC | Los Angeles, CA USA | 16 | 0 |
| 88 | Arthur Cox | TE | February 5, 1961 | 6'3" | 262 | Texas Southern | Plant City, FL USA | 16 | 9 |
| 89 | William Curran | WR | December 30, 1959 | 5'10" | 175 | UCLA | Inglewood, CA USA | 16 | 0 |
| 50 | Buddy Curry | RLB | June 4, 1958 | 6'4" | 224 | North Carolina | Greenville, NC USA | 16 | 16 |
| 51 | Rich Dixon | LB | August 6, 1959 | 6'2" | 235 | California | Roswell, NM USA | 14 | 0 |
| 71 | Dan Dufour | G | October 18, 1960 | 6'5" | 280 | UCLA | Lynn, MA USA | 16 | 0 |
| 58 | David Frye | LB | June 21, 1961 | 6'2" | 223 | Purdue | Cincinnati, OH USA | 16 | 2 |
| 34 | Blane Gaison | DB | May 13, 1958 | 6'0" | 185 | Hawaii | Kaneohe, HI USA | 16 | 0 |
| 1 | Ralph Giacomarro | P | January 17, 1961 | 6'1" | 190 | Penn St. | Passaic, NJ USA | 16 | 0 |
| 36 | Bob Glazebrook | FS | March 7, 1956 | 6'1" | 200 | Fresno St. | Fresno, CA USA | 16 | 8 |
| 52 | John Harper | LB | June 12, 1960 | 6'3" | 230 | Southern Illinois | Memphis, TN USA | 13 | 0 |
| 30 | Steve Haworth | DB | September 16, 1961 | 5'11" | 189 | Oklahoma | Manilla, Philippines | 11 | 0 |
| 83 | Floyd Hodge | WR | July 18, 1959 | 6'0" | 195 | Utah | Compton, CA USA | 12 | 6 |
| 64 | Pat Howell | G | March 12, 1957 | 6'5" | 257 | USC | Fresno, CA USA | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | Alfred Jackson | WR | August 3, 1955 | 5'11" | 176 | Texas | Cameron, TX USA | 4 | 4 |
| 84 | Alfred Jenkins | WR | January 25, 1952 | 5'10" | 170 | Morris Brown | Hogansville, GA USA | 10 | 10 |
| 37 | Kenny Johnson | RCB | January 7, 1958 | 5'10" | 176 | Mississippi St. | Columbia, MS USA | 16 | 16 |
| 81 | Billy Johnson | PR | January 21, 1952 | 5'9" | 170 | Widener | Boothwyn, PA USA | 16 | 1 |
| 20 | Earl Jones | DB | July 19, 1957 | 6'0" | 178 | Norfolk St. | Tuscaloosa, AL USA | 16 | 0 |
| 78 | Mike Kenn | LT | February 9, 1956 | 6'7" | 273 | Michigan | Evanston, IL USA | 16 | 16 |
| 54 | Fulton Kuykendall | MLB | June 10, 1953 | 6'4" | 225 | UCLA | Coronado, CA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 55 | Dave Levenick | LB | May 28, 1959 | 6'3" | 222 | Wisconsin | Milwaukee, WI USA | 16 | 0 |
| 18 | Mick Luckhurst | K | March 31, 1958 | 6'1" | 180 | St. Cloud St. | Redbourn, England | 16 | 0 |
| 49 | Allama Matthews | TE | August 24, 1961 | 6'3" | 230 | Vanderbilt | Jacksonville, FL USA | 16 | 1 |
| 75 | Jeff Merrow | RDE | July 12, 1953 | 6'4" | 236 | West Virginia | Akron, OH USA | 16 | 12 |
| 62 | Brett Miller | T | October 2, 1958 | 6'7" | 293 | Iowa | Lynwood, CA USA | 16 | 0 |
| 80 | Junior Miller | TE | November 26, 1957 | 6'4" | 239 | Nebraska | Midland, TX USA | 15 | 6 |
| 15 | Mike Moroski | QB | September 4, 1957 | 6'4" | 200 | California-Davis | Bakersfield, CA USA | 16 | 2 |
| 74 | Mike Pitts | DT | September 25, 1960 | 6'5" | 277 | Alabama | Baltimore, MD USA | 16 | 4 |
| 27 | Tom Pridemore | SS | April 29, 1956 | 5'10" | 186 | West Virginia | Oak Hill, WV USA | 16 | 16 |
| 72 | Andrew Provence | LDT | March 8, 1961 | 6'3" | 265 | South Carolina | Savannah, GA USA | 16 | 12 |
| 59 | John Rade | LLB | August 31, 1960 | 6'1" | 232 | Northern Arizona | Ceres, CA USA | 16 | 11 |
| 56 | Al Richardson | LLB | September 23, 1957 | 6'2" | 211 | Georgia Tech | Abbeville, AL USA | 5 | 5 |
| 42 | Gerald Riggs | RB | November 6, 1960 | 6'1" | 230 | Arizona St. | Tullos, LA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 33 | Bo Robinson | TE | May 27, 1956 | 6'2" | 228 | West Texas A&M | La Mesa, TX USA | 12 | 9 |
| 77 | Doug Rogers | DE | June 23, 1960 | 6'5" | 266 | Stanford | Chico, CA USA | 2 | 0 |
| 67 | Eric Sanders | T-G-C | October 22, 1958 | 6'6" | 277 | Nevada-Reno | Reno, NV USA | 16 | 0 |
| 61 | John Scully | RG | August 2, 1958 | 6'6" | 262 | Notre Dame | Huntington, NY USA | 16 | 16 |
| 65 | Don Smith | RDT | May 9, 1957 | 6'5" | 256 | Miami (FL) | Oakland, CA USA | 14 | 13 |
| 68 | R.C. Thielemann | LG | August 12, 1955 | 6'4" | 255 | Arkansas | Houston, TX USA | 16 | 16 |
| 43 | Tom Tutson | DB | May 20, 1958 | 6'1" | 180 | South Carolina St. | Jacksonville, FL USA | 10 | 0 |
| 46 | Reggie Van Brown | RB | March 12, 1960 | 5'11" | 211 | Oregon | Dendron, VA USA | 2 | 0 |
| 70 | Ronnie Van Lee | T-TE-G | December 24, 1956 | 6'3" | 265 | Baylor | Pine Bluff, AR USA | 14 | 0 |
| 57 | Jeff Van Note | C | February 7, 1946 | 6'2" | 247 | Kentucky | South Orange, NJ USA | 16 | 16 |
| 22 | Richard Williams | KR | August 13, 1960 | 6'0" | 205 | Memphis | Eustis, FL USA | 14 | 0 |
| 79 | Jeff Yeates | LDE | August 3, 1951 | 6'3" | 248 | Boston Col. | Buffalo, NY USA | 16 | 16 |
| 86 | Ben Young | TE | January 13, 1960 | 6'2" | 225 | Texas-Arlington | Toledo, OH USA | 11 | 6 |
| 63 | Mike Zele | NT | July 3, 1956 | 6'3" | 239 | Kent St. | Cleveland, OH USA | 5 | 4 |
