1967 Atlanta Falcons Statistics
Team Record: 1-12-1
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Coastal Division
Coach: Norb Hecker (1-12-1)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
1967 Atlanta Falcons Results
The Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League ended the 1967 season with a record of 1 wins and 12 losses and 1 ties, finishing fourth in the NFL's Coastal Division.
The Falcons scored only 175 points, worst in the league, and the leaky defense allowed 422, most in the circuit. Junior Coffey ran for a team-best 722 yards for Atlanta.
Randy Johnson tossed for 1,620 yards. Tommy McDonald hauled in 33 passes for 436 yards.
Ken Reaves picked off 7 errant tosses from the opposition.
Norb Hecker coached the team.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Randy Johnson | 288 | 142 | 49.3 | 1620 | 5.6 | 10 | 3.5 | 21 | 7.3 | 82 | 47.8 |
Terry Nofsinger | 60 | 30 | 50.0 | 352 | 5.9 | 1 | 1.7 | 2 | 3.3 | 38 | 59.9 |
Tom Moore | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 102 | 51.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 75 | 158.3 |
Steve Sloan | 18 | 4 | 22.2 | 38 | 2.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 11.1 | 15 | 0.0 |
Perry Dunn | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 32 | 16.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 32 | 135.4 |
Totals | 370 | 179 | 48.4 | 2144 | 5.8 | 13 | 3.5 | 25 | 6.8 | 82 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Junior Coffey | 180 | 722 | 4.0 | 20 | 4 |
Randy Johnson | 24 | 144 | 6.0 | 17 | 1 |
Ron Rector | 24 | 127 | 5.3 | 16 | 0 |
Tom Moore | 53 | 104 | 2.0 | 18 | 0 |
Perry Dunn | 27 | 63 | 2.3 | 11 | 0 |
Ernie Wheelwright | 21 | 43 | 2.0 | 6 | 1 |
Ron Smith | 8 | 42 | 5.2 | 12 | 0 |
Terry Nofsinger | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 31 | 0 |
Billy Lothridge | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Jim Mankins | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
Steve Sloan | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Totals | 344 | 1303 | 3.8 | 31 | 6 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tommy McDonald | 33 | 436 | 13.2 | 75 | 4 |
Junior Coffey | 30 | 196 | 6.5 | 22 | 1 |
Jerry Simmons | 21 | 287 | 13.7 | 30 | 2 |
Ray Ogden | 19 | 308 | 16.2 | 82 | 1 |
Bill Martin | 15 | 182 | 12.1 | 36 | 3 |
Perry Dunn | 13 | 111 | 8.5 | 21 | 0 |
Ron Smith | 11 | 227 | 20.6 | 60 | 0 |
Gary Barnes | 10 | 154 | 15.4 | 44 | 1 |
Tom Moore | 10 | 74 | 7.4 | 21 | 0 |
Taz Anderson | 8 | 99 | 12.4 | 21 | 1 |
Ernie Wheelwright | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 30 | 0 |
Ron Rector | 4 | 13 | 3.2 | 9 | 0 |
Jim Mankins | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Totals | 179 | 2144 | 12.0 | 82 | 13 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Billy Lothridge | 87 | 3801 | 43.7 | 62 |
Totals | 87 | 3801 | 43.7 | 62 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ron Smith | 20 | 92 | 4.6 | 26 | 0 |
Floyd Hudlow | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Mike Fitzgerald | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Jerry Simmons | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 25 | 94 | 3.8 | 26 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ron Smith | 39 | 976 | 25.0 | 99 | 1 |
Perry Dunn | 7 | 128 | 18.3 | 39 | 0 |
Mike Fitzgerald | 6 | 121 | 20.2 | 30 | 0 |
Floyd Hudlow | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 35 | 0 |
Nick Rassas | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 27 | 0 |
Ray Ogden | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 26 | 0 |
Jerry Simmons | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 22 | 0 |
Errol Linden | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 18 | 0 |
Jim Mankins | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Bo Wood | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Don Talbert | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Bill Martin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Sandeman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 69 | 1471 | 21.3 | 99 | 1 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ken Reaves | 7 | 153 | 21.9 | 42 | 0 |
Lee Calland | 3 | 106 | 35.3 | 77 | 1 |
Tommy Nobis | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 41 | 1 |
Floyd Hudlow | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 21 | 0 |
Marion Rushing | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Jim Norton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 17 | 343 | 20.2 | 77 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ron Smith | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
Joe Szczecko | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
Marion Rushing | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Randy Johnson | 4 | 1 | -2 | 0 | |||
Tommy Nobis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ken Reaves | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Norton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Hughes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Perry Dunn | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Andy Bowling | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jerry Richardson | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||
Chuck Sieminski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tom Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jerry Simmons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ron Rector | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gary Barnes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Junior Coffey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 20 | 16 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Wade Traynham | 7 | 22 | 0 | 43 | ||||||||||
Junior Coffey | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
Tommy McDonald | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
Bill Martin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Jerry Simmons | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
Randy Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Ray Ogden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Ron Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
Taz Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Tommy Nobis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Ernie Wheelwright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Lee Calland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Gary Barnes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Totals | 6 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 175 |