1968 Atlanta Falcons Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 2-12
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Coastal Division
Coach: Norb Hecker (0-3)
Coach: Norm Van Brocklin (2-9)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
1968 Atlanta Falcons RosterTeam Record: 2-12
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Coastal Division
Coach: Norb Hecker (0-3)
Coach: Norm Van Brocklin (2-9)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
1968 Atlanta Falcons Results
The Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League ended the 1968 season with a record of 2 wins and 12 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's Coastal Division.
The Falcons managed just 170 points, worst in the league, while the shaky defensive squad gave up 389. Bob Berry passed for 1,433 yards. Jerry Simmons paced the receiving corps, hauling in 28 passes, while Bob Long accumulated 484 receiving yards, while Ray Ogden provided receiving help as well.
Cannonball Butler ran for a team-best 365 yards for Atlanta.
Jimmy Burson picked off 4 errant tosses from the opposition.
Norb Hecker and Norm Van Brocklin coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Berry | 153 | 81 | 52.9 | 1433 | 9.4 | 7 | 4.6 | 13 | 8.5 | 66 | 65.1 |
| Randy Johnson | 156 | 73 | 46.8 | 892 | 5.7 | 2 | 1.3 | 10 | 6.4 | 71 | 42.5 |
| Bruce Lemmerman | 15 | 3 | 20.0 | 40 | 2.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6.7 | 18 | 11.8 |
| Harmon Wages | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 87.5 |
| Totals | 326 | 158 | 48.5 | 2386 | 7.3 | 9 | 2.8 | 24 | 7.4 | 71 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cannonball Butler | 94 | 365 | 3.9 | 60 | 2 |
| Perry Dunn | 72 | 219 | 3.0 | 15 | 3 |
| Harmon Wages | 59 | 211 | 3.6 | 31 | 0 |
| Billy Harris | 53 | 144 | 2.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Bob Berry | 26 | 139 | 5.3 | 45 | 2 |
| Randy Johnson | 11 | 97 | 8.8 | 26 | 1 |
| Brendan McCarthy | 31 | 86 | 2.8 | 18 | 1 |
| Charlie Bryant | 9 | 29 | 3.2 | 7 | 0 |
| Joe Auer | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Ray Ogden | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Dwight Lee | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Bruce Lemmerman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Simmons | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Billy Lothridge | 1 | -16 | -16.0 | -16 | 0 |
| Totals | 366 | 1305 | 3.6 | 60 | 9 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Simmons | 28 | 479 | 17.1 | 61 | 0 |
| Ray Ogden | 25 | 452 | 18.1 | 60 | 2 |
| Bob Long | 22 | 484 | 22.0 | 71 | 4 |
| Paul Flatley | 20 | 305 | 15.2 | 66 | 0 |
| Harmon Wages | 16 | 121 | 7.6 | 55 | 1 |
| Cannonball Butler | 15 | 127 | 8.5 | 31 | 0 |
| Brendan McCarthy | 13 | 119 | 9.2 | 21 | 0 |
| Perry Dunn | 9 | 118 | 13.1 | 43 | 0 |
| Mike Donohoe | 6 | 52 | 8.7 | 14 | 1 |
| Billy Harris | 3 | 118 | 39.3 | 55 | 1 |
| Charlie Bryant | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Totals | 158 | 2386 | 15.1 | 71 | 9 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Lothridge | 75 | 3324 | 44.3 | 70 |
| Totals | 75 | 3324 | 44.3 | 70 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Burson | 11 | 56 | 5.1 | 17 | 0 |
| Nick Rassas | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Philip Spiller | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 16 | 66 | 4.1 | 17 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cannonball Butler | 37 | 799 | 21.6 | 42 | 0 |
| Nick Rassas | 10 | 180 | 18.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Charlie Bryant | 5 | 112 | 22.4 | 29 | 0 |
| Joe Auer | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Don Talbert | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Harmon Wages | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Mike Donohoe | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Dwight Lee | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Philip Spiller | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Joe Szczecko | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Billy Harris | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Dan Grimm | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Grady Allen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Cerne | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 68 | 1273 | 18.7 | 42 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Burson | 4 | 100 | 25.0 | 73 | 1 |
| Billy Lothridge | 3 | 76 | 25.3 | 44 | 0 |
| Lee Calland | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Ken Reaves | 1 | 90 | 90.0 | 90 | 1 |
| Nick Rassas | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Ralph Heck | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Carlton Dabney | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Tommy Nobis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 14 | 330 | 23.6 | 90 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Norton | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Claude Humphrey | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Burson | 0 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 0 | ||
| Nick Rassas | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Cash | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Lemmerman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Johnson | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Shay | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Bryant | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cannonball Butler | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ralph Heck | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Freeman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Winkler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Harris | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tommy Nobis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Lothridge | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Errol Linden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Berry | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Harmon Wages | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Szczecko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Perry Dunn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brendan McCarthy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 26 | 27 | 52 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Bob Etter | 11 | 17 | 0 | 50 | ||||||||||
| Bob Long | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Perry Dunn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Bob Berry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Ray Ogden | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Cannonball Butler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Randy Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Ken Reaves | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Brendan McCarthy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Harmon Wages | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Mike Donohoe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Billy Harris | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Jimmy Burson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170 |
