1970 Atlanta Falcons Statistics
Team Record: 4-8-2
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Norm Van Brocklin (4-8-2)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
1970 Atlanta Falcons Results
The Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League ended the 1970 season with a record of 4 wins and 8 losses and 2 ties, finishing third in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference.
The Falcons racked up 206 points, while the defensive squad allowed 261. Cannonball Butler ran for a team-best 636 yards for Atlanta.
Bob Berry threw for 1,806 yards. Jim Mitchell hauled in 44 passes for 650 yards. Paul Flatley provided receiving help, too.
Ken Reaves picked off 6 errant tosses from the opposition.
Norm Van Brocklin coached the team.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Berry | 269 | 156 | 58.0 | 1806 | 6.7 | 16 | 5.9 | 13 | 4.8 | 51 | 36 | 274 | 78.1 |
Randy Johnson | 72 | 40 | 55.6 | 443 | 6.2 | 2 | 2.8 | 8 | 11.1 | 34 | 16 | 148 | 43.7 |
Harmon Wages | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 118.8 |
Totals | 342 | 197 | 57.6 | 2262 | 6.6 | 18 | 5.3 | 21 | 6.1 | 51 | 53 | 431 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cannonball Butler | 166 | 636 | 3.8 | 33 | 0 |
Harmon Wages | 119 | 422 | 3.5 | 40 | 1 |
Paul Gipson | 52 | 177 | 3.4 | 16 | 0 |
Art Malone | 40 | 136 | 3.4 | 12 | 0 |
Sonny Campbell | 28 | 116 | 4.1 | 15 | 2 |
Bob Berry | 13 | 60 | 4.6 | 16 | 0 |
Jim Mitchell | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 12 | 1 |
Randy Johnson | 7 | 21 | 3.0 | 14 | 0 |
Mike Brunson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Totals | 431 | 1600 | 3.7 | 40 | 4 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Mitchell | 44 | 650 | 14.8 | 51 | 6 |
Paul Flatley | 39 | 544 | 13.9 | 35 | 1 |
Harmon Wages | 26 | 153 | 5.9 | 24 | 2 |
Cannonball Butler | 24 | 151 | 6.3 | 25 | 1 |
Todd Snyder | 23 | 311 | 13.5 | 43 | 2 |
Paul Gipson | 16 | 186 | 11.6 | 51 | 3 |
Art Malone | 9 | 38 | 4.2 | 9 | 1 |
Gail Cogdill | 7 | 101 | 14.4 | 30 | 1 |
Sonny Campbell | 7 | 92 | 13.1 | 27 | 0 |
Mike Donohoe | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 22 | 1 |
Totals | 197 | 2262 | 11.5 | 51 | 18 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Billy Lothridge | 76 | 2944 | 38.7 | 59 |
Totals | 76 | 2944 | 38.7 | 59 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Mallory | 17 | 203 | 11.9 | 75 | 1 |
Tom McCauley | 14 | 138 | 9.9 | 77 | 1 |
Mike Freeman | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
Totals | 34 | 356 | 10.5 | 77 | 2 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cannonball Butler | 14 | 284 | 20.3 | 29 | 0 |
Sonny Campbell | 10 | 230 | 23.0 | 30 | 0 |
Paul Gipson | 8 | 189 | 23.6 | 32 | 0 |
Art Malone | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 25 | 0 |
Grady Cavness | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 25 | 0 |
Mike Brunson | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 26 | 0 |
Harmon Wages | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
Al Lavan | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Mike Freeman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 47 | 916 | 19.5 | 32 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ken Reaves | 6 | 44 | 7.3 | 28 | 0 |
Al Lavan | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 8 | 0 |
Tommy Nobis | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 19 | 0 |
Tom McCauley | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
John Zook | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
Don Hansen | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Rudy Redmond | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
John Mallory | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Claude Humphrey | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Mike Freeman | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Grady Allen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 19 | 191 | 10.1 | 32 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Mallory | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | |
Al Lavan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
Tommy Nobis | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Freeman | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Zook | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
Cannonball Butler | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Tom McCauley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 0 | ||
Gary Roberts | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Claude Humphrey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Randy Marshall | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Ken Reaves | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Glen Condren | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Berry | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jeff Van Note | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Harmon Wages | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
John Matlock | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Grady Allen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Paul Gipson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Sonny Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 24 | 23 | 74 | 2 | 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 |
Ken Vinyard | 9 | 23 | 0 | 50 | ||||||||||
Jim Mitchell | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
Paul Gipson | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
Harmon Wages | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
Sonny Campbell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
Todd Snyder | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
John Mallory | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
Mike Donohoe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Art Malone | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Gail Cogdill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Paul Flatley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Cannonball Butler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Randy Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Tom McCauley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Totals | 4 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206 |