1996 Atlanta Falcons Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 3-13
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: June Jones (3-13)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia

1996 Atlanta Falcons Roster
1996 Atlanta Falcons Results

The Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League ended the 1996 season with a record of 3 wins and 13 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference.

The Falcons ran up 309 points, but the leaky defense allowed 461, most in the league. Bobby Hebert passed for 3,152 yards. Bert Emanuel hauled in 75 passes for 921 yards, while Terance Mathis provided receiving help also.

Jamal Anderson carried the ball for a team-best 1,055 yards for Atlanta.

Brad Edwards picked off 2 opponent throws. Clay Matthews sacked opposing passers 6.5 times.

June Jones coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Bobby Hebert	488	294	60.2	3152	6.5	22	4.5	25	5.1	57	27	150	72.9
Jeff George	99	56	56.6	698	7.1	3	3.0	3	3.0	67	11	84	76.1
Browning Nagle	13	6	46.2	59	4.5	1	7.7	2	15.4	17	4	20	45.5
Totals	600	356	59.3	3909	6.5	26	4.3	30	5.0	67	42	254

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Jamal Anderson	232	1055	4.5	32	5
Craig Heyward	72	321	4.5	34	3
Bobby Hebert	15	59	3.9	25	1
Jeff George	5	10	2.0	5	0
Richard Huntley	2	8	4.0	5	0
Eric Metcalf	3	8	2.7	4	0
Totals	329	1461	4.4	34	9

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Bert Emanuel	75	921	12.3	53	6
Terance Mathis	69	771	11.2	55	7
Eric Metcalf	54	599	11.1	67	6
Jamal Anderson	49	473	9.7	34	1
J.J. Birden	30	319	10.6	57	2
Tyrone Brown	28	325	11.6	38	1
Roell Preston	21	208	9.9	17	1
Craig Heyward	16	168	10.5	25	0
Freddie Scott	7	80	11.4	27	0
Mitch Lyons	4	16	4.0	5	1
Robbie Tobeck	2	15	7.5	14	1
Richard Huntley	1	14	14.0	14	0
Totals	356	3909	11.0	67	26

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Morten Andersen	31	31	100.0	29	22	75.9	97
Totals	31	31	100.0	29	22	75.9	97

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Dan Stryzinski	75	3152	42.0	58
Totals	75	3152	42.0	58

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Eric Metcalf	27	296	11.0	39
Terance Mathis	3	19	6.3	10
Craig Heyward	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	31	315	10.2	39

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Eric Metcalf	49	1034	21.1	55
Roell Preston	32	681	21.3	50
Jamal Anderson	4	80	20.0	27
Craig Heyward	1	18	18.0	18
Lorenzo Styles	1	12	12.0	12
Totals	87	1825	21.0	55

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Brad Edwards	2	15	7.5	15
Chuck Smith	1	21	21.0	21
Cornelius Bennett	1	3	3.0	3
Devin Bush	1	2	2.0	2
Darnell Walker	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	6	41	6.8	21

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Clay Matthews	6.5
Chuck Smith	6.0
Travis Hall	6.0
Dan Owens	5.5
Cornelius Bennett	3.0
Ron George	2.0
Lester Archambeau	2.0
David Brandon	1.0
Louis Riddick	1.0
Jessie Tuggle	1.0
Tim McKyer	1.0
Jeff Zgonina	1.0
Totals	36.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Jessie Tuggle	105	96	18		0	0	0	0	1
Cornelius Bennett	56	52	8	0	0	2	0	0	2
Devin Bush	55	51	8	0	0	1	0	0	1
Darnell Walker	48	46	4	0	0	1	0	0	1
Travis Hall	47.5	44	7		0	1	0	0	2
Ron George	52	42	20		0	3	14	0	0
Lester Archambeau	48	41	14
Patrick Bates	44	37	14		0	1	0	0	0
Lenny McGill	36.5	34	5		0	1	0	0	0
Chuck Smith	36.5	33	7	0	0	1	0	0	0
Tim McKyer	32.5	31	3		0	2	0	0	0
Dan Owens	32	29	6		0	1	0	0	0
Brad Edwards	27.5	26	3	0
Louis Riddick	24	23	2
Nate Odomes	23	23	0
Moe Gardner	22	21	2		0	1	0	0	0
Anthony Phillips	18.5	17	3
Lorenzo Styles	15.5	15	1
Clay Matthews	11.5	11	1		0	0	0	0	3
David Brandon	9.5	9	1
John Burrough	10	8	4
Jeff Zgonina	9.5	7	5		0	1	0	0	0
Craig Sauer	9	7	4		0	0	0	0	1
Shane Dronett	4	4	0		0	0	0	0	1
Sean Boyd	2.5	2	1		0	0	0	0	1
D.J. Johnson	1.5	1	1
Roman Fortin					0	2	0	0	0
Bobby Hebert					10	2	0		0
Jeff George					3	2	-24	0	0
Bob Whitfield					0	1	0	0	0
Elbert Shelley					0	1	0	0	0
David Richards					0	1	0	0	0
Harper LeBel					0	1	0	0	0
Terance Mathis					0	1	0		0
Jamal Anderson					4	1	0		0
Eric Metcalf					3	0	0		0
J.J. Birden					2	0	0		0
Browning Nagle					1	0	0	0	0
Totals	781	710	142	0	23	28	-10	0	13

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Morten Andersen									22	31	0			97
Terance Mathis		7	0						0	0	0	1		44
Jamal Anderson	5	1		0					0	0	0			36
Bert Emanuel		6							0	0	0			36
Eric Metcalf	0	6	0	0					0	0	0			36
Craig Heyward	3	0	0	0					0	0	0			18
J.J. Birden		2							0	0	0			12
Tyrone Brown		1							0	0	0			6
Roell Preston		1		0					0	0	0			6
Robbie Tobeck		1							0	0	0			6
Bobby Hebert	1								0	0	0			6
Mitch Lyons		1							0	0	0			6
Totals	9	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	31	0	1	0	309