1981 Atlanta Falcons 8-8 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot Atlanta 106 122 89 140 0 457 Opponent 73 134 103 105 12 427 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 457 427 1-0 27 New Orleans 0 First Downs 411 368 1-1 40 @Green Bay 44 Rush 137 108 2-1 36 San Francisco 35 Pass 249 236 2-2 10 @Cleveland 25 Pen 25 24 3-2 41 @Philadelphia 17 Penalties 103 100 4-2 31 Los Angeles 24 Yards 720 740 5-2 31 St. Louis 14 6-2 38 New York(N) 17 Rushing Att 554 525 7-2 43 @New Orleans 3 Yards 2397 2116 7-3 7 @San Francisco 43 Ave 4.3 4.0 7-4 14 Pittsburgh 26 TD 21 14 7-5 31 Minnesota 37 7-6 38 @Houston 44 Passing Att 646 576 7-7 28 @Tampa Bay 33 Comp 372 340 8-7 35 @Los Angeles 20 % 57.6 59.0 8-8 7 Cincinnati 45 Int 13 18 % 2.0 3.1 TD 32 29 % 5.0 5.0 Yards 4292 4317 Sacked 18 23 Punt Return 43 36 Yards 366 337 Ave 8.5 9.4 Kick Return 85 73 Yards 1874 1217 Ave 22.0 16.7 Punts 58 73 Yards 2346 3081 Ave 40.4 42.2 FG Att 31 31 Made 24 27 % 77.4 87.1 Third Downs 247 232 Made 120 96 % 48.6 41.4 Fourth Downs 42 25 Made 27 11 % 64.3 44.0 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 40 32 Lost 20 17 Turnovers 33 35 Net Offense 6579 6287 Per Play 5.4 5.6 1981 Atlanta Falcons Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Andrews 342 1708 5.0 34 96 29 17 Andrews 96 4 902 9.4 4 54 26 2 Cain 142 515 3.6 7 35 22 4 Jenkins 81 7 1211 15.0 13 57 53 17 Mayberry 22 82 3.7 0 3 9 0 Cain 67 3 663 9.9 1 43 29 1 Bartkowski 30 34 1.1 1 0 11 0 Jackson,A 49 6 612 12.5 3 37 49 3 Francis 2 25 12.5 1 1 21 0 Miller,J 38 1 433 11.4 1 27 25 5 Jackson,A 1 17 17.0 1 1 17 0 Francis 35 3 440 12.6 3 24 37 3 Moroski 2 9 4.5 0 0 5 0 Mayberry 3 0 14 4.7 0 1 9 0 Robinson 3 5 1.7 0 0 3 0 Mikeska 2 0 20 10.0 0 2 16 1 Jones 6 3 0.5 0 0 4 0 Bartkowski 1 0 -3 -3.0 0 0 0 0 Strong 4 -1 -0.2 0 0 1 0 372 25 4292 11.5 25248 53 32 554 2397 4.3 44 137 29 21 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Bartkowski 623 361 57.9 4180 11.6 53 54 25 12 1.9 16 32 5.1 87.4 Moroski 18 9 50.0 104 11.6 21 2 0 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 67.8 Jones 5 2 40.0 8 4.0 5 1 0 1 20.0 1 0 0.0 8.3 646 372 57.6 4292 11.5 53 57 25 13 2.0 18 32 5.0 85.9 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Luckhurst 55 55 100.0 31 24 77.4 60.0 0.0 49 127 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross James 58 2346 59 6 3 9 36 337 32.6 40.4 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Smith,R 55 1392 25.3 56 0 Woerner 33 8 239 7.2 29 0 Mayberry 1 17 17.0 17 0 Smith,R 10 2 127 12.7 29 0 Gaison 2 34 17.0 18 0 43 10 366 8.5 29 0 Woerner 27 431 16.0 37 0 85 1874 22.0 56 0 Fumbles Andrews 14 Bartkows 6 Glazebro 2 Strong 2 Moroski 1 Smith,R 7 Cain 4 Jenkins 2 Jones 1 Woerner 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Richards 7 Smith,D 29 Smith,D 15 Butler 10 Smith,D 5 Butler 4 Smith,D 6 Yeates 7 Kuykenda 11 Pridemor 10 Richards 4 Curry 4 Yeates 4 Merrow 6 Yeates 11 Johnson 9 Kuykenda 4 Bryant 3 Merrow 3 Faumuina 2 Curry 10 Glazebro 9 Butler 3 Jackson, 3 Curry 1 Richards 9 Richards 9 Woerner 3 Richards 3 Williams 1 Merrow 7 Smith,D 5 Pridemor 2 Van Note 3 Kuykenda 1 Williams 6 Williams 4 Yeates 2 Cain 2 Faumuina 3 Kuykenda 3 Faumuina 1 Faumuina 2 Teague 2 Merrow 3 Gaison 1 Thielema 2 Glazebro 1 Gaison 2 Glazebro 1 Bartkows 2 Curry 2 Williams 1 Williams 2 Jones,E 1 Daykin 1 Kuykenda 1 Moriarty 1 Moriarty 1 Moroski 1 Yeates 1 Zele 1 Glazebro 1 Smith,D 1 Francis 1 Johnson 1 Jones,E 1 Tackles Richards 143 Kuykenda 74 Johnson 49 Woerner 19 Zele 13 Laughlin 9 Pridemor 98 Curry 73 Yeates 44 Faumuina 18 Davis 12 Smith,R 8 Williams 87 Glazebro 63 Merrow 37 Musser 16 Moriarty 11 Jones,E 6 Smith,D 84 Butler 62 Gaison 20 White 14 Daykin 11 Teague 5 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Pridemore 4 145 36.3 52 1 Johnson 3 47 15.7 19 0 Butler 3 61 20.3 22 0 Glazebroo 2 3 1.5 3 0 Richardso 2 11 5.5 6 0 Jones,E 1 18 18.0 18 0 Kuykendal 1 23 23.0 23 0 Curry 1 38 38.0 38 0 Gaison 1 0 0.0 0 0 18 346 19.2 52 1 1981 Atlanta Falcons Coach:Leeman Bennett Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy QB Bartkowski,Steve 5 O 2 1 QB Jones,June 2 O 2 1 QB Moroski,Mike 2 O 2 1 Offense Bk-R Bk-P Dur Run Sho Bkwy RB Andrews,William 1 0 5 B 5 3 RB Cain,Lynn 1 0 5 B 3 3 RB Mayberry,James 1 0 5 B 3 3 KR RB Robinson,Bo 1 0 4 B 3 3 RB Strong,Ray 1 0 5 B 3 3 WR Francis,Wally 0 0 5 O 1 1 WR Jackson,Alfred 0 0 5 O 1 1 WR Jenkins,Alfred 0 0 5 O 1 1 WR Smith,Reggie 0 0 4 O 1 1 RET TE Mikeska,Russ 2 0 5 O 1 1 TE Miller,Junior 2 0 5 O 1 1 Lineman Bk-R Bk-P Dur G Howell,Pat 3 3 5 G Scott,Dave 5 5 4 G Thielemann,R.C. 8 8 5 T Bryant,Warren 5 5 3 T Kenn,Mike 9 9 5 C Scully,John 3 3 5 C Van Note,Jeff 8 8 5 C-T Sanders,Eric 3 3 5 Defense Total Run Pass Rush Dur DT Smith,Don 8 6 0 2 5 DT Zele,Mike 3 2 0 1 4 DE Faumuina,Wilson 4 3 0 1 5 DE Merrow,Jeff 6 5 0 1 3 DE Teague,Matthew 3 2 0 1 3 DE Yeates,Jeff 5 4 0 1 5 ILB Curry,Buddy 6 4 2 0 5 ILB Daykin,Tony 3 2 1 0 5 ILB Kuykendall,Fulton 6 4 2 0 5 LB White,Lyman 3 2 1 0 5 OLB Davis,Paul 3 2 1 0 4 OLB Laughlin,Jim 3 2 1 0 4 OLB Musser,Neal 3 2 1 0 2 OLB Richardson,Al 8 3 3 2 5 OLB Williams,Joel 6 3 3 0 3 CB Butler,Bobby 5 0 5 0 5 CB Johnson,Kenny 5 0 5 0 5 PR CB Jones,Earl 3 0 3 0 5 S Gaison,Blaine 3 1 2 0 4 KR S Glazebrook,Bob 5 1 4 0 5 S Moriarty,Tom 3 1 2 0 2 S Pridemore,Tom 6 1 5 0 5 PR S Woerner,Scott 3 1 2 0 5 RET Special Teams P James,John K Luckhurst,Mick