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.
Atlanta scored only 175 points, worst in the league, while the leaky defense allowed 422, most in the circuit. Junior Coffey ran for a team-best 722 yards for the Falcons.
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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Totals | 17 | 343 | 20.2 | 77 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Ron Smith | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Szczecko | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Marion Rushing | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Randy Johnson | 4 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | Tommy Nobis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 | 0 | Ron Rector | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gary Barnes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Junior Coffey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 43 | Junior Coffey | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Tommy McDonald | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Bill Martin | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Jerry Simmons | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Randy Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ray Ogden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ron Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Taz Anderson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Tommy Nobis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ernie Wheelwright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Lee Calland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Gary Barnes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 6 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 175 |
