1968 Atlanta Falcons Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 2-12
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Coastal Division
Coach: Norm Van Brocklin (2-9)
Coach: Norb Hecker (0-3)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
1968 Atlanta Falcons RosterTeam Record: 2-12
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Coastal Division
Coach: Norm Van Brocklin (2-9)
Coach: Norb Hecker (0-3)
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.
Norm Van Brocklin and Norb Hecker 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | 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 | 0 | Jerry Shay | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charlie Bryant | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cannonball Butler | 1 | 1 | 0 | 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 | 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 | 0 | Harmon Wages | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Szczecko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Perry Dunn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Brendan McCarthy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 26 | 27 | 52 | 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 | Bob Etter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 50 | Bob Long | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Perry Dunn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Bob Berry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Ray Ogden | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Cannonball Butler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Randy Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ken Reaves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Brendan McCarthy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Harmon Wages | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Mike Donohoe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Billy Harris | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Jimmy Burson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170 |
