1969 Atlanta Falcons Statistics
Team Record: 6-8
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's Coastal Division
Coach: Norm Van Brocklin (6-8)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
1969 Atlanta Falcons Results
The Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League ended the 1969 season with a record of 6 wins and 8 losses, finishing third in the NFL's Coastal Division.
The Falcons racked up 276 points, and the defense conceded 268. Cannonball Butler ran for a team-best 655 yards for Atlanta.
Bob Berry threw for 1,087 yards. Paul Flatley hauled in 45 passes for 834 yards.
The sticky-fingered defense led the way with 46 turnovers. Rudy Redmond picked off 5 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 | 124 | 71 | 57.3 | 1087 | 8.8 | 10 | 8.1 | 2 | 1.6 | 88 | 31 | 219 | 106.5 | Randy Johnson | 93 | 51 | 54.8 | 788 | 8.5 | 8 | 8.6 | 5 | 5.4 | 65 | 18 | 152 | 89.4 | Bruce Lemmerman | 62 | 25 | 40.3 | 330 | 5.3 | 1 | 1.6 | 4 | 6.5 | 57 | 14 | 106 | 36.4 | Harmon Wages | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 | Billy Lothridge | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 104.2 | Paul Gipson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Totals | 282 | 149 | 52.8 | 2230 | 7.9 | 20 | 7.1 | 12 | 4.3 | 88 | 63 | 477 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Cannonball Butler | 163 | 655 | 4.0 | 39 | 3 | Harmon Wages | 72 | 375 | 5.2 | 66 | 2 | Paul Gipson | 62 | 303 | 4.9 | 33 | 1 | Charlie Bryant | 50 | 246 | 4.9 | 41 | 0 | Junior Coffey | 49 | 168 | 3.4 | 19 | 1 | Jim Mitchell | 5 | 77 | 15.4 | 40 | 0 | Bob Berry | 20 | 68 | 3.4 | 30 | 0 | Bruce Lemmerman | 10 | 57 | 5.7 | 20 | 1 | Randy Johnson | 11 | 55 | 5.0 | 13 | 1 | Tom McCauley | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 32 | 0 | Gary McDermott | 7 | 6 | 0.9 | 3 | 0 | Jeff Stanciel | 4 | -1 | -0.2 | 4 | 0 |
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| Totals | 455 | 2058 | 4.5 | 66 | 9 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Paul Flatley | 45 | 834 | 18.5 | 71 | 6 | Gail Cogdill | 24 | 374 | 15.6 | 52 | 5 | Jim Mitchell | 22 | 339 | 15.4 | 42 | 4 | Harmon Wages | 22 | 228 | 10.4 | 88 | 1 | Cannonball Butler | 17 | 297 | 17.5 | 65 | 2 | Junior Coffey | 8 | 64 | 8.0 | 19 | 2 | Paul Gipson | 4 | 33 | 8.2 | 18 | 0 | Ralph Smith | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 10 | 0 | Charlie Bryant | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 9 | 0 | Monte Ledbetter | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | Greg Brezina | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | Jerry Simmons | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
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| Totals | 149 | 2230 | 15.0 | 88 | 20 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Billy Lothridge | 69 | 2846 | 41.2 | 57 |
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| Totals | 69 | 2846 | 41.2 | 57 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | John Mallory | 13 | 42 | 3.2 | 15 | 0 | Mike Freeman | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 12 | 0 | Nate Wright | 4 | 21 | 5.2 | 11 | 0 | Dave Cahill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Tom McCauley | 4 | -11 | -2.8 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 26 | 82 | 3.2 | 15 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Charlie Bryant | 21 | 407 | 19.4 | 39 | 0 | Cannonball Butler | 13 | 405 | 31.2 | 61 | 0 | Paul Gipson | 9 | 145 | 16.1 | 27 | 0 | Harmon Wages | 6 | 76 | 12.7 | 23 | 0 | Mal Snider | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48 | 1 | George Kunz | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | Jeff Stanciel | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
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| Totals | 52 | 1104 | 21.2 | 61 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Rudy Redmond | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 32 | 0 | Ken Reaves | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 14 | 0 | Don Hansen | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 40 | 0 | John Zook | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 | Al Lavan | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | John Mallory | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | Jim Weatherford | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | Grady Allen | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | Greg Brezina | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | Tommy Nobis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 19 | 185 | 9.7 | 40 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Greg Brezina | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Paul Gipson | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Weatherford | 0 | 0 | 3 | 74 | 1 | 0 | Bruce Lemmerman | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Mallory | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | Jim Waskiewicz | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charlie Bryant | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Freeman | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gail Cogdill | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rudy Redmond | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | George Kunz | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Grady Allen | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cannonball Butler | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dick Enderle | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Zook | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | Ken Reaves | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Claude Humphrey | 0 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 0 | Al Lavan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Harmon Wages | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ron Acks | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Berry | 6 | 1 | -5 | 0 | 0 | Tommy Nobis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jerry Shay | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Paul Flatley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jeff Stanciel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Nate Wright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | James Ferguson | 1 | 0 | -24 | 0 | 0 | Tom McCauley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Randy Johnson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 37 | 42 | 90 | 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 | Bob Etter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 33 | 0 | 78 | Paul Flatley | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Gail Cogdill | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Cannonball Butler | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Jim Mitchell | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Junior Coffey | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Harmon Wages | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Jim Weatherford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Claude Humphrey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Paul Gipson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Mal Snider | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Randy Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ron Acks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bruce Lemmerman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 9 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 276 |
