1969 Atlanta Falcons Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-8
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's Coastal Division
Coach: Norm Van Brocklin (6-8)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia

1969 Atlanta Falcons Roster
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
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
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
Totals	149	2230	15.0	88	20

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Bob Etter	33	33	100.0	30	15	50.0	78
Totals	33	33	100.0	30	15	50.0	78

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Billy Lothridge	69	2846	41.2	57
Totals	69	2846	41.2	57

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
John Mallory	13	42	3.2	15
Mike Freeman	4	30	7.5	12
Nate Wright	4	21	5.2	11
Dave Cahill	1	0	0.0	0
Tom McCauley	4	-11	-2.8	0
Totals	26	82	3.2	15

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
Totals	52	1104	21.2	61	1

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Rudy Redmond	5	50	10.0	32
Ken Reaves	3	14	4.7	14
Don Hansen	2	51	25.5	40
John Zook	2	22	11.0	15
Al Lavan	2	0	0.0	0
John Mallory	1	22	22.0	22
Jim Weatherford	1	18	18.0	18
Grady Allen	1	6	6.0	6
Greg Brezina	1	2	2.0	2
Tommy Nobis	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	19	185	9.7	40

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
Greg Brezina		0	0	5	0	0
Paul Gipson			8	4	0
Jim Weatherford		0	0	3	74	1
Bruce Lemmerman			4	2	0
John Mallory		0	1	2	14	0
Jim Waskiewicz			0	2	0	0
Charlie Bryant			2	2	0	0
Mike Freeman			0	2	0	0
Gail Cogdill			0	2	0
Rudy Redmond		0	0	2	0	0
George Kunz			0	2	0	0
Grady Allen		0	0	2	0	0
Cannonball Butler			3	2	0
Dick Enderle			0	1	0	0
John Zook		0	0	1	7	0
Ken Reaves		0	0	1	0	0
Claude Humphrey			0	1	24	1
Al Lavan		0	1	1	0	0
Harmon Wages			3	1	0
Ron Acks			0	1	0
Bob Berry			6	1	-5	0
Tommy Nobis		0	0	1	0	0
Jerry Shay			0	1	0	0
Paul Flatley			1	0	0
Jeff Stanciel			1	0	0	0
Nate Wright			1	0	0	0
James Ferguson			1	0	-24	0
Tom McCauley			1	0	0	0
Randy Johnson			3	0	0
Jim Mitchell			1	0	0
Totals	0	0	37	42	90	2

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Bob Etter									15	33	0			78
Paul Flatley		6							0	0	0			36
Gail Cogdill		5							0	0	0			30
Cannonball Butler	3	2		0					0	0	0			30
Jim Mitchell	0	4							0	0	0			24
Junior Coffey	1	2							0	0	0			18
Harmon Wages	2	1		0					0	0	0			18
Jim Weatherford						0	1		0	0	0			6
Claude Humphrey							1		0	0	0			6
Paul Gipson	1	0		0					0	0	0			6
Mal Snider				1					0	0	0			6
Randy Johnson	1								0	0	0			6
Ron Acks								1	0	0	0			6
Bruce Lemmerman	1								0	0	0			6
Totals	9	20	0	1	0	0	2	1	15	33	0	0	0	276