1970 Atlanta Falcons Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-8-2
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Norm Van Brocklin (4-8-2)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia

1970 Atlanta Falcons Roster
1970 Atlanta Falcons Results

The Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League ended the 1970 season with a record of 4 wins and 8 losses and 2 ties, finishing third in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference.

The Falcons racked up 206 points, and the defensive squad allowed 261. Cannonball Butler ran for a team-best 636 yards for Atlanta.

Bob Berry threw for 1,806 yards. Jim Mitchell hauled in 44 passes for 650 yards. Paul Flatley contributed to the receiving game, too.

Ken Reaves picked off 6 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	269	156	58.0	1806	6.7	16	5.9	13	4.8	51	36	274	78.1
Randy Johnson	72	40	55.6	443	6.2	2	2.8	8	11.1	34	16	148	43.7
Harmon Wages	1	1	100.0	13	13.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	13	1	9	118.8
Totals	342	197	57.6	2262	6.6	18	5.3	21	6.1	51	53	431

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Cannonball Butler	166	636	3.8	33	0
Harmon Wages	119	422	3.5	40	1
Paul Gipson	52	177	3.4	16	0
Art Malone	40	136	3.4	12	0
Sonny Campbell	28	116	4.1	15	2
Bob Berry	13	60	4.6	16	0
Jim Mitchell	5	23	4.6	12	1
Randy Johnson	7	21	3.0	14	0
Mike Brunson	1	9	9.0	9	0
Totals	431	1600	3.7	40	4

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Jim Mitchell	44	650	14.8	51	6
Paul Flatley	39	544	13.9	35	1
Harmon Wages	26	153	5.9	24	2
Cannonball Butler	24	151	6.3	25	1
Todd Snyder	23	311	13.5	43	2
Paul Gipson	16	186	11.6	51	3
Art Malone	9	38	4.2	9	1
Gail Cogdill	7	101	14.4	30	1
Sonny Campbell	7	92	13.1	27	0
Mike Donohoe	2	36	18.0	22	1
Totals	197	2262	11.5	51	18

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Ken Vinyard	26	23	88.5	25	9	36.0	50
Totals	26	23	88.5	25	9	36.0	50

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Billy Lothridge	76	2944	38.7	59
Totals	76	2944	38.7	59

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
John Mallory	17	203	11.9	75	1
Tom McCauley	14	138	9.9	77	1
Mike Freeman	3	15	5.0	7	0
Totals	34	356	10.5	77	2

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Cannonball Butler	14	284	20.3	29
Sonny Campbell	10	230	23.0	30
Paul Gipson	8	189	23.6	32
Art Malone	5	66	13.2	25
Grady Cavness	3	61	20.3	25
Mike Brunson	4	54	13.5	26
Harmon Wages	1	22	22.0	22
Al Lavan	1	10	10.0	10
Mike Freeman	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	47	916	19.5	32

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Ken Reaves	6	44	7.3	28
Al Lavan	3	11	3.7	8
Tommy Nobis	2	36	18.0	19
Tom McCauley	1	32	32.0	32
John Zook	1	24	24.0	24
Don Hansen	1	15	15.0	15
Rudy Redmond	1	12	12.0	12
John Mallory	1	9	9.0	9
Claude Humphrey	1	5	5.0	5
Mike Freeman	1	3	3.0	3
Grady Allen	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	19	191	10.1	32

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
John Mallory		0	1	2	17	1
Al Lavan		0	0	2	4	0
Tommy Nobis		0	0	2	0	0
Mike Freeman		0	0	2	0	0
John Zook		0	0	2	8	0
Cannonball Butler			10	2	0	0
Tom McCauley		0	0	1	42	0
Gary Roberts			0	1	0	0
Claude Humphrey		0	0	1	3	0
Randy Marshall			0	1	0	1
Ken Reaves		0	0	1	0	0
Glen Condren			0	1	0	0
Bob Berry			6	1	0	0
Jeff Van Note			0	1	0	0
Harmon Wages			4	1	0	0
John Matlock			0	1	0	0
Grady Allen		0	0	1	0	0
Paul Gipson			2	0	0	0
Sonny Campbell			1	0	0	0
Totals	0	0	24	23	74	2

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Ken Vinyard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	23	0			50
Jim Mitchell	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			42
Paul Gipson	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Harmon Wages	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Sonny Campbell	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Todd Snyder	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
John Mallory	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			12
Mike Donohoe	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Art Malone	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Gail Cogdill	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Paul Flatley	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Cannonball Butler	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Randy Marshall	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			6
Tom McCauley	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Totals	4	18	2	0	0	0	2	0	9	23	0	0	0	206