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 RosterTeam 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 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.
Atlanta racked up 206 points, while the defensive squad allowed 261. Cannonball Butler ran for a team-best 636 yards for the Falcons.
Bob Berry threw for 1,806 yards. Jim Mitchell hauled in 44 passes for 650 yards. Paul Flatley was targeted regularly, 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Totals | 197 | 2262 | 11.5 | 51 | 18 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Billy Lothridge | 76 | 2944 | 38.7 | 59 |
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| 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 |
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| Totals | 34 | 356 | 10.5 | 77 | 2 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Cannonball Butler | 14 | 284 | 20.3 | 29 | 0 | Sonny Campbell | 10 | 230 | 23.0 | 30 | 0 | Paul Gipson | 8 | 189 | 23.6 | 32 | 0 | Art Malone | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 25 | 0 | Grady Cavness | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 25 | 0 | Mike Brunson | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 26 | 0 | Harmon Wages | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | Al Lavan | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | Mike Freeman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 47 | 916 | 19.5 | 32 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ken Reaves | 6 | 44 | 7.3 | 28 | 0 | Al Lavan | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 8 | 0 | Tommy Nobis | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 19 | 0 | Tom McCauley | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | John Zook | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | Don Hansen | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | Rudy Redmond | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | John Mallory | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | Claude Humphrey | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | Mike Freeman | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | Grady Allen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 19 | 191 | 10.1 | 32 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | John Mallory | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | Al Lavan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Tommy Nobis | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Freeman | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Zook | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Cannonball Butler | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom McCauley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 0 | Gary Roberts | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Claude Humphrey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Randy Marshall | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Ken Reaves | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Glen Condren | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Berry | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jeff Van Note | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Harmon Wages | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Matlock | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Grady Allen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Paul Gipson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sonny Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 24 | 23 | 74 | 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 | 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 |
