1986 Atlanta Falcons Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-8-1
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Dan Henning (7-8-1)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
1986 Atlanta Falcons RosterTeam Record: 7-8-1
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Dan Henning (7-8-1)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
1986 Atlanta Falcons Results
The Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League ended the 1986 season with a record of 7 wins and 8 losses and 1 ties, finishing third in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference.
Atlanta scored 280 points, while the solid defense allowed 280. Gerald Riggs ran for a team-best 1,327 yards for the Falcons.
David Archer threw for 2,007 yards, and Turk Schonert played quarterback, too. Charlie Brown paced pass catchers, hauling in 63 passes for 918 yards.
Bret Clark picked off 5 errant tosses from the opposition. Rick Bryan sacked opposing passers 7 times.
Dan Henning coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | David Archer | 294 | 150 | 51.0 | 2007 | 6.8 | 10 | 3.4 | 9 | 3.1 | 65 | 34 | 249 | 71.6 | Turk Schonert | 154 | 95 | 61.7 | 1032 | 6.7 | 4 | 2.6 | 8 | 5.2 | 41 | 21 | 206 | 68.4 | Scott Campbell | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 42.4 | Gerald Riggs | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 452 | 246 | 54.4 | 3046 | 6.7 | 14 | 3.1 | 17 | 3.8 | 65 | 56 | 464 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Gerald Riggs | 343 | 1327 | 3.9 | 31 | 9 | David Archer | 52 | 298 | 5.7 | 22 | 0 | Cliff Austin | 62 | 280 | 4.5 | 22 | 1 | Sylvester Stamps | 30 | 220 | 7.3 | 48 | 0 | William Andrews | 52 | 214 | 4.1 | 13 | 1 | Floyd Dixon | 11 | 67 | 6.1 | 23 | 0 | Billy Johnson | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 10 | 0 | Ken Whisenhunt | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | Keith Williams | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 | Aubrey Matthews | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | Turk Schonert | 11 | 12 | 1.1 | 7 | 1 | Bret Clark | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 | Scott Campbell | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | Joey Jones | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | Stacey Bailey | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | Tony Baker | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
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| Totals | 578 | 2524 | 4.4 | 48 | 12 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Charlie Brown | 63 | 918 | 14.6 | 42 | 4 | Floyd Dixon | 42 | 617 | 14.7 | 65 | 2 | Arthur Cox | 24 | 301 | 12.5 | 49 | 1 | Gerald Riggs | 24 | 136 | 5.7 | 11 | 0 | Sylvester Stamps | 20 | 221 | 11.0 | 39 | 1 | Ken Whisenhunt | 20 | 184 | 9.2 | 23 | 3 | Keith Williams | 12 | 164 | 13.7 | 32 | 1 | Anthony Allen | 10 | 156 | 15.6 | 32 | 2 | Joey Jones | 7 | 141 | 20.1 | 41 | 0 | Billy Johnson | 6 | 57 | 9.5 | 27 | 0 | Ron Middleton | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 8 | 0 | William Andrews | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 | Stacey Bailey | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 21 | 0 | Cliff Austin | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 | Aubrey Matthews | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
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| Totals | 246 | 3046 | 12.4 | 65 | 14 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Mick Luckhurst | 21 | 21 | 100.0 | 24 | 14 | 58.3 | 63 | Ali Haji-Sheikh | 8 | 7 | 87.5 | 12 | 9 | 75.0 | 34 | Rick Donnelly | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 30 | 29 | 96.7 | 36 | 23 | 63.9 | 98 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Rick Donnelly | 78 | 3421 | 43.9 | 71 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 78 | 3421 | 43.9 | 71 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Floyd Dixon | 26 | 151 | 5.8 | 16 | 0 | Billy Johnson | 8 | 87 | 10.9 | 30 | 0 | Joey Jones | 7 | 36 | 5.1 | 14 | 0 | Anthony Allen | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 | Sylvester Stamps | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 44 | 292 | 6.6 | 30 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Sylvester Stamps | 24 | 514 | 21.4 | 35 | 0 | Keith Williams | 14 | 255 | 18.2 | 32 | 0 | Cliff Austin | 7 | 120 | 17.1 | 25 | 0 | William Andrews | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 22 | 0 | Aubrey Matthews | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 20 | 0 | David Croudip | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | Floyd Dixon | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
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| Totals | 54 | 1035 | 19.2 | 35 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Bret Clark | 5 | 94 | 18.8 | 34 | 0 | Scott Case | 4 | 41 | 10.2 | 41 | 0 | David Croudip | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 29 | 0 | Joel Williams | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 14 | 1 | Dennis Woodberry | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 | Reggie Wilkes | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 10 | 0 | Bobby Butler | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 1 | Buddy Curry | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | Wendell Cason | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | John Rade | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | Robert Moore | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 22 | 294 | 13.4 | 41 | 2 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Rick Bryan | 7.0 | 0.0 | Mike Pitts | 5.5 | 0.0 | Mike Gann | 5.5 | 0.0 | Joe Costello | 2.0 | 0.0 | Bret Clark | 1.0 | 0.0 | Robert Moore | 1.0 | 0.0 | Tony Casillas | 1.0 | 0.0 | John Rade | 1.0 | 0.0 | Dennis Harrison | 1.0 | 0.0 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Tony Casillas | 111 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Scott Case | 69 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Pitts | 34 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 0 | Mike Gann | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | John Scully | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Arthur Cox | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bret Clark | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | James Britt | 0 | 2 | 73 | 1 | 0 | Floyd Dixon | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Buddy Curry | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jamie Dukes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wendell Cason | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | William Andrews | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gerald Riggs | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Brett Miller | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | David Archer | 8 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 0 | Anthony Allen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dennis Harrison | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cliff Austin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Turk Schonert | 5 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | Sylvester Stamps | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wayne Radloff | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 0 | Charlie Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Keith Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 214 | 214 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 29 | 99 | 2 | 2 |
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 | Mick Luckhurst | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 63 | Gerald Riggs | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | Ali Haji-Sheikh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 34 | Charlie Brown | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Ken Whisenhunt | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Anthony Allen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Floyd Dixon | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Mike Pitts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | William Andrews | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | James Britt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bobby Butler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Sylvester Stamps | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Cliff Austin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Keith Williams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Joel Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Arthur Cox | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Turk Schonert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Mike Gann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Rick Donnelly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 12 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 280 |
