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Record: 9 - 7 (pythagorean: 5 - 11, .368) Coaching: Leeman Bennett 9 - 7 (playoffs:1 - 1) 1978 Draft Round - Pick (Overall Pick) 1-13 (13) - Mike Kenn, Michigan, T   2-15 (43) - Steve Stewart, Minnesota, LB   3-14 (70) - Stan Waldemore, Nebraska, G   4-11 (95) - Brian Cabral, Colorado, LB   5-15 (125) - Dennis Pearson, San Diego State, WR   6-14 (152) - Rodney Parker, Tennessee State, WR   7-1 (167) - Alfred Jackson, Texas, WR   7-13 (179) - James Wright, Texas Christian, TE   8-15 (209) - David Adkins, Ohio State, LB   8-22 (216) - David Williams, Tennessee-Martin, DB   9-14 (236) - Tom Pridemore, West Virginia, DB   10-7 (257) - Ricky Patton, Jackson State, RB   10-13 (263) - Ray Strong, UNLV, RB   11-15 (293) - Scooter Reed, Baylor, DB   12-14 (320) - Daria Butler, Oklahoma State, LB
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Week Opponent Score Week 1 HOO 14 at ATL 20 Week 2 ATL 0 at LAM 10 Week 3 CLE 24 at ATL 16 Week 4 ATL 9 at TAM 14 Week 5 NYG 20 at ATL 23 Week 6 ATL 7 at PIT 31 Week 7 DET 0 at ATL 14 Week 8 ATL 20 at SFO 17 Week 9 LAM 7 at ATL 15 Week 10 SFO 10 at ATL 21 Week 11 ATL 20 at NOR 17 Week 12 ATL 7 at CHI 13 Week 13 NOR 17 at ATL 20 Week 14 ATL 7 at CIN 37 Week 15 WAS 17 at ATL 20 Week 16 ATL 21 at SLC 42 NFC Wild-Card Playoff PHI 13 at ATL 14 NFC Divisional Playoff ATL 20 at DAL 27
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1st DOWNS   PASSING   RUSHING   MISC   PTS YDS TD RUSH PASS PEN TOT   ATT CMP YDs TD INT SKD SKY   ATT YDs TD   PEN PenYDs FUM LOST REC OFFENSE 240 4062 27 90 133 30 253   449 221 2883 11 23 56 481   533 1660 13   130 1083 41 18 -- DEFENSE 290 4431 36 117 113 37 267   444 215 2789 11 12 47 425   578 2067 21   116 1010 46 -- 25     PUNT RETURN   KICK RETURN     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 42 345 0   OPP: 54 305 0   OWN: 59 1332 1   OPP: 49 1141 0     PUNTING   KICKING     PT YDS TB BLK IN20     PT YDS     XPM XPA FGM FGA     XPM XPA FGM FGA SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 110 4227 9 1 24   OPP: 108 3958   OWN: 26 27 16 26   OPP: 35 36 13 23
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(Click on column headers to sort table)   PASSING     RUSHING     RECEIVING Name GP ATT CMP PCT YDS YPA TD INT SKD SKY RAT   ATT YDS AVG TD LNG   REC YDS AVG TD LNG Steve Bartkowski 14 369 187 50.7 2489 6.75 10 18 39 349 61.1   33 60 1.8 2 8   0 0 0.0 0 0 June Jones 7 79 34 43.0 394 4.99 1 4 17 132 41.9   10 -3 -0.3 0 17   0 0 0.0 0 0 Bubba Bean 15 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 0.0   193 707 3.7 3 25t   31 209 6.7 1 38t Haskel Stanback 15 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   188 588 3.1 5 26   12 108 9.0 0 20 Ricky Patton 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   68 206 3.0 1 15   10 90 9.0 1 32 Ray Strong 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   30 99 3.3 2 14   7 56 8.0 0 21 Mike Esposito 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   7 21 3.0 0 7   3 10 3.3 0 4 Wallace Francis 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   2 -11 -5.5 0 -5   45 695 15.4 3 54t Dennis Pearson 13 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   1 1 1.0 0 1   5 71 14.2 0 23 George Franklin 2 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   1 -8 -8.0 0 -8   1 19 19.0 0 19 Billy Ryckman 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   45 679 15.1 2 59t Jim Mitchell 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   32 366 11.4 2 24 Alfred Jackson 15 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   26 526 20.2 2 71 Alfred Jenkins 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   2 28 14.0 0 22 Jim Wright 15 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   2 26 13.0 0 18   PUNTS   KICKOFFS Name GP RET YDS AVG FC LNG TD   RET YDS AVG LNG TD Billy Ryckman 16 28 227 8.1 18 38 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Alfred Jackson 15 11 89 8.1 6 32 0   11 225 20.5 30 0 Rick Byas 16 2 12 6.0 0 12 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Rolland Lawrence 16 1 17 17.0 1 17 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Dennis Pearson 13 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   25 662 26.5 100t 1 George Franklin 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   11 258 23.5 33 0 Tom Pridemore 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   4 71 17.8 20 0 Ray Strong 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   3 50 16.7 23 0 Edgar Fields 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   2 21 10.5 20 0 Jim Mitchell 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 14 14.0 14 0   PUNTING   KICKING Name GP PT YDS LNG BLK TB I20 NET AVG   1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LNG FGM FGA XPM XPA Tim Mazzetti 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 7/7 6/9 0/0 0/0 39 13 16 18 18 Fred Steinfort 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 1/1 1/5 1/4 0/0 48 3 10 8 9 John James 16 109 4227 57 1 9 24 34.0 38.8   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0   DEF   INTS Name GP SK SFY   INT YDS LNG TD Rick Byas 16 0.0 0   2 37 32 0 Wilson Faumuina 16 0.0 0   1 7 7 0 Rolland Lawrence 16 0.0 0   6 76 44 0 Tom Pridemore 16 0.0 0   1 0 0 0 Frank Reed 16 0.0 0   1 38 38 0 Ray Easterling 2 0.0 0   1 1 1 0 All Players   FUMBLES Name GP TOT OWR OPR YDS TD Jim Bailey 16 0 0 1 0 0 Steve Bartkowski 14 7 3 0 -9 0 Bubba Bean 15 7 4 0 0 0 Greg Brezina 16 0 0 1 0 0 Warren Bryant 13 0 1 0 0 0 Rick Byas 16 0 0 2 0 0 Ray Easterling 2 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Esposito 16 0 0 1 0 0 Wilson Faumuina 16 0 0 0 0 0 Edgar Fields 16 0 0 0 0 0 Wallace Francis 16 0 1 0 0 0 George Franklin 2 1 1 0 0 0 Lewis Gilbert 4 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Glazebrook 8 0 1 0 0 0 Claude Humphrey 4 0 0 1 0 0 Alfred Jackson 15 3 0 0 0 0 Ernie Jackson 16 0 0 0 0 0 John James 16 0 0 0 0 0 Alfred Jenkins 1 0 0 0 0 0 June Jones 7 4 0 0 -12 0 Mike Kenn 16 0 2 0 0 0 Fulton Kuykendall 16 0 0 1 0 0 Rolland Lawrence 16 1 0 2 16 0 Mike Lewis 16 0 0 1 0 0 Tim Mazzetti 10 0 0 0 0 0 Ronnie McCartney 15 0 0 1 0 0 Dewey McClain 16 0 0 4 0 0 Phil Mckinnely 14 0 1 0 0 0 Jeff Merrow 14 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Mitchell 16 2 1 0 10 0 Marv Montgomery 1 0 0 0 0 0 Ken Moore 6 0 0 0 0 0 Tom Moriarty 14 0 0 0 0 0 Ralph Ortega 15 0 0 1 0 0 Ricky Patton 16 6 0 0 0 0 Dennis Pearson 13 0 0 0 0 0 Robert Pennywell 15 0 0 2 0 0 Tom Pridemore 16 0 1 2 -7 0 Frank Reed 16 0 0 5 13 0 Billy Ryckman 16 4 2 0 0 0 Paul Ryczek 16 0 0 0 0 0 Dave Scott 16 0 2 0 0 0 Haskel Stanback 15 5 0 0 0 0 Fred Steinfort 6 0 0 0 0 0 Steve Stewart 12 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Stienke 5 0 0 0 0 0 Ray Strong 14 1 0 0 0 0 Garth Ten napel 1 0 0 0 0 0 R.C. Thielemann 16 0 2 0 0 0 Jeff Van Note 16 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Wright 15 0 0 0 0 0 Jeff Yeates 16 0 0 0 0 0

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