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Atlanta Falcons seasonal records; Season Team League Conference Division Regular season Postseason results Awards Head coach Refs. Finish W L T; 1966: 1966: NFL: Eastern — 7th 3 11 0 Tommy Nobis (DROY Tooltip National Football League Defensive Rookie of the Year Award) Norb Hecker [13] [14] 1967: 1967: NFL Western: Coastal: 4th 1 12 1 [15 ...
Despite the embarrassing finish, the 1998 Falcons are the most celebrated team in franchise history. That year, the Falcons set franchise records for wins (14) and points scored (442), with RB Jamal Anderson breaking the NFL record for carries in a season (410) and the team record for rushing yards (1,846). The team also sent six players to the ...
The Falcons ended the year with a dismal 4–12 record. [68] After the tumultuous and disappointing 2007 season, the Falcons made a number of moves, hiring a new general manager and head coach, drafting a new starting quarterback, and signing a starting running back.
There have been 18 head coaches for the Falcons franchise, 13 serving full-time. Among full-time head coaches, Mike Smith is the Falcons' winningest and longest tenured head coach, with a 66–46 regular season record. Under Smith's leadership, the team attained consecutive winning seasons (11–5 in 2008 and 9–7 in 2009), consecutive playoff ...
The Falcons played their first game (preseason) on August 1, 1966, against the Philadelphia Eagles before a crowd of 26,072 at Atlanta Stadium, a two-point Falcons loss, 9–7. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In their inaugural regular season, Atlanta played each of the fourteen other teams in the league once.
The 1974 Atlanta Falcons season was the franchise's ninth year in the National Football League (NFL). After coming close to their maiden postseason appearance the previous season and finishing with a best-to-date 9–5 record despite an upset loss to the Cardinals, the Falcons traded star cornerback Ken Reaves to the archrival New Orleans Saints to obtain in-demand guard Royce Smith, a former ...
The Falcons' 129 points allowed led the league (the best ever for a 14 game regular season) and established an all-time NFL record for fewest points allowed in an NFL season. [2] Atlanta's 3,242 total yards allowed were second-fewest in the league, [ 3 ] and the Falcons' 1,384 passing yards allowed was by far the best in the NFL in 1977.
The Falcons’ pass defense gave up 4,541 yards through the air in 1995, which was a league record until 2011. [1] [note 1] The Falcons’ defense faced a total of 650 pass attempts, the most all time. [note 2] [2] The 405 passes completed against Atlanta in 1995 are fifth-most in NFL history. [3]