Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
This is a list of players who have appeared in at least one regular season or postseason game in the National Football League (NFL) for the Atlanta Falcons. This list is accurate through the end of the 2024 NFL season.
The Falcons were founded on June 30, 1965, with the NFL awarding Atlanta a football team to prevent the franchise from joining the rival American Football League. NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle granted ownership of the team to businessman Rankin Smith , beginning play in the 1966 season as an expansion team .
Atlanta Falcons Official Web Site. Archived from the original on April 10, 2007 "Falcons All-time Starting Quarterbacks". Atlanta Falcons Official Web Site. Archived from the original on April 10, 2007 "Atlanta Falcons Franchise Encyclopedia". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC
Vick became the full-time starting quarterback in 2002. That year, the Falcons recorded an NFL-best eight-game unbeaten streak (7–0–1). During the streak, they recorded huge victories over division rivals the New Orleans Saints, who started the year 6–1, and the Carolina Panthers (two shutout victories, 30–0 and 41–0).
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. [4]
The 1973 Atlanta Falcons season was the franchise's eighth year in the National Football League (NFL). The team improved on their previous season 's output of 7–7 and achieved their best record until 1980 , but failed to reach a maiden playoff berth.
The Falcons had the chance to go up 21-7 instead of 17-7 at halftime, though Morris defended his strategy as a way to not leave Jayden Daniels and Co. the chance to get the ball back: "Took the ...
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.