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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 2023 NFL season.
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
The Falcons have also shared a playoff rivalry with the Green Bay Packers as much of the connections between the two teams stems from Atlanta trading future hall-of-fame quarterback Brett Favre to the Green Bay on February 11, 1992, in exchange for a first-round pick.
The team moved for the third and final time to the NFC South division following the 2002 NFL realignment. [9] Over their 58 seasons in the NFL, the Falcons have accumulated a record of 390 wins, 503 losses, and 6 ties, which is the fifth-worst all-time regular season record among active franchises in terms of win–loss percentage. [10]
[6] Atlanta surrendered just 9.2 points-per-game, or a total of 129 points in the 14-game season (both all-time records). Against the Falcons, teams scored 7 or fewer points in half (7) of the games, and scored more than 16 points only twice. Atlanta's defense intercepted 26 passes, allowed just nine touchdown passes, and recovered 22 fumbles. [7]
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]
The 1978 Atlanta Falcons season was the Falcons' 13th season. After losing four of their first six games, Atlanta rebounded to win seven of their last ten, and their 9–7 record was the third best in a weak NFC .
In baseball, earned run average (ERA) is a statistic used to evaluate pitchers, calculated as the mean of earned runs given up by a pitcher per nine innings pitched. A pitcher is men by a baserunner who reached base while batting against that pitcher, whether by hit, base on balls or "walk", or being hit by a pitched ball; [1] an earned run can be charged after the pitcher is relieved if he ...