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1997 Atlanta Falcons Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 7-9-0, 3rd in NFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Dan Reeves (7-9-0)

Points For: 320 (20.0/g) 18th of 30

Points Against: 361 (22.6/g) 21st of 30

Expected W-L: 6.9-9.1

SRS: -4.17 (23rd of 30), SOS: -1.60

Offensive Coordinator: George Sefcik

Defensive Coordinator: Rich Brooks

Other Notable Asst.: Don Blackmon (Linebackers), Jack Burns (Quarterbacks), Pete Mangurian (Offensive Line), Ron Meeks (Secondary) and Art Shell (Offensive Line)

Stadium: Georgia Dome

Principal Owner: Taylor Smith

Head Coach/de facto General Manager: Dan Reeves

Offensive Scheme: Smashmouth

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +10000; O/U: 6.0

Training Camp: Atlanta Falcons Training Facility (Suwanee, Georgia)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	320	4716	980	4.8	24	13	281	273	484	3073	26	11	5.7	168	442	1643	8	3.7	88	101	773	25
Opp. Stats	361	5106	960	5.3	28	10	274	275	496	3440	24	18	6.2	180	409	1666	18	4.1	76	115	872	18
Lg Rank Offense	18	23			13	16	21		24	22	5	6	15		18	19	26	21
Lg Rank Defense	21	20			15	25	6		8	20	22	8	26		4	8	27	19

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense					Expected Points
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	Offense	Defense	Sp. Tms
1	Sun	August 31	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1	@	Detroit Lions	17	28	13	323	268	55	4	10	221	175	46	3	-27.48	20.07	-1.49
2	Sun	September 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-2		Carolina Panthers	6	9	8	210	162	48	2	21	321	228	93	2	-19.46	3.69	14.02
3	Sun	September 14	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-3		Oakland Raiders	31	36	24	366	250	116	2	11	414	265	149	1	10.97	7.63	-20.32
4	Sun	September 21	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-4	@	San Francisco 49ers	7	34	15	211	154	57	1	18	424	353	71		-16.12	-12.49	0.05
5	Sun	September 28	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-5		Denver Broncos	21	29	17	308	196	112	1	16	329	228	101	1	1.78	-4.53	-0.91
6									Bye Week
7	Sun	October 12	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-5	@	New Orleans Saints	23	17	14	166	77	89	2	13	179	99	80	4	-11.36	23.14	-5.08
8	Sun	October 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-6		San Francisco 49ers	28	35	19	292	253	39		24	438	241	197	1	4.37	-23.13	8.60
9	Sun	October 26	8:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-7	@	Carolina Panthers	12	21	17	301	233	68	3	14	228	91	137	3	-19.13	19.24	-4.82
10	Sun	November 2	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-7		St. Louis Rams	34	31	28	462	265	197	1	24	507	399	108	1	18.21	-22.43	5.34
11	Sun	November 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-8		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	10	31	18	275	173	102	2	20	349	150	199		3.94	-17.35	-7.91
12	Sun	November 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-8	@	St. Louis Rams	27	21	22	314	214	100	2	22	330	242	88		6.71	-5.18	4.72
13	Sun	November 23	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-8		New Orleans Saints	20	3	16	269	177	92	1	11	173	118	55	5	-7.76	29.68	-3.54
14	Sun	November 30	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-8	@	Seattle Seahawks	24	17	14	273	201	72		19	351	228	123	1	1.36	-5.50	11.30
15	Sun	December 7	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-8	@	San Diego Chargers	14	3	13	204	108	96	1	16	268	221	47	3	-3.57	13.17	5.82
16	Sun	December 14	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-8		Philadelphia Eagles	20	17	21	386	175	211	1	15	277	171	106	1	1.46	-1.55	3.70
17	Sun	December 21	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-9	@	Arizona Cardinals	26	29	22	356	167	189	1	20	297	231	66	2	7.60	-7.17	-1.35

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Chris Chandler	32	QB	14	14	7-7-0	202	342	59.1	2692	20	5.8	7	2.0	126	45.4	56	7.9	8.12	13.3	192.3	95.1	39	261	10.24	6.38	6.60	1	3	PB
2	Billy Joe Tolliver	31	QB	6	1	0-1-0	63	115	54.8	685	5	4.3	1	0.9	36	38.8	47	6.0	6.43	10.9	114.2	83.4	14	104	10.85	4.50	4.93	0	0
3	Tony Graziani	24	QB	3	1	0-1-0	7	23	30.4	41	0	0.0	2	8.7	3	12.5	13	1.8	-2.13	5.9	13.7	3.7	1	7	4.17	1.42	-2.33	0	0
4	Jamal Anderson	25	RB	16	15		1	4	25.0	27	1	25.0	1	25.0	1	25.0	27	6.8	0.50	27.0	1.7	55.2	0	0	0.00	6.75	0.50	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	7-9-0	273	484	56.4	3073	26	5.4	11	2.3			56	7.1	6.40	12.6	192.1	87.2	54	372	10.04	5.71	5.76	1	3