1975 Atlanta Falcons season

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1975 Atlanta Falcons season
Owner Rankin M. Smith Sr.
General manager Pat Peppler
Head coach Marion Campbell
Home field Atlanta Stadium
Results
Record4–10
Division place3rd NFC West
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 1975 Atlanta Falcons season was the franchise's tenth year in the National Football League (NFL). With the first overall pick of the NFL draft, the Falcons selected quarterback Steve Bartkowski out of the University of California. However, the pick would do them no good as the Falcons slumped to another miserable 4–10 record and missed the playoffs for the 10th straight season. This was also the first and only full season for head coach Marion Campbell until the 1980s, as he was hired to coach the final 6 games of the previous season and was fired 5 games into the following season.

Contents

Offseason

NFL Draft

1975 Atlanta Falcons draft
RoundPickPlayerPositionCollegeNotes
11 Steve Bartkowski  *  Quarterback California from Baltimore Colts
229 Ralph Ortega   Linebacker Florida
365 Woody Thompson   Running back Miami (FL) from Houston Oilers
481 John Nessel   Guard Penn State
5123 Greg McCrary   Tight end Clark Atlanta University from Buffalo Bills
6132 Fulton Kuykendall   Linebacker UCLA from Baltimore Colts
6133 Doug Payton   Offensive tackle Colorado
7159 Mike Esposito   Running back Boston College
8185 Brent Adams   Offensive tackle Chattanooga
9211 Brad Davis   Running back LSU
10237Marshall Mills  Wide receiver West Virginia
11263 Jeff Merrow   Defensive end West Virginia
12289Alonza Pickett  Tackle Texas Southern
13315 Carl Russ   Linebacker Michigan
14341Steve Robinson  Defensive tackle Tuskegee from Baltimore Colts
15367 Jimmy Robinson   Wide receiver Georgia Tech
16393 Steve Knutson   Tackle USC
17419Mitch Anderson  Quarterback Northwestern
      Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

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Personnel

Staff

1975 Atlanta Falcons staff
Front office

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches



Roster

1975 Atlanta Falcons final roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists


Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendanceRecap
1September 21at St. Louis Cardinals L 20–230–1 Busch Memorial Stadium 42,172 Recap
2September 28 Detroit Lions L 14–170–2 Atlanta Stadium 45,218 Recap
3October 5 New Orleans Saints W 14–71–2Atlanta Stadium29,444 Recap
4October 12at San Francisco 49ers W 17–32–2 Candlestick Park 44,043 Recap
5October 19at Los Angeles Rams L 7–222–3 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 64,843 Recap
6October 26 Cincinnati Bengals L 14–212–4Atlanta Stadium45,811 Recap
7November 2at New Orleans Saints L 7–232–5 Louisiana Superdome 49,342 Recap
8November 9at Minnesota Vikings L 0–382–6 Metropolitan Stadium 43,751 Recap
9November 16 Los Angeles Rams L 7–162–7Atlanta Stadium44,595 Recap
10November 23 Denver Broncos W 35–213–7Atlanta Stadium28,686 Recap
11November 30at Oakland Raiders L 34–373–8 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 50,860 Recap
12December 7 Washington Redskins L 27–303–9Atlanta Stadium52,809 Recap
13December 14 San Francisco 49ers W 31–94–9Atlanta Stadium38,501 Recap
14December 21at Green Bay Packers L 13–224–10 Lambeau Field 56,267 Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFC West
WLTPCTDIVCONFPFPASTK
Los Angeles Rams (2)1220.8575–19–2312135W6
San Francisco 49ers 590.3573–34–7255286L4
Atlanta Falcons 4100.2863–33–8240289L1
New Orleans Saints 2120.1431–52–9165360L7

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Game summaries

Week 1: at St. Louis Cardinals

Period1234Total
Falcons767020
Cardinals7601023

at Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri

  • Date: Sunday, September 21
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: 54 °F (12 °C), wind 10 mph (16 km/h)
  • Pro-Football-Reference.com
Game information

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References

  1. ↑ "1975 Atlanta Falcons draftees". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
  2. ↑ "1975 NFL Draft Pick Transactions". www.prosportstransactions.com. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
  3. ↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, ISBN   0-7611-2480-2, p. 296
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