1982 Atlanta Falcons season

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1982 Atlanta Falcons season
General manager Tom Braatz
Head coach Leeman Bennett
Home stadium Fulton County Stadium
Results
Record5–4
Division place5th NFC (1st NFC West)
PlayoffsLost Wild Card Playoffs
(at Vikings) 24–30
Pro Bowlers C Jeff van Note
G R. C. Thielemann
T Mike Kenn
FB William Andrews

The 1982 Atlanta Falcons season was the franchise's 17th season in the National Football League (NFL). The team qualified for the postseason and won the NFC West for the second time in three years. Due to the players strike, this was not recognized as divisions were dissolved for this year only. As the lone NFC West team to qualify for the playoffs, Falcons were considered the 1982 first place team when 1983 matchups were determined. The Falcons were the first team to get a taste of being the best in the NFC West during the 49ers' dynasty, as the 49ers, from 1981 to 1997, would hog 13 of 17 NFC West pennants.

Contents

Offseason

NFL draft

1982 Atlanta Falcons draft
RoundPickPlayerPositionCollegeNotes
19 Gerald Riggs *  Running back Arizona State
236 Doug Rogers   Defensive end Stanford
363 Stacey Bailey   Wide receiver San Jose State
495Reggie Brown Running back Oregon
5122 Von Mansfield   Defensive back Wisconsin
6149 Mike Kelley   Quarterback Georgia Tech
7176David Toloumu Running back Hawaii
8203Ricky Eberhardt Defensive back Morris Brown
9235 Mike Horan   Punter Long Beach State
10262Curtis Stowers  Linebacker Mississippi State
11288Jeff Keller Wide receiver Washington State
12315 Dave Levenick  LinebackerWisconsin
      Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

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Personnel

Staff

1982 Atlanta Falcons staff

Front office

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches



Roster

1982 Atlanta Falcons roster
Quarterbacks (QB)

Running backs (RB)

Wide receivers (WR)

Tight ends (TE)

 Offensive linemen (OL)

Defensive linemen (DL)

 Linebackers (LB)

Defensive backs (DB)

Special teams (ST)

Reserve

Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordGame siteAttendanceGame
recap
1September 12at New York Giants W 16–141–0 Giants Stadium 74,286 Recap
2September 19 Los Angeles Raiders L 14–381–1Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium54,774 Recap
3—at Kansas City Chiefs Cancelled due to the 1982 NFL strike †
4— San Diego Chargers
5—at Los Angeles Rams
6—at Detroit Lions
7— San Francisco 49ers
8—at New Orleans Saints Rescheduled to January 2
9—at Chicago Bears Cancelled due to the 1982 NFL strike †
10— Philadelphia Eagles
11November 21 Los Angeles Rams W 34–172–1Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium39,686 Recap
12November 28 St. Louis Cardinals L 20–232–2Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium33,411 Recap
13December 5at Denver Broncos W 34–273–2 Mile High Stadium 73,984 Recap
14December 12 New Orleans Saints W 35–04–2Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium39,535 Recap
15December 19at San Francisco 49ers W 17–75–2 Candlestick Park 53,234 Recap
16December 26 Green Bay Packers L 7–385–3Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium50,245 Recap
17January 2, 1983at New Orleans Saints L 6–355–4 Louisiana Superdome 47,336 Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
RoundDateOpponent (seed)ResultRecordGame siteAttendanceGame
recap
Wild CardJanuary 9at Minnesota Vikings (4)L 24–300–1 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 60,560 Recap

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Standings

NFC West
WLTPCTDIVCONFPFPASTK
Atlanta Falcons (5)540.5563–14–3183199L2
New Orleans Saints 450.4442–13–5129160W1
San Francisco 49ers 360.3331–32–3209206L1
Los Angeles Rams 270.2221–21–5200250W1
NFC
#TeamWLTPCTPFPASTK
Seeded postseason qualifiers
1 Washington Redskins 810.889190128W4
2 Dallas Cowboys 630.667226145L2
3 Green Bay Packers 531.611226169L1
4 [a] Minnesota Vikings 540.556187198W1
5 [a] Atlanta Falcons 540.556183199L2
6 [a] St. Louis Cardinals 540.556135170L1
7 [a] Tampa Bay Buccaneers 540.556158178W3
8 [b] Detroit Lions 450.444181176W1
Did not qualify for the postseason
9 [b] New Orleans Saints 450.444129160W1
10 [b] New York Giants 450.444164160W1
11 [c] San Francisco 49ers 360.333209206L1
12 [c] Chicago Bears 360.333141174L1
13 [c] Philadelphia Eagles 360.333191195L1
14 Los Angeles Rams 270.222200250W1
Tiebreakers
  1. 1 2 3 4 Minnesota (4–1), Atlanta (4–3), St. Louis (5–4), Tampa Bay (3–3) seeds were determined by best won-lost record in conference games.
  2. 1 2 3 Detroit finished ahead of New Orleans and the N.Y. Giants based on best conference record (4–4 to Saints’ 3–5 to Giants’ 3–5).
  3. 1 2 3 San Francisco finished ahead of Chicago, and Chicago finished ahead of Philadelphia, based on conference record (49ers’ 2–3 to Bears’ 2–5 to Eagles’ 1–5).

References

  1. ↑ "1982 Atlanta Falcons Draftees". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
  2. ↑ "1982 Atlanta Falcons".


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