1975 Atlanta Falcons season

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.

1975 Atlanta Falcons season
OwnerRankin M. Smith Sr.
General managerPat Peppler
Head coachMarion Campbell
Home fieldAtlanta Stadium
Results
Record4–10
Division place3rd NFC West
Playoff finishDid not qualify

Offseason

NFL Draft
Main article: 1975 NFL Draft
1975 Atlanta Falcons draft
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 1 Steve Bartkowski *  Quarterback California from Baltimore Colts
2 29 Ralph Ortega  Linebacker Florida
3 65 Woody Thompson  Running back Miami (FL) from Houston Oilers
4 81 John Nessel  Guard Penn State
5 123 Greg McCrary  Tight end Clark Atlanta University from Buffalo Bills
6 132 Fulton Kuykendall  Linebacker UCLA from Baltimore Colts
6 133 Doug Payton  Offensive tackle Colorado
7 159 Mike Esposito  Running back Boston College
8 185 Brent Adams  Offensive tackle Chattanooga
9 211 Brad Davis  Running back LSU
10 237 Marshall Mills  Wide receiver West Virginia
11 263 Jeff Merrow  Defensive end West Virginia
12 289 Alonza Pickett  Tackle Texas Southern
13 315 Carl Russ  Linebacker Michigan
14 341 Steve Robinson  Defensive tackle Tuskegee from Baltimore Colts
15 367 Jimmy Robinson  Wide receiver Georgia Tech
16 393 Steve Knutson  Tackle USC
17 419 Mitch 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
  • 26 Mike Esposito RB (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 87 Claude Humphrey DE (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • -- Steve Knutson T (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 83 Larry Mialik TE (IRTooltip Injured reserve)


Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule
Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap
1 September 21 at St. Louis Cardinals L 20–23 0–1 Busch Memorial Stadium 42,172 Recap
2 September 28 Detroit Lions L 14–17 0–2 Atlanta Stadium 45,218 Recap
3 October 5 New Orleans Saints W 14–7 1–2 Atlanta Stadium 29,444 Recap
4 October 12 at San Francisco 49ers W 17–3 2–2 Candlestick Park 44,043 Recap
5 October 19 at Los Angeles Rams L 7–22 2–3 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 64,843 Recap
6 October 26 Cincinnati Bengals L 14–21 2–4 Atlanta Stadium 45,811 Recap
7 November 2 at New Orleans Saints L 7–23 2–5 Louisiana Superdome 49,342 Recap
8 November 9 at Minnesota Vikings L 0–38 2–6 Metropolitan Stadium 43,751 Recap
9 November 16 Los Angeles Rams L 7–16 2–7 Atlanta Stadium 44,595 Recap
10 November 23 Denver Broncos W 35–21 3–7 Atlanta Stadium 28,686 Recap
11 November 30 at Oakland Raiders L 34–37 3–8 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 50,860 Recap
12 December 7 Washington Redskins L 27–30 3–9 Atlanta Stadium 52,809 Recap
13 December 14 San Francisco 49ers W 31–9 4–9 Atlanta Stadium 38,501 Recap
14 December 21 at Green Bay Packers L 13–22 4–10 Lambeau Field 56,267 Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings
NFC West
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
Los Angeles Rams(2) 12 2 0 .857 5–1 9–2 312 135 W6
San Francisco 49ers 5 9 0 .357 3–3 4–7 255 286 L4
Atlanta Falcons 4 10 0 .286 3–3 3–8 240 289 L1
New Orleans Saints 2 12 0 .143 1–5 2–9 165 360 L7

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Week 1: at St. Louis Cardinals
Period 1 2 34Total
Falcons 7 6 7020
Cardinals 7 6 01023

at Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri

Game information

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


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