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1978 Atlanta Falcons
Head Coach:
Leeman Bennett
To be listed, a player must have played at least one game for the team during this season.
* Hall of Fame
+ Primary starter
Pos
#
Player
GP
GS
Start Pos
Exp
DOB
Ht
Wt
College
DT/DE
Jim Bailey
16
9
06/09/1948
' "
Kansas
QB
Steve Bartkowski
14
4
11/12/1952
' "
California
RB
Bubba Bean
15
2
01/26/1954
' "
Texas A&M
LB
Greg Brezina
16
10
01/07/1946
' "
Houston
T
Warren Bryant
13
2
11/11/1955
' "
Kentucky
DB
Rick Byas
16
5
10/19/1950
' "
Wayne State (MI)
DB
Ray Easterling
2
7
09/03/1949
' "
Richmond
RB
Mike Esposito
16
3
04/24/1953
' "
Boston College
DT/DE/NT
Wilson Faumuina
16
2
08/11/1954
' "
San Jose State
DE/DT
Edgar Fields
16
2
03/10/1954
' "
Texas A&M
WR
Wallace Francis
16
6
11/07/1951
' "
Arkansas - Pine Bluff
RB
George Franklin
15
1
07/05/1954
' "
Texas A&M - Kingsville
TE
Lewis Gilbert
4
1
05/24/1956
' "
Florida
DB
Bob Glazebrook
8
R
03/07/1956
' "
Fresno State
DE
*
Claude Humphrey
4
10
06/29/1944
' "
Tennessee State
WR
Alfred Jackson
15
R
08/03/1955
' "
Texas
DB
Ernie Jackson
16
7
04/11/1950
' "
Duke
P
John James
16
7
01/21/1949
' "
Florida
WR
Alfred Jenkins
1
4
01/25/1952
' "
Morris Brown
QB
June Jones
7
2
02/19/1953
' "
Portland State
T
Mike Kenn
16
R
02/09/1956
' "
Michigan
LB
Fulton Kuykendall
16
4
06/10/1953
' "
UCLA
DB
Rolland Lawrence
16
6
03/24/1951
' "
Tabor
DT/DE/NT
Mike Lewis
16
8
07/14/1949
' "
Arkansas - Pine Bluff
K
Tim Mazzetti
10
1
02/01/1956
' "
Pennsylvania
LB
Ron McCartney
15
2
07/20/1954
' "
Tennessee
LB
Dewey McClain
16
3
04/25/1954
' "
East Central (OK)
T/G/TE
Phil McKinnely
14
3
07/08/1954
' "
UCLA
DE/DT/LB
Jeff Merrow
14
4
07/12/1953
' "
West Virginia
TE
Jim Mitchell
16
10
10/19/1947
' "
Prairie View A&M
T
Marv Montgomery
1
8
02/08/1948
' "
Southern California
TE
Ken Moore
6
1
07/25/1954
' "
Northern Illinois
DB
Tom Moriarty
14
2
04/07/1953
' "
Bowling Green State
LB
Ralph Ortega
15
4
07/06/1953
' "
Florida
RB
Ricky Patton
16
R
04/06/1954
' "
Jackson State
WR
Dennis Pearson
13
R
02/09/1955
' "
San Diego State
LB
Robert Pennywell
15
2
11/06/1954
' "
Grambling State
DB
Tom Pridemore
16
R
04/29/1956
' "
West Virginia
DB
Frank Reed
16
3
05/13/1954
' "
Washington
WR
Billy Ryckman
16
2
02/28/1955
' "
Louisiana Tech
C
Paul Ryczek
16
5
06/25/1952
' "
Virginia
G/T
Dave Scott
16
3
12/26/1953
' "
Kansas
RB
Haskel Stanback
15
5
03/19/1952
' "
Tennessee
K
Fred Steinfort
6
3
11/03/1952
' "
Boston College
LB
Steve Stewart
12
R
05/01/1956
' "
Minnesota
DB
Jim Stienke
5
6
11/07/1950
' "
Southwest Texas State
RB
Ray Strong
14
R
05/07/1956
' "
Nevada - Las Vegas
LB
Garth Ten Napel
1
3
03/27/1954
' "
Texas A&M
G/C
R. C. Thielemann
16
2
08/12/1955
' "
Arkansas
C/G/LB
Jeff Van Note
16
10
02/07/1946
' "
Kentucky
TE
James Wright
15
R
09/01/1956
' "
Texas Christian
DE/DT/G
Jeff Yeates
16
5
08/03/1951
' "
Boston College
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