1969 Atlanta Falcons season

NFL team season October 2020 March 2026 Atlanta Falcons 1969 6–8 3rd Coastal Norm Van Brocklin Frank E. Wall Rankin M. Smith Sr. Atlanta Stadium Did not qualify None Falcons seasons The 1969 Atlanta Falcons season was the franchise's fourth year in the National Football League (NFL). The team improved on their previous season's output of 2–12, winning six games.1969 Atlanta Falcons The Falcons had yet to reach the postseason, and would not until 1978. The Falcons rookie squad would play a preseason game against the minor league Alabama Hawks.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=i_QhAAAAIBAJ&pg=1838,522528&dq=huntsville-hawks&hl=en The Tuscaloosa News - Google News Archive Search Offseason NFL draft 1969 NFL draft 1969 Atlanta Falcons 1 2 George Kunz Tackle Notre Dame yes yes no 2 29 Paul Gipson Running back Houston yes yes no 3 54 Malcolm Snider Tackle Stanford yes no no 3 67 Jon Sandstron Guard Oregon State yes no no 4 81 James Mitchell Tight end Prairie View A&M yes yes no 4 103 Dickie Lyons Defensive back Kentucky no no no 5 127 Tony Pleviak Defensive end Illinois no no no 6 137 Wally Oyler Defensive back Louisville no no no 7 148 Dick Enderle Guard Minnesota yes no no 7 164 Ted Cottrell Linebacker Delaware Valley yes no no 8 185 Jim Callahan Wide receiver Temple no no no 10 237 Jeff Stanciel Running back Mississippi Valley yes no no 11 262 Jeff Van Note Linebacker Kentucky yes yes no 12 289 Denver Samples Defensive tackle Texas–El Paso no no no 13 314 Harry Carpenter Tackle Tennessee State no no no 14 341 Billy Hunt Defensive back Kansas no no no 15 366 Jim Weatherford Defensive back Tennessee yes no no 16 393 Ed Hughes Running back Texas Southern no no no 17 418 Paul Williams Running back California no no no Undrafted free agents + 1969 undrafted free agents of notePlayerPositionCollegeChuck LauckLinebackerNotre Dame Personnel Staff / Coaches 1969 Atlanta Falcons President – Rankin M. Smith Sr. Vice president and general manager – Frank E. Wall Head coach – Norm Van Brocklin Offensive backfield – Walt Yowarsky Offensive line – Duane Putnam Head defensive – Marion Campbell Defensive line – Bob Griffin Defensive backfield – Fred Bruney Roster 1969 Atlanta Falcons 17 Bob Berry American football 18 Bruce Lemmerman 32 Charlie Bryant 33 Jim Butler American football 45 Gary McDermott 23 Jeff Stanciel y  5 Harmon Wages 15 Gail Cogdill 85 Paul Flatley 43 Monte Ledbetter 82 Bobby Lee American football 86 Jim Mitchell tight end y 81 Ralph Smith American football 77 Bruce Bosley C 65 Bob Breitenstein offensive lineman T/G 63 Dick Enderle G 75 George Kunz y T 61 Bill Sandeman T 55 Roy Schmidt American football G 67 Malcolm Snider y G 59 Jim Waskiewicz C 73 Dave Cahill DT 88 Glen Condren DT 70 Bob Hughes DE 87 Claude Humphrey DE 78 Jerry Shay DT 71 John Zook y DE 52 Ron Acks OLB 54 Grady Allen OLB 50 Greg Brezina OLB 51 Ted Cottrell y OLB 55 Don Hansen MLB 28 Mike Freeman defensive back FS/CB 49 Al Lavan SS 22 John Mallory American football FS 20 Tom McCauley American football y FS 36 Ken Reaves CB 47 Rudy Redmond y CB 42 Jim Weatherford y SS  3 Bob Etter K 26 Billy Lothridge P 79 Carlton Dabney DT IR 84 Mike Donohoe TE IR 40 Paul Gipson y RB IR 11 Randy Johnson quarterback QB IR 60 Tommy Nobis LB IR 20 Bob Riggle S IR 74 Bill Sabatino DT IR 64 Randy Winkler G Military  8 Ken Vinyard y K Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 21 San Francisco 49ers W 24–12 1–0 Atlanta Stadium 45,940 2 September 28 at Los Angeles Rams L 7–17 1–1 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 58,031 3 October 5 Baltimore Colts L 14–21 1–2 Grant Fieldreference_name_A a 57,806 4 October 12 Dallas Cowboys L 17–24 1–3 Atlanta Stadium 54,833 5 October 19 at San Francisco 49ers W 21–7 2–3 Kezar Stadium 28,684 6 October 26 at Green Bay Packers L 10–28 2–4 Lambeau Field 50,861 7 November 2 Los Angeles Rams L 6–38 2–5 Atlanta Stadium 58,850 8 November 9 at Detroit Lions L 21–27 2–6 Tiger Stadium 53,242 9 November 16 Chicago Bears W 48–31 3–6 Atlanta Stadium 53,722 10 November 23 at Washington Redskins L 20–27 3–7 RFK Stadium 50,345 11 November 30 at Baltimore Colts L 6–13 3–8 Memorial Stadium 60,238 12 December 7 New Orleans Saints W 45–17 4–8 Atlanta Stadium 51,021 13 December 14 at Philadelphia Eagles W 27–3 5–8 Franklin Field 60,658 14 December 21 Minnesota Vikings W 10–3 6–8 Atlanta Stadium 52,872 Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. reference_name_A aAtlanta Stadium was in use for the Atlanta Braves' NLCS game against the New York Mets, hence the Falcons moved their game to nearby Grant Field. As of 2023, this remains the only NFL game at Grant Field.https://www.pro-football-reference.com/stadiums/ATL98.htm Grant Field History Pro-Football-Reference.com Standings References External links 1969 Atlanta Falcons at Pro-Football-Reference.com 1969 Atlanta Falcons at jt-sw.com Category:Atlanta Falcons seasons Atlanta Falcons Atlanta Falcons Category:Long stubs with short prose