1998 Atlanta Falcons

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1998 National Football Conference Champions!

1998 Record: 14-2 (Regular Season), 2-1 (Playoffs)

 

Head Coach: Dan Reeves

 

Points Scored: 442 (4th out of 30 NFL teams)

 

Points Allowed: 289 (4th out of 30 NFL teams)

 

Home Stadium: The Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA

  

              1998 Results

 

                            Regular Season

 

      Date  Opponent                Result

 

  9/  6/98 at Carolina             W 19-14

 

  9/13/98 Philadelphia            W 17-12

 

  9/20/98 Bye Week

 

  9/27/98 at San Francisco     L  20-31

 

10/  4/98 Carolina                 W 51-23

 

10/11/98 at N.Y. Giants        W 34-20

 

10/18/98 New Orleans          W 21-13 

 

10/25/98 at N.Y. Jets            L   3-28

 

11/  1/98 St. Louis                W 37-15

 

11/  8/98 at New England      W 41-10

 

11/16/98 San Francisco        W 31-19

 

11/22/98 Chicago                 W 20-13

 

11/29/98 at St. Louis            W 21-10

 

12/  6/98 Indianapolis           W 28-21

12/13/98 at New Orleans      W 27-17

 

12/20/98 at Detroit              W 24-17

 

12/27/98 Miami                    W 38-16

    

                                 Playoffs

 

Round                       Opponent            Result

 

NFC Div. Playoff         San Francisco    W 20-18

 

NFC Championship     at Minnesota      W 30-27 (OT)

 

Super Bowl XXXIII       vs. Denver          L 19-34

Note: Super Bowl XXXIII was played at Pro Player Stadium in Miami, FL.

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Halfback Jamal Anderson set an NFL record with 410 carries in 1998 and his 1,846 rushing yards were second in the NFL.  He performed 16 of his famous Dirty Bird touchdown celebrations in '98 en route to his first NFL Pro Bowl appearance.

Cornerback Ray Buchanan earned his only trip to the Pro Bowl after finishing fifth in the NFL with 7 interceptions and finsihed the 1998 sason with 61 total tackles.  He is shown here breaking up a pass intended for Randy Moss in the NFC Championship Game.

Wide Receiver Terance Mathis celebrates with Tony Martin after scoring a TD in the NFC Championship comeback victory over Minnesota.  He led the Falcons with 11 receiving touchdowns on the season.  His 64 receptions and 1,136 receiving yards were second on the team.

1998 Atlanta Falcons Depth Chart / Roster:

      # Player                               Ht  Wt  Age Exp College               Face Shape Hair         Equipment

Quarterbacks

 

1. 12 Chris Chandler                   6-4   225 33 10 Washington                75   7 brn crop       2 bar, bk wristbands

 

2. 17 Steve DeBerg                    6-3   230 44 17 San Jose St.               53 11 l. brn crop    3 bar, eye paint, wt wristbands (grass), wt elbowbands (turf)

 

3. 13 Tony Graziani     (lefty)       6-2   210 25   1 Oregon                      92   6 brn crop       2 bar, wt wristbands, wt sleeves

 

Halfbacks

1. 32 Jamal Anderson  (lefty)       5-11 234 26   4 Utah                        238   9 blk crop       patch3 tattoos, rb bull, wt mouthpiece, rubber pads, wt wristbands, bk gloves, wt ankles taped, right bk wristband (turf), left wt wristband (turf), tc gloves (turf)

 

2. 28 Harold Green                      6-2   222 30   8 S. Carolina               110   9 blk bald       style 3 helmet, 3 bar, wt wristbands, wt gloves, rubber pads (turf), tc gloves (turf)

 

3. 33 Ken Oxendine                     6-0   228 23   R Virginia Tech              73   2 blk buzz       3 bar rb, wt mouthpiece, tc gloves, wt elbowbands (turf), bk gloves (turf)

 

Fullbacks

 

1. 44 Bob Christian                      5-11 230 30   4 Northwestern              57 12 l. brn crop    half cage, rubber pads, wt gloves (grass), tc gloves (turf)

 

2. 45 Gary Downs                        6-1  212 26   4 N.C. State                130   3 blk bald       3 bar rb, wt wristbands, wt gloves, wt tc elbowpads (turf), bk gloves (turf)

 

Wide Receivers

 

1. 80 Tony Martin                        6-0   181 33   8 N/A                        133   3 blk buzz        left patch6 tattoo, style 3 helmet, 2 bar, wt wristbands, tc gloves, wt ankles taped, turf tape (turf)

 

2. 81 Terance Mathis                    5-10 185 31   8 New Mexico            238   4 blk bald         2 bar, wt nasal strip, wt wristbands, wt gloves, wt ankles taped

 

3. 82 Ronnie Harris                      5-11 179 28   4 Oregon                   100   2 l. brn crop     3 bar, bk gloves, turf tape (turf), wt gloves (turf)

 

4. 83 Tim Dwight                          5-8   184 23   R Iowa                       24   2 blo balding     left band6 tattoo, 2 bar, eye paint, wt wristbands, bk gloves

 

5. n/a (switch position to CB)

 

#  89 Todd Kinchen                       5-11 187 29   6 LSU       lt skin         73   4 brn crop        3 bar, qb wristbands

 

#  87 Jammi German                     6-0   187 24   R Miami                   136   7 blk fade        3 bar, wt elbowbands, bk wristbands, bk gloves

 

Tight Ends

 

1. n/a (switch position to WR)

 

2. n/a (switch position to WR)

 

#  88 O.J. Santiago                     6-7   267 24   1 Kent State dk skin      48   8 blk crop       3 bar rb, eye paint, bk elbowbands, wt wristbands, wt gloves, wt ankles taped, rubber pads (turf), bk wristbands (turf), bk gloves (turf)

 

#  85 Brian Kozlowski                   6-3   255 28   4 Connecticut               43 17 brn crop       style 3 helmet, 3 bar qb, wt mouthpiece, bk elbowbands, wt wristbands, bk gloves, rubber pads (turf)

 

#  86 Ed Smith                            6-4   253 29   1 No College               225   4 blk buzz      style 3 helmet, 3 bar qb, rubber pads, wt wristbands, bk gloves (grass), wt gloves (turf)

 

#  84 Rodrick Monroe                   6-4   244 23   R Cincinnati    dk skin  238 13 blk buzz       

 

Left Tackles

 

1. 70 Bob Whitfield                      6-5   310 27   6 Stanford                  252 15 blk buzz       half cage, clr visor, bk wristbands, wt rb gloves (grass), bk rb gloves (turf)

 

2. n/a (switch position to LE)

 

3. 76 Jose Portilla                        6-6   320 26   R Arizona     med skin     6 17 blk bald       full cage, rubber pads, wt wristbands, wt gloves

 

Left Guards

 

1. 68 Calvin Collins                    6-2   307 24   1 Texas A&M               124 20 blk bald        full cage, wt nasal strip, rubber pads, wt gloves

 

2. 64 Bob Hallen                        6-4   292 23   R Kent State                 46   1 l. brn crop     full cage, bk extended, wt wristbands, wt gloves, wt ankles taped, left rubber pad (turf)

 

Centers

 

1. 61 Robbie Tobeck                   6-4   300 28   4 Wash. St.                  98 11 brn crop       full cage, wt wristbands, left wt rb glove

 

2. 67 Adam Schreiber                  6-4   298 36 14 Texas                        31 16 brn crop       half cage, bk elbowpads, wt wristbands, wt sleeves, rubber pads (turf)

 

Right Guards

 

1. 69 Gene Williams                    6-2   315 30   7 Iowa State                 17 10 blk balding    left patch2 tattoo, full cage, rubber pads, wt wristbands, wt gloves

 

2. 79 Dave Widell                       6-7   316 33 10 Boston Coll.  lt skin     24 12 brn balding   half cage, wt tc elbowpads, wt wristbands, bk gloves

 

3. n/a (switch position to RE)

 

Right Tackles

 

1. 74 Ephraim Salaam                 6-7   290 22   R S.D. State               157 20 blk dreads    full cage, wt nasal strip, rubber pads, wt wristbands, wt gloves, wt tc elbowpads (turf)

 

2. n/a (switch position to LE)

 

Left Defensive Ends

 

1. n/a (switch position to TE)

 

2. n/a (switch position to TE)

 

#  92 Lester Archambeau             6-5   275 31   8 Stanford                    86 14 blk bald (2)   half cage, bk extended, wt wristbands, wt gloves, wt sleeves, wt ankles taped

 

#  91 John Burrough                    6-5   275 26   3 Wyoming   lt skin        92 13 l. brn crop    full cage, bk extended, rubber pads, wt wristbands, bk gloves

 

Right Defensive Ends

1. 90 Chuck Smith                      6-2   265 29   6 Tennessee               161 17 blk crop       style 3 helmet, 3 bar qb, bk ebowpads, wt wristbands, wt gloves, rubber pads (turf), bk wristbands (turf), bk gloves (turf)

 

2. n/a (switch position to TE)

 

3. n/a (switch position to TE)

 

#  96 Antonio Edwards                 6-3   271 28   5 N/A          dk skin     114 16 blk buzz (2)   full cage, wt wristbands, wt gloves, wt sleeves, bk gloves (turf)

Defensive Tackles

 

1. 98 Travis Hall                         6-5   300 26   3 BYU                         71 15 l. brn crop    full cage, bk elbowpads, wt rb gloves, wt sleeves, wt elbowpads (turf)

 

2. 75 Shane Dronett                    6-6   295 27   6 Texas                        66   3 blk flat top  full cage, bk gloves

 

3. 95 Esera Tuaolo                      6-2   281 30   7 Oregon State med skn 12 14 blk crop      full cage, wt wristbands, tc gloves

 

4. 93 Shawn Swayda                   6-5   290 24   R Arizona St.                 54 12 blk crop      half cage, bk elbowpads, bk wristbands, bk gloves

 

Left Outside Linebackers

 

1. 94 Henri Crockett                   6-2   251 24   1 Florida State               49   9 blk fade       right patch6 tattoo, 3 bar qb, wt nasal strip, wt tc elbowpads, wt wristbands, bk gloves

 

2. 52 Craig Sauer                        6-1   240 26   2 Minnesota                    6 14 brn crop      full cage, bk elbowpads, wt wristbands, rubber pads (turf), tc gloves (turf)

3. 59 Ben Talley                          6-3   248 26   2 Tennessee               249   9 blk fade      full cage, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, bk gloves

 

Middle Linebackers                    

 

1. 58 Jessie Tuggle                     5-11 230 33 11 N/A                         158 11 blk flat top    style 3 helmet, half cage, neck roll, wt wristbands, bk gloves, bk elbowbands (turf)

 

2. 54 Ruffin Hamilton                  6-1   238 27   2 Tulane                     223 11 blk fade       half cage, wt wristbands, wt gloves, wt elbowbands (turf)

 

Right Outside Linebackers

 

1. 97 Cornelius Bennett               6-2   240 33 11 Alabama                    13   6 blk fade       full cage, neck roll, wt tc elbowpads, wt wristbands, wt gloves, wt sleeves, rubber pads (turf)

 

2. 56 Keith Brooking                    6-2   244 23   R Georgia Tech            10 13 brn crop        full cage, eye paint, bk nasal strip, wt wristbands, bk gloves, wt sleeves, bk wristbands (turf), bk rb gloves (turf)

 

Cornerbacks

 

1. 34 Ray Buchanan                   5-9   195 27   5 Louisville   med skin     8   8 blk fade       patch2 tattoos, 2 bar rb, eye paint, rubber pads, bk gloves, wt elbowbands (turf), wt wrist double (turf), wt rb gloves (turf)

 

2. 23 Ronnie Bradford                 5-10 188 28   5 Colorado                   158   2 blk bald       3 bar rb, wt wristbands

 

3. 20 Michael Booker                   6-2   203 23   1 Nebraska                   32   4 blk bald       2 bar, bk gloves, wt sleeves, tc gloves (turf)

 

4. 29 Randy Fuller                      5-10 175 28   4 Tennessee                219   7 blk fade      3 bar, bk gloves, wt sleeves

 

5. 21 Elijah Williams                    5-10 181 23   R Florida                        4   1 blk fade (2)  2 bar rb, wt wristbands, wt gloves, wt sleeves

 

#  26 Darren Anderson                 5-10 189 29   6 Toledo       dk skin    116    2 blk fade       3 bar, wt wristbands, wt gloves

 

Free Safeties

 

1. 41 Eugene Robinson                6-1   197 35 13 Colgate                   198   2 blk fade       3 bar, wt gloves, wt half sleeves

 

2. 27 Omar Brown                       5-10 200 23   R N. Carolina med skin  10 11 blk buzz       2 bar rb, rubber pads, wt wristbands, tc rb gloves

 

Strong Safeties

 

1. 35 William White                     5-10 205 32 10 Ohio State                107   4 blk fade       half cage, wt wristbands, wt gloves, wt sleeves

 

2. 25 Devin Bush                        5-11 210 25   3 Florida State             164  7 blk afro        3 bar rb, bk gloves, bk half sleeves, rubber pads (turf), wt wristbands (turf)

 

3. 47 Chris Bayne                       6-1   205 23   1 Fresno State                                         3 bar rb, bk wristbands, bk gloves

 

Kicker

 

1.   5 Morten Andersen    (lefty)   6-2   225 38 16 Michigan St.                  3 11 blo crop       2 bar (thin), left bk wristband (grass), left wt wristband (turf)

 

Punter

 

1.   4 Dan Stryzinski                   6-2   200 33   8 Indiana                      61   1 brn crop       2 bar (thin), bk sleeves, bk wristbands (turf)

 

Players Not Included

 

#  24 Byron Hanspard  HB           5-10 198 22   1 Texas Tech   dk skin            blk fade       style 3 helmet, 2 bar rb, wt mouthpiece, rubber pads, wt wristbands, bk gloves, wt ankles taped, tc gloves (turf)

 

Player Ratings            spd-str-awr-agi-acc-cth-car-jmp-btk-tkl-tpw-tac-pbk-rbk-kpw-kac-ret-stm-inj-tgh

 

C. Chandler  135        41-60-86-49-46-29-42-43-30-15-92-90-19-16-28-35-0-82-68-50

 

DeBerg      9              34-45-92-40-32-33-41-35-28-19-82-81-20-29-21-15-0-70-66-68

 

Graziani     68             67-50-54-75-72-52-45-58-49-21-82-77-24-26-32-25-0-82-79-89

 

J. Anderson  126         89-71-82-93-93-71-88-86-97-30-46-39-49-43-37-28-33-85-77-98

 

H. Green   135            79-67-81-81-83-81-83-61-74-24-42-23-45-38-29-24-47-74-80-71

 

Oxendine   64              85-65-54-80-86-61-65-70-86-17-34-25-30-33-32-34-10-78-72-80

 

Christian    77             64-73-70-66-73-70-72-58-71-27-25-23-55-67-18-29-10-85-69-85

G. Downs  60              70-66-62-67-75-67-73-65-66-24-36-23-56-52-25-23-10-78-77-66

 

T. Martin    1               92-60-87-94-93-87-84-72-72-24-72-56-29-34-28-24-61-84-87-67

 

T. Mathis   48              90-55-88-90-87-91-79-71-58-12-27-19-27-29-19-18-57-85-92-64

 

T. Dwight   127            95-49-57-91-96-76-66-84-61-20-15-31-24-27-27-17-92-88-63-92

 

R. Harris   81              91-58-64-91-90-79-77-77-64-27-27-24-24-29-27-23-72-76-77-68

 

T. Kinchen 59              84-56-70-85-85-80-76-70-59-26-36-29-25-30-29-23-69-77-70-67

 

J. German 247            88-45-51-89-87-72-67-83-57-12-35-19-19-31-16-23-10-74-37-65

 

Santiago    72              69-73-62-66-72-64-60-59-65-24-26-17-63-66-19-23-8-86-79-72

 

Kozlowski  120             63-77-64-66-65-67-60-53-61-19-17-30-65-65-22-21-6-68-76-74

 

E. Smith    37              62-73-55-64-63-59-65-57-59-24-27-25-64-67-32-25-8-74-78-73

 

R. Monroe 199             78-73-46-78-76-68-62-82-67-26-33-27-48-46-31-24-8-78-78-66

B. Whitfield     67         49-92-89-51-74-22-35-40-27-20-21-22-94-96-16-36-0-73-85-91

 

Portilla       32              53-85-53-55-73-23-23-62-28-26-34-23-77-84-27-22-0-71-79-76

 

C. Collins  263             43-87-65-39-65-28-26-28-25-20-26-33-80-87-31-27-0-61-67-91

 

Hallen       51               45-88-56-44-65-29-30-37-21-19-25-15-84-86-18-35-0-62-78-83

 

Tobeck      81               58-87-73-59-68-29-34-43-30-23-15-36-88-86-17-22-0-68-90-91

 

A. Schreiber  92            47-83-78-43-58-28-31-25-26-24-28-19-76-71-29-21-0-53-82-76

 

G. Williams   57            52-90-76-49-74-23-22-38-26-23-28-19-84-83-27-20-0-64-73-75

 

D. Widell     6               53-88-79-51-74-25-23-36-25-22-28-27-85-82-28-24-0-63-76-78

 

E. Salaam  123             58-89-57-58-71-15-36-44-29-26-23-24-87-92-30-34-0-67-84-91\

 

Archambeau   98           72-82-63-70-75-26-23-62-28-76-26-22-24-37-16-16-0-77-86-84

 

J. Burrough   102           60-83-64-66-65-23-23-52-28-79-25-22-24-32-29-19-0-79-84-77

 

C. Smith    279             74-85-84-78-78-33-36-57-28-85-27-23-25-34-32-23-0-84-82-80

 

A. Edwards   314           66-79-73-63-71-28-27-55-28-74-30-26-24-27-31-20-0-75-77-75

 

T. Hall       123              67-87-74-66-66-20-28-54-18-84-23-19-31-33-27-19-0-77-72-90

 

Dronett      72               69-85-77-73-68-26-31-52-18-79-16-24-20-22-28-25-0-79-85-84

 

Tuaolo       22               60-87-78-63-56-27-25-50-28-78-27-19-26-34-30-23-0-74-70-78

 

Swayda     37               66-83-54-66-62-22-22-51-28-78-27-23-23-27-26-22-0-70-71-68

 

H. Crockett  25             74-71-64-77-76-53-32-61-32-85-30-17-26-19-21-19-0-82-78-85

 

C. Sauer    75               76-72-66-75-73-44-42-58-28-83-27-24-26-45-26-23-0-77-83-72

 

B. Talley    71               72-73-61-76-77-41-35-45-28-77-31-21-27-49-30-19-0-76-64-76

 

Tuggle       281              71-79-95-80-75-46-36-40-28-91-28-25-32-52-33-21-0-78-84-84

 

R. Hamilton   93            73-74-58-71-77-42-40-49-28-85-32-25-26-47-29-19-0-76-73-77

 

C. Bennett dk 97           77-80-95-78-73-41-43-55-28-96-25-23-26-44-29-23-0-80-85-87

Brooking    12               80-79-59-79-87-55-29-60-31-90-24-32-16-48-27-22-0-89-87-80

 

R. Buchanan   9            93-54-84-95-90-66-45-85-31-72-17-19-15-18-20-25-10-90-82-89

 

R. Bradford   78            91-52-78-88-92-62-46-82-17-69-18-19-14-20-21-17-10-78-69-67

 

M. Booker  318              95-53-63-91-90-63-61-86-19-71-21-16-13-19-22-17-10-76-80-61

 

R. Fuller    291              86-65-69-84-84-56-44-73-26-83-24-22-24-28-27-22-10-77-74-78

 

E. Williams    68            88-54-53-85-90-54-44-75-28-65-24-22-17-19-22-21-69-77-72-64

 

D. Anderson   290          85-54-73-85-83-53-44-73-28-67-23-22-16-21-25-22-10-78-68-66

 

E. Robinson  167           78-62-95-78-77-60-59-61-24-89-25-18-24-24-25-19-10-80-92-83

 

O. Brown   29                84-54-54-85-86-52-43-75-28-77-27-23-21-25-27-21-10-78-83-79

 

W. White   78                83-57-86-84-80-56-44-60-28-87-28-22-20-25-27-23-10-84-87-78

 

D. Bush     32                82-62-67-79-79-55-37-72-34-75-30-18-30-23-22-30-12-75-61-62

 

Bayne                           80-48-53-89-84-52-43-72-28-76-24-22-20-24-26-23-10-75-73-66

 

M. Andersen   3              39-42-95-40-37-28-34-41-17-22-17-20-20-18-95-94-0-72-76-41

 

Stryzinski   94                26-33-75-27-28-22-25-33-16-12-25-24-22-29-89-90-0-79-79-34

 

Outside Linebacker Cornelius Bennett led the Falcons with 92 tackles in 1998.  He also forced two fumbles and recovered another during the regular season.

Quarterback Chris Chandler enjoyed his greatest NFL season in 1998 as he finished 4th in the NFL in passer rating (100.9) and 6th in passing touchdowns (25) en route to his second Pro Bowl appearance in 1998.

Defensive End Lester Archambeau led the Falcons in sacks (10) and forced fumbles (5) in 1998.

1998 Atlanta Falcons Individual Statistical Leaders:

 

Passing: Chris Chandler, 3154 yds., 58.1 comp. pct, 25 TDs, 100.9 rating

 

Rushing: Jamal Anderson, 1846 yds., 14 TDs, 4.5 yds./carry

 

Receiving: Tony Martin, 66 rec., 1181 yds., 6 TDs

 

Touchdowns: Jamal Anderson, 16 (14 rush., 2 rec.)

 

QB Sacks: Lester Archambeau, 10

 

Tackles: Cornelius Bennett, 92

 

Interceptions: Ray Buchanan, 7 int., 102 yds., 0 TDs

 

Points: Morten Andersen, 120 (23 FG's, 51 PAT's)

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1998 NFC WEST STANDINGS

 

1st Place – Atlanta (14-2)

 

2nd Place – San Francisco (12-4)

 

3rd Place – New Orleans (6-10)

 

4th Place – Carolina (4-12)

 

5th Place – St. Louis (4-12)