National Football Conference - South Division
Atlanta Falcons
| Team's name: Atlanta Falcons Conference: NFC Division: South  Location: Atlanta, Georgia Nickname: The Falcons Mascot: Freddie Falcon Team Colours: Black, Red, Silver and White Joined the League: 1966 General Manager: Thomas Dimitroff Football Head Coach: Mike Smith Football Stadium: Georgia Dome Current Capacity: 71,228 First Year of Football: 1966 Team Titles: Super Bowl Championships: 0 NFC Championships: 1998 Division Championships: NFC West: 1980, 1998 NFC South: 2004 |
Based in Atlanta, Georgia, the Atlanta Falcons are members of the South Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League. The team plays its home games at Georgia Dome.
The franchise was established in 1965 as an NFL expansion team. With close to half a century of play, the Falcons have won 1 conference championship and 4 division titles. The team has never appeared in a Super Bowl, but it has made 9 playoffs appearances.
The Falcons ended 2008 at third in the NFC with a regular season record of 11-5. The team earned a Wild Card playoffs berth after defeating the Minnesota Vikings, the first time since 2004 that the Falcons had qualified for the playoffs. Once within the playoffs, however, the Falcons lost to the eventual NFC conference champions, the Arizona Cardinals.
Atlanta Falcons 2009/10 Schedule
| Preseason Schedule | ||||
| WK | DATE | OPPONENT | TIME (ET) | LOCATION |
| 2 | Sat, Aug 15 | @ Detroit | 4:00 PM | Ford Field |
| 3 | Fri, Aug 21 | @ St. Louis | 8:00 PM | Edward Jones Dome |
| 4 | Sat, Aug 29 | San Diego | 8:00 PM | Georgia Dome |
| 5 | Thu, Sep 3 | Baltimore | 7:30 PM | Georgia Dome |
| Regular Season Schedule | ||||
| WK | DATE | OPPONENT | TIME (ET) | LOCATION |
| 1 | Sun, Sep 13 | Miami | 1:00 PM | Georgia Dome |
| 2 | Sun, Sep 20 | Carolina | 1:00 PM | Georgia Dome |
| 3 | Sun, Sep 27 | @ New England | 1:00 PM | Gillette Stadium |
| 4 | BYE WEEK | |||
| 5 | Sun, Oct 11 | @ San Francisco | 4:05 PM | Candlestick Park |
| 6 | Sun, Oct 18 | Chicago | 8:20 PM | Georgia Dome |
| 7 | Sun, Oct 25 | @ Dallas | 4:15 PM | Dallas Cowboys New Stadium |
| 8 | Mon, Nov 2 | @ New Orleans | 8:30 PM | Superdome |
| 9 | Sun, Nov 8 | Washington | 1:00 PM | Georgia Dome |
| 10 | Sun, Nov 15 | @ Carolina | 1:00 PM | Bank of America Stadium |
| 11 | Sun, Nov 22 | @ NY Giants | 1:00 PM | Giants Stadium |
| 12 | Sun, Nov 29 | Tampa Bay | 1:00 PM | Georgia Dome |
| 13 | Sun, Dec 6 | Philadelphia | 1:00 PM | Georgia Dome |
| 14 | Sun, Dec 13 | New Orleans | 1:00 PM | Georgia Dome |
| 15 | Sun, Dec 20 | @ NY Jets | 1:00 PM | Giants Stadium |
| 16 | Sun, Dec 27 | Buffalo | 1:00 PM | Georgia Dome |
| 17 | Sun, Jan 3 | @ Tampa Bay | 1:00 PM | Raymond James Stadium |
Last Season Statistics (2008/09)
| Team Leaders | |||||||
| PASSING | RUSHING | RECEIVING | DEFENSE | ||||
| Matt Ryan | Michael Turner | Roddy White | Keith Brooking | ||||
| ATT | 434 | CAR | 376 | REC | 88 | TOT | 102 |
| COM | 265 | YDS | 1699 | YDS | 1382 | SOLO | 71 |
| YDS | 3440 | AVG | 4.5 | AVG | 15.7 | AST | 31 |
| TD | 16 | TD | 17 | TD | 7 | SACK | 0 |
| Team Statistics | ||||
| YARDS | RUSH | PASS | POINTS | |
| OFFENSIVE | 361 | 153 | 209 | 24 |
| OPPONENTS | 348 | 128 | 220 | 20 |
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