Английская Википедия:1974 Atlanta Falcons season

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The 1974 Atlanta Falcons season was the franchise's ninth year in the National Football League (NFL). After coming close to their maiden postseason appearance the previous season and finishing with a best-to-date 9–5 record despite an upset loss to the Cardinals, the Falcons traded star cornerback Ken Reaves to the archrival New Orleans Saints to obtain in-demand guard Royce Smith, a former Georgia Bulldogs All-American, in a widely criticized move (Reaves played only five games for New Orleans before he was cut; he signed with St. Louis, where he remained through his retirement in 1978). During the strike-affected pre-season, they beat the Eagles 23 to 7 in a rain-soaked match, before losing to the Raiders, 28–16. Soon afterwards the Falcons lost key offensive tackle Bill Sandeman for the entire season with a slipped disc in his back.

Along with a form lapse from quarterback Bob Lee and an injury to running back Dave Hampton, this destroyed the Falcons’ offense. The 1974 Falcons scored 111 points with a mere twelve touchdowns, the lowest total in franchise history, and the second lowest by any team in a fourteen-game NFL season after the infamous “Zero Gang” offense of the 1977 Buccaneers who were shut out six times in fourteen games. Their failure to score more than seventeen points in any game has been equalled since only by the infamous offense of the 1992 Seahawks.

The Falcons sacked long-serving head coach Norman van Brocklin after being thrashed by the Miami Dolphins and having heard demands from fans to make that move. Three of his successors have suffered the same humiliation in the middle of a season: Marion Campbell (1976 and 1989), Dan Reeves (2003) and Dan Quinn (2020), and Bobby Petrino quit with three games remaining in 2007.

The 1974 Falcons suffered through the humiliation of being the first Falcons team to be swept by the Saints since the teams became division rivals with the AFL-NFL merger. The Saints entered the season 1–9 all-time vs. the Falcons, with that win coming in the teams' first meeting in 1967. New Orleans did not sweep Atlanta again until 1983.

Regular season

Schedule

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1	September 15	Dallas Cowboys	L 0–24	0–1	Atlanta Stadium	52,322	Recap
2	September 22	San Francisco 49ers	L 10–16	0–2	Atlanta Stadium	47,686	Recap
3	September 29	at New Orleans Saints	L 13–14	0–3	Tulane Stadium	62,273	Recap
4	October 6	at New York Giants	W 14–7	1–3	Yale Bowl	42,379	Recap
5	October 13	Chicago Bears	W 13–10	2–3	Atlanta Stadium	47,835	Recap
6	October 20	New Orleans Saints	L 3–13	2–4	Atlanta Stadium	47,217	Recap
7	Шаблон:Dow tooltip	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 17–24	2–5	Three Rivers Stadium	48,094	Recap
8	November 3	at Miami Dolphins	L 7–42	2–6	Miami Orange Bowl	64,399	Recap
9	November 10	at Los Angeles Rams	L 0–21	2–7	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	70,056	Recap
10	November 17	Baltimore Colts	L 7–17	2–8	Atlanta Stadium	41,278	Recap
11	November 24	at San Francisco 49ers	L 0–27	2–9	Candlestick Park	45,435	Recap
12	December 1	Los Angeles Rams	L 7–30	2–10	Atlanta Stadium	18,648	Recap
13	Шаблон:Dow tooltip	at Minnesota Vikings	L 10–23	2–11	Metropolitan Stadium	47,105	Recap
14	December 15	Green Bay Packers	W 10–3	3–11	Atlanta Stadium	10,020	Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Season summary

Week 4

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External links

• 1974 Atlanta Falcons at Pro-Football-Reference.com