1986 Atlanta Falcons season
- 1986 Atlanta Falcons season
Infobox NFL_season
team = Atlanta Falcons
year = 1986
record = 7-8-1
division_place = 3rd NFC West
coach = Dan Henning
stadium = Fulton County Stadium
playoffs = Did not qualifyThe 1986 Atlanta Falcons season began with low expectations. Head coach Dan Henning was going into his fourth year having failed to post a record above .500 in any of his first three seasons. Many saw it as Henning's last chance to save his head coaching job, though Atlanta entered the season with no real talent except for a couple of players such as Gerald Riggs, Scott Case, Bill Fralic and Jeff VanNote. David Archer was the starting quarterback heading into the season.
Offseason
NFL Draft
[ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 293 ]
Rankings for 1986 season
Atlanta was 6th in scoring defense allowing 280 points, 21st in scoring offense scoring 280 points. Passing; 246 completions of 452 attempts for 3046 yards. David Archer threw for 10 of the teams 14 passing touchdowns, Turk Schonert threw the other four. Archer had nine of the teams 17 interceptions, and Schonert was picked the other eight times. The team rushed for 12 touchdowns nine of which came from Gerald Riggs, one from Schonert, one from William Andrews, one Cliff Austin.
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