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Game Averages (2012)
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| Team Statistics | ||
| Falcons | Opponents | |
| Total First Downs | 342 | 298 |
| 1st Downs (Rush-Pass-By Penalty) | 70 - 246 - 26 | 99 - 189 - 10 |
| 3rd Down Conversions | 92/204 | 81/200 |
| 4th Down Conversions | 2/8 | 6/13 |
| Total Offensive Yds | 5906 | 5849 |
| Offense (Plays-Avg Yds) | 1021 - 5.8 | 991 - 5.9 |
| Total Rushing Yds | 1397 | 1971 |
| Rushing (Plays-Avg Yards) | 378 - 3.7 | 411 - 4.8 |
| Total Passing Yds | 4509 | 3878 |
| Passing (Comp-Att-Int-Avg) | 422 - 615 - 14 - 7.7 | 337 - 551 - 20 - 7.4 |
| Sacks | 29 | 28 |
| Field Goals | 33/38 | 27/32 |
| Touchdowns | 46 | 31 |
| (Rush-Pass-Ret-Def) | 12 - 32 - 0 - 2 | 16 - 14 - 0 - 1 |
| Time of Possession | 30:52 | 29:07 |
| Turnover Ratio | +13 | |
| Passing Statistics | |||||||||||||
| Player | Att | Comp | Yds | Comp % | Yds/Att | TD | TD % | INT | INT % | Long | Sck | Sack/Lost | Rating |
| Matt Ryan | 615 | 422 | 4719 | 68.6 | 7.7 | 32 | 5.2 | 14 | 2.3 | 80 | 28 | 210 | 99.1 |
| Rushing Statistics | |||||
| Player | Att | Yds | Yds/Att | Long | TD |
| Michael Turner | 222 | 800 | 3.6 | 43 | 10 |
| Jacquizz Rodgers | 94 | 362 | 3.9 | 43 | 1 |
| Matt Ryan | 34 | 141 | 4.1 | 16 | 1 |
| Jason Snelling | 18 | 63 | 3.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Julio Jones | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Harry Douglas | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Luke McCown | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | -1 | 0 |
| Receiving Statistics | |||||
| Player | Rec | Yds | Yds/Rec | Long | TD |
| Tony Gonzalez | 93 | 930 | 10.0 | 25 | 8 |
| Roddy White | 92 | 1351 | 14.7 | 59 | 7 |
| Julio Jones | 79 | 1198 | 15.2 | 80 | 10 |
| Jacquizz Rodgers | 53 | 402 | 7.6 | 32 | 1 |
| Harry Douglas | 38 | 395 | 10.4 | 37 | 1 |
| Jason Snelling | 31 | 203 | 6.5 | 16 | 1 |
| Michael Turner | 19 | 128 | 6.7 | 60 | 1 |
| Michael Palmer | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 6 | 1 |
| Drew Davis | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 15 | 1 |
| Mike Cox | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Chase Coffman | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Lousaka Polite | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Tommy Gallarda | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Mike Johnson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Field Goal Statistics | ||||||||||
| Player | 1-19 A | 1-19 M | 20-29 A | 20-29 M | 30-39 A | 30-39 M | 40-49 A | 40-49 M | 50+ A | 50+ M |
| Matt Bryant | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 4 |
| TOTAL | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 4 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| Punting Statistics | ||||||
| Player | Punts | Avg | Touchbacks/g | IN 20 | Long | Blck |
| Matt Bosher | 60 | 47.5 | 4 | 22 | 63 | 2 |
| TOTAL | 60 | 45.9 | 4 | 22 | 63 | 2 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 64 | 47.9 | 7 | 24 | 67 | 0 |
| Punt Return Statistics | |||||
| Player | Returns | FC | Yds/Ret | Long | TD |
| Dominique Franks | 21 | 18 | 7.8 | 28 | 0 |
| Harry Douglas | 5 | 1 | 8.4 | 11 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 26 | 19 | 7.9 | 28 | 0 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 26 | 23 | 9.3 | 37 | 0 |
| Kick Return Statistics | |||||
| Player | Returns | Yds | Yds/Ret | Long | TD |
| Jacquizz Rodgers | 23 | 592 | 25.7 | 77 | 0 |
| Jason Snelling | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Lousaka Polite | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Harry Douglas | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 27 | 640 | 23.7 | 77 | 0 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 48 | 1065 | 22.2 | 65 | 0 |
| Defense Statistics | |||||
| Player | Comb | Total | Assist | Sck | Fumb |
| Stephen Nicholas | 97 | 72 | 25 | 2.0 | 1 |
| Sean Weatherspoon | 95 | 70 | 25 | 3.0 | 1 |
| Dunta Robinson | 80 | 67 | 13 | 1.5 | 1 |
| Thomas DeCoud | 76 | 62 | 14 | 1.0 | 0 |
| William Moore | 75 | 59 | 16 | 1.0 | 2 |
| Robert McClain | 61 | 53 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Akeem Dent | 65 | 42 | 23 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Kroy Biermann | 52 | 37 | 15 | 4.0 | 0 |
| Asante Samuel | 36 | 34 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 |
| John Abraham | 35 | 32 | 3 | 10.0 | 6 |
| Jonathan Babineaux | 31 | 25 | 6 | 3.5 | 1 |
| Vance Walker | 32 | 21 | 11 | 3.0 | 1 |
| Chris Owens | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Chris Hope | 26 | 18 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Corey Peters | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Peria Jerry | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Dominique Franks | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Mike Peterson | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Robert James | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Jason Snelling | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Ray Edwards | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Brent Grimes | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Cliff Matthews | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Drew Davis | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Antone Smith | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Tony Gonzalez | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Josh Harris | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Sam Baker | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Kevin Cone | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Matt Bosher | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Travian Robertson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Massaquoi | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Matt Ryan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Tommy Gallarda | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Charles Mitchell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Julio Jones | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Roddy White | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Mike Johnson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Garrett Reynolds | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Harry Douglas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Lawrence Sidbury | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| TEAM TOTAL | 950 | 754 | 196 | 29 | 15 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 1032 | 759 | 273 | 28 | 8 |
| Interception Statistics | |||||
| Player | Int | Yds | Yds/Int | Long | TD |
| Thomas DeCoud | 6 | 42 | 7.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Asante Samuel | 5 | 110 | 22.0 | 79 | 1 |
| William Moore | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 33 | 0 |
| Robert McClain | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Sean Weatherspoon | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Dunta Robinson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Stephen Nicholas | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jonathan Babineaux | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 20 | 246 | 12.3 | 79 | 1 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 14 | 158 | 11.3 | 34 | 1 |