The 1975 Atlanta Falcons season was the franchise's tenth year in the National Football League (NFL). With the first overall pick of the NFL draft, the Falcons selected quarterback Steve Bartkowski out of the University of California. However, the pick would do them no good as the Falcons slumped to another miserable 4–10 record and missed the playoffs for the 10th straight season. This was also the first and only full season for head coach Marion Campbell until the 1980s, as he was hired to coach the final 6 games of the previous season and was fired 5 games into the following season.
Offseason
NFL draft
Personnel
Staff
Roster
Regular season Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap 1 September 21 at St. Louis Cardinals L 20–23 0–1 Busch Memorial Stadium 42,172 Recap 2 September 28 Detroit Lions L 14–17 0–2 Atlanta Stadium 45,218 Recap 3 October 5 New Orleans Saints W 14–7 1–2 Atlanta Stadium 29,444 Recap 4 October 12 at San Francisco 49ers W 17–3 2–2 Candlestick Park 44,043 Recap 5 October 19 at Los Angeles Rams L 7–22 2–3 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 64,843 Recap 6 October 26 Cincinnati Bengals L 14–21 2–4 Atlanta Stadium 45,811 Recap 7 November 2 at New Orleans Saints L 7–23 2–5 Louisiana Superdome 49,342 Recap 8 November 9 at Minnesota Vikings L 0–38 2–6 Metropolitan Stadium 43,751 Recap 9 November 16 Los Angeles Rams L 7–16 2–7 Atlanta Stadium 44,595 Recap 10 November 23 Denver Broncos W 35–21 3–7 Atlanta Stadium 28,686 Recap 11 November 30 at Oakland Raiders L 34–37 3–8 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 50,860 Recap 12 December 7 Washington Redskins L 27–30 3–9 Atlanta Stadium 52,809 Recap 13 December 14 San Francisco 49ers W 31–9 4–9 Atlanta Stadium 38,501 Recap 14 December 21 at Green Bay Packers L 13–22 4–10 Lambeau Field 56,267 Recap Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Game summaries Week 1: at St. Louis Cardinals
Week 2: vs. Detroit Lions
Week 3: vs. New Orleans Saints
Week 4: at San Francisco 49ers
Week 5: at Los Angeles Rams
Week 6: vs. Cincinnati Bengals
Week 7: at New Orleans Saints
Week 8: at Minnesota Vikings
Kim McQuilken started at quarterback for the Falcons, going 5 of 26 (for a completion percentage of 19.2) for 43 yards and threw five interceptions, finishing the game with a passer rating of zero.
Week 9: vs. Los Angeles Rams
Week 10: vs. Denver Broncos
Week 11: at Oakland Raiders
Week 12: vs. Washington Redskins
Week 13: vs. San Francisco 49ers
Week 14: at Green Bay Packers
Standings NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, , p. 296
References
External links 1975 Atlanta Falcons at Pro-Football-Reference.com