List of Atlanta Falcons seasons

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External aerial view of the Mecedes-Benz Stadium.
The Atlanta Falcons have played their home games at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium since 2017.

The

Coastal division in the Western Conference. Following the 1970 NFL realignment, the team moved to the NFC West division.[8] The team moved for the third and final time to the NFC South division following the 2002 NFL realignment.[9]

Over their 58 seasons in the NFL, the Falcons have accumulated a record of 390 wins, 503 losses, and 6 ties, which is the fifth-worst all-time

win–loss percentage.[10] They have also made the playoffs fourteen times and have the seventh-worst playoff record in terms of win-loss percentage with 10 wins and 14 losses.[10] The Falcons appeared in two Super Bowl championships—Super Bowl XXXIII and Super Bowl LI—losing to the Denver Broncos and the New England Patriots, respectively. The Falcons have won the NFC Championship twice and a division title six times, winning the NFC West twice (1978 and 1998) and the NFC South four times (2004, 2010, 2012 and 2016).[11] The team currently has seventeen winning seasons, four tied seasons, and thirty-six losing seasons.[12]

Seasons

Key
Super Bowl champions * Conference champions # Division champions † Wild Card berth ^
Atlanta Falcons seasonal records
Season Team League Conference Division Regular season Postseason results Awards Head coach Refs.
Finish W L T
1966 1966 NFL
Eastern
 — 7th 3 11 0
DROY
Tooltip National Football League Defensive Rookie of the Year Award) 		Norb Hecker [13][14]
1967 1967 NFL
Western
 Coastal 4th 1 12 1 [15]
1968 1968 NFL Western Coastal 4th 2 12 0
DROY
Tooltip National Football League Defensive Rookie of the Year Award) 		Norb Hecker (0–3)
Norm Van Brocklin (2–9) 		[16][17]
1969 1969 NFL Western Coastal 3rd 6 8 0 Norm Van Brocklin [18]
1970 1970 NFL NFC West[a] 3rd 4 8 2 [19]
1971 1971 NFL NFC West 3rd 7 6 1 [20]
1972 1972 NFL NFC West 2nd 7 7 0 [21]
1973 1973 NFL NFC West 2nd 9 5 0 [22]
1974 1974 NFL NFC West 4th 3 11 0 Norm Van Brocklin (2–6)
Marion Campbell (1–5) 		[23]
1975 1975 NFL NFC West 3rd 4 10 0 Marion Campbell [24]
1976 1976 NFL NFC West 4th 4 10 0 Marion Campbell (1–4)
Pat Peppler (3–6) 		[25]
1977 1977 NFL NFC West 2nd 7 7 0 Leeman Bennett [26]
1978[b] 1978 NFL NFC West 2nd^ 9 7 0 Won Wild Card playoffs (Eagles) 14–13
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Cowboys) 20–27 		[28]
1979 1979 NFL NFC West 3rd 6 10 0 [29]
1980 1980 NFL NFC West† 1st† 12 4 0 Lost Divisional playoffs (Cowboys) 27–30
Co-DROY
Tooltip National Football League Defensive Rookie of the Year Award) 		[30][31]
1981 1981 NFL NFC West 2nd 7 9 0 [32]
1982 1982 NFL NFC —[c] 5th^[c] 5 4 0 Lost First Round playoffs (at Vikings) 24–30 [34]
1983 1983 NFL NFC West 4th 7 9 0 Dan Henning [35]
1984 1984 NFL NFC West 4th 4 12 0 [36]
1985 1985 NFL NFC West 4th 4 12 0 [37]
1986 1986 NFL NFC West 3rd 7 8 1 [38]
1987[d] 1987 NFL NFC West 4th 3 12 0 Marion Campbell [40]
1988 1988 NFL NFC West 4th 5 11 0 [41]
1989 1989 NFL NFC West 4th 3 13 0 Marion Campbell (3–9)
Jim Hanifan (0–4) 		[42]
1990 1990 NFL NFC West 4th 5 11 0 Jerry Glanville [43]
1991 1991 NFL NFC West 2nd^ 10 6 0 Won Wild Card playoffs (at Saints) 27–20
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Redskins) 7–24 		[44]
1992 1992 NFL NFC West 3rd 6 10 0 [45]
1993 1993 NFL NFC West 3rd 6 10 0 [46]
1994 1994 NFL NFC West 3rd 7 9 0 June Jones [47]
1995 1995 NFL NFC West 2nd^ 9 7 0 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Packers) 20–37 [48]
1996 1996 NFL NFC West 4th 3 13 0 [49]
1997 1997 NFL NFC West 3rd 7 9 0 Dan Reeves [50]
1998 1998 NFL NFC# West† 1st† 14 2 0 Won Divisional playoffs (49ers) 20–18
Won NFC Championship (at Vikings) 30–27 (OT)
Lost Super Bowl XXXIII (vs. Broncos) 19–34
COY
Tooltip National Football League Coach of the Year Award) 		[51][52]
1999 1999 NFL NFC West 3rd 5 11 0 [53]
2000 2000 NFL NFC West 5th 4 12 0 [54]
2001 2001 NFL NFC West 4th 7 9 0 [55]
2002 2002 NFL NFC South[e] 2nd^ 9 6 1 Won Wild Card playoffs (at Packers) 27–7
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Eagles) 6–20 		[56]
2003 2003 NFL NFC South 4th 5 11 0 Dan Reeves (3–10)
Wade Phillips (2–1) 		[57]
2004 2004 NFL NFC South† 1st† 11 5 0 Won Divisional playoffs (Rams) 47–17
Lost NFC Championship (at Eagles) 10–27 		Jim L. Mora [58]
2005 2005 NFL NFC South 3rd 8 8 0 [59]
2006 2006 NFL NFC South 3rd 7 9 0 [60]
2007 2007 NFL NFC South 4th 4 12 0 Bobby Petrino (3–10)
Emmitt Thomas (1–2) 		[61]
2008 2008 NFL NFC South 2nd^ 11 5 0 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Cardinals) 24–30
COY
Tooltip National Football League Coach of the Year Award) 		Mike Smith [62][63]
2009 2009 NFL NFC South 2nd 9 7 0 [64]
2010 2010 NFL NFC South† 1st† 13 3 0 Lost Divisional playoffs (Packers) 21–48 [65]
2011 2011 NFL NFC South 2nd^ 10 6 0 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Giants) 2–24 [66]
2012 2012 NFL NFC South† 1st† 13 3 0 Won Divisional playoffs (Seahawks) 30–28
Lost NFC Championship (49ers) 24–28 		[67]
2013 2013 NFL NFC South 3rd 4 12 0 [68]
2014 2014 NFL NFC South 3rd 6 10 0 [69]
2015 2015 NFL NFC South 2nd 8 8 0 Dan Quinn [70]
2016 2016 NFL NFC# South† 1st† 11 5 0 Won Divisional playoffs (Seahawks) 36–20
Won NFC Championship (Packers) 44–21
Lost Super Bowl LI (vs. Patriots) 28–34 (OT)
OPOY
Tooltip National Football League Offensive Player of the Year Award) 		[71][72]
2017 2017 NFL NFC South 3rd^ 10 6 0 Won Wild Card playoffs (at Rams) 26–13
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Eagles) 10–15 		[73]
2018 2018 NFL NFC South 2nd 7 9 0 [74]
2019 2019 NFL NFC South 2nd 7 9 0 [75]
2020 2020 NFL NFC South 4th 4 12 0 Dan Quinn (0–5)
Raheem Morris (4–7) 		[76]
2021[f] 2021 NFL NFC South 3rd 7 10 0 Arthur Smith [78]
2022 2022 NFL NFC South 4th 7 10 0 [79]
2023 2023 NFL NFC South 3rd 7 10 0 [80]
Totals 390 503 6 All-time regular season record (1966–2023)
10 14 — All-time postseason record (1966–2023)
400 517 6 All-time regular & postseason record (1966–2023)


See also

Notes

  1. ^ The NFL underwent a realignment of teams in the 1970 season, with the Falcons moving to the NFC West division.[8]
  2. ^ In 1978, the NFL expanded its regular season schedule, which had been 14 games since 1961, to 16 games.[27]
  3. ^
    players' strike. The top eight teams in each conference advanced to the playoffs.[33]
  4. ^ The 1987 NFL strike caused the schedule to be reduced to 15 games.[39]
  5. ^ Following the 2002 NFL realignment, the Falcons played in the NFC South division.[9]
  6. ^ In 2021, the NFL expanded its regular season schedule, which had been 16 games since 1978, to 17 games.[27][77]

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