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Atlanta Falcons:
After a hard fought battle to bring a pro football team to Atlanta,
Rankin M. Smith was awarded the NFL’s 15th franchise on June 30th, 1965.
Shortly thereafter a “Name the Team” contest was announced and Falcons
was declared the winner. In a 54-day season ticket sale an NFL record
was shattered when enthused fans bought 45,000 season tickets, trouncing
over the previous record set by Minnesota in 1961. The Falcons first NFL
draft saw them pick Tommy Nobis, a linebacker from the University of
Texas. While Nobis had also been drafted by the AFL’s Houston franchise,
he ultimately decided to sign with the Falcons. Norb Hecker was named as
the Falcons head coach and while his Falcons had a rough start with 9
straight losses, they rallied back to beat the Giants November 20th to
bring home their first victory. In 1971 the Falcons acquired a new head
coach in Norm VanBrocklin and finally had a winning season. 1977 found
the Falcons with another new head coach, Leeman Bennett who set an NFL
record by allowing only 129 points in a 14 game season. Bennett followed
up that feat by leading his Falcons to three playoff appearances between
1978 and 1982. 1998 found the Falcons in the best season they’d ever
had. A 14-2 record brought the team to the NFC Western title and then on
to the playoffs where they trounced over the competition to earn the NFC
Championship and a spot in Super Bowl XXXIII.
The Falcons started out at the Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, which they
shared with Major League Baseball’s Atlanta Braves. After much talk it
was finally announced in 1989 that a new football only facility would
begin construction in November. Over 70,000 fans packed the Georgia Dome
on September 6th, 1992 for the Falcons first game in their stadium. The
Georgia Dome has three tiers of seating the circle the entire field.
There are over 5,000 club seats and 200 luxury suites with a total
seating capacity of 71,149.
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