In the 1978 season, the Falcons qualified for the playoffs for the first time and won the Wild Card game against the Philadelphia Eagles 14 – 13.

Although the Falcons won 3 of their last 4 games after the return of Michael Vick, they ended up with a dismal 5 – 11 record that year.

The Falcons won that game, 14 – 3.

The two conference title games led to a hot bidding war between the clubs for players ; the Niners signed cornerback Deion Sanders from the Atlanta Falcons and also signed linebacker Ken Norton, Jr. from the Cowboys ; they defeated the Cowboys 21-14 in the 1994 regular season and then hosted the Cowboys in that year's Conference title game, with the Cowboys now coached by Barry Switzer ; the 49ers raced to a 21-0 lead in the first seven minutes of the first quarter and won 38-28 en route to Super Bowl XXIX.

The September 25, 2006 home opener, the first home game in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, was won by the Saints 23 – 3 against the Atlanta Falcons, who were undefeated in the 2006 season at that time.

In 2007 against the Atlanta Falcons, the Titans paired the navy blue jersey with the Titans blue pants for the first time, a game which they won.

The team also won its second straight Division 6 state title in 2009 with a 24-21 victory over the Monroe St. Mary's Catholic Central Falcons.

If the winner of the play offs does not meet these standards, then there is no relegation / promotion, as was the case in the 11-12 season when London Welsh won promotion from the Championship but where denied promotion and so Newcastle Falcons ' relegation wasn't carried out, until London Welsh successfully appealed against their block.

Between 1982 and 2008, the school hosted their home games in the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in downtown Minneapolis until they moved back to campus on September 12, 2009, when their new home, TCF Bank Stadium, opened with a game against the U. S. Air Force Academy Falcons, which Minnesota won 20 – 13.

Hall sold the Falcons for a ' nominal ' sum in 1999 to current owner Dave Thompson and since then Newcastle have won two Powergen Cups: in 2001 the Falcons beat Harlequins F. C.

Four years later, the Redskins won their first 11 games before finishing the season 14 – 2, and cruised through the playoffs with home victories over the Atlanta Falcons ( 24 – 7 ) and Detroit Lions ( 41 – 10 ).

The Midgets won the league title and played in the 1921 Memorial Cup against the Winnipeg Falcons.

Stimpson won a record five consecutive Premiership titles with Newcastle Falcons and Leicester Tigers.

has also won the ' Player of the Year ' at the Falcons and was also named as captain of the side.

Arthroscopic surgery kept him sidelined until his debut in Week 9, which was once again in Atlanta against the Falcons, though this time Sanders ' debut with his new team was not as dramatic as it was with the 49ers ( the Cowboys won, 28-13 ).

Although Jake Arians was expected to be the Falcons ' placekicker during the 2001 season, it was Feely that won the job.

In 1982 the " Falcons " reached the final of the Cup of Bulgaria as they won the semi-final against Levski-Spartak in Kazanlak in front of 20 000 audience.

Despite this, probably the most important thing in the club's history is that forever will remain the memories of the wins at European clubs with big traditions, such as the French side Montpellier HSC the Netherlands's FC Groningen, and Germany's Munchen 1860-a game the " Falcons " won 2: 1 and with 9 players.

He joined Newcastle Falcons in 1995 / 96, and his appetite for the fray was seen to best advantage when the club won England ’ s Allied Dunbar Premiership title in 1998.

Doddie has won 61 Scottish caps and played for Newcastle Falcons.

The Broncos converted four out of five turnovers into 24 points as they eliminated the two-time defending Super Bowl champion Patriots, 27-13, and won their first playoff game since defeating the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl XXXIII.

After the game was over ( which the Falcons won ) it was accepted that Hall was the " winner ," as Johnson only caught one touchdown pass.

The Falcons won their first playoff game in team history after they overcame a 13-0 deficit by scoring 2 touchdowns in the final 5 minutes of the game.

The mascot for both the Middle School and High School is the Falcons.

Both the sedan and station wagon Taurus were sold in New Zealand and both were quite popular, considering the fact that most New Zealand's Fords were also the imported Australian Falcons.

Teams thought to be good during the off-season could be out of playoff contention by mid-season ( a prime example occurring in 1999, when the 49ers and Falcons both entered the season's final MNF game with 4 – 11 records.

Leicester hold the record for the biggest wins in both the Heineken Cup ( 90 – 19 demolition of Glasgow in 1997 ), and the English Premiership ( 83 – 10 defeat of Newcastle Falcons in 2005 ).

He is also the team record holder for both the New Orleans Saints and the Atlanta Falcons for overall points scored.

His distinctive voice was already well known in the Jacksonville area due to his long association with both the University of Georgia Bulldogs and the National Football League's Atlanta Falcons.

In, both the NL's transplanted Braves and the NFL's Atlanta Falcons, an expansion team, began to use the facilities.

He played for the Atlanta Falcons, the San Francisco 49ers, the Dallas Cowboys, the Washington Redskins, and the Baltimore Ravens, winning the Super Bowl with both the 49ers and the Cowboys.

An example of this occurred on September 27, 2009, when the Giants hosted the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Patriots hosted the Atlanta Falcons, both at 1: 00 ET.

Over the years, he used both his official and unofficial squadrons to develop improper relations with boys ranging in age from 14 – 18, and his August 1961 arrests caused the Falcons to fold.

As well as leading both Newcastle Falcons and now Saracens, he has captained the England A squad on two Churchill Cup tours.

The best special teams in the game belongs to both the Buffalo Bills and Atlanta Falcons with a score of 97.

From 1981 onward, Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson has composed music for several movies, both Icelandic and foreign, and worked with film directors such as Henning Carlsen ( Pan, 1995 ), Jane Campion ( In the Cut, 2003 ) and Friðrik Þór Friðriksson ( Brennu-Njálssaga, 1981-Skytturnar, 1987-Börn Náttúrunnar, 1991-Bíódagar, 1994-Cold Fever, 1995-Djöflaeyjan, 1996-Englar Alheimsins, 2000 and Falcons, 2002 ).

Football players Langston Moore of the Detroit Lions and Roddy White of the Atlanta Falcons and Bo Patterson of Dartmouth College both attended James Island High School and played football while at school there.

The Falcons featured talented players such as future Hall of Famer CB " Prime Time " Deion Sanders and were known for unorthodox antics that would lead to both victories and defeats.

Although the Falcons selected many good players in those drafts, they still were not able to win right away.

Note: As per the rules of the NFL playoffs prior to the 1990 season ( notwithstanding the strike-shortened 1982 season ), the Pittsburgh Steelers ( the AFC 1 seed ) did not play the Houston Oilers ( the 5 seed ), nor did the Los Angeles Rams ( the NFC 1 seed ) play the Atlanta Falcons ( the 4 seed ), in the Divisional playoff round because those teams were in the same division.

The Falcons play their home games at the Georgia Dome in downtown Atlanta, but construction is likely to begin in 2014 on a new stadium with play beginning in the 2017 season.

The Falcons finished off the season with a team-record 23 rushing touchdowns and a franchise-best eight games with 30 or more

In select road games, the Falcons wear black pants with white jerseys.

The Falcons wore an all-black combination for home games against their archrivals, the New Orleans Saints, winning the first two contests ( 24 – 21 in and 36 – 17 in ), but losing 31 – 13 in.

When the Falcons started playing in a dome, the team switched to their dark uniforms for home games but have worn their white uniforms at home a few times since switching to the dome.

It was announced at the 2009 state of the franchise meeting that the Falcons would wear 1966 throwback uniforms for a couple games during the 2009 season.

The Atlanta Falcons wore 1966 throwback jerseys for 2 home games in 2009 – against the Carolina Panthers on September 20 and against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on November 29.

In 2007, the Giants became the third NFL franchise to win at least 600 games when they defeated the Atlanta Falcons 31 – 10 on Monday Night Football.

The Vikings also finished the regular season with a 12-2 record, winning their first nine games before a loss on Monday Night Football to the Atlanta Falcons.

Ashton Hall is also home to the Orangemen of 6th West, the male cheer squad who display their school spirit by attending men's basketball home games and some away games, leading cheers for the Falcons and occasionally against the referees and the other team.

Having said this, Bates guided the Falcons to a record-equalling run of seven consecutive Premiership defeats by April 2008 with home games against Leicester Tigers and London Wasps plus a season-concluding away trip to Worcester Warriors yet to come.

Despite the changes, however, blackouts have still occurred, including two of their first three home games in 2007: against the Atlanta Falcons on September 16 and against the Houston Texans on October 14.

An injury suffered in training camp sidelined Berehowsky for most of the 2002 – 03 season, as he only appeared in seven games with Phoenix, and two with the Springfield Falcons of the AHL before becoming a free agent after the season.

Boumedienne played three games with the Lightning, playing mainly with Lightning's farm team, Springfield Falcons.

At one point, the CBS television network, which had the rights to NFC television broadcasts, correctly anticipated poor seasons from all of the Southern ( Buccaneers, Falcons, and Saints ) teams, and reorganized their viewing markets in such a way that Buccaneers games were not broadcast anywhere in the state of Florida.

On October 1, 1968, he took over as head coach of the Atlanta Falcons, replacing Norb Hecker, who had started the season with three defeats, extending the team losing streak to ten games.

The Dome is home to the NFL's Atlanta Falcons, the NCAA Division I Georgia State Panthers of Georgia State University, the annual host ( since 1998 ) to FCS Classic football game between Florida A & M University and another HBCU opponent ( Southern in 2011 and Tennessee State University in prior years ), and the annual host to the Southeastern Conference Football Championship Game, Chick-fil-A Bowl ( formerly known as The Chick-fil-a Peach Bowl and The Peach Bowl ) post-season college football games, and since 2004 the FIRST World Championships.

The Sugar Bowl finished a string of three football games in four days that started with the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl between LSU and Miami ( Florida ) and an NFL game between the Falcons and the Carolina Panthers two days later.

He started 22 of 33 career games at Kent State and was named to the MAC All-Academic First-Team for three straight seasons, and in 1997, he was chosen by the Atlanta Falcons in the third round ( 70th overall ) in the NFL Draft.