When the team debuted in 1966, the Falcons wore red helmets with a black falcon crest logo.

The logo was redesigned with red and silver accents to depict a more powerful, aggressive falcon, which now more closely resembles the capital letter F. Although the Falcons still wore black helmets, the new uniforms featured jerseys and pants with red trim down the sides.

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.

The Falcons also wore their all-black uniform in 2007 against the New York Giants, and in 2008 against the Carolina Panthers and against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers ( for the second time ).

In the 1980s, the Falcons wore their white uniforms at home most of the time because of the heat.

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.

The Falcons have qualified for the playoffs three times ( 2008, 2010 and 2011 ) during this period, but lost all three in the first round

The Atlanta Falcons hold the record among all major American sports leagues for the longest streak of seasons without consecutive winning seasons, a streak that lasted from 1966 – 2008.

Fielding athletic teams known as Bowling Green Falcons, the university competes at the NCAA Division I level ( NCAA Division I-A for football ) as a member of the Mid-American Conference in all sports except ice hockey, in which the university is a member of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association.

Cranes of all ages may be predated by eagles, large owls and even Peregrine Falcons.

They all but destroyed themselves in preventing the Jade Falcons from breaking the truce by instigating a Trial of Refusal ( of a scale never before seen outside of a Trial of Annihilation against an entire Clan that this particular Trial of Refusal would be forever referred to as the " Refusal War ") against the Jade Falcons.

NZ assembly ceased in the early 1990s after which all Falcons sold in New Zealand have been fully imported from Australia.

In August 2006 Rob Andrew left the Falcons to be in overall charge of the England set-up ahead of the 2007 World Cup in a wide-ranging role that encompasses all aspects of the professional representative game in England.

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.

The airbase is the most important airfield of the RSAF as it houses the bulk of RSAF's fixed-wing frontline squadrons, home to all of RSAF's Airborne early warning and control ( AEWC ) assets, most of the F-16C / D Fighting Falcons and a large number of UAVs.

As a rookie with the Falcons in 2001, Feely converted 29 of 37 field goal attempts ( 78. 4 %) and all 28 extra point attempts.

His 6 catches against the Falcons gave him 901 for his career, making him only the 12th NFL player of all time to surpass 900 career receptions.

Crumpler earned his first Pro Bowl honor in 2003, starting all 16 games for the Falcons, catching 44 passes for 552 yards, the most for a Falcons tight end since 1980 ; he also had three touchdowns.

Among all the players called with a lot of love from the fans " Falcons " with most successful plays was the forward Mihail Tunchev.

With the transfer of the Eagles, additional F-16 training units were assigned to the 56 OG, all tail-coded " LF " ( Luke Falcons ):

Under rainy and muddy conditions, the Falcons ' pass-happy run-and-shoot offense turned the ball over 6 times, with Chris Miller, who had problems all game with his footing, throwing 4 INTs.

North Carolina State, Virginia, Tennessee, and Miami all had scholarship offers on the table and after taking a trip with Reamon to the Atlanta Falcons training camp, even Michael was not convinced that Tech was the best option for his brother.

This was an unusual addition, since all of the teams in the Sunshine Hockey League were based in Florida and the Falcons ' home ice was located in California.

As a rookie in 2005, Omiyale was inactive for all 16 regular season games for the Falcons.

The Falcons also started wearing black cleats with these uniforms.

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

Other species displayed include Aplomado Falcons, Thick-billed Parrots, prairie dogs, black footed ferrets, magpies, and desert tortoises.

In 2009, the Falcons introduced a new set of alternate uniforms based upon the ones used by the franchise in its first season of 1966, featuring red helmets, black jerseys and white pants.

In 2008, the exterior of the stadium was repainted from its original color scheme to match the Falcons ' team colors, and the stadium's original teal seats were replaced with red seats in the 100 and 300 levels and black seats in the Verizon Wireless Club Level ( 200 Level ).

From the 1950s through the 1980s, Kubasaki's legacy teams and colors were: Kadena Falcons ( blue & white ), Sukiran ( later Zukeran ) Knights ( black & white ), and Naha Eagles ( red & white ).

* Atlanta Falcons – New Logo ; new striping on pants ; red numbers with black trim on road uniforms.

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.

In the team's final game of the regular season against the Atlanta Falcons, needing a win to earn a playoff berth, the Jaguars caught a bit of luck when Morten Andersen missed a 30 yard field goal with less than a minute remaining that would have given the Falcons the lead.

Peterson's first career touchdown was a 60-yard screen pass in his first career game against the Atlanta Falcons.

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.

On December 27, 2010 with a 17 – 14 win against the Atlanta Falcons in Atlanta the Saints clinched a playoff appearance ( wild card ).

The streak was broken with a 34 – 31 overtime victory against the Falcons.

Meanwhile, the Falcons were victorious against the San Francisco 49ers, 20 – 18, and the Minnesota Vikings, 30 – 27, in overtime.

Then aided by a 25-yard pass interference penalty against Broncos defensive back Steve Atwater and 31 rushing yards from Jamal Anderson, the Falcons drove to the Broncos 8-yard line.

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.

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.

The hometown Washington Huskies played their 2005 season opener against the Air Force Falcons at the stadium in Tyrone Willingham's first game as head coach.

The work was completed for the first home game of the 2009 / 10 season against Newcastle 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.