The GREATEST Comeback in Atlanta Falcons HISTORY | Falcons @ Packers (1981)

In a 1981 game between the Green Bay Packers and Atlanta Falcons, the Falcons trailed 17-0 after three quarters, with all hope looking lost, and both of their quarterbacks injured. Somehow, the Falcons scored 31 unanswered in the 4th quarter, shattering every record in the book, and won the game in improbable fashion. This is the story of the greatest comeback in the history of the Falcons

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Players on the 1981 Falcons:
Steve Bartkowski
Mike Moroski
June Jones
William Andrews
Lynn Cain
Mickey Fitzgerald
Bo Robinson
Ray Strong
Wallace Francis
Alfred Jackson
Alfred Jenkins
Reggie Smith
Junior Miller
Russ Mikeska
Warren Bryant
Pat Howell
Mike Kenn
Eric Sanders
Dave Scott
John Scully
RC Thielemann
Jeff Van Note
Wilson Faumuina
Jeff Merrow
Don Smith
Jeff Yeates
Mike Zele
Buddy Curry
Paul Davis
Tony Daykin
Fulton Kuykendall
Jim Laughlin
Neal Musser
Al Richardson
Matthew Teague
Lyman White
Joel Williams
Bobby Butler
Blane Gaison
Bob Glazebrook
Kenny Johnson
Tom Moriarty
Tom Pridemore
Scott Woerner
John James
Mick Luckhurst
Floyd Hodge
Harry Stanback
Leeman Bennett (head coach)

Players on the 1981 Packers:
Rich Campbell
Lynn Dickey
David Whitehurst
Gerry Ellis
Harlan Huckleby
Jim Jensen
Terdell Middleton
Eric Torkelson
Delvin Williams
Ron Cassidy
John Jefferson
James Lofton
Fred Nixon
Paul Coffman
Gary Lewis
Charlie Ane
Derrel Gofourth
Leotis Harris
Tim Huffman
Syd Kitson
Greg Koch
Mark Koncar
Larry McCarren
Karl Swanke
Byron Braggs
Mike Butler
Ezra Johnson
Terry Jones
Casey Merrill
Richard Turner
Kurt Allerman
John Anderson
George Cumby
Mike Douglass
Cliff Lewis
Guy Prather
Randy Scott
Rich Wingo
Johnnie Gray
Maurice Harvey
Estus Hood
Mark Lee
Mark Murphy
Mike McCoy
David Petway
Bill Whitaker
Ray Stachowicz
Jan Stenerud
Bart Starr (head coach)