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1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

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season was the franchise's 11th year in the

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(NFL). The season saw the Falcons attempting to improve on their 4-10 record from

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. However, they were only able to match the record, as they finished the 1976 season at 4-10 and missed the playoffs for the 11th straight season. After a 1-4 start to the season, head coach

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was fired by general manager

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, who himself would close out the season as the interim head coach and finish the season with a 3-6 record. The Falcons also suffered the ignominy of being the only established NFL team to lose to one of the league's two expansion teams when they lost 30-13 to the

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on November 7. For the season, the Falcons converted from gray facemasks to white facemasks.

Offseason

Draft

Personnel

Staff

Roster

Regular season

Schedule

*Note: Division opponents are in bold text

Standings

Season summary

Week 2 at Lions

References

External links

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