With an Austin Hooper touchdown catch in the first quarter of Sunday’s contest against the 49ers, the Falcon set a new franchise scoring record by notching 448 points in 2016 (a Matt Bryant XP made it 449). Previously, the most points Atlanta tallied in one season was 442 in 1998, when the team won the NFC championship and appeared in Super Bowl XXXIII.
The Falcons’ scoring rate is remarkable on a league-wide scale, as well. Prior to Sunday’s contest, they had 70 more points than any other club in the NFL, and since 1940, just 15 NFL teams put up more points through 13 games.