1976 New Orleans Saints roster and stats

1976 New Orleans Saints: 4-10-0
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Home record: 2-5-0 (105 points scored, 154 allowed) Road record: 2-5-0 (148 points scored, 192 allowed) Head Coach: Hank Stram 253 points scored (18th of 28 teams), 346 points allowed (23rd) NFL Averages: 19.2 points/game (268.1 points/team) Team stats and rankings: ---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers Offense: 206 403 1,984 (17) 4.37 8 14 431 1,775 (23) 4.1 16 3,759 (21) 32 Defense: 200 367 2,202 (17) 5.42 18 12 554 2,280 (20) 4.1 22 4,482 (19) 39

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 10 Bobby Douglass QB 11 6'3 228 29 8 Kansas 12 Bobby Scott QB 11 6'1 197 27 4 Tennessee 15 Rich Szaro K 14 5'11 204 28 2 Harvard 16 Tom Blanchard P 14 6'0 187 28 6 Oregon 22 Benny Johnson DB 9 5'11 178 28 5 Johnson C. Smith 24 Clarence Chapman WR 1 5'10 185 22 R Eastern Michigan 25 Leon McQuay RB 4 5'9 200 26 3 Tampa 28 Alvin Maxson RB 14 5'11 201 24 3 Southern Methodist 29 Mo Spencer DB 14 6'0 176 24 3 North Carolina Central 30 Ernie Jackson DB 10 5'10 176 26 5 Duke 32 Kim Jones RB 11 6'4 238 24 1 Colorado State 33 Mike Strachan RB 10 6'0 200 23 2 Iowa State 34 Tony Galbreath RB 14 6'0 220 22 R Missouri 36 Andrew Jones RB 2 6'2 218 25 2 Washington State 37 Tom Myers DB 14 5'11 170 26 5 Syracuse 42 Chuck Muncie RB 12 6'3 220 23 R California 44 Chuck Crist DB 14 6'2 205 25 5 Penn State 45 Pete Athas DB 13 5'11 185 30 6 Tennessee 46 Jim Kearney DB 14 6'2 196 33 12 Prairie View A&M 50 Ken Bordelon LB 12 6'4 236 22 R Louisiana State 51 Warren Capone LB 7 6'1 220 25 2 Louisiana State 51 Rusty Chambers LB 4 6'1 215 22 2 Tulane 53 Rick Kingrea LB 14 6'1 222 27 6 Tulane 56 Lee Gross C 14 6'3 235 23 2 Auburn 57 Jim Merlo LB 14 6'1 220 25 3 Stanford 58 Joe Federspiel LB 14 6'1 230 26 5 Kentucky 59 Wayne Colman LB 7 6'1 215 30 8 Temple 60 Greg Westbrooks LB 14 6'2 217 23 2 Colorado 62 John Hill C 14 6'2 246 26 5 Lehigh 63 Steve Baumgartner DE 14 6'7 255 25 4 Purdue 66 Tom Wickert OT 7 6'4 252 24 3 Washington State 68 Terry Stieve OG 14 6'2 242 22 R Wisconsin 71 Kurt Schumacher OG 14 6'3 246 23 2 Ohio State 72 Jeff Hart OT 14 6'5 252 23 2 Oregon State 73 Jeff Winans DE 3 6'5 260 25 3 Southern California 74 Derland Moore DT 14 6'4 253 25 4 Oklahoma 75 Elex Price DT 14 6'3 253 26 4 Alcorn State 76 Don Morrison OT 14 6'5 250 26 6 Texas-Arlington 77 Marv Montgomery OT 9 6'6 255 28 6 Southern California 78 Elois Grooms DE 11 6'4 250 23 2 Tennessee Tech 79 Emanuel Zanders OG 14 6'1 248 25 3 Jackson State 80 Larry Burton WR 14 6'1 193 24 2 Purdue 82 Bob Pollard DT 8 6'3 251 27 6 Weber State 83 Tinker Owens WR 14 5'11 170 22 R Oklahoma 84 Paul Seal TE 14 6'4 223 24 3 Michigan 85 Henry Childs TE 14 6'2 220 25 3 Kansas State 86 Jim Thaxton TE 11 6'2 240 27 3 Tennessee State 87 Don Herrmann WR 14 6'2 193 29 8 Waynesburg 88 Andy Dorris DE 14 6'4 240 25 4 New Mexico State

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Bobby Douglass 213 103 48.4 1,288 6.05 12.5 4 1.9 8 3.8 26 189 58.2 Bobby Scott 190 103 54.2 1,065 5.61 10.3 4 2.1 6 3.2 24 162 64.5 Tom Blanchard 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 18 0.0

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Tony Galbreath         54    420    7.8    1
Don Herrmann           34    535   15.7    0
Chuck Muncie           31    272    8.8    0
Henry Childs           26    349   13.4    3
Larry Burton           18    297   16.5    2
Tinker Owens           12    241   20.1    1
Paul Seal               9     72    8.0    0
Jim Thaxton             7    112   16.0    1
Alvin Maxson            7     21    3.0    0
Mike Strachan           6     22    3.7    0
Kim Jones               1     14   14.0    0
Bobby Douglass          1     -2   -2.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Chuck Muncie          149    659    4.4    2
Tony Galbreath        136    570    4.2    7
Mike Strachan          66    258    3.9    2
Alvin Maxson           34    120    3.5    1
Bobby Douglass         21     92    4.4    2
Bobby Scott            12     48    4.0    1
Kim Jones               6     21    3.5    0
Henry Childs            1     16   16.0    1
Andrew Jones            1      2    2.0    0
Larry Burton            3     -4   -1.3    0
Paul Seal               2     -7   -3.5    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Tony Galbreath         20    399   19.9    0
Alvin Maxson           11    191   17.4    0
Jim Thaxton             8    185   23.1    0
Leon McQuay             8    151   18.9    0
Chuck Muncie            3     69   23.0    0
Clarence Chapman        3     63   21.0    0
Pete Athas              2     68   34.0    0
Kurt Schumacher         2     17    8.5    0
Warren Capone           2      0    0.0    0
Jeff Hart               1     12   12.0    0
Kim Jones               1     12   12.0    0
Henry Childs            1      6    6.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Pete Athas             35    332    9.5   10    0
Tom Myers               2     22   11.0    0    0
Tony Galbreath          2      8    4.0    0    0
Leon McQuay             2      5    2.5    0    0
Chuck Crist             1      8    8.0    2    0
Tinker Owens            0      0      ?    2    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Tom Blanchard 101 3,974 39.3 5 14 0 64 742 31.0 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Rich Szaro 1/1 8/8 4/5 4/7 1/2 18/23 25/29 79 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Pete Athas 2 22 0 Steve Baumgartner 2.0 Chuck Crist 1 20 0 Andy Dorris 5.5 Elois Grooms 2.0 Ernie Jackson 2 5 0 Jim Merlo 2.0 4 142 2 Derland Moore 8.0 Tom Myers 1 0 0 Bob Pollard 8.0 Elex Price 8.5 1 23 1 Mo Spencer 1 0 0 Greg Westbrooks 3.0

1976 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 3 RB Chuck Muncie 110 California 2 32 RB Tony Galbreath 170 Missouri 3 77 OT Bob Simmons 88 Texas [pick acquired from WAS via SD] 4 96 WR Tinker Owens 48 Oklahoma 5 127 OT Scott Parrish Utah State 6 160 OG Terry Stieve 113 Wisconsin 7 201 OG Ed Bauer Notre Dame [pick acquired from BAL via CHI, OAK] 8 213 DB Craig Cassady 12 Ohio State 9 240 DT Warren Peiffer Iowa 10 269 LB Junior Hardin Eastern Kentucky 11 294 QB Greg Kokal Kent State 12 323 OT Milton Butts North Carolina Central 13 350 DB Kenny Downing Missouri 14 379 DE Rich Hucke Western Montana 15 406 DT Steve Seminoff Wichita State 16 435 OT Gene Jones Bowling Green 17 462 TE Scott MacDonald West Virginia

Traded draft picks: #3 to KC via SF (Keith Simons), #7 to MIA (Joe Ingersoll)

Transactions:

03-30-1976	Buccaneers selected Dave Thompson in expansion draft
03-30-1976	Buccaneers selected Morris LaGrand in expansion draft
03-30-1976	Seahawks selected Joe Owens in expansion draft
04-1976	traded Johnny Fuller to Buccaneers for Jim Kearney
04-02-1976	traded Rick Middleton to Chargers for Bobby Douglass and Washington's #3 pick in the 1976 draft
07-1976	traded New Orleans' #4 pick in the 1977 draft to Rams for Ken Bordelon
08-08-1976	traded Bivian Lee to Rams for Los Angeles' #6 pick in the 1977 draft
08-10-1976	traded a #9 pick in the 1977 draft to Chargers for Halvor Hagen
10-27-1976	Wayne Colman retired
11-26-1976	placed Bob Pollard on injured reserve

1976 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/12/76    vs Minnesota Vikings       L 9-40        0-1-0
09/19/76    vs Dallas Cowboys          L 6-24        0-2-0
09/26/76    at Kansas City Chiefs      W 27-17       1-2-0
10/03/76    vs Houston Oilers          L 26-31       1-3-0
10/10/76    vs Atlanta Falcons         W 30-0        2-3-0
10/17/76    at San Francisco 49ers     L 3-33        2-4-0
10/24/76    vs Los Angeles Rams        L 10-16       2-5-0
10/31/76    at Atlanta Falcons         L 20-23       2-6-0
11/07/76    at Green Bay Packers       L 27-32       2-7-0
11/14/76    vs Detroit Lions           W 17-16       3-7-0
11/21/76    at Seattle Seahawks        W 51-27       4-7-0
11/28/76    at Los Angeles Rams        L 14-33       4-8-0
12/05/76    at New England Patriots    L 6-27        4-9-0
12/12/76    vs San Francisco 49ers     L 7-27        4-10-0

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