1977 New Orleans Saints: 3-11-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 2-5-0 (102 points scored, 143 allowed) Road record: 1-6-0 (130 points scored, 193 allowed) Head Coach: Hank Stram 232 points scored (15th of 28 teams), 336 points allowed (26th) NFL Averages: 17.2 points/game (240.5 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: 166 321 1,573 (23) 4.29 13 21 484 2,024 (13) 4.2 14 3,597 (21) 32 Defense: 154 290 1,893 (10) 5.97 15 10 623 2,729 (27) 4.4 21 4,622 (25) 25
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 8 Archie Manning QB 10 6'3 200 28 6 Mississippi 10 Bobby Douglass QB 4 6'3 228 30 9 Kansas 12 Bobby Scott QB 5 6'1 197 28 5 Tennessee 15 Rich Szaro K 14 5'11 204 29 3 Harvard 16 Tom Blanchard P 14 6'0 180 29 7 Oregon 23 Craig Cassady DB 12 5'11 175 23 1 Ohio State 24 Clarence Chapman DB 14 5'10 185 23 2 Eastern Michigan 25 Wade Bosarge DB 5 5'10 175 22 R Tulsa 26 Jimmy Stewart DB 9 5'11 190 23 R Tulsa 30 Ernie Jackson DB 11 5'10 176 27 6 Duke 32 Kim Jones RB 14 6'4 243 25 2 Colorado State 33 Mike Strachan RB 13 6'0 200 24 3 Iowa State 34 Tony Galbreath RB 14 6'0 230 23 2 Missouri 36 Greg Boykin RB 14 6'0 225 23 R Northwestern 37 Tom Myers DB 12 5'11 180 27 6 Syracuse 40 Jim Marsalis DB 12 5'11 190 32 8 Tennessee State 41 John Gilliam WR 10 6'1 187 32 11 South Carolina State 42 Chuck Muncie RB 14 6'3 220 24 2 California 44 Chuck Crist DB 14 6'2 205 26 6 Penn State 50 Ken Bordelon LB 14 6'4 226 23 2 Louisiana State 53 Rick Kingrea LB 14 6'1 222 28 7 Tulane 54 Pat Hughes LB 14 6'2 225 30 8 Boston University 56 Lee Gross C 9 6'3 235 24 3 Auburn 57 Jim Merlo LB 14 6'1 220 26 4 Stanford 58 Joe Federspiel LB 14 6'1 230 27 6 Kentucky 60 Greg Westbrooks LB 7 6'2 217 24 3 Colorado 62 John Hill C 14 6'2 246 27 6 Lehigh 63 Steve Baumgartner DE 5 6'7 255 26 5 Purdue 64 Dave Lafary OT 10 6'7 280 22 R Purdue 65 Robert Woods OT 4 6'3 259 27 5 Tennessee State 67 John Watson OT 5 6'6 272 28 7 Oklahoma 68 Terry Stieve OG 14 6'2 242 23 2 Wisconsin 69 Oakley Dalton DT 1 6'6 285 25 R Jackson State 70 Dave Hubbard OT 5 6'7 270 22 R Brigham Young 71 Kurt Schumacher OG 14 6'3 246 24 3 Ohio State 72 Mike Fultz DT 12 6'5 278 23 R Nebraska 73 Joe Campbell DE 14 6'6 254 22 R Maryland 74 Derland Moore DT 10 6'4 253 26 5 Oklahoma 75 Elex Price DT 11 6'3 265 27 5 Alcorn State 76 Don Morrison OT 14 6'5 250 27 7 Texas-Arlington 77 Marv Montgomery OT 14 6'6 255 29 7 Southern California 78 Elois Grooms DE 14 6'4 250 24 3 Tennessee Tech 79 Emanuel Zanders OG 14 6'1 248 26 4 Jackson State 80 Larry Burton WR 1 6'1 193 25 3 Purdue 82 Bob Pollard DT 14 6'3 236 28 7 Weber State 84 Rich Mauti WR 14 6'0 190 23 R Penn State 85 Henry Childs TE 13 6'2 220 26 4 Kansas State 86 Jim Thaxton TE 14 6'2 242 28 4 Tennessee State 87 Don Herrmann WR 13 6'2 193 30 9 Waynesburg 88 Joel Parker WR 1 6'5 215 25 3 Florida 89 Leonard Willis WR 7 5'10 180 24 2 Ohio State
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Archie Manning 205 113 55.1 1,284 6.26 11.4 8 3.9 9 4.4 36 288 68.8 Bobby Scott 82 36 43.9 516 6.29 14.3 3 3.7 8 9.8 5 43 37.5 Bobby Douglass 31 16 51.6 130 4.19 8.1 1 3.2 3 9.7 5 29 33.7 Tom Blanchard 3 1 33.3 3 1.00 3.0 1 33.3 1 33.3 0 0 42.4
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Tony Galbreath 41 265 6.5 0 Henry Childs 33 518 15.7 9 Don Herrmann 32 408 12.8 0 Chuck Muncie 21 248 11.8 1 Jim Thaxton 14 211 15.1 1 John Gilliam 11 133 12.1 1 Rich Mauti 4 71 17.8 0 Mike Strachan 3 26 8.7 0 Greg Boykin 3 21 7.0 0 Larry Burton 1 13 13.0 0 Kim Jones 1 9 9.0 0 Joel Parker 1 7 7.0 0 Elois Grooms 1 3 3.0 1 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Chuck Muncie 201 811 4.0 6 Tony Galbreath 168 644 3.8 3 Mike Strachan 55 271 4.9 0 Archie Manning 39 270 6.9 5 Bobby Douglass 2 23 11.5 0 Kim Jones 8 23 2.9 0 Bobby Scott 4 11 2.8 0 Jim Thaxton 1 -3 -3.0 0 Greg Boykin 5 -9 -1.8 0 Don Herrmann 1 -17 -17.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Rich Mauti 27 609 22.6 0 Clarence Chapman 15 385 25.7 1 Leonard Willis 8 148 18.5 0 Greg Boykin 5 76 15.2 0 Joe Campbell 2 33 16.5 0 Kim Jones 2 23 11.5 0 Rick Kingrea 2 21 10.5 0 Jimmy Stewart 1 33 33.0 0 Chuck Muncie 1 19 19.0 0 Jim Thaxton 0 8 ? 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Rich Mauti 37 281 7.6 10 0 |
1977 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 7 DE Joe Campbell 65 Maryland 2 34 DT Mike Fultz 58 Nebraska 3 64 LB Robert Watts 2 Boston College 5 118 OT Dave Lafary 109 Purdue 5 136 OT Dave Hubbard 5 Brigham Young [pick acquired from BAL] 6 147 P Cliff Parsley 82 Oklahoma State 6 162 OG Tom Schick Maryland [pick acquired from LA] 7 174 RB Greg Boykin 30 Northwestern 8 201 DB Jim Stewart 14 Tulsa 9 231 OT Dave Knowles Indiana 10 258 K Rafael Septien 151 S.W. Louisiana 11 285 OT John Blain San Jose State 12 315 DT Oakley Dalton 1 Jackson State
Traded draft picks: #4 to LA (Vince Ferragamo)
Transactions:
| 09-02-1977 | traded Paul Seal to 49ers for John Watson |
| 09-06-1977 | traded Andy Dorris to Seahawks for Seattle's #11 pick in the 1978 draft |
| 09-29-1977 | placed Larry Burton on injured reserve |
1977 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/18/77 vs Green Bay Packers L 20-24 0-1-0 09/25/77 at Detroit Lions L 19-23 0-2-0 10/02/77 at Chicago Bears W 42-24 1-2-0 10/09/77 vs San Diego Chargers L 0-14 1-3-0 10/16/77 at Los Angeles Rams L 7-14 1-4-0 10/23/77 at St. Louis Cardinals L 31-49 1-5-0 10/30/77 vs Los Angeles Rams W 27-26 2-5-0 11/06/77 at Philadelphia Eagles L 7-28 2-6-0 11/13/77 vs San Francisco 49ers L 7-10 (OT) 2-7-0 11/20/77 vs Atlanta Falcons W 21-20 3-7-0 11/27/77 at San Francisco 49ers L 17-20 3-8-0 12/04/77 vs New York Jets L 13-16 3-9-0 12/11/77 vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 14-33 3-10-0 12/18/77 at Atlanta Falcons L 7-35 3-11-0