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1979 New Orleans Saints: 8-8-0
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Home record: 3-5-0 (172 points scored, 219 allowed) Road record: 5-3-0 (198 points scored, 141 allowed) Head Coach: Dick Nolan 370 points scored (6th of 28 teams), 360 points allowed (22nd) NFL Averages: 20.1 points/game (321.0 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: 257 428 3,151 (11) 7.08 16 22 551 2,474 ( 6) 4.5 28 5,625 ( 4) 36 Defense: 265 488 3,066 (20) 5.74 24 26 521 2,469 (23) 4.7 22 5,535 (22) 42


Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 1 Garo Yepremian K 14 5'8 175 35 12 None 8 Archie Manning QB 16 6'3 200 30 8 Mississippi 11 Ed Burns QB 16 6'3 210 24 1 Nebraska 12 Bobby Scott QB 3 6'1 197 30 7 Tennessee 14 Russell Erxleben P 1 6'4 219 22 R Texas 17 Rick Partridge P 13 6'1 175 22 R Utah 20 Eric Felton DB 13 6'0 200 24 2 Texas Tech 21 David Gray DB 16 6'0 190 24 1 San Diego State 22 Ricky Ray DB 6 5'11 180 22 R Norfolk State 24 Clarence Chapman DB 16 5'10 185 25 4 Eastern Michigan 27 Ray Brown DB 12 6'2 202 30 9 West Texas State 30 Wayne Wilson RB 14 6'3 208 22 R Shepherd 32 Kim Jones RB 2 6'4 235 27 4 Colorado State 33 Mike Strachan RB 10 6'0 200 26 5 Iowa State 34 Tony Galbreath RB 15 6'0 230 25 4 Missouri 37 Tom Myers DB 15 5'11 180 29 8 Syracuse 42 Chuck Muncie RB 16 6'3 233 26 4 California 45 Jack Holmes RB 16 5'11 210 26 2 Texas Southern 48 Donald Schwartz DB 14 6'1 191 23 2 Washington State 49 Ralph McGill DB 13 5'11 178 29 8 Tulsa 50 Ken Bordelon LB 16 6'4 226 25 3 Louisiana State 52 Jim Kovach LB 16 6'2 225 23 R Kentucky 54 Pat Hughes LB 16 6'2 225 32 10 Boston University 56 Reggie Mathis LB 16 6'2 220 23 R Oklahoma 57 Jim Merlo LB 16 6'1 220 28 6 Stanford 58 Joe Federspiel LB 16 6'1 230 29 8 Kentucky 60 Don Reese DE 16 6'6 250 28 5 Jackson State 62 John Hill C 16 6'2 246 29 8 Lehigh 63 Roger Finnie OT 8 6'3 250 33 11 Florida A&M 63 Barry Bennett DT 16 6'4 257 23 2 Concordia 64 Dave Lafary OG 16 6'7 280 24 3 Purdue 65 Robert Woods OT 15 6'3 259 29 7 Tennessee State 66 Conrad Dobler OG 16 6'3 255 29 8 Wyoming 67 John Watson OT 5 6'4 244 30 9 Oklahoma 68 Fred Sturt OG 16 6'4 255 28 5 Bowling Green 71 J.T. Taylor OT 16 6'4 265 23 2 Missouri 72 Mike Fultz DT 13 6'5 278 25 3 Nebraska 73 Joe Campbell DE 10 6'6 254 24 3 Maryland 74 Derland Moore DT 15 6'4 253 28 7 Oklahoma 75 Elex Price DT 6 6'3 265 29 7 Alcorn State 76 Jim Pietrzak C 11 6'5 260 26 5 Eastern Michigan 78 Elois Grooms DE 16 6'4 250 26 5 Tennessee Tech 79 Emanuel Zanders OG 16 6'1 248 28 6 Jackson State 82 Ike Harris WR 14 6'3 210 26 5 Iowa State 83 Tinker Owens WR 13 5'11 170 25 3 Oklahoma 84 Rich Mauti WR 15 6'0 190 25 3 Penn State 85 Henry Childs TE 16 6'2 220 28 6 Kansas State 87 Larry Hardy TE 16 6'3 230 23 2 Jackson State 88 Brooks Williams TE 16 6'4 226 24 2 North Carolina 89 Wes Chandler WR 16 5'11 186 23 2 Florida
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Archie Manning 420 252 60.0 3,169 7.55 12.6 15 3.6 20 4.8 17 140 75.6 Tony Galbreath 3 2 66.7 70 23.33 35.0 0 0.0 1 33.3 0 0 70.1 Bobby Scott 2 2 100.0 12 6.00 6.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 91.7 Chuck Muncie 2 1 50.0 40 20.00 40.0 1 50.0 0 0.0 0 0 135.4 Russell Erxleben 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0 0.0
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Wes Chandler           65  1,069   16.4    6
Tony Galbreath         58    484    8.3    1
Henry Childs           51    846   16.6    5
Chuck Muncie           40    308    7.7    0
Ike Harris             25    395   15.8    2
Tinker Owens            7     72   10.3    1
Jack Holmes             3     19    6.3    0
Mike Strachan           3      9    3.0    0
Rich Mauti              2     64   32.0    0
Brooks Williams         2     22   11.0    0
Larry Hardy             1      3    3.0    1
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Chuck Muncie          238  1,198    5.0   11
Tony Galbreath        189    708    3.7    9
Mike Strachan          62    276    4.5    6
Archie Manning         35    186    5.3    2
Jack Holmes            17     68    4.0    0
Wayne Wilson            5     26    5.2    0
Ike Harris              2      9    4.5    0
Kim Jones               3      5    1.7    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Rich Mauti             36    801   22.2    0
Wayne Wilson           11    230   20.9    0
Jack Holmes             8    120   15.0    0
Wes Chandler            7    136   19.4    0
Brooks Williams         2     12    6.0    0
Jim Kovach              1     10   10.0    0
Tinker Owens            1     10   10.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Rich Mauti             27    218    8.1   13    0
Wes Chandler            3     13    4.3    3    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Rick Partridge 57 2,330 40.9 7 15 0 24 164 35.5 Wes Chandler 8 248 31.0 0 0 0 5 37 26.4 Russell Erxleben 4 148 37.0 0 1 0 3 22 31.5 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Garo Yepremian 1/1 5/5 3/4 3/6 0/0 12/16 39/40 75 Russell Erxleben 0/0 0/0 2/2 0/0 0/0 2/ 2 4/ 4 10 Tony Galbreath 0/1 2/2 0/0 0/0 0/0 2/ 3 1/ 2 7 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Barry Bennett 2.0 Ken Bordelon 2 24 1 Ray Brown 1 2 0 Joe Campbell 2.0 Clarence Chapman 2 12 0 Joe Federspiel 1 4 0 Eric Felton 4 53 0 Mike Fultz 3.0 David Gray 1 32 0 Elois Grooms 12.0 1 -2 0 Pat Hughes 5.0 4 62 0 Ralph McGill 1 6 0 Jim Merlo 1.0 Derland Moore 5.0 Tom Myers 7 127 1 Elex Price 3.0 Don Reese 12.0 Donald Schwartz 2 31 0
1979 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 11 K Russell Erxleben 59 Texas 2 38 LB Reggie Mathis 32 Oklahoma 4 93 LB Jim Kovach 87 Kentucky 5 120 RB Harlan Huckleby 84 Michigan 6 146 DB Ricky Ray 31 Norfolk State 7 176 LB Stan Sytsma 2 Minnesota 8 202 OG Doug Panfil Tulsa 11 285 WR David Hall Missouri-Rolla 12 311 RB Kelsey Finch Tennessee

Traded draft picks: #3 to MIA (Ronnie Lee), #9 to KC (Joe Robinson), #10 to OAK (Ricky Smith)


Transactions:
04-02-1979traded one or two draft picks to Cardinals for Roger Finnie
08-02-1979Giants claimed Bill Fifer on waivers
08-06-1979claimed John Sanders on waivers from ?
08-14-1979placed Mike Watson on injured reserve
08-21-1979placed Doug Panfil on injured reserve
08-21-1979placed Maurice Spencer on injured reserve
08-21-1979placed Ron Crosby on injured reserve
08-21-1979placed Stan Sytsma on injured reserve
08-28-1979placed Ray Brown on injured reserve
08-28-1979placed Rich Szaro on injured reserve


1979 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/02/79    vs Atlanta Falcons         L 34-40 (OT)  0-1-0
09/09/79    at Green Bay Packers       L 19-28       0-2-0
09/16/79    vs Philadelphia Eagles     L 14-26       0-3-0
09/23/79    at San Francisco 49ers     W 30-21       1-3-0
09/30/79    vs New York Giants         W 24-14       2-3-0
10/07/79    vs Los Angeles Rams        L 17-35       2-4-0
10/14/79    at Tampa Bay Buccaneers    W 42-14       3-4-0
10/21/79    vs Detroit Lions           W 17-7        4-4-0
10/28/79    at Washington Redskins     W 14-10       5-4-0
11/04/79    at Denver Broncos          L 3-10        5-5-0
11/11/79    vs San Francisco 49ers     W 31-20       6-5-0
11/18/79    at Seattle Seahawks        L 24-38       6-6-0
11/25/79    at Atlanta Falcons         W 37-6        7-6-0
12/03/79    vs Oakland Raiders         L 35-42       7-7-0
12/09/79    vs San Diego Chargers      L 0-35        7-8-0
12/16/79    at Los Angeles Rams        W 29-14       8-8-0

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