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