1980 New Orleans Saints roster and stats

1980 New Orleans Saints: 1-15-0
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Home record: 0-8-0 (145 points scored, 264 allowed) Road record: 1-7-0 (146 points scored, 223 allowed) Head Coaches: Dick Nolan (0-12-0), Dick Stanfel (1-3-0) 291 points scored (22nd of 28 teams), 487 points allowed (28th) NFL Averages: 20.5 points/game (327.8 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: 334 566 3,648 ( 4) 5.96 26 22 348 1,362 (28) 3.9 9 5,010 (17) 35 Defense: 255 445 3,112 (12) 6.59 31 12 630 3,106 (28) 4.9 28 6,218 (28) 24

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 1 Benny Ricardo K 14 5'10 170 26 4 San Diego State 7 Guy Benjamin QB 2 6'4 210 25 3 Stanford 8 Archie Manning QB 16 6'3 200 31 9 Mississippi 11 Ed Burns QB 2 6'3 210 25 2 Nebraska 12 Bobby Scott QB 5 6'1 197 31 8 Tennessee 14 Russell Erxleben P 16 6'4 219 23 2 Texas 19 Guido Merkens WR 3 6'1 200 25 3 Sam Houston State 22 Ricky Ray DB 13 5'11 180 23 2 Norfolk State 23 James Marshall DB 16 6'0 187 28 1 Jackson State 24 Clarence Chapman DB 12 5'10 185 26 5 Eastern Michigan 27 Ray Brown DB 15 6'2 202 31 10 West Texas State 30 Wayne Wilson RB 15 6'3 208 23 2 Shepherd 33 Mike Strachan RB 3 6'0 198 27 6 Iowa State 34 Tony Galbreath RB 16 6'0 230 26 5 Missouri 37 Tom Myers DB 16 5'11 180 30 9 Syracuse 41 Jimmy Rogers RB 16 5'10 190 25 1 Oklahoma 42 Chuck Muncie RB 4 6'3 233 27 5 California 43 Larry Collins RB 8 5'11 190 25 2 Texas A&I 44 Dave Waymer DB 16 6'1 195 22 R Notre Dame 45 Jack Holmes RB 16 5'11 210 27 3 Texas Southern 47 Mike Spivey DB 2 6'0 200 26 4 Colorado 48 Donald Schwartz DB 16 6'1 191 24 3 Washington State 49 Artie Owens RB 3 5'10 182 27 5 West Virginia 50 Ken Bordelon LB 16 6'4 226 26 4 Louisiana State 51 Stan Holloway LB 11 6'2 218 23 R California 52 Jim Kovach LB 11 6'2 225 24 2 Kentucky 53 Tommy Hart DE 15 6'4 246 35 13 Morris Brown 55 Dave Washington LB 16 6'5 225 32 11 Alcorn State 56 Reggie Mathis LB 16 6'2 220 24 2 Oklahoma 57 Larry Coombs OG 1 6'4 260 23 R Idaho 58 Joe Federspiel LB 15 6'1 230 30 9 Kentucky 59 Chuck Evans LB 10 6'3 235 23 R Stanford 60 Don Reese DE 12 6'6 250 29 6 Jackson State 62 John Hill C 15 6'2 246 30 9 Lehigh 63 Barry Bennett DT 15 6'4 257 24 3 Concordia 64 Dave Lafary OT 15 6'7 280 25 4 Purdue 65 Robert Woods OT 10 6'3 259 30 8 Tennessee State 67 Stan Brock OT 16 6'6 275 22 R Colorado 68 Fred Sturt OG 15 6'4 255 29 6 Bowling Green 71 J.T. Taylor OT 13 6'4 265 24 3 Missouri 72 Mike Fultz DT 12 6'5 278 26 4 Nebraska 73 Joe Campbell DE 5 6'6 254 25 4 Maryland 74 Derland Moore DT 16 6'4 253 29 8 Oklahoma 75 Elex Price DT 14 6'3 265 30 8 Alcorn State 76 Jim Pietrzak C 15 6'5 260 27 6 Eastern Michigan 78 Elois Grooms DE 16 6'4 250 27 6 Tennessee Tech 79 Emanuel Zanders OG 16 6'1 248 29 7 Jackson State 80 Gordon Banks WR 7 5'9 175 22 R Stanford 82 Ike Harris WR 16 6'3 210 27 6 Iowa State 83 Tinker Owens WR 7 5'11 170 26 4 Oklahoma 84 Rich Mauti WR 9 6'0 190 26 4 Penn State 85 Henry Childs TE 13 6'2 220 29 7 Kansas State 86 Tom Donovan WR 5 5'11 179 23 R Penn State 87 Larry Hardy TE 16 6'3 230 24 3 Jackson State 88 Brooks Williams TE 12 6'4 226 25 3 North Carolina 89 Wes Chandler WR 16 5'11 186 24 3 Florida 96 Steve Parker DE 4 6'6 265 23 1 Idaho

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Archie Manning 509 309 60.7 3,716 7.30 12.0 23 4.5 20 3.9 41 311 81.8 Bobby Scott 33 16 48.5 200 6.06 12.5 2 6.1 1 3.0 4 41 75.3 Guy Benjamin 17 7 41.2 28 1.65 4.0 0 0.0 1 5.9 0 0 24.4 Jack Holmes 3 1 33.3 23 7.67 23.0 1 33.3 0 0.0 0 0 101.4 Tony Galbreath 2 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6 Wes Chandler 1 1 100.0 43 43.00 43.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 10 118.8 Russell Erxleben 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Wes Chandler           65    975   15.0    6
Tony Galbreath         57    470    8.2    2
Ike Harris             37    692   18.7    6
Henry Childs           34    463   13.6    6
Wayne Wilson           31    241    7.8    1
Jack Holmes            29    226    7.8    1
Jimmy Rogers           27    267    9.9    2
Brooks Williams        26    351   13.5    2
Larry Hardy            13    197   15.2    0
Chuck Muncie            7     25    3.6    0
Mike Strachan           5     60   12.0    0
Tinker Owens            1     26   26.0    0
Rich Mauti              1     10   10.0    0
Gordon Banks            1      7    7.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Jimmy Rogers           80    366    4.6    1
Tony Galbreath         81    308    3.8    3
Wayne Wilson           63    188    3.0    1
Chuck Muncie           40    168    4.2    2
Archie Manning         23    166    7.2    0
Jack Holmes            38    119    3.1    2
Mike Strachan          20     41    2.0    0
Wes Chandler            1      9    9.0    0
Rich Mauti              1      2    2.0    0
Gordon Banks            1     -5   -5.0    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Jimmy Rogers           41    930   22.7    0
Rich Mauti             31    798   25.7    0
Wayne Wilson            9    159   17.7    0
Tony Galbreath          6     86   14.3    0
Stan Holloway           1      0    0.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Rich Mauti             11    111   10.1    5    0
Wes Chandler            8     36    4.5    6    0
Dave Waymer             3     29    9.7    0    0
Tom Myers               0      0      ?    1    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Russell Erxleben 89 3,499 39.3 3 23 0 48 490 33.1 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Benny Ricardo 0/0 1/2 6/6 3/8 0/1 10/17 31/34 61 Russell Erxleben 0/0 1/1 1/4 0/0 0/0 2/ 5 2/ 2 8 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Barry Bennett 2.0 Ken Bordelon 1.0 Ray Brown 2 31 0 Elois Grooms 8.0 1 37 0 Tommy Hart 3.0 Jim Kovach 1.0 1 0 0 James Marshall 2 17 0 Reggie Mathis 1 15 0 Derland Moore 8.5 Tom Myers 5 96 0 Steve Parker 1.0 Don Reese 2.0

1980 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 12 OT Stan Brock 234 Colorado 2 41 DB Dave Waymer 197 Notre Dame 4 96 DB Mike Jolly 35 Michigan 6 150 LB Lester Boyd Kentucky 7 177 RB Mike Morucci Bloomsburg (Pa.) 8 206 LB Chuck Evans 26 Stanford 9 233 RB Frank Mordica Vanderbilt 10 262 DE Tanya Webb Michigan State 11 289 RB George Woodard Texas A&M 12 318 LB Kiser Lewis Florida A&M

Traded draft picks: #3 to MIN (Brent Boyd), #5 to MIN (Paul Jones)

Transactions:

04-18-1980	traded New Orleans' #3 and #5 picks in the 1980 draft to Vikings for Steve Riley
06-1980	traded Steve Riley to Vikings for Minnesota's #3 and #5 picks in the 1981 draft
07-03-1980	traded Conrad Dobler to Bills for Buffalo's #8 pick in the 1981 draft
07-21-1980	traded past considerations to Bears for Tommy Hart
08-28-1980	traded New Orleans' #4 pick in the 1981 draft and #7 pick in the 1982 draft to Dolphins for Guy Benjamin
08-31-1980	traded Rick Partridge to Chargers for San Diego's #8 pick in the 1981 draft
09-29-1980	traded Chuck Muncie to Chargers for San Diego's #2 pick in the 1981 draft
10-08-1980	claimed Aaron Kyle on waivers from Cowboys
10-14-1980	traded Joe Campbell to Raiders for Oakland's #6 pick in the 1981 draft

1980 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/07/80    vs San Francisco 49ers     L 23-26       0-1-0
09/14/80    at Chicago Bears           L 3-22        0-2-0
09/21/80    vs Buffalo Bills           L 26-35       0-3-0
09/28/80    at Miami Dolphins          L 16-21       0-4-0
10/05/80    vs St. Louis Cardinals     L 7-40        0-5-0
10/12/80    at Detroit Lions           L 13-24       0-6-0
10/19/80    vs Atlanta Falcons         L 14-41       0-7-0
10/26/80    at Washington Redskins     L 14-22       0-8-0
11/02/80    at Los Angeles Rams        L 31-45       0-9-0
11/09/80    vs Philadelphia Eagles     L 21-34       0-10-0
11/16/80    at Atlanta Falcons         L 13-31       0-11-0
11/24/80    vs Los Angeles Rams        L 7-27        0-12-0
11/30/80    vs Minnesota Vikings       L 20-23       0-13-0
12/07/80    at San Francisco 49ers     L 35-38 (OT)  0-14-0
12/14/80    at New York Jets           W 21-20       1-14-0
12/21/80    vs New England Patriots    L 27-38       1-15-0

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