1982 New Orleans Saints: 4-5-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 2-3-0 (89 points scored, 84 allowed) Road record: 2-2-0 (40 points scored, 76 allowed) Head Coach: Bum Phillips 129 points scored (26th of 28 teams), 160 points allowed (9th) NFL Averages: 20.2 points/game (181.4 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: 137 248 1,398 (25) 5.16 8 14 331 1,257 ( 6) 3.8 8 2,655 (20) 24 Defense: 149 245 1,633 ( 8) 5.92 11 9 255 974 (10) 3.8 8 2,607 ( 5) 22
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 7 Morten Andersen K 8 6'2 190 22 R Michigan State 8 Archie Manning QB 1 6'3 211 33 11 Mississippi 14 Russell Erxleben P 9 6'4 219 25 4 Texas 15 Toni Fritsch K 5 5'7 201 37 11 None 16 Ken Stabler QB 8 6'3 210 36 13 Alabama 19 Guido Merkens QB 9 6'1 195 27 5 Sam Houston State 20 Russell Gary DB 9 5'11 195 23 2 Nebraska 21 John Krimm DB 9 6'2 190 22 R Notre Dame 24 Marvin Lewis RB 1 6'3 208 22 R Tulane 25 Johnnie Poe DB 9 6'1 185 23 2 Missouri 28 Bill Hurley DB 9 5'11 195 25 1 Syracuse 29 Rodney Lewis DB 9 5'11 190 23 R Nebraska 30 Wayne Wilson RB 8 6'3 208 25 4 Shepherd 33 Kevin Gray DB 8 5'11 179 25 1 Eastern Illinois 38 George Rogers RB 6 6'2 229 23 2 South Carolina 41 Jimmy Rogers RB 9 5'10 190 27 3 Oklahoma 42 Toussaint Tyler RB 2 6'2 220 23 2 Washington 44 Dave Waymer DB 9 6'1 195 24 3 Notre Dame 45 Jack Holmes RB 5 5'11 210 29 5 Texas Southern 46 Hokie Gajan RB 9 5'11 211 23 1 Louisiana State 49 Frank Wattelet DB 9 6'0 185 24 2 Kansas 50 Ken Bordelon LB 9 6'4 226 28 6 Louisiana State 51 Whitney Paul LB 9 6'3 220 29 7 Colorado 52 Jim Kovach LB 8 6'2 225 26 4 Kentucky 53 Scott Pelluer LB 6 6'2 215 23 2 Washington State 54 Ed Simonini LB 9 6'0 206 28 7 Texas A&M 55 Rob Nairne LB 9 6'4 227 28 6 Oregon State 56 Dennis Winston LB 9 6'0 228 27 6 Arkansas 57 Rickey Jackson LB 9 6'2 230 24 2 Pittsburgh 62 John Hill C 9 6'2 246 32 11 Lehigh 63 Brad Edelman OG 9 6'6 255 22 R Missouri 64 Dave Lafary OT 9 6'7 275 27 6 Purdue 66 Louis Oubre OG 9 6'4 262 24 1 Oklahoma 67 Stan Brock OT 9 6'6 285 24 3 Colorado 72 Leon Gray OT 7 6'3 258 30 10 Jackson State 73 Frank Warren DE 9 6'4 275 23 2 Auburn 74 Derland Moore DT 9 6'4 253 31 10 Oklahoma 75 Bruce Clark DE 9 6'3 250 24 1 Penn State 76 Jim Pietrzak C 9 6'5 260 29 8 Eastern Michigan 78 Kelvin Clark OG 9 6'3 265 26 4 Nebraska 79 Chuck Slaughter OT 1 6'5 260 23 R South Carolina 80 Lindsay Scott WR 1 6'1 190 21 R Georgia 83 Kenny Duckett WR 7 6'0 187 23 R Wake Forest 84 Rich Mauti WR 9 6'0 190 28 5 Penn State 85 Hoby Brenner TE 8 6'4 240 23 2 Southern California 86 Jeff Groth WR 9 5'10 172 25 4 Bowling Green 87 Larry Hardy TE 9 6'3 230 26 5 Jackson State 88 Don Bass TE 3 6'2 220 26 5 Houston 89 Aundra Thompson WR 9 6'0 186 29 6 East Texas State 94 Jim Wilks DE 8 6'5 252 24 2 San Diego State 98 Reggie Lewis DE 9 6'2 248 28 1 San Diego State 99 Tony Elliott DT 9 6'2 247 23 R North Texas State
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Ken Stabler 189 117 61.9 1,343 7.11 11.5 6 3.2 10 5.3 13 106 71.8 Guido Merkens 49 18 36.7 186 3.80 10.3 1 2.0 2 4.1 8 49 38.3 Archie Manning 7 1 14.3 3 0.43 3.0 0 0.0 2 28.6 2 18 0.0 Russell Erxleben 2 1 50.0 39 19.50 39.0 1 50.0 0 0.0 0 0 135.4 Jack Holmes 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Jeff Groth 30 383 12.8 1 Wayne Wilson 25 175 7.0 2 Lindsay Scott 17 251 14.8 0 Hoby Brenner 16 171 10.7 0 Kenny Duckett 12 196 16.3 2 Aundra Thompson 8 138 17.2 1 Larry Hardy 8 67 8.4 1 Rich Mauti 4 70 17.5 0 Toussaint Tyler 4 31 7.8 0 George Rogers 4 21 5.2 0 Jimmy Rogers 4 17 4.2 0 Hokie Gajan 3 10 3.3 0 Bill Hurley 1 39 39.0 1 Jack Holmes 1 2 2.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD George Rogers 122 535 4.4 3 Wayne Wilson 103 413 4.0 3 Jimmy Rogers 60 178 3.0 2 Hokie Gajan 19 77 4.1 0 Guido Merkens 9 30 3.3 0 Toussaint Tyler 10 21 2.1 0 Jack Holmes 2 8 4.0 0 Aundra Thompson 1 2 2.0 0 Jeff Groth 1 1 1.0 0 Lindsay Scott 1 -4 -4.0 0 Ken Stabler 3 -4 -1.3 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Aundra Thompson 10 211 21.1 0 Wayne Wilson 7 192 27.4 0 Rich Mauti 5 93 18.6 0 Kenny Duckett 2 39 19.5 0 Jimmy Rogers 1 24 24.0 0 Hokie Gajan 1 18 18.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Jeff Groth 21 144 6.9 13 0 |
1982 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 13 WR Lindsay Scott 49 Georgia [pick acquired from GB via SD] 2 30 C Brad Edelman 90 Missouri 3 58 DB Rodney Lewis 27 Nebraska 3 66 WR Eugene Goodlow 54 Kansas State [pick acquired from MIN] 3 68 WR Kenny Duckett 36 Wake Forest [pick acquired from WAS] 3 76 DB John Krimm 9 Notre Dame [pick acquired from SD] 4 86 K Morten Andersen 382 Michigan State 5 114 DE Tony Elliott 84 North Texas 6 142 RB Marvin Lewis 1 Tulane 8 198 OT Chuck Slaughter 1 South Carolina
Traded draft picks: #7 to MIA (Dan Johnson), #9 to WAS (Ken Coffey), #10 to WAS (Harold Smith), #11 to WAS (Dan Miller), #12 to WAS (Donald Laster)
Transactions:
| 04-27-1982 | traded San Francisco's #6 pick in the 1982 draft to Steelers for Dennis Winston |
| 04-28-1982 | traded San Francisco's #8 pick and New Orleans' #9, #10, #11 and #12 picks in the 1982 draft to Redskins for Washington's #4 pick in the 1983 draft |
| 06-10-1982 | traded New Orleans' #1 pick in the 1983 draft to Packers for Bruce Clark |
| 07-31-1982 | traded New Orleans' #7 pick in the 1983 draft to Chiefs for Whitney Paul |
| 08-02-1982 | traded Elois Grooms to Cardinals for Buffalo's #3 pick in the 1983 draft |
| 08-21-1982 | traded New Orleans' #6 pick in the 1983 draft to Bengals for Don Bass |
| 08-30-1982 | traded New Orleans' #4 pick in the 1984 draft to Broncos for Kelvin Clark |
| 09-17-1982 | traded Archie Manning to Oilers for Leon Gray |
| 12-21-1982 | Toni Fritsch retired |
1982 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/12/82 vs St. Louis Cardinals L 7-21 0-1-0 09/19/82 at Chicago Bears W 10-0 1-1-0 11/21/82 vs Kansas City Chiefs W 27-17 2-1-0 11/28/82 at San Francisco 49ers W 23-20 3-1-0 12/05/82 vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 10-13 3-2-0 12/12/82 at Atlanta Falcons L 0-35 3-3-0 12/19/82 at Dallas Cowboys L 7-21 3-4-0 12/26/82 vs Washington Redskins L 10-27 3-5-0 01/02/83 vs Atlanta Falcons W 35-6 4-5-0