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1976 New Orleans Saints
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Record: 4-10-0, Finished 3rd in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 253 points (18.1/g), 17th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 346 points (24.7/g), 23rd.
Differential of -93 points (-6.6/g), 22nd.
Expected W-L: 4.5-9.5.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +7 (0.5/g), 7th.
Coached by Hank Stram (4-10-0)
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1976 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Bobby Scott | 27 | 3 | 8 | 103 for 190, 1,065 yards, 4 td, 6 int, & 12 rushes for 48 yards and 1 td | New Orleans Saints / 14th / 340th pick / 1971 |
| QB | Bobby Douglass | 29 | 7 | 6 | 103 for 213, 1,288 yards, 4 td, 8 int, & 21 rushes for 92 yards and 2 td | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 41st pick / 1969 |
| RB | Tony Galbreath | 22 | Rook | 13 | 136 rushes for 570 yards, 7 td, & 54 catches for 420 yards and 1 td | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1976 |
| FB | Chuck Muncie | 23 | Rook | 11 | 149 rushes for 659 yards, 2 td, & 31 catches for 272 yards and 0 td | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 3rd pick / 1976 |
| WR | Larry Burton | 25 | 1 | 12 | 18 catches for 297 yards, 2 td, & 3 rushes for -4 yards and 0 td | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 7th pick / 1975 |
| WR | Don Herrmann | 29 | 7 | 14 | 34 catches for 535 yards, 0 td | New York Giants / 15th / 379th pick / 1969 |
| TE | Henry Childs | 25 | 2 | 11 | 26 catches for 349 yards, 3 td, & 1 rush for 16 yards and 1 td | Atlanta Falcons / 5th / 109th pick / 1974 |
| LT | Tom Wickert | 24 | 2 | 7 | Miami Dolphins / 9th / 212th pick / 1974 |
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| LT | Marv Montgomery | 28 | 5 | 7 | Denver Broncos / 1st / 12th pick / 1971 |
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| LG | Kurt Schumacher | 24 | 1 | 9 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 12th pick / 1975 |
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| LG | Terry Stieve | 22 | Rook | 6 | New Orleans Saints / 6th / 160th pick / 1976 |
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| C | John Hill | 26 | 4 | 14 | New York Giants / 6th / 132nd pick / 1972 |
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| RG | Emanuel Zanders | 25 | 2 | 13 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| RT | Don Morrison | 27 | 5 | 14 | 2 fumbles recovered | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 98th pick / 1971 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Bob Pollard | 28 | 5 | 8 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | New Orleans Saints / 11th / 262nd pick / 1971 |
| LDE | Andy Dorris | 25 | 3 | 6 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 93rd pick / 1973 |
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| LDT | Elex Price | 26 | 3 | 13 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RDT | Derland Moore | 25 | 3 | 14 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 29th pick / 1973 |
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| RDE | Steve Baumgartner | 25 | 3 | 13 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 51st pick / 1973 |
| LLB | Jim Merlo | 25 | 3 | 13 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 86th pick / 1973 |
| MLB | Joe Federspiel | 26 | 4 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 99th pick / 1972 |
| RLB | Greg Westbrooks | 23 | 1 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | New Orleans Saints / 17th / 422nd pick / 1975 |
| LCB | Ernie Jackson | 26 | 4 | 9 | 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | New Orleans Saints / 7th / 164th pick / 1972 |
| RCB | Mo Spencer | 24 | 2 | 14 | 1 interception, 5 fumbles recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 3rd / 71st pick / 1974 |
| SS | Chuck Crist | 25 | 4 | 14 | 1 interception, 4 fumbles recovered | |
| FS | Tom Myers | 26 | 4 | 12 | 1 interception, 3 fumbles recovered | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 74th pick / 1972 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Rich Szaro | 28 | 1 | 0 | 18 of 23 field goals & 25 of 29 extra points | |
| P | Tom Blanchard | 28 | 5 | 0 | 101 punts for a 39.3 average, 0 blocked | New York Giants / 12th / 304th pick / 1971 |
| PR | Pete Athas | 30 | 5 | 0 | 35 punt returns for a 9.5 average and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 10th / 257th pick / 1970 |
| KR | Tony Galbreath | 22 | Rook | 13 | 20 kick returns for a 19.9 average and 0 td | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1976 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Pete Athas | 30 | DB-WR | 13 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Tennessee | 9/15/1946 | 5 | Dallas Cowboys / 10th / 257th pick / 1970 |
| Steve Baumgartner | 25 | DE-LB | 14 | 13 | 256 | 6-7 | Purdue | 3/26/1951 | 3 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 51st pick / 1973 |
| Tom Blanchard | 28 | P | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Oregon | 5/28/1948 | 5 | New York Giants / 12th / 304th pick / 1971 |
| Ken Bordelon | 22 | LB | 12 | 0 | 228 | 6-4 | LSU | 8/26/1954 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 149th pick / 1976 |
| Larry Burton | 25 | WR | 14 | 12 | 192 | 6-1 | Purdue | 12/15/1951 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 7th pick / 1975 |
| Warren Capone | 25 | LB | 7 | 0 | 218 | 6-1 | LSU | 8/14/1951 | 1 | |
| Rusty Chambers | 23 | LB | 4 | 1 | 218 | 6-1 | Tulane | 11/10/1953 | 1 | |
| Clarence Chapman | 23 | DB | 1 | 0 | 185 | 5-10 | Eastern Michigan | 12/10/1953 | Rook | Oakland Raiders / 7th / 204th pick / 1976 |
| Henry Childs | 25 | TE | 14 | 11 | 223 | 6-2 | Kansas State | 4/16/1951 | 2 | Atlanta Falcons / 5th / 109th pick / 1974 |
| Wayne Colman | 30 | LB | 7 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Temple | 4/13/1946 | 8 | |
| Chuck Crist | 25 | DB | 14 | 14 | 205 | 6-2 | Penn State | 1/16/1951 | 4 | |
| Andy Dorris | 25 | DE | 14 | 6 | 238 | 6-4 | New Mexico State | 8/11/1951 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 93rd pick / 1973 |
| Bobby Douglass | 29 | QB | 11 | 6 | 225 | 6-4 | Kansas | 6/22/1947 | 7 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 41st pick / 1969 |
| Joe Federspiel | 26 | LB | 14 | 14 | 230 | 6-1 | Kentucky | 5/6/1950 | 4 | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 99th pick / 1972 |
| Tony Galbreath | 22 | RB | 14 | 13 | 228 | 6-0 | Missouri | 1/29/1954 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1976 |
| Elois Grooms | 23 | DE-DT | 11 | 1 | 249 | 6-4 | Tennessee Tech | 5/20/1953 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1975 |
| Lee Gross | 23 | C | 14 | 0 | 237 | 6-3 | Auburn | 7/29/1953 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1975 |
| Jeff Hart | 23 | T | 14 | 0 | 266 | 6-5 | Oregon State | 9/10/1953 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 71st pick / 1975 |
| Don Herrmann | 29 | WR-FL | 14 | 14 | 205 | 6-2 | Waynesburg | 6/5/1947 | 7 | New York Giants / 15th / 379th pick / 1969 |
| John Hill | 26 | C-T | 14 | 14 | 249 | 6-2 | Lehigh | 4/16/1950 | 4 | New York Giants / 6th / 132nd pick / 1972 |
| Ernie Jackson | 26 | DB | 10 | 9 | 173 | 5-10 | Duke | 4/11/1950 | 4 | New Orleans Saints / 7th / 164th pick / 1972 |
| Benny Johnson | 28 | DB | 9 | 0 | 178 | 5-11 | Johnson C. Smith | 6/29/1948 | 6 | Houston Oilers / 6th / 144th pick / 1970 |
| Andrew Jones | 25 | RB | 2 | 0 | 216 | 6-2 | Washington State | 10/23/1951 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 60th pick / 1975 |
| Kim Jones | 24 | RB | 11 | 0 | 238 | 6-4 | Colorado State | 1/19/1952 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 7th / 157th pick / 1975 |
| Jim Kearney | 33 | DB | 14 | 0 | 206 | 6-2 | Prairie View | 1/21/1943 | 11 | Detroit Lions / 11th / 151st pick / 1965 |
| Rick Kingrea | 27 | LB | 14 | 0 | 233 | 6-1 | Tulane | 7/18/1949 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 14th / 352nd pick / 1971 |
| Alvin Maxson | 25 | RB | 14 | 0 | 205 | 5-11 | SMU | 11/12/1951 | 2 | New Orleans Saints / 8th / 201st pick / 1974 |
| Leon McQuay | 26 | RB | 4 | 0 | 200 | 5-9 | Tampa | 3/19/1950 | 2 | New York Giants / 5th / 119th pick / 1973 |
| Jim Merlo | 25 | LB | 14 | 13 | 221 | 6-1 | Stanford | 10/3/1951 | 3 | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 86th pick / 1973 |
| Marv Montgomery | 28 | T | 9 | 7 | 255 | 6-6 | USC | 2/8/1948 | 5 | Denver Broncos / 1st / 12th pick / 1971 |
| Derland Moore | 25 | DT-NT-DE | 14 | 14 | 250 | 6-4 | Oklahoma | 10/7/1951 | 3 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 29th pick / 1973 |
| Don Morrison | 27 | T-C | 14 | 14 | 255 | 6-5 | Texas-Arlington | 12/16/1949 | 5 | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 98th pick / 1971 |
| Chuck Muncie | 23 | RB | 12 | 11 | 227 | 6-3 | California | 3/17/1953 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 3rd pick / 1976 |
| Tom Myers | 26 | DB | 14 | 12 | 184 | 5-11 | Syracuse | 10/24/1950 | 4 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 74th pick / 1972 |
| Tinker Owens | 22 | WR | 14 | 1 | 170 | 5-11 | Oklahoma | 10/3/1954 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 95th pick / 1976 |
| Bob Pollard | 28 | DE-DT | 8 | 8 | 250 | 6-3 | Texas Southern,Weber State | 12/30/1948 | 5 | New Orleans Saints / 11th / 262nd pick / 1971 |
| Elex Price | 26 | DT | 14 | 13 | 260 | 6-3 | Alcorn State | 8/11/1950 | 3 | |
| Kurt Schumacher | 24 | G-T | 14 | 9 | 252 | 6-3 | Ohio State | 12/26/1952 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 12th pick / 1975 |
| Bobby Scott | 27 | QB | 11 | 8 | 201 | 6-1 | Tennessee | 4/2/1949 | 3 | New Orleans Saints / 14th / 340th pick / 1971 |
| Paul Seal | 24 | TE | 14 | 3 | 222 | 6-4 | Michigan | 2/27/1952 | 2 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 36th pick / 1974 |
| Mo Spencer | 24 | DB | 14 | 14 | 175 | 6-0 | North Carolina Central | 6/15/1952 | 2 | Atlanta Falcons / 3rd / 71st pick / 1974 |
| Terry Stieve | 22 | G | 14 | 6 | 256 | 6-2 | Wisconsin | 3/10/1954 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 6th / 160th pick / 1976 |
| Mike Strachan | 23 | RB | 10 | 3 | 199 | 6-0 | Iowa State | 5/24/1953 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 9th / 216th pick / 1975 |
| Rich Szaro | 28 | K | 14 | 0 | 205 | 5-11 | Harvard | 3/7/1948 | 1 | |
| Jim Thaxton | 27 | TE-WR | 11 | 1 | 240 | 6-2 | Tennessee State | 1/11/1949 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 84th pick / 1973 |
| Greg Westbrooks | 23 | LB | 14 | 14 | 215 | 6-2 | Colorado,Mesa | 2/24/1953 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 17th / 422nd pick / 1975 |
| Tom Wickert | 24 | T-G | 7 | 7 | 246 | 6-4 | Washington State | 4/5/1952 | 2 | Miami Dolphins / 9th / 212th pick / 1974 |
| Jeff Winans | 25 | G-DE-T-DT | 3 | 0 | 265 | 6-5 | USC | 10/12/1951 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1973 |
| Emanuel Zanders | 25 | G | 14 | 13 | 251 | 6-1 | Jackson State | 7/31/1951 | 2 | |
| Team Total | 25.4 | 14 | 222.6 | 6-1.8 | 2.8 |