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1977 New Orleans Saints

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Record: 3-11-0, Finished 4th in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 232 points (16.6/g), 15th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 336 points (24.0/g), 26th.
 Differential of -104 points (-7.4/g), 24th.
 Expected W-L: 4.1-9.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -7 (-0.5/g), 21st.

Coached by Hank Stram (3-11-0)

1977 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 18 box L 0-1 Green Bay Packers 20 24 19 315 162 153 2 11 204 123 81 1
2 Sun September 25 box L 0-2 @ Detroit Lions 19 23 9 92 53 39 1 26 429 123 306 1
3 Sun October 2 box W 1-2 @ Chicago Bears 42 24 18 314 168 146 19 415 218 197 3
4 Sun October 9 box L 1-3 San Diego Chargers 0 14 18 200 43 157 2 14 269 137 132 2
5 Sun October 16 box L 1-4 @ Los Angeles Rams 7 14 12 232 155 77 24 408 165 243 3
6 Sun October 23 box L 1-5 @ St. Louis Cardinals 31 49 23 440 275 165 2 31 487 243 244 2
7 Sun October 30 box W 2-5 Los Angeles Rams 27 26 19 343 90 253 2 19 376 242 134 3
8 Sun November 6 box L 2-6 @ Philadelphia Eagles 7 28 9 166 88 78 5 21 295 150 145 1
9 Sun November 13 box L 2-7 San Francisco 49ers 7 10 12 194 33 161 2 21 287 44 243 2
10 Sun November 20 box W 3-7 Atlanta Falcons 21 20 19 296 84 212 3 18 245 35 210 3
11 Sun November 27 box L 3-8 @ San Francisco 49ers 17 20 13 183 19 164 1 16 343 61 282 1
12 Sun December 4 box L 3-9 New York Jets 13 16 18 303 115 188 16 282 141 141 1
13 Sun December 11 box L 3-10 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 33 17 250 154 96 7 14 238 103 135 1
14 Sun December 18 box L 3-11 @ Atlanta Falcons 7 35 17 269 134 135 5 22 344 108 236 1

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 232 3597 851 4.2 223 166 321 1573 13 21 4.3 96 484 2024 14 4.2 115 32 11 12
Team Defense 336 4622 940 4.9 391 154 290 1893 15 10 6.0 103 623 2729 21 4.4 272 25 15 16
Lg Rank Offense 15 21 19 20 23 17 13 24 20 13 12 6 12 4
Lg Rank Defense 26 25 21 2 10 18 27 24 27 27 25 27 26 14

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Archie Manning 28 QB 10 9 113 205 55.1 1284 8 3.9 9 4.4 59 6.3 4.7 11.4 128.4 68.8 36 288 4.1 2.8 14.9
Bobby Scott 28 5 3 36 82 43.9 516 3 3.7 8 9.8 53 6.3 2.3 14.3 103.2 37.5 5 43 5.4 1.6 5.7
Bobby Douglass 30 4 2 16 31 51.6 130 1 3.2 3 9.7 31 4.2 0.2 8.1 32.5 33.7 5 29 2.8 -0.7 13.9
Tom Blanchard 29 P 14 0 1 3 33.3 3 1 33.3 1 33.3 3 1.0 -10.7 3.0 0.2 42.4 0 0 1.0 -10.7 0.0
Team Total 26.0 14 166 321 51.7 1933 13 4.0 21 6.5 59 6.0 3.5 11.6 138.1 56.5 46 360 4.3 2.1 12.5
Opp Total 14 154 290 53.1 1893 15 5.2 10 3.4 6.5 5.5 12.3 135.2 76.4 27 234 6.0 4.3

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Chuck Muncie 24 RB 14 11 201 811 6 36 4.0 57.9 14.4 21 248 11.8 1 35 1.5 17.7 1059 7 3
Tony Galbreath 23 FB 14 14 168 644 3 26 3.8 46.0 12.0 41 265 6.5 0 30 2.9 18.9 909 3 3
Mike Strachan 24 13 3 55 271 0 18 4.9 20.8 4.2 3 26 8.7 0 10 0.2 2.0 297 0 4
Archie Manning 28 QB 10 9 39 270 5 27 6.9 27.0 3.9 270 5 5
Kim Jones 25 14 0 8 23 0 8 2.9 1.6 0.6 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.1 0.6 32 0 0
Greg Boykin 24 14 0 5 -9 0 4 -1.8 -0.6 0.4 3 21 7.0 0 9 0.2 1.5 12 0 0
Bobby Scott 28 5 3 4 11 0 9 2.8 2.2 0.8 11 0 0
Bobby Douglass 30 4 2 2 23 0 20 11.5 5.8 0.5 23 0 1
Don Herrmann 30 WR 13 13 1 -17 0 -17 -17.0 -1.3 0.1 32 408 12.8 0 39 2.5 31.4 391 0 1
Jim Thaxton 28 te 14 6 1 -3 0 -3 -3.0 -0.2 0.1 14 211 15.1 1 41 1.0 15.1 208 1 0
Henry Childs 26 TE 13 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 33 518 15.7 9 59 2.5 39.8 518 9 0
John Gilliam 32 WR 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 11 133 12.1 1 23 1.1 13.3 133 1 0
Rich Mauti 23 RET 14 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 71 17.8 0 23 0.3 5.1 71 0 2
Larry Burton 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 13 13.0 0 13 1.0 13.0 13 0 0
Elois Grooms 24 LDE 14 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 3 3.0 1 3 0.1 0.2 3 1 0
Joel Parker 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 7 7.0 0 7 1.0 7.0 7 0 0
Team Total 26.0 14 484 2024 14 36 4.2 144.6 34.6 166 1933 11.6 13 59 11.9 138.1 3957 27 20
Opp Total 14 623 2729 21 4.4 194.9 44.5 154 1893 12.3 15 11.0 135.2 4622 36 29

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Rich Mauti 23 RET 14 4 37 281 0 33 7.6 27 609 0 38 22.6 961
Clarence Chapman 24 RCB 14 14 15 385 1 92 25.7 385
Leonard Willis 24 7 0 8 148 0 27 18.5 148
Greg Boykin 24 14 0 5 76 0 24 15.2 88
Joe Campbell 22 rde 14 6 2 33 0 20 16.5 33
Kim Jones 25 14 0 2 23 0 13 11.5 55
Rick Kingrea 28 14 0 2 21 0 21 10.5 21
Chuck Muncie 24 RB 14 11 1 19 0 19 19.0 1078
Jimmy Stewart 23 9 1 1 33 0 33 33.0 33
Team Total 26.0 14 37 281 0 33 7.6 63 1355 1 92 21.5 5593
Opp Total 14 51 2 45 1075 0 23.9

Kicking & Punting

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0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Tom Blanchard 29 P 14 0 82 3474 66 2 42.4
Rich Szaro 29 K 14 0 4 3 3 2 2 3 12 5 41.7% 31 29 93.5%
Bobby Scott 28 5 3 3 95 34 0 31.7
Team Total 26.0 14 4 3 3 2 2 3 12 5 41.7% 31 29 93.5% 85 3569 66 2 42.0
Opp Total 14 24 15 62.5% 42 39 92.9% 75 2910 38.8

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Greg Boykin 24 14 0 0 1 0 0
Joe Campbell 22 rde 14 6 0 2 0 0
Craig Cassady 24 12 3 0 1 8 0
Clarence Chapman 24 RCB 14 14 1 16 0 16 0 1 -1 0
Chuck Crist 26 SS 14 0 4 6 0 6 1 1 0 0
Bobby Douglass 30 4 2 1 0 0 0
Tony Galbreath 23 FB 14 14 3 0 0 0
Elois Grooms 24 LDE 14 14 0 2 0 0
Lee Gross 24 9 0 0 1 0 0
Don Herrmann 30 WR 13 13 1 0 0 0
John Hill 27 C 14 14 0 1 0 0
Pat Hughes 30 RLB 14 14 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0
Ernie Jackson 27 LCB 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Archie Manning 28 QB 10 9 5 1 0 0
Jim Marsalis 32 12 0 1 0 0 0
Rich Mauti 23 RET 14 4 2 0 0 0
Jim Merlo 26 LLB 14 14 1 57 1 57 0 2 3 0
Derland Moore 26 RDT 10 10 0 2 0 0
Don Morrison 28 RT 14 14 0 1 2 0
Chuck Muncie 24 RB 14 11 3 0 0 0
Tom Myers 27 FS 12 10 1 2 0 2
Bob Pollard 29 RDE 14 12 0 2 52 1
Terry Stieve 23 LG 14 10 0 1 0 0
Mike Strachan 24 13 3 4 0 0 0
Emanuel Zanders 26 RG 14 14 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.0 14 10 83 1 57 20 22 64 1
Opp Total 14 46 29 14

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Henry Childs 26 TE 13 10 9 54
Rich Szaro 29 K 14 0 29 5 44
Chuck Muncie 24 RB 14 11 6 1 42
Archie Manning 28 QB 10 9 5 30
Tony Galbreath 23 FB 14 14 3 18
Clarence Chapman 24 RCB 14 14 1 6
John Gilliam 32 WR 10 0 1 6
Elois Grooms 24 LDE 14 14 1 6
Jim Merlo 26 LLB 14 14 1 6
Tom Myers 27 FS 12 10 1 6
Bob Pollard 29 RDE 14 12 1 6
Jim Thaxton 28 te 14 6 1 6
Team Total 26.0 14 14 13 1 1 1 1 29 5 230
Opp Total 14 21 15 2 39 15 336