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1979 New Orleans Saints
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Record: 8-8-0, Finished 2nd in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 370 points (23.1/g), 6th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 360 points (22.5/g), 22nd.
Differential of 10 points (0.6/g), 14th.
Expected W-L: 8.3-7.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +6 (0.4/g), 8th.
Simple Rating System: Total -1.2, Offense: 2.3, Defense: -3.5, SoS: -1.8, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Dick Nolan (8-8-0)
Defensive Coordinator: Paul Wiggin
Training Camp: Dodgertown (Vero Beach, Florida)
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Team Games & Schedule
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 2 | boxscore | L | OT | 0-1 | Atlanta Falcons | 34 | 40 | 23 | 512 | 324 | 188 | 2 | 35 | 552 | 295 | 257 | 2 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 9 | boxscore | L | 0-2 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 19 | 28 | 29 | 474 | 289 | 185 | 2 | 21 | 309 | 115 | 194 | 2 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 16 | boxscore | L | 0-3 | Philadelphia Eagles | 14 | 26 | 12 | 235 | 160 | 75 | 2 | 18 | 361 | 162 | 199 | |||
| 4 | Sun | September 23 | boxscore | W | 1-3 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 30 | 21 | 28 | 512 | 338 | 174 | 2 | 17 | 341 | 263 | 78 | 4 | |
| 5 | Sun | September 30 | boxscore | W | 2-3 | New York Giants | 24 | 14 | 21 | 362 | 195 | 167 | 3 | 13 | 285 | 163 | 122 | 3 | ||
| 6 | Sun | October 7 | boxscore | L | 2-4 | Los Angeles Rams | 17 | 35 | 13 | 234 | 132 | 102 | 6 | 22 | 295 | 154 | 141 | 2 | ||
| 7 | Sun | October 14 | boxscore | W | 3-4 | @ | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 42 | 14 | 22 | 397 | 163 | 234 | 1 | 16 | 374 | 213 | 161 | 4 | |
| 8 | Sun | October 21 | boxscore | W | 4-4 | Detroit Lions | 17 | 7 | 18 | 284 | 125 | 159 | 3 | 13 | 197 | 117 | 80 | 4 | ||
| 9 | Sun | October 28 | boxscore | W | 5-4 | @ | Washington Redskins | 14 | 10 | 14 | 233 | 131 | 102 | 2 | 15 | 225 | 47 | 178 | 1 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 4 | boxscore | L | 5-5 | @ | Denver Broncos | 3 | 10 | 13 | 239 | 117 | 122 | 1 | 19 | 349 | 201 | 148 | 3 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 11 | boxscore | W | 6-5 | San Francisco 49ers | 31 | 20 | 27 | 368 | 153 | 215 | 1 | 26 | 393 | 198 | 195 | 1 | ||
| 12 | Sun | November 18 | boxscore | L | 6-6 | @ | Seattle Seahawks | 24 | 38 | 24 | 420 | 286 | 134 | 1 | 28 | 521 | 391 | 130 | 1 | |
| 13 | Sun | November 25 | boxscore | W | 7-6 | @ | Atlanta Falcons | 37 | 6 | 18 | 415 | 276 | 139 | 2 | 13 | 237 | 135 | 102 | 6 | |
| 14 | Mon | December 3 | boxscore | L | 7-7 | Oakland Raiders | 35 | 42 | 18 | 289 | 141 | 148 | 2 | 31 | 406 | 264 | 142 | 3 | ||
| 15 | Sun | December 9 | boxscore | L | 7-8 | San Diego Chargers | 0 | 35 | 12 | 231 | 175 | 56 | 2 | 31 | 400 | 234 | 166 | |||
| 16 | Sun | December 16 | boxscore | W | 8-8 | @ | Los Angeles Rams | 29 | 14 | 23 | 422 | 146 | 276 | 4 | 16 | 290 | 114 | 176 | 6 | |