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1980 New Orleans Saints

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Record: 1-15-0, Finished 4th in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 291 points (18.2/g), 21st of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 487 points (30.4/g), 28th.
 Differential of -196 points (-12.2/g), 28th.
 Expected W-L: 3.6-12.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -11 (-0.7/g), 27th.

Coached by Dick Nolan (0-12-0)and Dick Stanfel (1-3-0)

1980 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 7 box L 0-1 San Francisco 49ers 23 26 19 394 304 90 21 350 196 154 2
2 Sun September 14 box L 0-2 @ Chicago Bears 3 22 13 219 128 91 2 15 333 115 218 1
3 Sun September 21 box L 0-3 Buffalo Bills 26 35 15 316 278 38 26 410 281 129 2
4 Sun September 28 box L 0-4 @ Miami Dolphins 16 21 17 263 183 80 3 22 424 296 128 5
5 Sun October 5 box L 0-5 St. Louis Cardinals 7 40 3 80 65 15 3 29 433 103 330
6 Sun October 12 box L 0-6 @ Detroit Lions 13 24 21 333 276 57 2 18 380 154 226 2
7 Sun October 19 box L 0-7 Atlanta Falcons 14 41 17 338 302 36 4 24 355 193 162
8 Sun October 26 box L 0-8 @ Washington Redskins 14 22 23 303 83 220 3 20 368 185 183 1
9 Sun November 2 box L 0-9 @ Los Angeles Rams 31 45 21 322 243 79 4 22 486 261 225 3
10 Sun November 9 box L 0-10 Philadelphia Eagles 21 34 22 411 327 84 2 26 454 320 134 1
11 Sun November 16 box L 0-11 @ Atlanta Falcons 13 31 17 317 235 82 3 22 370 164 206
12 Mon November 24 box L 0-12 Los Angeles Rams 7 27 9 96 62 34 3 21 393 178 215 1
13 Sun November 30 box L 0-13 Minnesota Vikings 20 23 18 339 236 103 3 23 268 115 153 2
14 Sun December 7 box L 0-14 @ San Francisco 49ers 35 38 27 519 376 143 3 24 430 254 176
15 Sun December 14 box W 1-14 @ New York Jets 21 20 20 312 191 121 20 291 64 227 3
16 Sun December 21 box L 1-15 New England Patriots 27 38 23 448 359 89 27 473 233 240 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 291 5010 960 5.2 285 334 566 3648 26 22 6.0 183 348 1362 9 3.9 80 35 13 22
Team Defense 487 6218 1102 5.6 360 255 445 3112 31 12 6.6 155 630 3106 28 4.9 178 24 12 27
Lg Rank Offense 21 17 20 4 4 9 9 12 28 28 25 13 8 8
Lg Rank Defense 28 28 28 3 12 28 28 24 28 28 27 28 28 20

Passing

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No. Age Pos G GS QBrec 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%
8 Archie Manning 31 QB 16 16 1-15-0 309 509 60.7 3716 23 4.5 20 3.9 56 7.3 6.4 12.0 232.3 81.8 41 311 6.2 5.4 7.5
12 Bobby Scott 31 5 0 16 33 48.5 200 2 6.1 1 3.0 40 6.1 5.9 12.5 40.0 75.3 4 41 4.3 4.2 10.8
7 Guy Benjamin 25 2 0 7 17 41.2 28 0 0.0 1 5.9 17 1.6 -1.0 4.0 14.0 24.4 0 0 1.6 -1.0 0.0
45 Jack Holmes 27 fb 16 7 1 3 33.3 23 1 33.3 0 0.0 23 7.7 14.3 23.0 1.4 101.4 0 0 7.7 14.3 0.0
34 Tony Galbreath 26 16 4 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
89 Wes Chandler 24 WR 16 16 1 1 100.0 43 0 0.0 0 0.0 43 43.0 43.0 43.0 2.7 118.7 1 10 16.5 16.5 50.0
14 Russell Erxleben 24 P 16 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 26.4 16 1-15-0 334 566 59.0 4010 26 4.6 22 3.9 56 7.1 6.3 12.0 250.6 79.9 46 362 6.0 5.2 7.5
Opp Total 16 255 445 57.3 3341 31 7.0 12 2.7 7.5 7.7 13.1 208.8 93.1 27 229 6.6 6.8

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
No. 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
34 Tony Galbreath 26 16 4 81 308 3 26 3.8 19.3 5.1 57 470 8.2 2 21 3.6 29.4 778 5 3
41 Jimmy Rogers 25 RB 16 9 80 366 1 24 4.6 22.9 5.0 27 267 9.9 2 43 1.7 16.7 633 3 6
30 Wayne Wilson 23 FB 15 7 63 188 1 15 3.0 12.5 4.2 31 241 7.8 1 42 2.1 16.1 429 2 3
42 Chuck Muncie 27 4 3 40 168 2 24 4.2 42.0 10.0 7 25 3.6 0 8 1.8 6.3 193 2 1
45 Jack Holmes 27 fb 16 7 38 119 2 20 3.1 7.4 2.4 29 226 7.8 1 16 1.8 14.1 345 3 0
8 Archie Manning 31 QB 16 16 23 166 0 24 7.2 10.4 1.4 166 0 6
33 Mike Strachan 27 3 2 20 41 0 10 2.1 13.7 6.7 5 60 12.0 0 23 1.7 20.0 101 0 2
89 Wes Chandler 24 WR 16 16 1 9 0 9 9.0 0.6 0.1 65 975 15.0 6 50 4.1 60.9 984 6 2
80 Gordon Banks 22 7 0 1 -5 0 -5 -5.0 -0.7 0.1 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.1 1.0 2 0 0
84 Rich Mauti 26 RET 9 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.2 0.1 1 10 10.0 0 10 0.1 1.1 12 0 0
82 Ike Harris 28 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 37 692 18.7 6 44 2.3 43.3 692 6 0
85 Henry Childs 29 te 13 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 34 463 13.6 6 30 2.6 35.6 463 6 1
88 Brooks Williams 26 TE 12 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 26 351 13.5 2 56 2.2 29.3 351 2 1
87 Larry Hardy 24 16 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 13 197 15.2 0 44 0.8 12.3 197 0 0
83 Tinker Owens 26 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 26 26.0 0 26 0.1 3.7 26 0 0
Team Total 26.4 16 348 1362 9 26 3.9 85.1 21.8 334 4010 12.0 26 56 20.9 250.6 5372 35 28
Opp Total 16 630 3106 28 4.9 194.1 39.4 255 3112 12.2 31 15.9 194.5 6218 59 27

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
84 Rich Mauti 26 RET 9 0 11 111 0 18 10.1 31 798 0 52 25.7 921
41 Jimmy Rogers 25 RB 16 9 41 930 0 88 22.7 1563
30 Wayne Wilson 23 FB 15 7 9 159 0 27 17.7 588
89 Wes Chandler 24 WR 16 16 8 36 0 11 4.5 1020
34 Tony Galbreath 26 16 4 6 86 0 20 14.3 864
44 Dave Waymer 22 RCB 16 10 3 29 0 14 9.7 29
51 Stan Holloway 23 11 2 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 26.4 16 22 176 0 18 8.0 88 1973 0 88 22.4 7521
Opp Total 16 48 1 58 1159 0 20.0

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. 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
14 Russell Erxleben 24 P 16 0 1 1 4 1 5 2 40.0% 2 2 100.0% 89 3499 57 0 39.3
1 Benny Ricardo 26 K 14 0 2 1 6 6 8 3 1 17 10 58.8% 34 31 91.2%
Team Total 26.4 16 3 2 10 7 8 3 1 22 12 54.5% 36 33 91.7% 89 3499 57 0 39.3
Opp Total 16 31 23 74.2% 60 56 93.3% 64 2464 38.5

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
50 Ken Bordelon 26 LLB 16 14 0 2 11 0
67 Stan Brock 22 RT 16 12 0 1 0 0
27 Ray Brown 31 SS 15 9 2 31 0 29 0 1 0 0
89 Wes Chandler 24 WR 16 16 2 2 0 0
85 Henry Childs 29 te 13 6 1 1 0 0
34 Tony Galbreath 26 16 4 3 2 0 0
78 Elois Grooms 27 LDE 16 16 1 37 0 37 0 1 0 0
62 John Hill 30 C 15 14 0 1 0 0
51 Stan Holloway 23 11 2 1 0 0 0
45 Jack Holmes 27 fb 16 7 0 1 0 0
52 Jim Kovach 24 11 2 1 0 0 0
8 Archie Manning 31 QB 16 16 6 2 -3 0
23 James Marshall 28 16 3 2 17 0 17
56 Reggie Mathis 24 RLB 16 16 1 15 0 15
26 Guido Merkens 25 1 1 0 1 0 0
74 Derland Moore 29 RDT 16 15 0 1 0 0
42 Chuck Muncie 27 4 3 1 0 0 0
37 Tom Myers 30 FS 16 15 5 96 0 48 0 1 0 0
60 Don Reese 29 12 3 0 1 34 1
41 Jimmy Rogers 25 RB 16 9 6 2 0 0
12 Bobby Scott 31 5 0 1 0 0 0
33 Mike Strachan 27 3 2 2 1 0 0
71 J.T. Taylor 24 LT 13 13 0 1 0 0
55 Dave Washington 32 16 0 0 1 5 0
44 Dave Waymer 22 RCB 16 10 1 2 0 0
88 Brooks Williams 26 TE 12 7 1 0 0 0
30 Wayne Wilson 23 FB 15 7 3 2 0 0
Team Total 26.4 16 12 196 0 48 28 27 47 1
Opp Total 16 46 27 15 1

Scoring Summary

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No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1 Benny Ricardo 26 K 14 0 31 10 61
89 Wes Chandler 24 WR 16 16 6 6 36
85 Henry Childs 29 te 13 6 6 6 36
82 Ike Harris 28 WR 16 16 6 6 36
34 Tony Galbreath 26 16 4 3 2 5 30
45 Jack Holmes 27 fb 16 7 2 1 3 18
41 Jimmy Rogers 25 RB 16 9 1 2 3 18
42 Chuck Muncie 27 4 3 2 2 12
88 Brooks Williams 26 TE 12 7 2 2 12
30 Wayne Wilson 23 FB 15 7 1 1 2 12
14 Russell Erxleben 24 P 16 0 2 2 8
75 Elex Price 30 14 1 1 1 6
60 Don Reese 29 12 3 1 1 6
Team Total 26.4 16 9 26 1 1 37 33 12 291
Opp Total 16 28 31 1 56 23 1 487