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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)
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1980 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 | Archie Manning | 31 | 9 | 16 | 309 for 509, 3,716 yards, 23 td, 20 int, & 23 rushes for 166 yards and 0 td | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 2nd pick / 1971 |
| RB | Jimmy Rogers | 25 | Rook | 9 | 80 rushes for 366 yards, 1 td, & 27 catches for 267 yards and 2 td | |
| FB | Wayne Wilson | 23 | 1 | 7 | 63 rushes for 188 yards, 1 td, & 31 catches for 241 yards and 1 td | Houston Oilers / 12th / 324th pick / 1979 |
| FB | Jack Holmes | 27 | 2 | 7 | 38 rushes for 119 yards, 2 td, & 29 catches for 226 yards and 1 td | Houston Oilers / 15th / 377th pick / 1975 |
| WR | Wes Chandler | 24 | 2 | 16 | 65 catches for 975 yards, 6 td, & 1 rush for 9 yards and 0 td | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 3rd pick / 1978 |
| WR | Ike Harris | 28 | 5 | 16 | 37 catches for 692 yards, 6 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 91st pick / 1974 |
| TE | Brooks Williams | 26 | 2 | 7 | 26 catches for 351 yards, 2 td | New Orleans Saints / 8th / 199th pick / 1978 |
| TE | Henry Childs | 29 | 6 | 6 | 34 catches for 463 yards, 6 td | Atlanta Falcons / 5th / 109th pick / 1974 |
| LT | J.T. Taylor | 24 | 2 | 13 | 1 fumble recovered | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1978 |
| LG | Emanuel Zanders | 29 | 6 | 16 | ||
| C | John Hill | 30 | 8 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 6th / 132nd pick / 1972 |
| RG | Fred Sturt | 29 | 6 | 13 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 59th pick / 1973 |
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| RT | Stan Brock | 22 | Rook | 12 | 1 fumble recovered | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 12th pick / 1980 |
| RT | Robert E. Woods | 30 | 7 | 6 | New York Jets / 2nd / 38th pick / 1973 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Elois Grooms | 27 | 5 | 16 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1975 |
| LDT | Mike Fultz | 26 | 3 | 8 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 34th pick / 1977 |
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| LDT | Barry Bennett | 25 | 2 | 6 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 60th pick / 1978 |
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| RDT | Derland Moore | 29 | 7 | 15 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 29th pick / 1973 |
| RDE | Tommy Hart | 36 | 12 | 12 | San Francisco 49ers / 10th / 261st pick / 1968 |
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| LLB | Ken Bordelon | 26 | 4 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 149th pick / 1976 |
| MLB | Joe Federspiel | 30 | 8 | 14 | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 99th pick / 1972 |
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| RLB | Reggie Mathis | 24 | 1 | 16 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 38th pick / 1979 |
| LCB | Clarence Chapman | 27 | 4 | 10 | Oakland Raiders / 7th / 204th pick / 1976 |
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| LCB | Ricky Ray | 23 | 1 | 9 | New Orleans Saints / 6th / 146th pick / 1979 |
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| RCB | Dave Waymer | 22 | Rook | 10 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 41st pick / 1980 |
| SS | Ray Brown | 31 | 9 | 9 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 6th / 148th pick / 1971 |
| SS | Don Schwartz | 24 | 2 | 7 | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 87th pick / 1978 |
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| FS | Tom Myers | 30 | 8 | 15 | 5 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 74th pick / 1972 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Benny Ricardo | 26 | 4 | 0 | 10 of 17 field goals & 31 of 34 extra points | |
| P | Russell Erxleben | 24 | 1 | 0 | 89 punts for a 39.3 average, 0 blocked | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 11th pick / 1979 |
| PR | Rich Mauti | 26 | 3 | 0 | 11 punt returns for a 10.1 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Jimmy Rogers | 25 | Rook | 9 | 41 kick returns for a 22.7 average and 0 td |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Gordon Banks | 22 | WR | 7 | 0 | 175 | 5-10 | Stanford | 3/12/1958 | Rook | |
| Guy Benjamin | 25 | QB | 2 | 0 | 210 | 6-4 | Stanford | 6/27/1955 | 2 | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 51st pick / 1978 |
| Barry Bennett | 25 | DT-DE | 15 | 6 | 257 | 6-4 | Concordia (MN) | 12/10/1955 | 2 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 60th pick / 1978 |
| Ken Bordelon | 26 | LB | 16 | 14 | 228 | 6-4 | LSU | 8/26/1954 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 149th pick / 1976 |
| Stan Brock | 22 | T | 16 | 12 | 295 | 6-6 | Colorado | 6/8/1958 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 12th pick / 1980 |
| Ray Brown | 31 | DB | 15 | 9 | 208 | 6-1 | West Texas A&M | 1/12/1949 | 9 | Atlanta Falcons / 6th / 148th pick / 1971 |
| Ed Burns | 26 | QB | 2 | 0 | 210 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 12/7/1954 | 1 | |
| Joe Campbell | 25 | DE-NT | 5 | 0 | 254 | 6-6 | Maryland | 5/8/1955 | 3 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 7th pick / 1977 |
| Wes Chandler | 24 | WR | 16 | 16 | 196 | 6-0 | Florida | 8/22/1956 | 2 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 3rd pick / 1978 |
| Clarence Chapman | 27 | DB | 12 | 10 | 185 | 5-10 | Eastern Michigan | 12/10/1953 | 4 | Oakland Raiders / 7th / 204th pick / 1976 |
| Henry Childs | 29 | TE | 13 | 6 | 223 | 6-2 | Kansas State | 4/16/1951 | 6 | Atlanta Falcons / 5th / 109th pick / 1974 |
| Larry Collins | 25 | RB | 8 | 0 | 189 | 5-11 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 8/8/1955 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 67th pick / 1978 |
| Larry Coombs | 23 | G-C | 1 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Idaho | 8/9/1957 | Rook | |
| Tom Donovan | 23 | WR | 5 | 0 | 179 | 5-11 | Penn State | 1/13/1957 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 9th / 230th pick / 1980 |
| Russell Erxleben | 24 | P | 16 | 0 | 223 | 6-4 | Texas | 1/13/1956 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 11th pick / 1979 |
| Chuck Evans | 24 | LB | 10 | 2 | 235 | 6-3 | Stanford | 12/19/1956 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 8th / 206th pick / 1980 |
| Joe Federspiel | 30 | LB | 15 | 14 | 230 | 6-1 | Kentucky | 5/6/1950 | 8 | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 99th pick / 1972 |
| Mike Fultz | 26 | DT | 12 | 8 | 278 | 6-5 | Nebraska | 1/28/1954 | 3 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 34th pick / 1977 |
| Tony Galbreath | 26 | RB | 16 | 4 | 228 | 6-0 | Missouri | 1/29/1954 | 4 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1976 |
| Elois Grooms | 27 | DE-DT | 16 | 16 | 249 | 6-4 | Tennessee Tech | 5/20/1953 | 5 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1975 |
| Larry Hardy | 24 | TE | 16 | 3 | 234 | 6-3 | Jackson State | 7/9/1956 | 2 | New Orleans Saints / 12th / 309th pick / 1978 |
| Ike Harris | 28 | WR | 16 | 16 | 210 | 6-3 | Iowa State | 11/27/1952 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 91st pick / 1974 |
| Tommy Hart | 36 | DE-LB | 15 | 12 | 245 | 6-4 | Morris Brown | 11/7/1944 | 12 | San Francisco 49ers / 10th / 261st pick / 1968 |
| John Hill | 30 | C-T | 15 | 14 | 249 | 6-2 | Lehigh | 4/16/1950 | 8 | New York Giants / 6th / 132nd pick / 1972 |
| Stan Holloway | 23 | LB | 11 | 2 | 218 | 6-2 | California | 9/28/1957 | Rook | |
| Jack Holmes | 27 | RB | 16 | 7 | 210 | 5-11 | Texas Southern | 6/20/1953 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 15th / 377th pick / 1975 |
| Jim Kovach | 24 | LB | 11 | 2 | 230 | 6-2 | Kentucky | 5/1/1956 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 93rd pick / 1979 |
| Dave Lafary | 25 | T-G | 15 | 4 | 280 | 6-7 | Purdue | 1/13/1955 | 3 | New Orleans Saints / 5th / 118th pick / 1977 |
| Archie Manning | 31 | QB | 16 | 16 | 212 | 6-3 | Mississippi | 5/19/1949 | 9 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 2nd pick / 1971 |
| James Marshall | 28 | DB | 16 | 3 | 187 | 6-0 | Jackson State | 9/8/1952 | Rook | |
| Reggie Mathis | 24 | LB | 16 | 16 | 220 | 6-2 | Oklahoma | 3/18/1956 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 38th pick / 1979 |
| Rich Mauti | 26 | WR | 9 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Penn State | 5/25/1954 | 3 | |
| Guido Merkens | 25 | WR-QB-DB | 1 | 1 | 200 | 6-1 | Sam Houston State | 8/14/1955 | 2 | |
| Derland Moore | 29 | DT-NT-DE | 16 | 15 | 250 | 6-4 | Oklahoma | 10/7/1951 | 7 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 29th pick / 1973 |
| Chuck Muncie | 27 | RB | 4 | 3 | 227 | 6-3 | California | 3/17/1953 | 4 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 3rd pick / 1976 |
| Tom Myers | 30 | DB | 16 | 15 | 184 | 5-11 | Syracuse | 10/24/1950 | 8 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 74th pick / 1972 |
| Artie Owens | 27 | WR-RB | 3 | 0 | 176 | 5-10 | West Virginia | 1/14/1953 | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 115th pick / 1976 |
| Tinker Owens | 26 | WR | 7 | 0 | 170 | 5-11 | Oklahoma | 10/3/1954 | 4 | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 95th pick / 1976 |
| Steve Parker | 24 | DE | 4 | 1 | 265 | 6-6 | Idaho,Washington | 12/8/1956 | Rook | |
| Jim Pietrzak | 27 | C-DT-T | 15 | 2 | 260 | 6-5 | Eastern Michigan | 2/21/1953 | 6 | New York Giants / 6th / 132nd pick / 1974 |
| Elex Price | 30 | DT | 14 | 1 | 260 | 6-3 | Alcorn State | 8/11/1950 | 7 | |
| Ricky Ray | 23 | DB | 13 | 9 | 180 | 5-11 | Norfolk State | 5/30/1957 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 6th / 146th pick / 1979 |
| Don Reese | 29 | DT-DE | 12 | 3 | 254 | 6-6 | Jackson State | 9/4/1951 | 6 | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 26th pick / 1974 |
| Benny Ricardo | 26 | K | 14 | 0 | 175 | 5-10 | San Diego State | 1/4/1954 | 4 | |
| Jimmy Rogers | 25 | RB | 16 | 9 | 190 | 5-10 | Oklahoma | 6/29/1955 | Rook | |
| Don Schwartz | 24 | DB | 16 | 7 | 191 | 6-1 | Washington State | 2/24/1956 | 2 | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 87th pick / 1978 |
| Bobby Scott | 31 | QB | 5 | 0 | 201 | 6-1 | Tennessee | 4/2/1949 | 7 | New Orleans Saints / 14th / 340th pick / 1971 |
| Mike Spivey | 26 | DB | 2 | 0 | 197 | 6-0 | Colorado | 3/10/1954 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1977 |
| Mike Strachan | 27 | RB | 3 | 2 | 199 | 6-0 | Iowa State | 5/24/1953 | 5 | New Orleans Saints / 9th / 216th pick / 1975 |
| Fred Sturt | 29 | G | 15 | 13 | 255 | 6-4 | Bowling Green | 1/6/1951 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 59th pick / 1973 |
| J.T. Taylor | 24 | T | 13 | 13 | 265 | 6-4 | Missouri | 8/12/1956 | 2 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1978 |
| Dave Washington | 32 | LB-TE | 16 | 0 | 223 | 6-5 | Alcorn State | 9/12/1948 | 10 | Denver Broncos / 9th / 219th pick / 1970 |
| Dave Waymer | 22 | DB | 16 | 10 | 195 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 7/1/1958 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 41st pick / 1980 |
| Brooks Williams | 26 | TE | 12 | 7 | 226 | 6-4 | North Carolina | 12/7/1954 | 2 | New Orleans Saints / 8th / 199th pick / 1978 |
| Wayne Wilson | 23 | RB | 15 | 7 | 215 | 6-3 | Shepherd | 9/4/1957 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 12th / 324th pick / 1979 |
| Robert E. Woods | 30 | T-G | 10 | 6 | 255 | 6-3 | Tennessee State | 7/26/1950 | 7 | New York Jets / 2nd / 38th pick / 1973 |
| Emanuel Zanders | 29 | G | 16 | 16 | 251 | 6-1 | Jackson State | 7/31/1951 | 6 | |
| Team Total | 26.4 | 16 | 222.1 | 6-2.1 | 3.6 |