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1982 New Orleans Saints

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Record: 4-5-0, Finished 2nd in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 129 points (14.3/g), 26th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 160 points (17.8/g), 8th.
 Differential of -31 points (-3.4/g), 21st.
 Expected W-L: 3.4-5.6.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -2 (-0.2/g), 19th.

Coached by Bum Phillips (4-5-0)

1982 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 12 box L 0-1 St. Louis Cardinals 7 21 16 290 183 107 4 15 150 54 96 1
2 Sun September 19 box W 1-1 @ Chicago Bears 10 0 17 317 135 182 1 13 183 135 48 3
3 Sun November 21 box W 2-1 Kansas City Chiefs 27 17 21 293 144 149 1 14 286 192 94 2
4 Sun November 28 box W 3-1 @ San Francisco 49ers 23 20 17 324 154 170 1 21 376 321 55 3
5 Sun December 5 box L 3-2 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 13 25 380 311 69 3 14 271 178 93
6 Sun December 12 box L 3-3 @ Atlanta Falcons 0 35 13 91 21 70 6 26 329 140 189 4
7 Sun December 19 box L 3-4 @ Dallas Cowboys 7 21 18 301 63 238 4 16 316 195 121 5
8 Sun December 26 box L 3-5 Washington Redskins 10 27 14 197 77 120 1 16 448 250 198 2
9 Sun January 2 box W 4-5 Atlanta Falcons 35 6 32 462 310 152 3 16 248 168 80 2

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 129 2655 602 4.4 173 137 248 1398 8 14 5.2 76 331 1257 8 3.8 79 24 10 18
Team Defense 160 2607 531 4.9 244 149 245 1633 11 9 5.9 81 255 974 8 3.8 151 22 13 12
Lg Rank Offense 26 20 11 25 25 23 18 21 2 6 13 14 17 14
Lg Rank Defense 8 5 4 3 8 13 24 13 7 10 12 13 14 3

Passing

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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%
Ken Stabler 37 QB 8 8 117 189 61.9 1343 6 3.2 10 5.3 48 7.1 5.0 11.5 167.9 71.8 13 106 6.1 4.2 6.4
Guido Merkens 27 9 1 18 49 36.7 186 1 2.0 2 4.1 37 3.8 2.2 10.3 20.7 38.3 8 49 2.4 1.0 14.0
Archie Manning 33 1 0 1 7 14.3 3 0 0.0 2 28.6 3 0.4 -12.4 3.0 3.0 0.0 2 18 -1.7 -11.7 22.2
Russell Erxleben 26 P 9 0 1 2 50.0 39 1 50.0 0 0.0 39 19.5 24.5 39.0 4.3 135.4 0 0 19.5 24.5 0.0
Jack Holmes 29 5 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 26.0 9 137 248 55.2 1571 8 3.2 14 5.6 48 6.3 4.1 11.5 174.6 61.7 23 173 5.2 3.1 8.5
Opp Total 9 149 245 60.8 1633 11 4.5 9 3.7 6.7 5.5 11.0 181.4 80.2 31 231 5.9 4.0

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
George Rogers* 24 RB 6 5 122 535 3 38 4.4 89.2 20.3 4 21 5.3 0 10 0.7 3.5 556 3 4
Wayne Wilson 25 FB 8 7 103 413 3 20 4.0 51.6 12.9 25 175 7.0 2 34 3.1 21.9 588 5 4
Jimmy Rogers 27 9 1 60 178 2 32 3.0 19.8 6.7 4 17 4.3 0 6 0.4 1.9 195 2 0
Hokie Gajan 23 9 4 19 77 0 12 4.1 8.6 2.1 3 10 3.3 0 9 0.3 1.1 87 0 0
Toussaint Tyler 23 2 0 10 21 0 11 2.1 10.5 5.0 4 31 7.8 0 12 2.0 15.5 52 0 0
Guido Merkens 27 9 1 9 30 0 19 3.3 3.3 1.0 30 0 1
Ken Stabler 37 QB 8 8 3 -4 0 0 -1.3 -0.5 0.4 -4 0 4
Jack Holmes 29 5 0 2 8 0 5 4.0 1.6 0.4 1 2 2.0 0 2 0.2 0.4 10 0 0
Jeff Groth 25 WR 9 9 1 1 0 1 1.0 0.1 0.1 30 383 12.8 1 39 3.3 42.6 384 1 1
Lindsay Scott 22 WR 8 7 1 -4 0 -4 -4.0 -0.5 0.1 17 251 14.8 0 36 2.1 31.4 247 0 0
Aundra Thompson 29 RET 9 2 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.2 0.1 8 138 17.3 1 48 0.9 15.3 140 1 1
Hoby Brenner 23 TE 8 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 16 171 10.7 0 25 2.0 21.4 171 0 1
Kenny Duckett 23 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 12 196 16.3 2 31 1.7 28.0 196 2 0
Larry Hardy 26 9 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 67 8.4 1 31 0.9 7.4 67 1 1
Rich Mauti 28 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 70 17.5 0 37 0.4 7.8 70 0 0
Bill Hurley 25 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 39 39.0 1 39 0.1 4.3 39 1 0
Team Total 26.0 9 331 1257 8 38 3.8 139.7 36.8 137 1571 11.5 8 48 15.2 174.6 2828 16 17
Opp Total 9 255 974 8 3.8 108.2 28.3 149 1633 11.0 11 16.6 181.4 2607 19 23

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Jeff Groth 25 WR 9 9 21 144 0 18 6.9 528
Aundra Thompson 29 RET 9 2 10 211 0 35 21.1 351
Wayne Wilson 25 FB 8 7 7 192 0 75 27.4 780
Rich Mauti 28 9 0 5 93 0 22 18.6 163
Kenny Duckett 23 7 0 2 39 0 25 19.5 235
Hokie Gajan 23 9 4 1 18 0 18 18.0 105
Jimmy Rogers 27 9 1 1 24 0 24 24.0 219
Team Total 26.0 9 21 144 0 18 6.9 26 577 0 75 22.2 3549
Opp Total 9 29 0 20 388 0 19.4

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
Russell Erxleben 26 P 9 0 1 1 0.0% 1 1 100.0% 46 1976 60 0 43.0
Toni Fritsch 37 K 5 0 1 1 2 1 1 3 2 7 4 57.1% 9 8 88.9%
Morten Andersen 22 8 0 1 1 3 1 1 5 2 40.0% 6 6 100.0%
Team Total 26.0 9 1 1 3 1 2 1 6 3 1 13 6 46.2% 16 15 93.8% 46 1976 60 0 43.0
Opp Total 9 12 9 75.0% 19 19 100.0% 51 2096 41.1

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
Rickey Jackson 24 LOLB 9 9 4.5 1 32 0 32 1 0 2 0 0 47
Russell Gary 23 SS 9 9 3.0 2 25 0 19 0 2 0 0
Bruce Clark 24 LDE 9 9 5.5
Derland Moore 31 NT 9 9 4.0 0 1 0 0
Wayne Wilson 25 FB 8 7 4 1 0 0
Dirt Winston 27 RILB 9 9 0.5 2 -2 0 0 0 2 0 0
Whitney Paul 29 9 0 3.0 1 14 0 14
George Rogers* 24 RB 6 5 4 0 0 0
Ken Stabler 37 QB 8 8 4 0 0 0
Jim Kovach 26 LILB 8 8 2.5 0 1 0 0
Reggie Lewis 28 9 0 3.0
Hoby Brenner 23 TE 8 8 1 1 0 0
Jeff Groth 25 WR 9 9 1 1 0 0
Rob Nairne 28 ROLB 9 9 1.0 1 1 0 1
Dave Waymer 24 LCB 9 9 0 2 0 0
Jim Wilks 24 RDE 8 8 2.0
Don Bass 26 3 0 0 1 0 0
Ken Bordelon 28 9 0 1.0
Tony Elliott 23 9 0 0 1 0 0
Hokie Gajan 23 9 4 0 1 0 0
Larry Hardy 26 9 2 1 0 0 0
Bill Hurley 25 9 0 1 26 0 26
Rodney Lewis 23 9 0 1 12 0 12
Guido Merkens 27 9 1 1 0 0 0
Johnnie Poe 23 RCB 9 9 0 1 0 0
Aundra Thompson 29 RET 9 2 1 0 0 0
Frank Warren 23 9 1 1.0 5
Frank Wattelet 24 FS 9 9 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.0 9 31.0 9 108 0 32 1 17 18 0 0 52
Opp Total 9 23 23 10

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Wayne Wilson 25 FB 8 7 3 2 30
Toni Fritsch 37 K 5 0 8 4 20
George Rogers* 24 RB 6 5 3 18
Morten Andersen 22 8 0 6 2 12
Kenny Duckett 23 7 0 2 12
Jimmy Rogers 27 9 1 2 12
Jeff Groth 25 WR 9 9 1 6
Larry Hardy 26 9 2 1 6
Bill Hurley 25 9 0 1 6
Aundra Thompson 29 RET 9 2 1 6
Russell Erxleben 26 P 9 0 1 1
Team Total 26.0 9 8 8 15 6 129
Opp Total 9 8 11 19 9 160