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1983 New Orleans Saints

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Record: 8-8-0, Finished 3rd in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 319 points (19.9/g), 17th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 337 points (21.1/g), 12th.
 Differential of -18 points (-1.1/g), 16th.
 Expected W-L: 7.5-8.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -8 (-0.5/g), 20th.

Coached by Bum Phillips (8-8-0)

1983 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 4 box W 1-0 St. Louis Cardinals 28 17 15 383 111 272 2 20 340 225 115 1
2 Sun September 11 box L 1-1 @ Los Angeles Rams 27 30 20 341 220 121 3 21 359 255 104 5
3 Sun September 18 box W 2-1 Chicago Bears 34 31 21 332 248 84 6 21 493 304 189 5
4 Sun September 25 box L 2-2 @ Dallas Cowboys 20 21 17 298 183 115 3 16 272 99 173 6
5 Sun October 2 box W 3-2 Miami Dolphins 17 7 21 323 124 199 1 19 244 178 66 2
6 Sun October 9 box W 4-2 @ Atlanta Falcons 19 17 19 311 148 163 1 20 292 203 89 1
7 Sun October 16 box L 4-3 San Francisco 49ers 13 32 20 288 198 90 5 15 328 134 194 1
8 Sun October 23 box W 5-3 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24 21 19 239 60 179 6 12 141 67 74 3
9 Sun October 30 box L 5-4 @ Buffalo Bills 21 27 20 389 256 133 3 22 301 169 132
10 Sun November 6 box W 6-4 Atlanta Falcons 27 10 17 366 128 238 1 14 213 120 93 3
11 Sun November 13 box L 6-5 @ San Francisco 49ers 0 27 10 129 55 74 3 28 397 273 124 3
12 Mon November 21 box L 6-6 New York Jets 28 31 20 401 162 239 2 18 289 205 84 2
13 Sun November 27 box W 7-6 Minnesota Vikings 17 16 18 324 171 153 5 17 245 124 121 1
14 Sun December 4 box L 7-7 @ New England Patriots 0 7 15 278 119 159 3 14 207 16 191 1
15 Sun December 11 box W 8-7 @ Philadelphia Eagles 20 17 16 283 183 100 1 21 332 159 173 2
16 Sun December 18 box L 8-8 Los Angeles Rams 24 26 18 253 111 142 2 11 238 160 78 3

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 319 4938 1055 4.7 286 243 425 2477 14 25 5.4 136 595 2461 19 4.1 135 47 22 15
Team Defense 337 4691 1024 4.6 470 271 496 2691 20 23 4.9 159 472 2000 11 4.2 289 39 16 22
Lg Rank Offense 17 23 24 25 26 25 20 23 4 6 5 13 20 23
Lg Rank Defense 12 2 6 14 1 9 12 1 8 11 5 19 13 17

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%
Ken Stabler 38 QB 14 14 176 311 56.6 1988 9 2.9 18 5.8 48 6.4 4.1 11.3 142.0 61.4 18 159 5.6 3.4 5.5
Dave Wilson 24 8 2 66 112 58.9 770 5 4.5 7 6.3 42 6.9 4.5 11.7 96.3 68.7 17 146 4.8 2.8 13.2
Russell Erxleben 27 P 16 0 1 1 100.0 24 0 0.0 0 0.0 24 24.0 24.0 24.0 1.5 118.7 0 0 24.0 24.0 0.0
Hokie Gajan 24 FB 16 12 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 26.2 16 243 425 57.2 2782 14 3.3 25 5.9 48 6.5 4.2 11.4 173.9 63.5 35 305 5.4 3.2 7.6
Opp Total 16 271 496 54.6 2691 20 4.0 23 4.6 5.4 3.7 9.9 168.2 64.3 56 437 4.9 2.6

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 25 RB 13 12 256 1144 5 76 4.5 88.0 19.7 12 69 5.8 0 22 0.9 5.3 1213 5 8
Wayne Wilson 26 fb 14 8 199 787 9 29 4.0 56.2 14.2 20 178 8.9 2 24 1.4 12.7 965 11 6
Hokie Gajan 24 FB 16 12 81 415 4 58 5.1 25.9 5.1 17 130 7.6 0 26 1.1 8.1 545 4 3
Jimmy Rogers 28 16 0 26 80 0 13 3.1 5.0 1.6 80 0 2
Ken Stabler 38 QB 14 14 9 -14 0 0 -1.6 -1.0 0.6 -14 0 4
Tim Wilson 29 6 0 8 21 0 7 2.6 3.5 1.3 21 0 0
Dave Wilson 24 8 2 5 3 1 5 0.6 0.4 0.6 3 1 5
Cliff Austin 23 11 0 4 16 0 11 4.0 1.5 0.4 2 25 12.5 0 18 0.2 2.3 41 0 0
Kenny Duckett 24 RET 14 1 2 -16 0 2 -8.0 -1.1 0.1 19 283 14.9 2 48 1.4 20.2 267 2 1
Russell Erxleben 27 P 16 0 2 -9 0 1 -4.5 -0.6 0.1 -9 0 0
Jeff Groth 26 WR 16 14 1 15 0 15 15.0 0.9 0.1 49 585 11.9 1 42 3.1 36.6 600 1 3
Eugene Goodlow 25 WR 16 7 1 3 0 3 3.0 0.2 0.1 41 487 11.9 2 26 2.6 30.4 490 2 0
Guido Merkens 28 16 0 1 16 0 16 16.0 1.0 0.1 16 0 0
Hoby Brenner 24 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 41 574 14.0 3 38 2.6 35.9 574 3 0
Lindsay Scott 23 wr 16 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 24 274 11.4 0 35 1.5 17.1 274 0 1
John Tice 23 16 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 33 4.7 1 12 0.4 2.1 33 1 0
Tyrone Young 23 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 85 12.1 3 32 0.4 5.3 85 3 0
Larry Hardy 27 6 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 29 14.5 0 22 0.3 4.8 29 0 0
Rich Mauti 29 16 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 30 15.0 0 23 0.1 1.9 30 0 0
Team Total 26.2 16 595 2461 19 76 4.1 153.8 37.2 243 2782 11.4 14 48 15.2 173.9 5243 33 37
Opp Total 16 472 2000 11 4.2 125.0 29.5 271 2691 9.9 20 16.9 168.2 4691 31 33

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 26 WR 16 14 39 275 0 30 7.1 875
Kenny Duckett 24 RET 14 1 33 719 0 61 21.8 986
Wayne Wilson 26 fb 14 8 9 239 0 52 26.6 1204
Rich Mauti 29 16 1 8 147 0 35 18.4 177
Cliff Austin 23 11 0 7 112 0 27 16.0 153
Jimmy Rogers 28 16 0 7 103 0 25 14.7 183
Stan Brock 25 RT 16 16 1 15 0 15 15.0 15
Frank Wattelet 25 FS 16 16 1 4 0 4 4.0 4
Team Total 26.2 16 39 275 0 30 7.1 66 1339 0 61 20.3 6857
Opp Total 16 51 2 44 938 0 21.3

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 27 P 16 0 74 3034 60 0 41.0
Morten Andersen 23 K 16 0 2 2 8 8 4 3 6 2 4 3 24 18 75.0% 38 37 97.4%
Guido Merkens 28 16 0 4 144 45 0 36.0
Team Total 26.2 16 2 2 8 8 4 3 6 2 4 3 24 18 75.0% 38 37 97.4% 78 3178 60 0 40.7
Opp Total 16 34 20 58.8% 39 37 94.9% 83 3469 41.8

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
Rickey Jackson* 25 LOLB 16 16 12.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 -2 0 102
George Rogers 25 RB 13 12 8 2 0 0
Johnnie Poe 24 RCB 16 16 7 146 1 31 0 2 0 0
Jim Wilks 25 RDE 16 16 8.0 0 1 0 0
Reggie Lewis 29 12 0 6.5 1 27 1 27
Whitney Paul 30 ROLB 16 15 5.5 2 3 0 3
Derland Moore 32 NT 16 16 6.0
Wayne Wilson 26 fb 14 8 6 0 0 0
Dirt Winston 28 RILB 16 16 1.0 3 21 0 15 1 1 0 0
Bruce Clark 25 LDE 15 15 4.5 0 1 0 0
Tony Elliott 24 12 0 5.5
Jeff Groth 26 WR 16 14 3 2 0 0
Frank Wattelet 25 FS 16 16 2 33 0 24 0 3 6 0
Dave Wilson 24 8 2 5 0 0 0
Hokie Gajan 24 FB 16 12 3 1 0 0
Russell Gary 24 SS 14 14 3 70 0 26 1 0 0 0
Bobby Johnson 23 16 0 2 80 1 70 1 1 0 0
Ken Stabler 38 QB 14 14 4 0 0 0
Frank Warren 24 16 1 2.0 1 6 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 16
Jim Kovach 27 LILB 16 16 3.0
Jimmy Rogers 28 16 0 2 1 0 0
Dave Waymer 25 LCB 16 16 0 3 0 0
Leon Gray 32 11 0 0 2 0 0
Rob Nairne 29 16 1 2.0
John Tice 23 16 1 0 2 0 0
Stan Brock 25 RT 16 16 0 1 0 0
Kelvin Clark 27 16 0 0 1 0 1
Kenny Duckett 24 RET 14 1 1 0 0 0
Bill Hurley 26 4 0 0 1 0 0
Steve Korte 23 16 0 0 1 0 1
Dave Lafary 28 LT 16 16 0 1 0 0
Rodney Lewis 24 2 2 0 1 0 0
Lindsay Scott 23 wr 16 7 1 0 0 0
Greg Stemrick 32 11 0 1 26 0 26
Team Total 26.2 16 56.0 23 412 3 70 0 37 31 4 2 118
Opp Total 16 35 33 17 3

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Morten Andersen 23 K 16 0 37 18 91
Wayne Wilson 26 fb 14 8 9 2 66
George Rogers 25 RB 13 12 5 30
Hokie Gajan 24 FB 16 12 4 24
Hoby Brenner 24 TE 16 16 3 18
Tyrone Young 23 16 0 3 18
Kenny Duckett 24 RET 14 1 2 12
Eugene Goodlow 25 WR 16 7 2 12
Kelvin Clark 27 16 0 1 6
Jeff Groth 26 WR 16 14 1 6
Bobby Johnson 23 16 0 1 6
Steve Korte 23 16 0 1 6
Reggie Lewis 29 12 0 1 6
Johnnie Poe 24 RCB 16 16 1 6
John Tice 23 16 1 1 6
Dave Wilson 24 8 2 1 6
Team Total 26.2 16 19 14 2 3 37 18 319
Opp Total 16 11 20 2 37 20 3 337