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.

Simple Rating System: Total -0.0, Offense: -1.1, Defense: 1.1, SoS: 1.1, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Bum Phillips (8-8-0)
Defensive Coordinator: Wade Phillips

Training Camp: Dodgertown (Vero Beach, Florida)

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Team Stats and Rankings

						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	289	271	496	2691	20	23	4.9	159	472	2000	11	4.2	108	39	16	22
Lg Rank Offense	17	23			24		25	26	25	20	25		4	6	5	13		20	23
Lg Rank Defense	12	2			8		14	1	9	12	1		8	11	5	19		13	17

Team Games & Schedule

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

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

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%	4QC	GWD
16	Ken Stabler	38	QB	14	14	7-7-0	176	311	56.6	1988	9	2.9	18	5.8	48	6.4	4.4	11.3	142.0	61.4	18	159	5.6	3.6	5.5	2	4
18	Dave Wilson	24		8	2	1-1-0	66	112	58.9	770	5	4.5	7	6.3	42	6.9	5.0	11.7	96.3	68.7	17	146	4.8	3.2	13.2
14	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
46	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		8-8-0	243	425	57.2	2782	14	3.3	25	5.9	48	6.5	4.6	11.4	173.9	63.5	35	305	5.4	3.5	7.6	2	4
	Opp Total			16			271	496	54.6	3128	20	4.0	23	4.6		6.3	5.0	11.5	195.5	68.0	56	437	4.9	3.7	10.1

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

						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
38	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
30	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
46	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
41	Jimmy Rogers	28		16	0	26	80	0	13	3.1	5.0	1.6								80	0	2
16	Ken Stabler	38	QB	14	14	9	-14	0	0	-1.6	-1.0	0.6								-14	0	4
45	Tim Wilson	29		6	0	8	21	0	7	2.6	3.5	1.3								21	0	0
18	Dave Wilson	24		8	2	5	3	1	5	0.6	0.4	0.6								3	1	5
47	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
83	Kenny Duckett	24	KR	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
14	Russell Erxleben	27	P	16	0	2	-9	0	1	-4.5	-0.6	0.1								-9	0	0
86	Jeff Groth	26	WR/PR	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
88	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
19	Guido Merkens	28		16	0	1	16	0	16	16.0	1.0	0.1								16	0	0
85	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
80	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
82	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
89	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
87	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
84	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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

						Punt Returns					Kick Returns
No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
86	Jeff Groth	26	WR/PR	16	14	39	275	0	30	7.1						875
83	Kenny Duckett	24	KR	14	1						33	719	0	61	21.8	986
30	Wayne Wilson	26	fb	14	8						9	239	0	52	26.6	1204
84	Rich Mauti	29		16	1						8	147	0	35	18.4	177
47	Cliff Austin	23		11	0						7	112	0	27	16.0	153
41	Jimmy Rogers	28		16	0						7	103	0	25	14.7	183
67	Stan Brock	25	RT	16	16						1	15	0	15	15.0	15
49	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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

						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	27	P	16	0																	74	3034	60	0	41.0
7	Morten Andersen	23	K	16	0	2	2	8	8	4	3	6	2	4	3	24	18	75.0%	38	37	97.4%
19	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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

							Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
57	Rickey Jackson*	25	LOLB	16	16	12.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	-2	0	102	0
73	Frank Warren	24		16	1	2.0	1	6	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	16	0
38	George Rogers	25	RB	13	12							0	8	2	0	0
25	Johnnie Poe	24	RCB	16	16		7	146	1	31	0	0	0	2	0	0
94	Jim Wilks	25	RDE	16	16	8.0						0	0	1	0	0
98	Reggie Lewis	29		12	0	6.5	1	27	1	27	0
51	Whitney Paul	30	ROLB	16	15	5.5	2	3	0	3	0
74	Derland Moore	32	NT	16	16	6.0
30	Wayne Wilson	26	fb	14	8							0	6	0	0	0
56	Dirt Winston	28	RILB	16	16	1.0	3	21	0	15	0	0	1	1	0	0
75	Bruce Clark	25	LDE	15	15	4.5						0	0	1	0	0
99	Tony Elliott	24		12	0	5.5
86	Jeff Groth	26	WR/PR	16	14							0	3	2	0	0
49	Frank Wattelet	25	FS	16	16		2	33	0	24	0	0	0	3	6	0
18	Dave Wilson	24		8	2							0	5	0	0	0
46	Hokie Gajan	24	FB	16	12							0	3	1	0	0
20	Russell Gary	24	SS	14	14		3	70	0	26	0	0	1	0	0	0
34	Bobby Johnson	23		16	0		2	80	1	70	0	0	1	1	0	0
16	Ken Stabler	38	QB	14	14							0	4	0	0	0
52	Jim Kovach	27	LILB	16	16	3.0
41	Jimmy Rogers	28		16	0							0	2	1	0	0
44	Dave Waymer	25	LCB	16	16							0	0	3	0	0
72	Leon Gray	32		11	0							0	0	2	0	0
55	Rob Nairne	29		16	1	2.0
82	John Tice	23		16	1							0	0	2	0	0
67	Stan Brock	25	RT	16	16							0	0	1	0	0
78	Kelvin Clark	27		16	0							0	0	1	0	1
83	Kenny Duckett	24	KR	14	1							0	1	0	0	0
28	Bill Hurley	26		4	0							0	0	1	0	0
60	Steve Korte	23		16	0							0	0	1	0	1
64	Dave Lafary	28	LT	16	16							0	0	1	0	0
29	Rodney Lewis	24		2	2							0	0	1	0	0
80	Lindsay Scott	23	wr	16	7							0	1	0	0	0
27	Greg Stemrick	32		11	0		1	26	0	26	0
	Team Total	26.2		16		56.0	23	412	3	70	0	0	37	31	4	2	118	0
	Opp Total			16		35							33	17					3

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	FblTD	IntTD	AllTD	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
7	Morten Andersen	23	K	16	0							37	18		91
30	Wayne Wilson	26	fb	14	8	9	2				11				66
38	George Rogers	25	RB	13	12	5					5				30
46	Hokie Gajan	24	FB	16	12	4					4				24
85	Hoby Brenner	24	TE	16	16		3				3				18
89	Tyrone Young	23		16	0		3				3				18
83	Kenny Duckett	24	KR	14	1		2				2				12
88	Eugene Goodlow	25	WR	16	7		2				2				12
78	Kelvin Clark	27		16	0				1		1				6
86	Jeff Groth	26	WR/PR	16	14		1				1				6
34	Bobby Johnson	23		16	0					1	1				6
60	Steve Korte	23		16	0				1		1				6
98	Reggie Lewis	29		12	0					1	1				6
25	Johnnie Poe	24	RCB	16	16					1	1				6
82	John Tice	23		16	1		1				1				6
18	Dave Wilson	24		8	2	1					1				6
	Team Total	26.2		16		19	14		2	3	38	37	18		319
	Opp Total			16		11	20	2				37	20	3	337

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