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1984 New Orleans Saints
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Record: 7-9-0, Finished 3rd in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 298 points (18.6/g), 20th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 361 points (22.6/g), 19th.
Differential of -63 points (-3.9/g), 22nd.
Expected W-L: 6.2-9.8.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -18 (-1.1/g), 28th.
Simple Rating System: Total -2.9, Offense: -1.7, Defense: -1.2, SoS: 1.0, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Bum Phillips
Defensive Coordinator: Wade Phillips
Training Camp: Dodgertown (Vero Beach, Florida)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Richard Todd | 31 | 8 | 14 | 161 for 312, 2,178 yards, 11 td, 19 int, & 28 rushes for 111 yards and 0 td | New York Jets / 1st / 6th pick / 1976 |
| RB | George Rogers | 26 | 3 | 16 | 239 rushes for 914 yards, 2 td, & 12 catches for 76 yards and 0 td | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 1st pick / 1981 |
| FB | Hokie Gajan | 25 | 2 | 14 | 102 rushes for 615 yards, 5 td, & 35 catches for 288 yards and 2 td | New Orleans Saints / 10th / 249th pick / 1981 |
| WR | Jeff Groth | 27 | 5 | 13 | 33 catches for 487 yards, 0 td | Miami Dolphins / 8th / 206th pick / 1979 |
| WR | Tyrone Young | 24 | 1 | 8 | 29 catches for 597 yards, 3 td | |
| TE | Hoby Brenner | 25 | 3 | 16 | 28 catches for 554 yards, 6 td | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 71st pick / 1981 |
| LT | Kelvin Clark | 28 | 5 | 15 | Denver Broncos / 1st / 22nd pick / 1979 | |
| LG | Brad Edelman | 24 | 2 | 11 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 30th pick / 1982 | |
| C | John Hill | 34 | 12 | 11 | New York Giants / 6th / 132nd pick / 1972 | |
| C | Steve Korte | 24 | 1 | 15 | 1 fumble recovered | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 38th pick / 1983 |
| RT | Stan Brock | 26 | 4 | 14 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 12th pick / 1980 | |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Bruce Clark* | 26 | 2 | 15 | 10.5 sacks, 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 4th pick / 1980 |
| NT | Derland Moore | 33 | 11 | 11 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 29th pick / 1973 |
| RDE | Jim Wilks | 26 | 3 | 16 | 7.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New Orleans Saints / 12th / 305th pick / 1981 |
| LOLB | Rickey Jackson* | 26 | 3 | 16 | 12.0 sacks, 1 interception, 4 fumbles recovered | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 51st pick / 1981 |
| LILB | Dirt Winston | 29 | 7 | 16 | 0.5 sacks, 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 132nd pick / 1977 |
| RILB | Jim Kovach | 28 | 5 | 15 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 93rd pick / 1979 |
| ROLB | Whitney Paul | 31 | 8 | 16 | 9.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 10th / 277th pick / 1976 |
| LCB | Dave Waymer | 26 | 4 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 41st pick / 1980 |
| RCB | Johnnie Poe | 25 | 3 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | New Orleans Saints / 6th / 144th pick / 1981 |
| SS | Russell Gary | 25 | 3 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 29th pick / 1981 |
| FS | Frank Wattelet | 26 | 3 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Morten Andersen | 24 | 2 | 0 | 20 of 27 field goals & 34 of 34 extra points | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 86th pick / 1982 |
| P | Brian Hansen* | 24 | Rook | 0 | 69 punts for a 43.8 average, 1 blocked | New Orleans Saints / 9th / 237th pick / 1984 |
| PR | Jitter Fields | 22 | Rook | 0 | 27 punt returns for a 8.7 average and 0 td | New Orleans Saints / 5th / 123rd pick / 1984 |
| KR | Kenny Duckett | 25 | 2 | 0 | 29 kick returns for a 20.0 average and 0 td | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 68th pick / 1982 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | AV | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Morten Andersen | 24 | K | 16 | 0 | 217 | 6-2 | Michigan St. | 8/19/1960 | 2 | 0 | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 86th pick / 1982 |
| 22 | Tyrone Anthony | 22 | 15 | 0 | 212 | 5-11 | North Carolina | 3/3/1962 | Rook | 2 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 69th pick / 1984 | |
| 85 | Hoby Brenner | 25 | TE | 16 | 16 | 240 | 6-4 | USC | 6/2/1959 | 3 | 7 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 71st pick / 1981 |
| 67 | Stan Brock | 26 | RT | 14 | 14 | 295 | 6-6 | Colorado | 6/8/1958 | 4 | 6 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 12th pick / 1980 |
| 35 | Earl Campbell | 29 | 8 | 0 | 232 | 5-11 | Texas | 3/29/1955 | 6 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 1st pick / 1978 | |
| 65 | David Carter | 31 | 7 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | West. Kentucky | 11/27/1953 | 7 | 0 | Houston Oilers / 6th / 165th pick / 1977 | |
| 75 | Bruce Clark* | 26 | LDE | 15 | 15 | 273 | 6-3 | Penn St. | 3/31/1958 | 2 | 10 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 4th pick / 1980 |
| 78 | Kelvin Clark | 28 | LT | 16 | 15 | 260 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 1/30/1956 | 5 | 7 | Denver Broncos / 1st / 22nd pick / 1979 |
| 83 | Kenny Duckett | 25 | KR | 11 | 0 | 184 | 6-0 | Wake Forest | 10/1/1959 | 2 | 0 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 68th pick / 1982 |
| 63 | Brad Edelman | 24 | LG | 11 | 11 | 265 | 6-6 | Missouri | 9/3/1960 | 2 | 4 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 30th pick / 1982 |
| 99 | Tony Elliott | 25 | nt | 4 | 3 | 282 | 6-2 | Wisconsin,North Texas | 4/23/1959 | 2 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 5th / 114th pick / 1982 |
| 26 | Jitter Fields | 22 | PR | 13 | 0 | 185 | 5-8 | Texas | 8/16/1962 | Rook | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 5th / 123rd pick / 1984 |
| 46 | Hokie Gajan | 25 | FB | 14 | 14 | 220 | 5-11 | LSU | 9/6/1959 | 2 | 7 | New Orleans Saints / 10th / 249th pick / 1981 |
| 20 | Russell Gary | 25 | SS | 16 | 16 | 195 | 5-11 | Nebraska | 7/31/1959 | 3 | 6 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 29th pick / 1981 |
| 97 | Jumpy Geathers | 24 | 16 | 0 | 290 | 6-7 | Wichita St. | 6/26/1960 | Rook | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1984 | |
| 88 | Eugene Goodlow | 26 | wr | 10 | 6 | 185 | 6-2 | Kansas St. | 12/19/1958 | 1 | 2 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 66th pick / 1982 |
| 86 | Jeff Groth | 27 | WR | 16 | 13 | 176 | 5-10 | Bowling Green | 7/2/1957 | 5 | 4 | Miami Dolphins / 8th / 206th pick / 1979 |
| 10 | Brian Hansen* | 24 | P | 16 | 0 | 215 | 6-4 | Sioux Falls | 10/26/1960 | Rook | 0 | New Orleans Saints / 9th / 237th pick / 1984 |
| 28 | Greg Harding | 24 | 3 | 0 | 197 | 6-2 | Nicholls St. | 7/31/1960 | Rook | 0 | ||
| 87 | Larry Hardy | 28 | 6 | 0 | 234 | 6-3 | Jackson St. | 7/9/1956 | 6 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 12th / 309th pick / 1978 | |
| 92 | James Haynes | 24 | 10 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Miss. Valley St. | 8/9/1960 | Rook | 1 | ||
| 61 | Joel Hilgenberg | 22 | 10 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Iowa | 7/10/1962 | Rook | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 97th pick / 1984 | |
| 62 | John Hill | 34 | C | 11 | 11 | 249 | 6-2 | Lehigh | 4/16/1950 | 12 | 4 | New York Giants / 6th / 132nd pick / 1972 |
| 24 | Terry Hoage | 22 | 14 | 0 | 201 | 6-2 | Georgia | 4/11/1962 | Rook | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 68th pick / 1984 | |
| 57 | Rickey Jackson* | 26 | LOLB | 16 | 16 | 243 | 6-2 | Pittsburgh | 3/20/1958 | 3 | 13 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 51st pick / 1981 |
| 34 | Bobby Johnson | 24 | 16 | 0 | 191 | 6-0 | Texas | 9/1/1960 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 60 | Steve Korte | 24 | C | 15 | 15 | 265 | 6-3 | Arkansas | 1/15/1960 | 1 | 6 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 38th pick / 1983 |
| 52 | Jim Kovach | 28 | RILB | 15 | 15 | 230 | 6-2 | Kentucky | 5/1/1956 | 5 | 6 | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 93rd pick / 1979 |
| 64 | Dave Lafary | 29 | t | 1 | 1 | 280 | 6-7 | Purdue | 1/13/1955 | 7 | 0 | New Orleans Saints / 5th / 118th pick / 1977 |
| 98 | Reggie Lewis | 30 | 13 | 0 | 252 | 6-2 | Oregon,San Diego St. | 1/20/1954 | 2 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 16th / 443rd pick / 1976 | |
| 29 | Rodney Lewis | 25 | 16 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Nebraska | 4/2/1959 | 2 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 58th pick / 1982 | |
| 19 | Guido Merkens | 29 | 16 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | Sam Houston St. | 8/14/1955 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 84 | Junior Miller | 27 | 15 | 0 | 239 | 6-4 | Nebraska | 11/26/1957 | 4 | 2 | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 7th pick / 1980 | |
| 74 | Derland Moore | 33 | NT | 12 | 11 | 250 | 6-4 | Oklahoma | 10/7/1951 | 11 | 4 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 29th pick / 1973 |
| 66 | Louis Oubre | 26 | lg | 12 | 5 | 262 | 6-4 | Oklahoma | 5/15/1958 | 2 | 2 | New Orleans Saints / 5th / 112th pick / 1981 |
| 51 | Whitney Paul | 31 | ROLB | 16 | 16 | 220 | 6-3 | Colorado | 10/8/1953 | 8 | 7 | Kansas City Chiefs / 10th / 277th pick / 1976 |
| 53 | Scott Pelluer | 25 | 16 | 0 | 219 | 6-2 | Washington St. | 4/28/1959 | 3 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 91st pick / 1981 | |
| 76 | Jim Pietrzak | 31 | 10 | 0 | 260 | 6-5 | East. Michigan | 2/21/1953 | 10 | 1 | New York Giants / 6th / 132nd pick / 1974 | |
| 25 | Johnnie Poe | 25 | RCB | 16 | 16 | 190 | 6-1 | Missouri | 8/29/1959 | 3 | 6 | New Orleans Saints / 6th / 144th pick / 1981 |
| 58 | Glen Redd | 26 | lb | 16 | 1 | 229 | 6-1 | BYU | 6/17/1958 | 3 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 6th / 166th pick / 1981 |
| 38 | George Rogers | 26 | RB | 16 | 16 | 228 | 6-2 | South Carolina | 12/8/1958 | 3 | 6 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 1st pick / 1981 |
| 41 | Jimmy Rogers | 29 | 16 | 0 | 190 | 5-10 | Oklahoma | 6/29/1955 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 80 | Lindsay Scott | 24 | wr | 16 | 5 | 195 | 6-1 | Georgia | 12/6/1960 | 2 | 2 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 13th pick / 1982 |
| 16 | Ken Stabler | 39 | 3 | 0 | 215 | 6-3 | Alabama | 12/25/1945 | 14 | 1 | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1968 | |
| 96 | Don Thorp | 22 | 5 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Illinois | 7/10/1962 | Rook | 0 | New Orleans Saints / 6th / 156th pick / 1984 | |
| 82 | John Tice | 24 | 10 | 0 | 242 | 6-5 | Maryland | 6/22/1960 | 1 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 65th pick / 1983 | |
| 11 | Richard Todd | 31 | QB | 15 | 14 | 207 | 6-2 | Alabama | 11/19/1953 | 8 | 6 | New York Jets / 1st / 6th pick / 1976 |
| 72 | Chris Ward | 29 | LT | 13 | 8 | 267 | 6-3 | Ohio St. | 12/16/1955 | 6 | 4 | New York Jets / 1st / 4th pick / 1978 |
| 73 | Frank Warren | 25 | de | 16 | 3 | 285 | 6-4 | Auburn | 9/14/1959 | 3 | 2 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 57th pick / 1981 |
| 49 | Frank Wattelet | 26 | FS | 16 | 16 | 185 | 6-0 | Kansas | 10/25/1958 | 3 | 8 | |
| 44 | Dave Waymer | 26 | LCB | 16 | 16 | 195 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 7/1/1958 | 4 | 7 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 41st pick / 1980 |
| 94 | Jim Wilks | 26 | RDE | 16 | 16 | 266 | 6-5 | California,San Diego St. | 3/12/1958 | 3 | 7 | New Orleans Saints / 12th / 305th pick / 1981 |
| 18 | Dave Wilson | 25 | qb | 5 | 2 | 206 | 6-3 | Illinois | 4/27/1959 | 3 | 2 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 1st pick / 1981 Supp |
| 45 | Tim Wilson | 30 | 12 | 0 | 226 | 6-3 | Maryland | 1/14/1954 | 7 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 66th pick / 1977 | |
| 30 | Wayne Wilson | 27 | rb | 14 | 2 | 215 | 6-3 | Shepherd | 9/4/1957 | 5 | 4 | Houston Oilers / 12th / 324th pick / 1979 |
| 56 | Dirt Winston | 29 | LILB | 16 | 16 | 228 | 6-0 | Arkansas | 10/25/1955 | 7 | 8 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 132nd pick / 1977 |
| 89 | Tyrone Young | 24 | WR | 16 | 8 | 190 | 6-6 | Florida | 4/29/1960 | 1 | 5 | |
| Team Total | 26.5 | 16 | 229.1 | 6-2.2 | 3.7 |
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