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1985 New Orleans Saints

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Record: 5-11-0, Finished 3rd in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 294 points (18.4/g), 21st of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 401 points (25.1/g), 22nd.
 Differential of -107 points (-6.7/g), 23rd.
 Expected W-L: 5.2-10.8.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +1 (0.1/g), 11th.

Coached by Wade Phillips (1-3-0) and Bum Phillips (4-8-0)

1985 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 8 box L 0-1 Kansas City Chiefs 27 47 19 304 168 136 4 22 504 395 109 3
2 Sun September 15 box L 0-2 @ Denver Broncos 23 34 17 342 235 107 1 22 432 327 105 2
3 Sun September 22 box W 1-2 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 13 18 338 226 112 2 20 334 220 114 3
4 Sun September 29 box W 2-2 @ San Francisco 49ers 20 17 19 354 179 175 3 15 231 81 150 3
5 Sun October 6 box W 3-2 Philadelphia Eagles 23 21 12 217 146 71 2 24 363 256 107 5
6 Sun October 13 box L 3-3 @ Los Angeles Raiders 13 23 15 277 163 114 4 16 278 165 113 1
7 Sun October 20 box L 3-4 @ Atlanta Falcons 24 31 18 365 287 78 5 23 377 248 129 4
8 Sun October 27 box L 3-5 New York Giants 13 21 12 232 101 131 4 27 388 154 234 2
9 Sun November 3 box L 3-6 @ Los Angeles Rams 10 28 13 187 122 65 3 20 366 236 130 3
10 Sun November 10 box L 3-7 Seattle Seahawks 3 27 12 183 96 87 1 17 346 256 90 1
11 Sun November 17 box L 3-8 @ Green Bay Packers 14 38 12 207 132 75 26 433 296 137 2
12 Sun November 24 box W 4-8 @ Minnesota Vikings 30 23 19 371 137 234 3 17 284 225 59 3
13 Sun December 1 box W 5-8 Los Angeles Rams 29 3 14 280 196 84 13 164 59 105 4
14 Sun December 8 box L 5-9 @ St. Louis Cardinals 16 28 21 287 216 71 2 24 383 197 186
15 Sun December 15 box L 5-10 San Francisco 49ers 19 31 14 289 214 75 27 500 349 151 1
16 Sun December 22 box L 5-11 Atlanta Falcons 10 16 15 246 178 68 2 22 432 189 243

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 294 4479 997 4.5 250 260 508 2796 20 23 4.9 148 431 1683 4 3.9 83 36 13 19
Team Defense 401 5815 1083 5.4 545 306 529 3653 26 21 6.4 188 508 2162 19 4.3 335 37 16 22
Lg Rank Offense 21 27 28 17 24 15 16 27 22 19 28 17 11 6
Lg Rank Defense 22 24 23 20 23 23 15 21 18 19 19 20 14 15

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%
Dave Wilson 26 QB 10 10 145 293 49.5 1843 11 3.8 15 5.1 50 6.3 4.4 12.7 184.3 60.7 39 291 4.7 3.0 11.7
Bobby Hebert 25 qb 6 6 97 181 53.6 1208 5 2.8 4 2.2 76 6.7 6.0 12.5 201.3 74.6 17 150 5.3 4.7 8.6
Richard Todd 32 2 0 16 32 50.0 191 3 9.4 4 12.5 56 6.0 1.3 11.9 95.5 60.3 1 10 5.5 0.9 3.0
Brian Hansen 25 P 16 0 1 1 100.0 8 0 0.0 0 0.0 8 8.0 8.0 8.0 0.5 100.0 0 0 8.0 8.0 0.0
Guido Merkens 30 16 0 1 1 100.0 7 1 100.0 0 0.0 7 7.0 17.0 7.0 0.4 135.4 1 10 -1.5 3.5 50.0
Team Total 26.5 16 260 508 51.2 3257 20 3.9 23 4.5 76 6.4 4.8 12.5 203.6 65.7 58 461 4.9 3.5 10.2
Opp Total 16 306 529 57.8 3653 26 4.9 21 4.0 6.9 5.6 11.9 228.3 78.9 46 322 6.4 4.6

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
Wayne Wilson 28 FB 16 10 168 645 1 41 3.8 40.3 10.5 38 228 6.0 2 21 2.4 14.3 873 3 2
Earl Campbell 30 RB 16 13 158 643 1 45 4.1 40.2 9.9 6 88 14.7 0 39 0.4 5.5 731 1 4
Hokie Gajan 26 fb 6 6 50 251 2 26 5.0 41.8 8.3 8 87 10.9 0 22 1.3 14.5 338 2 3
Dave Wilson 26 QB 10 10 18 7 0 17 0.4 0.7 1.8 7 0 6
Tyrone Anthony 23 RET 16 0 17 65 0 13 3.8 4.1 1.1 28 185 6.6 0 36 1.8 11.6 250 0 0
Bobby Hebert 25 qb 6 6 12 26 0 8 2.2 4.3 2.0 1 7 7.0 1 7 0.2 1.2 33 1 1
Eric Martin 24 WR 16 12 2 -1 0 11 -0.5 -0.1 0.1 35 522 14.9 4 50 2.2 32.6 521 4 1
Bobby Fowler 25 10 0 2 4 0 3 2.0 0.4 0.2 5 43 8.6 0 11 0.5 4.3 47 0 0
Frank Wattelet 27 FS 16 16 2 42 0 23 21.0 2.6 0.1 42 0 0
Eugene Goodlow 27 WR 12 11 1 3 0 3 3.0 0.3 0.1 32 603 18.8 3 76 2.7 50.3 606 3 0
Guido Merkens 30 16 0 1 -2 0 -2 -2.0 -0.1 0.1 3 61 20.3 1 39 0.2 3.8 59 1 0
Hoby Brenner 26 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 42 652 15.5 3 30 2.6 40.8 652 3 1
John Tice 25 te 16 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 24 266 11.1 2 39 1.5 16.6 266 2 0
Jeff Groth 28 12 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 15 238 15.9 2 56 1.3 19.8 238 2 0
Larry Hardy 29 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 15 208 13.9 2 31 0.9 13.0 208 2 0
Lindsay Scott 25 9 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 61 8.7 0 15 0.8 6.8 61 0 0
James Haynes 25 rolb 16 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.1 0.5 8 0 0
Team Total 26.5 16 431 1683 4 45 3.9 105.2 26.9 260 3257 12.5 20 76 16.3 203.6 4940 24 23
Opp Total 16 508 2162 19 4.3 135.1 31.8 306 3653 11.9 26 19.1 228.3 5815 45 24

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Willie Tullis 27 RET 14 1 17 141 0 17 8.3 23 470 0 62 20.4 611
Tyrone Anthony 23 RET 16 0 23 476 0 52 20.7 726
Eric Martin 24 WR 16 12 8 53 0 13 6.6 15 384 0 69 25.6 958
Carl Roaches 32 3 0 4 21 0 10 5.3 4 76 0 23 19.0 97
Bobby Fowler 25 10 0 4 78 0 23 19.5 125
Jeff Groth 28 12 2 1 0 0 0 0.0 238
Guido Merkens 30 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 59
David Rackley 24 7 0 1 63 0 63 63.0 63
Team Total 26.5 16 30 215 0 17 7.2 71 1547 0 69 21.8 6702
Opp Total 16 45 0 43 968 1 22.5

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
Brian Hansen 25 P 16 0 89 3763 58 0 42.3
Morten Andersen* 25 K 16 0 5 4 14 13 12 11 4 3 35 31 88.6% 29 27 93.1%
Team Total 26.5 16 5 4 14 13 12 11 4 3 35 31 88.6% 29 27 93.1% 89 3763 58 0 42.3
Opp Total 16 28 21 75.0% 48 48 100.0% 81 3418 42.2

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* 27 LOLB 16 16 11.0 107
Bruce Clark 27 LDE 16 16 8.5 0 1 4 0
Jack Del Rio 22 RILB 16 9 2 13 0 11 3 0 5 22 1 68
Terry Hoage 23 SS 16 13 1.0 4 79 1 52 0 0 2 0 0 92
Dave Waymer 27 LCB 16 15 6 49 0 28 1 0 0 0
Dave Wilson 26 QB 10 10 6 1 -23 0
Jumpy Geathers 25 16 0 6.5 29
Frank Warren 26 16 0 5.5 0 0 1 50 1 23
Whitney Paul 32 ROLB 14 8 5.0
Johnnie Poe 26 RCB 16 16 3 63 1 40 1 1 0 0
Earl Campbell 30 RB 16 13 4 0 0 0
James Haynes 25 rolb 16 5 2.0 0 2 0 0
Glen Redd 27 LILB 16 16 1.0 1 25 0 25 0 2 0 0
Frank Wattelet 27 FS 16 16 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 0
Tony Elliott 26 NT 16 16 1.0 0 2 0 0
Hokie Gajan 26 fb 6 6 3 0 0 0
Willie Tullis 27 RET 14 1 2 22 0 22 1 0 0 0
Wayne Wilson 28 FB 16 10 2 1 0 0
Jim Wilks 27 RDE 16 16 2.5
Bobby Hebert 25 qb 6 6 1 1 0 0
Jim Kovach 29 2 2 1.0 1 53 0 53
Hoby Brenner 26 TE 16 16 1 0 0 0
Stan Brock 27 RT 16 16 0 1 0 0
Joel Hilgenberg 23 c 15 5 0 1 0 0
Steve Korte 25 C 12 12 1 0 -18 0
Dave Lafary 30 LT 11 11 0 1 0 0
Eric Martin 24 WR 16 12 1 0 0 0
Brett Maxie 23 16 1 0 0 1 0 0 37
Scott Pelluer 26 rilb 11 5 0 1 0 0
Carl Roaches 32 3 0 1 0 0 0
John Tice 25 te 16 8 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.5 16 46.0 21 312 2 53 3 23 26 39 2 356
Opp Total 16 58 24 8 1

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Morten Andersen* 25 K 16 0 27 31 120
Eric Martin 24 WR 16 12 4 24
Hoby Brenner 26 TE 16 16 3 18
Eugene Goodlow 27 WR 12 11 3 18
Wayne Wilson 28 FB 16 10 1 2 18
Hokie Gajan 26 fb 6 6 2 12
Jeff Groth 28 12 2 2 12
Larry Hardy 29 16 0 2 12
John Tice 25 te 16 8 2 12
Frank Warren 26 16 0 1 1 12
Earl Campbell 30 RB 16 13 1 6
Jack Del Rio 22 RILB 16 9 1 6
Bobby Hebert 25 qb 6 6 1 6
Terry Hoage 23 SS 16 13 1 6
Guido Merkens 30 16 0 1 6
Johnnie Poe 26 RCB 16 16 1 6
Team Total 26.5 16 4 20 2 2 1 27 31 294
Opp Total 16 19 26 1 48 21 1 401