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.

Simple Rating System: Total -6.8, Offense: -3.0, Defense: -3.9, SoS: -0.1, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Wade Phillips and Bum Phillips

Offensive Coordinator: John Levra
Defensive Coordinator: Wade Phillips

Training Camp: Louisiana Tech (Ruston, Louisiana)

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Team Stats and Rankings

			Tot Yds & TO			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	335	306	529	3653	26	21	6.4	188	508	2162	19	4.3	125	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			22		20	23	23	15	21		18	19	19	20		14	15

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

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
18	Dave Wilson	26	QB	10	10	3-7-0	145	293	49.5	1843	11	3.8	15	5.1	50	6.3	4.7	12.7	184.3	60.7	39	291	4.67	3.30	11.7	1	1
3	Bobby Hebert	25	qb	6	6	2-4-0	97	181	53.6	1208	5	2.8	4	2.2	76	6.7	6.2	12.5	201.3	74.6	17	150	5.34	4.94	8.6	0	1
14	Richard Todd	32		2	0		16	32	50.0	191	3	9.4	4	12.5	56	6.0	2.2	11.9	95.5	60.3	1	10	5.48	1.85	3.0
10	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	8.00	8.00	0.0
19	Guido Merkens	30		16	0		1	1	100.0	7	1	100.0	0	0.0	7	7.0	27.0	7.0	0.4	135.4	1	10	-1.50	8.50	50.0
	Team Total	26.5		16		5-11-0	260	508	51.2	3257	20	3.9	23	4.5	76	6.4	5.2	12.5	203.6	65.7	58	461	4.94	3.82	10.2	1	2
	Opp Total			16			306	529	57.8	3975	26	4.9	21	4.0		7.5	6.71	13.0	248.4	81.4	46	322	6.4	5.6	8.0

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
30	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
35	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
46	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
18	Dave Wilson	26	QB	10	10	18	7	0	17	0.4	0.7	1.8								7	0	6
22	Tyrone Anthony	23	KR	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
3	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
84	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
43	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
49	Frank Wattelet	27	FS	16	16	2	42	0	23	21.0	2.6	0.1								42	0	0
88	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
19	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
85	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
82	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
86	Jeff Groth	28	wr	12	2	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	15	238	15.9	2	56	1.3	19.8	238	2	0
87	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
80	Lindsay Scott	25	wr	9	3	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	7	61	8.7	0	15	0.8	6.8	61	0	0
92	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

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
26	Willie Tullis	27	PR	14	1	17	141	0	17	8.3	23	470	0	62	20.4	611
22	Tyrone Anthony	23	KR	16	0						23	476	0	52	20.7	726
84	Eric Martin	24	WR	16	12	8	53	0	13	6.6	15	384	0	69	25.6	958
83	Carl Roaches	32		3	0	4	21	0	10	5.3	4	76	0	23	19.0	97
43	Bobby Fowler	25		10	0						4	78	0	23	19.5	125
86	Jeff Groth	28	wr	12	2	1	0	0	0	0.0						238
19	Guido Merkens	30		16	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	59
47	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

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
10	Brian Hansen	25	P	16	0																	89	3763	58	0	42.3
7	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

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

Scoring Summary

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

No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
7	Morten Andersen*	25	K	16	0								27	31		120
84	Eric Martin	24	WR	16	12		4					4				24
85	Hoby Brenner	26	TE	16	16		3					3				18
88	Eugene Goodlow	27	WR	12	11		3					3				18
30	Wayne Wilson	28	FB	16	10	1	2					3				18
46	Hokie Gajan	26	fb	6	6	2						2				12
86	Jeff Groth	28	wr	12	2		2					2				12
87	Larry Hardy	29		16	0		2					2				12
82	John Tice	25	te	16	8		2					2				12
73	Frank Warren	26		16	0				1		1	2				12
35	Earl Campbell	30	RB	16	13	1						1				6
50	Jack Del Rio	22	RILB	16	9				1			1				6
3	Bobby Hebert	25	qb	6	6		1					1				6
24	Terry Hoage	23	SS	16	13					1		1				6
19	Guido Merkens	30		16	0		1					1				6
25	Johnnie Poe	26	RCB	16	16					1		1				6
	Team Total	26.5		16		4	20		2	2	1	29	27	31		294
	Opp Total			16		19	26	1					48	21	1	401

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