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1987 New Orleans Saints
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Record: 12-3-0, Finished 2nd in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 422 points (28.1/g), 2nd of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 283 points (18.9/g), 5th.
Differential of 139 points (9.3/g), 3rd.
Expected W-L: 10.8-4.2.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +20 (1.3/g), 1st.
Coached by Jim Mora (12-3-0)
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1987 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Bobby Hebert | 27 | 2 | 12 | 164 for 294, 2,119 yards, 15 td, 9 int, & 13 rushes for 95 yards and 0 td | |
| RB | Rueben Mayes* | 24 | 1 | 12 | 243 rushes for 917 yards, 5 td, & 15 catches for 68 yards and 0 td | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 57th pick / 1986 |
| WR | Mike A. Jones | 27 | 4 | 7 | 27 catches for 420 yards, 3 td | Minnesota Vikings / 6th / 159th pick / 1983 |
| WR | Eric Martin | 26 | 2 | 11 | 44 catches for 778 yards, 7 td | New Orleans Saints / 7th / 179th pick / 1985 |
| TE | Hoby Brenner* | 28 | 6 | 10 | 20 catches for 280 yards, 2 td | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 71st pick / 1981 |
| TE | John Tice | 27 | 4 | 8 | 16 catches for 181 yards, 6 td | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 65th pick / 1983 |
| LT | Jim Dombrowski | 24 | 1 | 10 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 6th pick / 1986 |
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| LT | Daren Gilbert | 24 | 2 | 5 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 38th pick / 1985 |
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| LG | Brad Edelman* | 27 | 5 | 9 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 30th pick / 1982 |
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| C | Joel Hilgenberg | 25 | 3 | 12 | 1 fumble recovered | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 97th pick / 1984 |
| RG | Steve Trapilo | 23 | Rook | 11 | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 96th pick / 1987 |
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| RT | Stan Brock | 29 | 7 | 12 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 12th pick / 1980 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Bruce Clark | 29 | 5 | 15 | 4.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 4th pick / 1980 |
| NT | Tony Elliott | 28 | 5 | 14 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New Orleans Saints / 5th / 114th pick / 1982 |
| RDE | Jim Wilks | 29 | 6 | 12 | 5.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New Orleans Saints / 12th / 305th pick / 1981 |
| LOLB | Rickey Jackson | 29 | 6 | 12 | 9.5 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 51st pick / 1981 |
| LILB | Sam Mills* | 28 | 1 | 12 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | |
| RILB | Vaughan Johnson | 25 | 1 | 12 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 15th pick / 1984 Supp |
| ROLB | Pat Swilling | 23 | 1 | 12 | 10.5 sacks, 1 interception, 3 fumbles recovered | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 60th pick / 1986 |
| LCB | Dave Waymer* | 29 | 7 | 12 | 0.0 sacks, 5 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 41st pick / 1980 |
| RCB | Van Jakes | 26 | 4 | 10 | 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| SS | Antonio Gibson | 25 | 1 | 10 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| SS | Gene Atkins | 23 | Rook | 5 | 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New Orleans Saints / 7th / 179th pick / 1987 |
| FS | Brett Maxie | 25 | 2 | 10 | 2.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Morten Andersen*+ | 27 | 5 | 0 | 28 of 36 field goals & 37 of 37 extra points | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 86th pick / 1982 |
| P | Brian Hansen | 27 | 3 | 0 | 52 punts for a 40.5 average, 0 blocked | New Orleans Saints / 9th / 237th pick / 1984 |
| PR | Mel J. Gray | 26 | 1 | 1 | 24 punt returns for a 14.7 average and 0 td | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1984 Supp |
| KR | Mel J. Gray | 26 | 1 | 1 | 30 kick returns for a 21.2 average and 0 td | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1984 Supp |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Michael Adams | 23 | DB | 7 | 3 | 195 | 5-9 | Arkansas State | 4/5/1964 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 67th pick / 1987 |
| Vincent Alexander | 23 | RB | 1 | 0 | 205 | 5-10 | Southern Miss | 3/11/1964 | Rook | |
| Morten Andersen*+ | 27 | K | 12 | 0 | 217 | 6-2 | Michigan State | 8/19/1960 | 5 | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 86th pick / 1982 |
| Sheldon Andrus | 25 | DT | 3 | 1 | 271 | 6-2 | Nicholls State | 10/5/1962 | 1 | |
| Gene Atkins | 23 | DB | 13 | 5 | 201 | 5-11 | Florida A&M | 11/22/1964 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 7th / 179th pick / 1987 |
| Tommy Barnhardt | 24 | P | 3 | 0 | 228 | 6-2 | East Carolina,North Carolina | 6/11/1963 | Rook | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 9th / 223rd pick / 1986 |
| Cliff Benson | 26 | TE | 8 | 3 | 238 | 6-4 | Purdue | 8/28/1961 | 3 | Atlanta Falcons / 5th / 132nd pick / 1984 |
| Dwight Beverly | 26 | RB | 3 | 3 | 205 | 5-11 | Illinois | 12/5/1961 | Rook | Indianapolis Colts / 6th / 147th pick / 1984 |
| Robert Brannon | 26 | DE | 1 | 0 | 245 | 6-7 | Arkansas,Kent State | 3/26/1961 | Rook | |
| Hoby Brenner* | 28 | TE | 12 | 10 | 240 | 6-4 | USC | 6/2/1959 | 6 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 71st pick / 1981 |
| Stan Brock | 29 | T | 12 | 12 | 295 | 6-6 | Colorado | 6/8/1958 | 7 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 12th pick / 1980 |
| James Campen | 23 | C | 3 | 3 | 269 | 6-3 | Tulane | 6/11/1964 | Rook | |
| Bruce Clark | 29 | DE-DT | 15 | 15 | 273 | 6-3 | Penn State | 3/31/1958 | 5 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 4th pick / 1980 |
| Robert Clark | 22 | WR | 2 | 0 | 175 | 5-11 | North Carolina Central | 8/6/1965 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 10th / 263rd pick / 1987 |
| Mike Cofer | 23 | K | 2 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | North Carolina State | 2/19/1964 | Rook | |
| Chuck Commiskey | 29 | G | 12 | 4 | 290 | 6-4 | Mississippi | 3/28/1958 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 9th / 247th pick / 1981 |
| Bill Contz | 26 | T | 3 | 0 | 268 | 6-5 | Penn State | 12/5/1961 | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 122nd pick / 1983 |
| Toi Cook | 23 | DB | 7 | 0 | 188 | 5-11 | Stanford | 12/3/1964 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 8th / 207th pick / 1987 |
| Stacey Dawsey | 22 | WR | 3 | 3 | 154 | 5-9 | Indiana | 10/24/1965 | Rook | |
| Joe DeForest | 22 | LB | 3 | 3 | 240 | 6-1 | La-Lafayette | 4/17/1965 | Rook | |
| Jim Dombrowski | 24 | G-T | 10 | 10 | 300 | 6-5 | Virginia | 10/19/1963 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 6th pick / 1986 |
| Brad Edelman* | 27 | G | 11 | 9 | 265 | 6-6 | Missouri | 9/3/1960 | 5 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 30th pick / 1982 |
| Ted Elliott | 23 | NT | 3 | 0 | 275 | 6-6 | Mankato State | 11/16/1964 | Rook | |
| Tony Elliott | 28 | NT | 14 | 14 | 282 | 6-2 | North Texas,Wisconsin | 4/23/1959 | 5 | New Orleans Saints / 5th / 114th pick / 1982 |
| John Fourcade | 27 | QB | 3 | 3 | 208 | 6-1 | Mississippi | 10/11/1960 | Rook | |
| Keith Fourcade | 26 | LB | 3 | 0 | 225 | 5-11 | Mississippi | 10/20/1961 | Rook | |
| Jumpy Geathers | 27 | DE-DT | 1 | 0 | 290 | 6-7 | Wichita State | 6/26/1960 | 3 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1984 |
| Antonio Gibson | 25 | DB | 10 | 10 | 206 | 6-3 | Cincinnati | 7/5/1962 | 1 | |
| Daren Gilbert | 24 | T | 6 | 5 | 285 | 6-6 | Cal State-Fullerton | 10/3/1963 | 2 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 38th pick / 1985 |
| Darren Gottschalk | 23 | TE | 1 | 0 | 225 | 6-4 | California Lutheran | 12/1/1964 | Rook | |
| Mel J. Gray | 26 | RB-WR | 12 | 1 | 167 | 5-9 | Purdue | 3/16/1961 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1984 Supp |
| Brian Hansen | 27 | P | 12 | 0 | 215 | 6-4 | Sioux Falls | 10/26/1960 | 3 | New Orleans Saints / 9th / 237th pick / 1984 |
| Herbert Harris | 26 | WR | 2 | 0 | 206 | 6-1 | Lamar | 5/4/1961 | 1 | |
| Vic Harrison | 26 | WR | 3 | 0 | 184 | 5-9 | North Carolina | 2/9/1961 | Rook | |
| James Haynes | 27 | LB | 12 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Miss. Valley State | 8/9/1960 | 3 | |
| Bobby Hebert | 27 | QB | 12 | 12 | 215 | 6-4 | Northwest State (LA) | 8/19/1960 | 2 | |
| Joel Hilgenberg | 25 | C-G | 12 | 12 | 250 | 6-3 | Iowa | 7/10/1962 | 3 | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 97th pick / 1984 |
| Lonzell Hill | 22 | WR | 10 | 1 | 189 | 5-11 | Washington | 9/25/1965 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 40th pick / 1987 |
| Dalton Hilliard | 23 | RB | 12 | 1 | 204 | 5-8 | LSU | 1/21/1964 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 31st pick / 1986 |
| Walt Housman | 25 | T-G | 3 | 0 | 285 | 6-5 | Iowa,Upsala | 10/13/1962 | Rook | |
| Kevin Ingram | 25 | QB | 2 | 0 | 178 | 6-0 | East Carolina | 4/26/1962 | Rook | |
| Rickey Jackson | 29 | LB-DE | 12 | 12 | 243 | 6-2 | Pittsburgh | 3/20/1958 | 6 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 51st pick / 1981 |
| Van Jakes | 26 | DB | 12 | 10 | 188 | 6-0 | Kent State | 5/10/1961 | 4 | |
| Phillip James | 23 | G | 3 | 3 | 265 | 6-2 | Southern | 12/3/1964 | Rook | |
| Garland Jean-Batiste | 22 | RB | 3 | 0 | 208 | 6-0 | LSU | 4/2/1965 | Rook | |
| Nate Johnson | 24 | RB | 1 | 0 | 224 | 6-2 | Texas Southern | 10/25/1963 | Rook | |
| Vaughan Johnson | 25 | LB | 12 | 12 | 235 | 6-3 | North Carolina State | 3/24/1962 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 15th pick / 1984 Supp |
| Mike A. Jones | 27 | WR | 12 | 7 | 181 | 5-11 | Tennessee State | 4/14/1960 | 4 | Minnesota Vikings / 6th / 159th pick / 1983 |
| Buford Jordan | 25 | RB | 12 | 4 | 223 | 6-0 | McNeese State | 6/26/1962 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 12th pick / 1984 Supp |
| Ken Kaplan | 27 | T | 3 | 3 | 270 | 6-4 | New Hampshire | 1/12/1960 | 3 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 6th / 158th pick / 1983 |
| Florian Kempf | 31 | K | 1 | 0 | 170 | 5-9 | Pennsylvania | 5/25/1956 | 5 | |
| Shawn Knight | 23 | DE | 10 | 0 | 290 | 6-6 | BYU | 6/4/1964 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 11th pick / 1987 |
| Joe Kohlbrand | 24 | LB | 12 | 0 | 242 | 6-4 | Miami (FL) | 3/18/1963 | 2 | New Orleans Saints / 8th / 206th pick / 1985 |
| Steve Korte | 27 | C-G | 3 | 0 | 265 | 6-3 | Arkansas | 1/15/1960 | 4 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 38th pick / 1983 |
| Bill Leach | 23 | G-T | 1 | 0 | 280 | 6-5 | Kentucky,North Carolina State | 7/2/1964 | Rook | |
| Scott Leach | 24 | LB | 3 | 2 | 221 | 6-2 | Ohio State | 9/18/1963 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 9th / 234th pick / 1987 |
| Greg Loberg | 26 | G-T | 3 | 1 | 264 | 6-4 | California | 12/7/1961 | Rook | |
| Milton Mack | 24 | DB | 13 | 0 | 188 | 5-11 | Alcorn State | 9/20/1963 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 5th / 123rd pick / 1987 |
| Ken Marchiol | 22 | LB | 3 | 1 | 248 | 6-2 | Adams State,Mesa | 8/27/1965 | Rook | |
| Eric Martin | 26 | WR | 15 | 11 | 207 | 6-1 | LSU | 11/8/1961 | 2 | New Orleans Saints / 7th / 179th pick / 1985 |
| Brett Maxie | 25 | DB | 12 | 10 | 194 | 6-2 | Texas Southern | 1/13/1962 | 2 | |
| Rueben Mayes* | 24 | RB | 12 | 12 | 201 | 5-11 | Washington State | 6/6/1963 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 57th pick / 1986 |
| Larry McCoy | 26 | LB | 3 | 3 | 240 | 6-2 | Lamar | 8/12/1961 | 3 | |
| Sam Mills* | 28 | LB | 12 | 12 | 229 | 5-9 | Montclair State | 6/3/1959 | 1 | |
| Ken O'Neal | 25 | TE | 2 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Idaho State | 6/21/1962 | Rook | |
| Mark Pattison | 26 | WR | 9 | 4 | 190 | 6-2 | Washington | 12/13/1961 | 1 | Los Angeles Raiders / 7th / 188th pick / 1985 |
| Johnnie Poe | 28 | DB | 12 | 2 | 190 | 6-1 | Missouri | 8/29/1959 | 6 | New Orleans Saints / 6th / 144th pick / 1981 |
| Tim Riordan | 27 | QB | 1 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | Temple | 7/15/1960 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1984 Supp |
| Jeff Rodenberger | 28 | RB | 3 | 3 | 235 | 6-3 | Maryland | 11/3/1959 | Rook | |
| Bill Roe | 29 | LB | 3 | 3 | 233 | 6-3 | Colorado | 2/6/1958 | 7 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 78th pick / 1980 |
| Malcolm Scott | 26 | TE | 3 | 3 | 243 | 6-4 | LSU | 7/10/1961 | 4 | New York Giants / 5th / 124th pick / 1983 |
| Jon Sutton | 30 | DB | 2 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | New Mexico | 7/2/1957 | Rook | |
| Reggie Sutton | 22 | DB | 11 | 3 | 190 | 5-10 | Miami (FL) | 2/15/1965 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 5th / 115th pick / 1986 |
| Pat Swilling | 23 | LB-DE | 12 | 12 | 245 | 6-3 | Georgia Tech | 10/25/1964 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 60th pick / 1986 |
| Pat Swoopes | 23 | NT | 9 | 3 | 280 | 6-4 | Mississippi State | 3/4/1964 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 11th / 284th pick / 1986 |
| Derrick Taylor | 23 | DB | 3 | 3 | 186 | 5-11 | Davidson,North Carolina State | 3/15/1964 | Rook | |
| Curtland Thomas | 25 | WR | 2 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Missouri | 2/19/1962 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 12th / 335th pick / 1984 |
| Henry L. Thomas | 23 | G | 3 | 2 | 275 | 6-2 | Texas State | 2/12/1964 | Rook | |
| Joe Thomas | 24 | WR | 1 | 0 | 175 | 5-11 | Miss. Valley State | 3/25/1963 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 9th / 244th pick / 1986 |
| Junior Thurman | 23 | DB | 3 | 0 | 180 | 6-0 | USC | 9/8/1964 | Rook | |
| John Tice | 27 | TE | 12 | 8 | 242 | 6-5 | Maryland | 6/22/1960 | 4 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 65th pick / 1983 |
| Alvin Toles | 24 | LB | 12 | 0 | 211 | 6-1 | Tennessee | 3/23/1963 | 2 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 24th pick / 1985 |
| Darrel Toussaint | 29 | DB | 2 | 0 | 175 | 6-0 | Northwest State (LA) | 10/3/1958 | Rook | |
| Steve Trapilo | 23 | G | 11 | 11 | 290 | 6-5 | Boston College | 9/20/1964 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 96th pick / 1987 |
| Dwight Walker | 28 | RB-WR | 2 | 0 | 185 | 5-10 | Nicholls State | 1/10/1959 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 87th pick / 1982 |
| Frank Warren | 28 | DE-NT | 12 | 0 | 285 | 6-4 | Auburn | 9/14/1959 | 6 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 57th pick / 1981 |
| Mike Waters | 25 | TE-RB | 5 | 0 | 228 | 6-2 | San Diego State | 3/15/1962 | 1 | New York Jets / 9th / 235th pick / 1985 |
| Frank Wattelet | 29 | DB | 2 | 2 | 185 | 6-0 | Kansas | 10/25/1958 | 6 | |
| Dave Waymer* | 29 | DB | 12 | 12 | 195 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 7/1/1958 | 7 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 41st pick / 1980 |
| Ron Weissenhofer | 23 | LB | 1 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Notre Dame | 2/3/1964 | Rook | |
| Jim Wilks | 29 | DE-NT | 12 | 12 | 266 | 6-5 | California,San Diego State | 3/12/1958 | 6 | New Orleans Saints / 12th / 305th pick / 1981 |
| Dave Wilson | 28 | QB | 4 | 0 | 206 | 6-3 | Illinois | 4/27/1959 | 6 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 1st pick / 1981 Supp |
| Scott Woerner | 29 | DB | 1 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Georgia | 12/18/1958 | 6 | Atlanta Falcons / 3rd / 80th pick / 1981 |
| Barry Word | 24 | RB | 12 | 1 | 242 | 6-2 | Virginia | 1/17/1963 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 62nd pick / 1986 |
| Kevin Young | 23 | DE | 1 | 0 | 265 | 6-5 | Tulane,Utah State | 11/8/1964 | Rook | |
| Team Total | 25.4 | 15 | 227.1 | 6-1.8 | 1.8 |