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1977 New Orleans Saints Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 3-11-0, 4th in NFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Hank Stram (3-11-0)

Points For: 232 (16.6/g) 15th of 28

Points Against: 336 (24.0/g) 26th of 28

Expected W-L: 4.1-9.9

SRS: -9.16 (27th of 28), SOS: -1.73

Other Notable Asst.: Jim Garrett (Assistant Coach), Rich Kotite (Tight Ends), Dick Nolan (Linebackers), Sam Rutigliano (WR Coach), Dick Stanfel (Offensive Line) and Dick Wood (Quarterbacks)

Stadium: Louisiana Superdome

President/Majority Shareholder: John Mecom Jr.

Head Coach/General Manager: Hank Stram

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +7500

Training Camp: Dodgertown (Vero Beach, Florida)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	232	3597	851	4.2	32	11	223	166	321	1573	13	21	4.3	96	484	2024	14	4.2	115	86	794	12
Opp. Stats	336	4622	940	4.9	25	15	272	154	290	1893	15	10	6.0	103	623	2729	21	4.4	153	104	972	16
Lg Rank Offense	15	21			12	4	19		20	23	17	13	23		20	13	12	6
Lg Rank Defense	26	25			26	14	25		2	10	18	27	26		27	27	25	27

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 18	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1		Green Bay Packers	20	24	19	315	162	153	2	11	204	123	81	1
2	Sun	September 25	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-2	@	Detroit Lions	19	23	9	92	53	39	1	26	429	123	306	1
3	Sun	October 2	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-2	@	Chicago Bears	42	24	18	314	168	146		19	415	218	197	3
4	Sun	October 9	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-3		San Diego Chargers	0	14	18	200	43	157	2	14	269	137	132	2
5	Sun	October 16	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-4	@	Los Angeles Rams	7	14	12	232	155	77		24	408	165	243	3
6	Sun	October 23	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-5	@	St. Louis Cardinals	31	49	23	440	275	165	2	31	487	243	244	2
7	Sun	October 30	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-5		Los Angeles Rams	27	26	19	343	90	253	2	19	376	242	134	3
8	Sun	November 6	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-6	@	Philadelphia Eagles	7	28	9	166	88	78	5	21	295	150	145	1
9	Sun	November 13	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L	OT	2-7		San Francisco 49ers	7	10	12	194	33	161	2	21	287	44	243	2
10	Sun	November 20	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-7		Atlanta Falcons	21	20	19	296	84	212	3	18	245	35	210	3
11	Sun	November 27	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-8	@	San Francisco 49ers	17	20	13	183	19	164	1	16	343	61	282	1
12	Sun	December 4	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-9		New York Jets	13	16	18	303	115	188		16	282	141	141	1
13	Sun	December 11	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-10		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	14	33	17	250	154	96	7	14	238	103	135	1
14	Sun	December 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-11	@	Atlanta Falcons	7	35	17	269	134	135	5	22	344	108	236	1

Passing

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Archie Manning	28	QB	10	9	1-8-0	113	205	55.1	1284	8	3.9	9	4.4	59	6.3	5.07	11.4	128.4	68.8	36	288	14.94	4.13	3.12	1	1
2	Bobby Scott	28	QB	5	3	1-2-0	36	82	43.9	516	3	3.7	8	9.8	53	6.3	2.63	14.3	103.2	37.5	5	43	5.75	5.44	1.99	1	1
3	Bobby Douglass	30	QB	4	2	1-1-0	16	31	51.6	130	1	3.2	3	9.7	31	4.2	0.48	8.1	32.5	33.7	5	29	13.89	2.81	-0.39	0	0
4	Tom Blanchard	29	P	14	0		1	3	33.3	3	1	33.3	1	33.3	3	1.0	-7.33	3.0	0.2	42.4	0	0	0.00	1.00	-7.33	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	3-11-0	166	321	51.7	1573	13	4.0	21	6.5	59	6.0	2.77	11.6	112.4	56.5	46	360	12.53	4.29	2.42	2	2

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Chuck Muncie	24	RB	14	11	201	811	6	36	4.0	57.9	14.4	21	248	11.8	1	35	1.5	17.7	222	4.8	1059	7	3
2	Tony Galbreath	23	FB	14	14	168	644	3	26	3.8	46.0	12.0	41	265	6.5	0	30	2.9	18.9	209	4.3	909	3	3
3	Henry Childs	26	TE	13	10	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	33	518	15.7	9	59	2.5	39.8	33	15.7	518	9	0
4	Don Herrmann	30	WR	13	13	1	-17	0	-17	-17.0	-1.3	0.1	32	408	12.8	0	39	2.5	31.4	33	11.8	391	0	1
5	Mike Strachan	24	RB	13	3	55	271	0	18	4.9	20.8	4.2	3	26	8.7	0	10	0.2	2.0	58	5.1	297	0	4
6	Archie Manning	28	QB	10	9	39	270	5	27	6.9	27.0	3.9	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	39	6.9	270	5	5
7	Jim Thaxton	28	TE	14	6	1	-3	0	-3	-3.0	-0.2	0.1	14	211	15.1	1	41	1.0	15.1	15	13.9	208	1	0
8	John Gilliam	32	WR	10	8	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	11	133	12.1	1	23	1.1	13.3	11	12.1	133	1	0
9	Rich Mauti	23	WR	14	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	71	17.8	0	23	0.3	5.1	4	17.8	71	0	2
10	Kim Jones	25	RB	14	0	8	23	0	8	2.9	1.6	0.6	1	9	9.0	0	9	0.1	0.6	9	3.6	32	0	0
11	Bobby Douglass	30	QB	4	2	2	23	0	20	11.5	5.8	0.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	11.5	23	0	1
12	Larry Burton	26	WR	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	13	13.0	0	13	1.0	13.0	1	13.0	13	0	0
13	Greg Boykin	24	RB	14	0	5	-9	0	4	-1.8	-0.6	0.4	3	21	7.0	0	9	0.2	1.5	8	1.5	12	0	0
14	Bobby Scott	28	QB	5	3	4	11	0	9	2.8	2.2	0.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	2.8	11	0	0
15	Joel Parker	25	WR	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	7	7.0	0	7	1.0	7.0	1	7.0	7	0	0
16	Elois Grooms	24	LDE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	3	3.0	1	3	0.1	0.2	1	3.0	3	1	0
	Team Totals			14	14	484	2024	14	36	4.2	144.6	34.6	166	1933	11.6	13	59	11.9	138.1	650	6.1	3957	27	20

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Clarence Chapman	24	RCB	14	14	1	16	0	16	0	1	-1	0	0.0	0
2	Chuck Crist	26	SS	14	14	4	6	0	6	1	1	0	0	3.0	0
3	Joe Federspiel	27	MLB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
4	Tony Galbreath	23	FB	14	14	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Elois Grooms	24	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	7.5	0
6	John Hill	27	C	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
7	Jim Merlo	26	LLB	14	14	1	57	1	57	0	2	3	0	1.0	0
8	Don Morrison	28	RT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0.0	0
9	Emanuel Zanders	26	RG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
10	Don Herrmann	30	WR	13	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Bob Pollard	29	RDE	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	52	1	6.0	0
12	Ernie Jackson	27	LCB	11	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
13	Chuck Muncie	24	RB	14	11	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Derland Moore	26	RDT	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.5	0
15	Tom Myers	27	FS	12	10	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Terry Stieve	23	LG	14	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	Archie Manning	28	QB	10	9	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	0
18	Elex Price	27	LDT	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	0
19	Pat Hughes	30	RLB	14	8	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0.5	0
20	Joe Campbell	22	RDE	14	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.5	0
21	Rich Mauti	23	WR	14	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Craig Cassady	24	DB	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	0	0.0	0
23	Jim Marsalis	32	DB	12	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Mike Strachan	24	RB	13	3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Bobby Douglass	30	QB	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
26	Greg Boykin	24	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
27	Lee Gross	24	C	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	10	0	1		20	9	64	1	27	1

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