1982 New Orleans Saints (NFL) |
| 9th place • National Football Conference • 4-5-0 .444 |
| Head Coach: Bum Phillips |
| Andy Everest | Tight Ends |
| King Hill | Offensive Coordinator |
| John Levra | Offensive Backs |
| Carl Mauck | Offensive Line Assistant |
| Lamar McHan | Receivers |
| Russell Paternostro | Strength and Conditioning |
| Wade Phillips | Defensive Coordinator |
| Harold Richardson | Special Teams |
| Joe Spencer | Offensive Line |
| Lance Van Zandt | Defensive Backs |
| John Paul Young | Linebackers |
| Willie Zapalac | Defensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Thu | 8/12/1982 | A | Houston Oilers | 20-22 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 44599 | |
| Sat | 8/21/1982 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 6-3 | W | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 46585 | |
| Sat | 8/28/1982 | H | Cleveland Browns | 17-20 | L | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 55689 | |
| Fri | 9/3/1982 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 21-24 | L | Minneapolis, MN | Metrodome | 59810 | |
| Sun | 9/12/1982 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 7-21 | L | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 58673 | |
| Sun | 9/19/1982 | A | Chicago Bears | 10-0 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 56600 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1982 | H | Denver Broncos | - | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | |||
| Sun | 10/3/1982 | A | Los Angeles Raiders | - | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | |||
| Sun | 10/10/1982 | H | San Francisco 49ers | - | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | |||
| Sun | 10/17/1982 | A | Minnesota Vikings | - | Minneapolis, MN | Metrodome | |||
| Sun | 10/24/1982 | A | Los Angeles Rams | - | Anaheim, CA | Anaheim Stadium | |||
| Sun | 11/7/1982 | H | Los Angeles Rams | - | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | |||
| Sun | 11/14/1982 | A | San Diego Chargers | - | San Diego, CA | Jack Murphy Stadium | |||
| Sun | 11/21/1982 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 27-17 | W | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 39341 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1982 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 23-20 | W | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 51611 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1982 | H | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 10-13 | L | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 61709 | |
| Sun | 12/12/1982 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 0-35 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 39535 | |
| Sun | 12/19/1982 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 7-21 | L | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 64506 | |
| Sun | 12/26/1982 | H | Washington Redskins | 10-27 | L | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 48667 | |
| Sun | 1/2/1983 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 35-6 | W | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 47336 | |
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 9/26/1982 | Denver Broncos | Canceled |
| 10/3/1982 | Los Angeles Raiders | Canceled |
| 10/10/1982 | San Francisco 49ers | Canceled |
| 10/17/1982 | Minnesota Vikings | Canceled |
| 10/24/1982 | Los Angeles Rams | Canceled |
| 11/7/1982 | Los Angeles Rams | Canceled |
| 11/14/1982 | San Diego Chargers | Canceled |
| 1/2/1983 | Atlanta Falcons | Postponed from 10/31 |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Morten Andersen | 7 | K | 6-2 | 221 | 22 | Michigan State | 8 | 0 |
| Don Bass | 88 | TE | 6-2 | 219 | 26 | Houston | 3 | 0 |
| Ken Bordelon | 50 | LB | 6-4 | 228 | 28 | Louisiana State | 9 | 0 |
| Hoby Brenner | 85 | TE | 6-5 | 245 | 23 | Southern California | 8 | 8 |
| Stan Brock | 67 | ROT | 6-6 | 286 | 24 | Colorado | 9 | 9 |
| Bruce Clark | 75 | LDE | 6-3 | 270 | 24 | Penn State | 9 | 9 |
| Kelvin Clark | 78 | OG | 6-3 | 265 | 26 | Nebraska | 9 | 0 |
| Kenny Duckett | 83 | WR | 5-11 | 183 | 23 | Wake Forest | 7 | 0 |
| Brad Edelman | 63 | LOG | 6-6 | 273 | 22 | Missouri | 9 | 9 |
| Tony Elliott | 99 | DE | 6-2 | 290 | 23 | Wisconsin; North Texas | 9 | 0 |
| Russell Erxleben | 14 | P-K | 6-4 | 238 | 25 | Texas | 9 | 0 |
| Toni Fritsch | 15 | K | 5-7 | 188 | 37 | none | 5 | 0 |
| Hokie Gajan | 46 | FB | 5-11 | 220 | 23 | Louisiana State | 9 | 4 |
| Russell Gary | 20 | SS | 5-11 | 195 | 23 | Nebraska | 9 | 9 |
| Kevin Gray | 33 | CB | 5-11 | 179 | 25 | Kennedy-King JC; Eastern Illinois | 8 | 0 |
| Leon Gray | 72 | OT | 6-3 | 261 | 31 | Jackson State | 7 | 0 |
| Jeff Groth | 86 | WR | 5-10 | 172 | 25 | Bowling Green State | 9 | 9 |
| Larry Hardy | 87 | TE | 6-3 | 240 | 26 | Jackson State | 9 | 2 |
| John Hill | 62 | C | 6-2 | 246 | 32 | Lehigh | 9 | 9 |
| Jack Holmes | 45 | RB | 5-11 | 210 | 29 | Texas Southern | 5 | 0 |
| Bill Hurley | 28 | CB-S | 5-11 | 195 | 25 | Syracuse | 9 | 0 |
| Rickey Jackson | 57 | LOLB | 6-2 | 243 | 24 | Pittsburgh | 9 | 9 |
| Jim Kovach | 52 | LILB | 6-2 | 239 | 26 | Kentucky | 8 | 8 |
| John Krimm | 21 | S | 6-1 | 190 | 22 | Notre Dame | 9 | 0 |
| Dave Lafary | 64 | LOT | 6-7 | 280 | 27 | Purdue | 9 | 9 |
| Marvin Lewis | 24 | RB | 6-3 | 225 | 22 | Tyler JC; Tulane | 1 | 0 |
| Reggie Lewis | 98 | DE | 6-2 | 260 | 28 | Oregon; San Diego State | 9 | 0 |
| Rodney Lewis | 29 | CB | 5-11 | 186 | 23 | Nebraska | 9 | 0 |
| Archie Manning | 8 | QB | 6-3 | 205 | 33 | Mississippi | 1 | 0 |
| Rich Mauti | 84 | WR | 6-0 | 195 | 28 | Nassau CC; Penn State | 9 | 0 |
| Guido Merkens | 19 | WR | 6-1 | 200 | 27 | Sam Houston State | 9 | 1 |
| Derland Moore | 74 | NT | 6-4 | 265 | 31 | Oklahoma | 9 | 9 |
| Rob Nairne | 55 | ROLB | 6-4 | 227 | 28 | Oregon State | 9 | 9 |
| Louis Oubre | 66 | ROG | 6-4 | 274 | 24 | Oklahoma | 9 | 9 |
| Whitney Paul | 51 | LB | 6-3 | 219 | 29 | Colorado | 9 | 0 |
| Scott Pelluer | 53 | LILB | 6-2 | 214 | 23 | Washington State | 6 | 1 |
| Jim Pietrzak | 76 | C | 6-5 | 260 | 29 | Eastern Michigan | 9 | 0 |
| Johnnie Poe | 25 | RCB | 6-1 | 194 | 23 | Missouri | 9 | 9 |
| George Rogers | 38 | HB | 6-2 | 229 | 24 | South Carolina | 6 | 5 |
| Jimmy Rogers | 41 | RB | 5-10 | 190 | 27 | Oklahoma | 9 | 1 |
| Lindsay Scott | 80 | WR | 6-1 | 194 | 22 | Georgia | 8 | 7 |
| Ed Simonini | 54 | LB | 6-0 | 206 | 28 | Texas A&M | 9 | 0 |
| Chuck Slaughter | 79 | OT | 6-5 | 260 | 24 | South Carolina | 1 | 0 |
| Ken Stabler | 16 | QB | 6-3 | 210 | 37 | Alabama | 8 | 8 |
| Aundra Thompson | 89 | WR | 6-1 | 186 | 29 | East Texas A&M | 9 | 2 |
| Toussaint Tyler | 42 | FB | 6-2 | 220 | 23 | Washington | 2 | 0 |
| Frank Warren | 73 | RDE | 6-4 | 290 | 23 | Auburn | 9 | 1 |
| Frank Wattelet | 49 | FS | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | Kansas | 9 | 9 |
| Dave Waymer | 44 | LCB | 6-1 | 188 | 24 | Notre Dame | 9 | 9 |
| Jim Wilks | 94 | RDE | 6-5 | 272 | 24 | Pasadena CC; San Diego State | 8 | 8 |
| Wayne Wilson | 30 | FB-HB | 6-3 | 213 | 25 | Shepherd | 8 | 7 |
| Dennis Winston | 56 | RILB | 6-0 | 228 | 27 | Arkansas | 9 | 9 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 13 | Lindsay Scott | WR | Georgia |
| 2 | 30 | Brad Edelman | C | Missouri |
| 3 | 58 | Rodney Lewis | DB | Nebraska |
| 3 | 66 | Eugene Goodlow | WR | Kansas State |
| 3 | 68 | Kenny Duckett | WR | Wake Forest |
| 3 | 76 | John Krimm | DB | Notre Dame |
| 4 | 86 | Morten Andersen | K | Michigan State |
| 5 | 114 | Tony Elliott | DE | North Texas |
| 6 | 142 | Marvin Lewis | RB | Tulane |
| 8 | 198 | Chuck Slaughter | T | South Carolina |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 31 | 27 | 26 | 45 | 129 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 64 | 34 | 48 | 160 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 32:06 | 173 | 79 | 76 | 18 | 48/128 37.5% | / % | 63 | 514 |
| Opponents Totals | 27:54 | 151 | 58 | 81 | 12 | 36/103 35.0% | / % | 52 | 459 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Wilson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Toni Fritsch | 0 | 8 | 9 | 88.9 | 4 | 7 | 57.1 | 0 | 20 |
| George Rogers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Morten Andersen | 0 | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 0 | 12 |
| Kenny Duckett | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jimmy Rogers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jeff Groth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Larry Hardy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill Hurley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Aundra Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Russell Erxleben | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 16 | 15 | 16 | 93.8 | 6 | 13 | 46.2 | 0 | 129 |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 19 | 19 | 100.0 | 9 | 12 | 75.0 | 0 | 160 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toni Fritsch | 4 | 7 | 57.1 | 1 | 42 | 1/1 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 2/3 | 0/0 |
| Morten Andersen | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 0 | 45 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 1/3 | 0/1 |
| Russell Erxleben | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 6 | 13 | 46.2 | 1 | 45 | 1/1 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 3/6 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 9 | 12 | 75.0 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 2/3 | 4/4 | 1/3 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Rogers | 122 | 535 | 4.4 | 38 | 3 |
| Wayne Wilson | 103 | 413 | 4.0 | 20 | 3 |
| Jimmy Rogers | 60 | 178 | 3.0 | 32 | 2 |
| Hokie Gajan | 19 | 77 | 4.1 | 12 | 0 |
| Guido Merkens | 9 | 30 | 3.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Toussaint Tyler | 10 | 21 | 2.1 | 11 | 0 |
| Jack Holmes | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Aundra Thompson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jeff Groth | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lindsay Scott | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Ken Stabler | 3 | -4 | -1.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 331 | 1257 | 3.8 | 38 | 8 |
| Opponents Totals | 255 | 974 | 3.8 | 40 | 8 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Stabler | 189 | 117 | 61.9 | 62 | 1343 | 7.1 | 11.5 | 48 | 6 | 3.2 | 10 | 5.3 | 13 | 106 | 1237 | 71.8 |
| Guido Merkens | 49 | 18 | 36.7 | 29 | 186 | 3.8 | 10.3 | 37 | 1 | 2.0 | 2 | 4.1 | 8 | 49 | 137 | 38.3 |
| Russell Erxleben | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 39 | 19.5 | 39.0 | 39t | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 135.4 |
| Jack Holmes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Archie Manning | 7 | 1 | 14.3 | 4 | 3 | 0.4 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 28.6 | 2 | 18 | -15 | 0.0 |
| Team Totals | 248 | 137 | 55.2 | 97 | 1571 | 6.3 | 11.5 | 48 | 8 | 3.2 | 14 | 5.6 | 23 | 173 | 1398 | 61.7 |
| Opponents Totals | 245 | 149 | 60.8 | 87 | 1864 | 7.6 | 12.5 | 58t | 11 | 4.5 | 9 | 3.7 | 31 | 231 | 1633 | 84.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Groth | 30 | 383 | 12.8 | 39 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Wayne Wilson | 25 | 175 | 7.0 | 34 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Lindsay Scott | 17 | 251 | 14.8 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hoby Brenner | 16 | 171 | 10.7 | 25 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kenny Duckett | 12 | 196 | 16.3 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aundra Thompson | 8 | 138 | 17.3 | 48 | 1 | ||||
| Larry Hardy | 8 | 67 | 8.4 | 31 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Rich Mauti | 4 | 70 | 17.5 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toussaint Tyler | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Rogers | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Rogers | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hokie Gajan | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Hurley | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39t | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Holmes | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 137 | 1571 | 11.5 | 48 | 8 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 149 | 1864 | 12.5 | 58t | 11 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Gary | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Dennis Winston | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rickey Jackson | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Bill Hurley | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Whitney Paul | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Rodney Lewis | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Rob Nairne | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 108 | 12.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 79 | 5.6 | 35 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Erxleben | 46 | 1976 | 43.0 | 60 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 239 | 1617 | 35.2 |
| Team Totals | 46 | 1976 | 43.0 | 60 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 239 | 1617 | 35.2 |
| Opponents Totals | 51 | 2094 | 41.1 | 59 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 144 | 1870 | 36.7 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Groth | 21 | 13 | 144 | 6.9 | 18 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 13 | 144 | 6.9 | 18 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 4 | 239 | 8.2 | 19 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aundra Thompson | 10 | 0 | 211 | 21.1 | 35 | 0 |
| Wayne Wilson | 7 | 0 | 192 | 27.4 | 75 | 0 |
| Rich Mauti | 5 | 0 | 93 | 18.6 | 22 | 0 |
| Kenny Duckett | 2 | 0 | 39 | 19.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Jimmy Rogers | 1 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Hokie Gajan | 1 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 26 | 0 | 577 | 22.2 | 75 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 0 | 388 | 19.4 | 30 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Bruce Clark | 5.5 | |
| Rickey Jackson | 4.5 | |
| Derland Moore | 4.0 | |
| Russell Gary | 3.0 | |
| Reggie Lewis | 3.0 | |
| Whitney Paul | 3.0 | |
| Jim Kovach | 2.5 | |
| Jim Wilks | 2.0 | |
| Ken Bordelon | 1.0 | |
| Rob Nairne | 1.0 | |
| Frank Warren | 1.0 | |
| Dennis Winston | 0.5 | |
| Team Totals | 31.0 | 231.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 23.0 | 173.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Bass | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hoby Brenner | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Elliott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hokie Gajan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Russell Gary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Groth | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Hardy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rickey Jackson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Kovach | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Guido Merkens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derland Moore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnnie Poe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| George Rogers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Stabler | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aundra Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Wattelet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Waymer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Wilson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dennis Winston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 0 |
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