1977 New Orleans Saints (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/6/1977	A	Chicago Bears	20-14	W		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	55163
Sat	8/13/1977	H	New York Giants	23-7	W		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	49900
Sat	8/20/1977	H	Buffalo Bills	20-17	W		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	66282
Sat	8/27/1977	H	New York Jets	14-20	L		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	49455
Sat	9/3/1977	A	Miami Dolphins	17-10	W		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	39970
Sat	9/10/1977	H	Houston Oilers	20-16	W		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	49964
Sun	9/18/1977	H	Green Bay Packers	20-24	L		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	56250
Sun	9/25/1977	A	Detroit Lions	19-23	L		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	51458
Sun	10/2/1977	A	Chicago Bears	42-24	W		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	51488
Sun	10/9/1977	H	San Diego Chargers	0-14	L		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	53942
Sun	10/16/1977	A	Los Angeles Rams	7-14	L		Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	46045
Sun	10/23/1977	A	St. Louis Cardinals	31-49	L		St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	48417
Sun	10/30/1977	H	Los Angeles Rams	27-26	W		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	59023
Sun	11/6/1977	A	Philadelphia Eagles	7-28	L		Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	53482
Sun	11/13/1977	H	San Francisco 49ers	7-10	L	OT	New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	41654
Sun	11/20/1977	H	Atlanta Falcons	21-20	W		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	43135
Sun	11/27/1977	A	San Francisco 49ers	17-20	L		San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	33702
Sun	12/4/1977	H	New York Jets	13-16	L		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	40464
Sun	12/11/1977	H	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	14-33	L		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	40124
Sun	12/18/1977	A	Atlanta Falcons	7-35	L		Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	36895

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Steve Baumgartner	63	DE-DT	6-7	245	26	Purdue	5	0
Tom Blanchard	16	P	6-0	185	29	Oregon	14	0
Ken Bordelon	50	LB	6-4	228	23	Louisiana State	14	0
Wade Bosarge	25	S	5-10	175	22	Tulsa	5	0
Greg Boykin	36	RB	6-0	225	24	Northwestern	14	0
Larry Burton	80	WR	6-1	193	26	Purdue	1	1
Joe Campbell	73	RDE-LDE	6-6	250	22	Maryland	14	6
Craig Cassady	23	LCB	5-11	175	24	Ohio State	12	3
Clarence Chapman	24	RCB	5-10	175	24	Eastern Michigan	14	14
Henry Childs	85	TE	6-2	226	26	Kansas State	13	10
Chuck Crist	44	SS-FS	6-2	205	26	Penn State	14	14
Oakley Dalton	66	DT	6-6	285	25	Jackson State	1	0
Bobby Douglass	10	QB	6-3	223	30	Kansas	4	2
Joe Federspiel	58	MLB	6-2	230	27	Kentucky	14	14
Mike Fultz	72	LDT-RDT	6-5	278	23	Nebraska	12	5
Tony Galbreath	34	RB	6-0	228	23	Centerville JC; Missouri	14	14
John Gilliam	41	WR	6-1	190	32	South Carolina State	10	8
Elois Grooms	78	RDE-LDE	6-4	250	24	Tennessee Tech	14	14
Lee Gross	56	C	6-3	230	24	Auburn	9	0
Don Herrmann	87	WR	6-2	195	30	Waynesburg	13	13
John Hill	62	C	6-2	246	27	Lehigh	14	14
Dave Hubbard	70	OT	6-7	270	22	Brigham Young	5	0
Pat Hughes	54	RLB	6-2	231	30	Boston University	14	8
Ernie Jackson	30	LCB	5-10	176	27	Duke	11	11
Kim Jones	32	RB	6-4	243	25	Colorado State	14	0
Rick Kingrea	53	LB	6-1	228	28	Tulane	14	0
Dave Lafary	64	OT	6-7	280	22	Purdue	10	0
Archie Manning	8	QB	6-3	205	28	Mississippi	10	9
Jim Marsalis	40	FS-SS	5-11	194	32	Tennessee State	12	3
Rich Mauti	84	WR	6-0	195	23	Nassau CC; Penn State	14	4
Jim Merlo	57	LLB	6-1	220	26	Fresno CC; Stanford	14	14
Marv Montgomery	77	LOT	6-6	255	29	Los Angeles Valley JC; Southern California	14	14
Derland Moore	74	RDT	6-4	265	26	Oklahoma	10	10
Don Morrison	76	ROT	6-5	257	28	Texas-Arlington	14	14
Chuck Muncie	42	RB	6-3	233	24	Arizona Western JC; California	14	11
Tommy Myers	37	FS-SS	6-0	180	27	Syracuse	12	10
Joel Parker	88	WR	6-5	215	25	Florida	1	0
Bob Pollard	82	LDE-RDT-LDT	6-3	248	29	Texas Southern; Weber State	14	12
Elex Price	75	LDT	6-3	260	27	Alcorn State	11	9
Kurt Schumacher	71	LOG	6-3	246	25	Ohio State	14	4
Bobby Scott	12	QB	6-1	201	28	Tennessee	5	3
Jimmy Stewart	26	SS	5-11	190	23	Tulsa	9	1
Terry Stieve	68	LOG	6-2	263	23	Wisconsin	14	10
Mike Strachan	33	RB	6-0	199	24	Iowa State	13	3
Rich Szaro	15	K	5-11	204	29	Harvard	14	0
Jim Thaxton	86	TE-WR	6-2	241	28	Tennessee State	14	6
John Watson	67	OT	6-4	244	28	Oklahoma	5	0
Greg Westbrooks	60	RLB	6-2	218	24	Colorado Mesa; Colorado	7	6
Lenny Willis	89	WR	5-11	180	24	Nebraska Southern JC; Ohio State	7	0
Robert Woods	65	OT	6-3	253	27	Tennessee State	4	0
Emanuel Zanders	79	ROG	6-1	248	26	Jackson State	14	14

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	7	Joe Campbell	DE	Maryland
2	34	Mike Fultz	DT	Nebraska
3	64	Bob Watts	LB	Boston College
5	118	Dave Lafary	T	Purdue
5	136	Dave Hubbard	T	Brigham Young
6	147	Cliff Parsley	P	Oklahoma State
6	162	Tom Schick	G	Maryland
7	174	Greg Boykin	RB	Northwestern
8	201	Jimmy Stewart	DB	Tulsa
9	231	Dave Knowles	T	Indiana
10	258	Rafael Septien	K	Louisiana-Lafayette
11	285	John Blain	T	San Jose State
12	315	Oakley Dalton	DE	Jackson State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	PTS
Team Totals	20	105	38	69	0	232
Opponents Totals	69	111	62	91	3	336

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		223	115	96	12	71/201 35.3%	/ %	86	794
Opponents Totals		272	153	103	16	89/215 41.4%	/ %	104	972

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Henry Childs	9	0	0		0	0		0	54
Rich Szaro	0	29	31	93.5	5	12	41.7	0	44
Chuck Muncie	7	0	0		0	0		0	42
Archie Manning	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Tony Galbreath	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Clarence Chapman	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
John Gilliam	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Elois Grooms	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Jim Merlo	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Tommy Myers	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bob Pollard	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Jim Thaxton	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
(Team)	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	31	29	31	93.5	5	12	41.7	1	232
Opponents Totals	42	39	42	92.9	15	24	62.5	0	336

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Rich Szaro	5	12	41.7	0	31	0/0	3/4	2/3	0/5	0/0
Team Totals	5	12	41.7	0	31	0/0	3/4	2/3	0/2	0/0
Opponents Totals	15	24	62.5			1/2	5/7	3/6	6/6	0/2

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Chuck Muncie	201	811	4.0	36	6
Tony Galbreath	168	644	3.8	26	3
Mike Strachan	55	271	4.9	18	0
Archie Manning	39	270	6.9	27	5
Bobby Douglass	2	23	11.5	20	0
Kim Jones	8	23	2.9	8	0
Bobby Scott	4	11	2.8	9	0
Jim Thaxton	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0
Greg Boykin	5	-9	-1.8	4	0
Don Herrmann	1	-17	-17.0	-17	0
Team Totals	484	2024	4.2	36	14
Opponents Totals	623	2729	4.4	80	21

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Archie Manning	205	113	55.1	83	1284	6.3	11.4	59t	8	3.9	9	4.4	36	288	996	68.8
Bobby Scott	82	36	43.9	38	516	6.3	14.3	53t	3	3.7	8	9.8	5	43	473	37.5
Bobby Douglass	31	16	51.6	12	130	4.2	8.1	31	1	3.2	3	9.7	5	29	101	33.7
Tom Blanchard	3	1	33.3	1	3	1.0	3.0	3t	1	33.3	1	33.3	0	0	3	42.4
Team Totals	321	166	51.7	134	1933	6.0	11.6	59t	13	4.0	21	6.5	46	360	1573	56.5
Opponents Totals	290	154	53.1	126	2127	7.3	13.8	58	15	5.2	10	3.4	27	234	1893	79.8

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tony Galbreath	41	265	6.5	30	0			0
Henry Childs	33	518	15.7	59t	9				0
Don Herrmann	32	408	12.8	39	0			0
Chuck Muncie	21	248	11.8	35t	1			0
Jim Thaxton	14	211	15.1	41	1				0
John Gilliam	11	133	12.1	23	1			0	0
Rich Mauti	4	71	17.8	23	0			0
Mike Strachan	3	26	8.7	10	0		0	0
Greg Boykin	3	21	7.0	9	0		0	0	0
Larry Burton	1	13	13.0	13	0		0	0	0
Kim Jones	1	9	9.0	9	0		0	0	0
Joel Parker	1	7	7.0	7	0		0	0	0
Elois Grooms	1	3	3.0	3t	1	1	0	0	0
Team Totals	166	1933	11.6	59t	13
Opponents Totals	154	2127	13.8	58	15

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Chuck Crist	4	6	1.5	6	0
Jim Merlo	1	57	57.0	57t	1
Clarence Chapman	1	16	16.0	16	0
Pat Hughes	1	2	2.0	2	0
Tommy Myers	1	2	2.0	2	0
Ernie Jackson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Jim Marsalis	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	10	83	8.3	57t	1
Opponents Totals	21	392	18.7	72t	4

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Tom Blanchard	82	3474	42.4	66	2	11	11	604	2650	31.5
Bobby Scott	3	95	31.7	34	0	0	0	0	95	31.7
Team Totals	87	3569	41.0	66	2	11	11	604	2745	31.6
Opponents Totals	75	2909	38.8	54	1	8	15	281	2468	32.9

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Rich Mauti	37	10	281	7.6	33	0
Team Totals	37	10	281	7.6	33	0
Opponents Totals	51	9	604	11.8	88t	2

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Clarence Chapman	15	385	25.7	92t	1
Rich Mauti	27	609	22.6	38	0
Lenny Willis	8	148	18.5	27	0
Greg Boykin	5	76	15.2	24	0
Joe Campbell	2	33	16.5	20	0
Kim Jones	2	23	11.5	13	0
Rick Kingrea	2	21	10.5	21	0
Jimmy Stewart	1	33	33.0	33	0
Chuck Muncie	1	19	19.0	19	0
Jim Thaxton	0	8		8L	0
Team Totals	63	1355	21.5	92t	1
Opponents Totals	45	1075	23.9	60	0

SACKS	NO	YDS
Elois Grooms	7.5
Elex Price	6.0
Bob Pollard	5.5
Chuck Crist	3.0
Derland Moore	1.5
Jim Merlo	1.0
Joe Federspiel	1.0
Joe Campbell	0.5
Pat Hughes	0.5
Team Totals	27.0	234.0
Opponents Totals	46.0	360.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Greg Boykin	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Joe Campbell	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Craig Cassady	0	0	0	1	1	8	0
Clarence Chapman	0	0	0	1	1	-1	0
Chuck Crist	1		0	1	1	0	0
Bobby Douglass	1		0	0	0	0	0
Tony Galbreath	3		0	0	0	0	0
Elois Grooms	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Lee Gross	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Don Herrmann	1		0	0	0	0	0
John Hill	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Pat Hughes	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ernie Jackson	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Archie Manning	5		1	0	1	0	0
Rich Mauti	2		0	0	0	0	0
Jim Merlo	0	0	0	2	2	3	0
Derland Moore	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Don Morrison	0	0	1	0	1	2	0
Chuck Muncie	3		0	0	0	0	0
Bob Pollard	0	0	0	2	2	52	1
Terry Stieve	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Mike Strachan	4		0	0	0	0	0
Emanuel Zanders	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Team Totals	20	13	7	15	22	64	1
Opponents Totals	29	15	13	11	24		0

John Beake	Offensive Backs
Buck Buchanan	Defensive Line
Whitey Campbell	Special Teams
Jim Garrett	Defensive Backs
Rich Kotite	Quality Control
Dick Nolan	Linebackers
Sam Rutigliano	Wide Receivers
Dick Stanfel	Offensive Line
Dick Wood	Quarterbacks