1979 New Orleans Saints 6-10 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot 1979 New Orleans 82 97 77 110 3 369 Opponent 87 140 86 88 0 401 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 369 401 1-0 40 Atlanta 37 70ø First Downs 314 360 2-0 36 @Green Bay 7 56ø 5-15 Rush 121 165 2-1 30 Philadelphia 41 70ø Pass 183 181 3-1 39 @San Francisco 36 69ø 0-10 Pen 10 14 4-1 34 New York (N) 0 70ø Penalties 75 82 4-2 7 Los Angeles 31 70ø Yards 505 559 5-2 17 @Tampa Bay 16 91ø Heavy Rain 6-2 35 Detroit 14 70ø Rushing Att 497 576 6-3 17 @Washington 20 51ø 0-10 Rain Yards 2339 2733 6-4 14 @Denver 28 46ø 0-5 Ave 4.7 4.7 6-5 21 San Francisco 48 70ø TD 23 21 6-6 10 @Seattle 24 70ø 6-7 21 @Atlanta 33 56ø 10-20 Passing Att 464 460 6-8 14 Oakland 22 70ø Comp 271 276 6-9 20 San Diego 24 70ø % 58.4 60.0 6-10 14 @Los Angeles 20 68ø Int 20 24 % 4.3 5.2 TD 20 29 % 4.3 6.3 Yards 3546 3525 Sacked 10 37 Punt Return 19 38 Yards 111 224 Ave 5.8 5.9 Kick Return 84 73 Yards 1639 1331 Ave 19.5 18.2 Punts 55 47 Yards 2207 1853 Ave 40.1 39.4 FG Att 24 28 Made 18 19 % 75.0 67.9 Third Downs 184 227 Made 73 128 % 39.7 56.4 Fourth Downs 24 18 Made 10 13 % 41.7 72.2 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 23 32 Lost 13 14 Turnovers 33 38 Net Offense 5805 6041 Per Play 6.0 5.6 1979 New Orleans Saints Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Muncie 238 1167 4.9 34 53 70 14 Chandler 78 4 1331 17.1 13 61 77 7 Galbreath 161 652 4.0 16 34 27 5 Childs 54 4 761 14.1 5 42 42 3 Strachan 48 243 5.1 6 18 20 3 Galbreath 52 5 422 8.1 1 25 33 5 Manning 34 216 6.4 6 11 19 1 Muncie 39 1 363 9.3 0 18 24 1 Holmes 11 42 3.8 1 4 10 0 Harris 30 0 470 15.7 6 27 34 4 Wilson, W. 3 18 6.0 1 1 10 0 Owens 9 0 89 9.9 0 5 16 0 Jones, K. 2 1 0.5 0 0 1 0 Mauti 4 1 83 20.8 1 3 58 0 497 2339 4.7 64 121 70 23 Williams 2 0 19 9.5 0 2 10 0 Strachan 2 1 2 1.0 0 0 2 0 Holmes 1 0 6 6.0 0 0 6 0 271 16 3546 13.1 26 183 77 20 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Manning 459 268 58.4 3526 13.2 77 49 26 19 4.1 10 20 4.4 80.0 Burns 2 1 50.0 5 5.0 5 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 56.3 Scott, B. 3 2 66.7 15 7.5 10 0 0 1 33.3 0 0 0.0 38.9 464 271 58.4 3546 13.1 77 49 26 20 4.3 10 20 4.3 79.0 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Erxleben 1 1 100.0 1 1 100.0 0.0 0.0 29 4 Yepremian 44 42 95.5 23 17 73.9 50.0 0.0 41 93 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Erxleben 6 199 44 0 0 2 3 31 28.0 33.2 Partridge 49 2008 47 0 0 7 35 193 37.0 41.0 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Chandler 8 173 21.6 38 0 Mauti 15 7 110 7.3 21 0 Mauti 46 974 21.2 39 0 Chandler 4 2 1 0.3 3 0 Wilson, W. 20 364 18.2 33 0 19 9 111 5.8 21 0 Holmes 6 81 13.5 16 0 Williams, 4 47 11.8 15 0 84 1639 19.5 39 0 Fumbles Muncie 9 Galbreat 4 Owens, T 1 Strachan 1 Muncie 9 1 Manning 5 Wilson, 2 Mauti 1 Felton 1 Manning 5 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Grooms 12 Grooms 23 Fultz 8 Federspi 6 Reese 4 Dobler 5 Reese 8 Reese 17 Grooms 7 Felton 6 Grooms 3 Bordelon 2 Fultz 7 Fultz 7 Reese 7 Fultz 5 Moore, D 3 Federspi 2 Hughes 4 Moore, D 3 Moore, D 5 Bordelon 5 Fultz 3 Schwartz 2 Moore, D 3 Bordelon 3 Myers, T 4 Hughes 3 Reese 2 Bennett 2 Bennett 3 Reese 4 Chapman 3 Galbreat 1 Price, E 1 Federspi 1 Hughes 3 Gray, D. 3 Harris, 1 Felton 1 Gray, D. 3 Myers, T 2 Wilson, 1 Gray, D. 1 Brown, R 2 Federspi 2 Taylor, 1 Schwartz 2 Ray 1 Myers, T 1 Moore, D 2 Pietrzak 1 Strachan 1 Chapman 2 Bordelon 1 Hill, J. 1 Grooms 2 Price, E 1 Lafary 1 Price, E 1 McGill 1 Hughes 1 Chapman 1 Gray, D. 1 Tackles Myers, T 97 Chapman 74 Fultz 55 Bennett 27 Pietrzak 11 Merlo 8 Hughes 96 Grooms 71 Moore, D 54 Brown, R 22 Campbell 11 Kovach 8 Federspi 84 Felton 68 Gray, D. 43 Price, E 21 McGill 11 Reese 80 Schwartz 61 Bordelon 42 Mathis 12 Ray 10 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Myers, T. 6 168 28.0 53 1 Felton 4 73 18.3 29 0 Hughes 4 54 13.5 31 0 Chapman 3 12 4.0 5 0 Bordelon 2 19 9.5 19 0 Brown, R. 1 10 10.0 10 0 Federspie 1 0 0.0 0 0 Schwartz 1 2 2.0 2 0 Grooms 1 0 0.0 0 0 Gray, D. 1 0 0.0 0 0 24 338 14.1 53 1 1979 New Orleans Saints Coach: Dick Nolan Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy Special QB Manning, Archie 5 B 1 3 QB Scott, Bobby 2 B 1 3 QB Burns, Ed 5 O 1 3 Skill Players BkR BkP Dur Att Yds Lg Ave Rec No Yds Lg Ave Special RB Muncie, Chuck 2 1 5 238 1198 69 5.0 6 40 308 28 7.7 RB Galbreath, Tony 2 1 4 189 708 27 3.7 8 58 484 38 8.3 K RB Strachan, Michael 2 1 3 62 276 23 4.5 1 3 9 5 3.0 RB Holmes, Jack 2 1 5 17 68 14 4.0 1 3 19 13 6.3 KR RB Wilson, Wayne 2 1 4 5 26 16 5.2 0 0 0 0 0.0 KR RB Jones, Kim 2 1 1 3 5 3 1.7 0 0 0 0 0.0 WR Chandler, Wes 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 9 65 1069 85 16.4 ALL WR Harris, Ike 0 0 4 2 9 16 4.5 4 25 395 42 15.8 WR Owens, Tinker 0 0 4 0 0 0 0.0 1 7 72 21 10.3 KR WR Mauti, Rich 0 0 4 1 2 2 2.0 1 2 64 61 32.0 RET TE Childs, Henry 4 2 5 0 0 0 0.0 7 51 846 51 16.6 TE Williams, Brooks 4 2 5 0 0 0 0.0 1 2 22 14 11.0 KR TE Hardy, Larry 4 2 5 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 3 3 3.0 Lineman BkR BkP Dur Special C Hill, John 6 6 5 G Dobler, Conrad 8 8 5 G Zanders, Emanuel 7 7 5 G Sturt, Fred 4 4 5 T Taylor, J.T. 7 7 5 T Woods, Robert 6 6 4 T Lafary, Dave 4 4 5 T Finnie, Roger 4 4 2 T Watson, John 3 3 2 C-T Pietrzak, Jim 4 4 4 LS Defense Overall Run Pass Rush Dur Sacks Int Special DT Fultz, Mike 5 4 0 3 4 6 0 DT Moore, Derland 5 5 0 2 4 5 0 DT Bennett, Barry 5 5 0 2 4 3 0 DT Price, Elex 5 4 0 3 2 3 0 DE Grooms, Elois 7 5 0 6 5 12 1 DE Reese, Don 6 4 0 6 5 12 0 DE Campbell, Joe 3 3 0 1 3 2 0 ILB Federspiel, Joe 6 5 2 1 5 2 1 OLB Bordelon, Ken 4 4 1 0 5 0 2 OLB Mathis, Reggie 3 2 1 0 5 0 0 LB Hughes, Pat 5 3 2 1 5 1 4 LB Kovach, Jim 3 2 1 0 5 0 0 KR LB Merlo, Jim 3 2 1 0 5 0 0 CB Felton, Eric 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 CB Chapman, Clarence 4 0 4 0 5 0 2 CB Gray, David 4 0 4 0 5 0 1 CB Ray, Ricky 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 S Myers, Tom 9 1 8 0 4 0 7 S Schwartz, Donald 4 1 3 0 4 0 2 S Brown, Ray 4 1 3 0 3 0 1 S McGill, Ralph 3 1 2 0 4 0 1 Special Teams K-P Erxleben, Russell K Yepremian, Garo P Partridge, Rick