1976 New Orleans Saints Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-10
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Hank Stram (4-10)
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
1976 New Orleans Saints StatisticsTeam Record: 4-10
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Hank Stram (4-10)
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
1976 New Orleans Saints Results
The New Orleans Saints of the National Football League ended the 1976 season with a record of 4 wins and 10 losses, finishing third in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference.
The Saints scored 253 points, but the defense yielded 346. Chuck Muncie carried the ball for a team-leading 659 yards for New Orleans, and Tony Galbreath also aided the ground game.
Bobby Douglass threw for 1,288 yards, and Bobby Scott played quarterback, too. Tony Galbreath topped all receivers, grabbing 54 passes, while Don Herrmann added 535 receiving yards.
Jim Merlo seized 4 opponent throws.
Hank Stram coached the team.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | Pete Athas | PR | September 15, 1946 | 5'11" | 185 | Tennessee | Hackensack, NJ USA | 13 | 0 |
| 63 | Steve Baumgartner | RDE | March 26, 1951 | 6'7" | 256 | Purdue | Chicago, IL USA | 14 | 13 |
| 16 | Tom Blanchard | P | May 28, 1948 | 6'0" | 190 | Oregon | Grants Pass, OR USA | 14 | 0 |
| 50 | Ken Bordelon | LB | August 26, 1954 | 6'4" | 228 | LSU | New Orleans, LA USA | 12 | 0 |
| 80 | Larry Burton | WR | December 15, 1951 | 6'1" | 192 | Purdue | Northampton, VA USA | 14 | 12 |
| 51 | Warren Capone | LB | August 14, 1951 | 6'1" | 218 | LSU | Baton Rouge, LA USA | 7 | 0 |
| 51 | Rusty Chambers | LB | November 10, 1953 | 6'1" | 218 | Tulane | Amite, LA USA | 4 | 1 |
| 24 | Clarence Chapman | DB | December 10, 1953 | 5'10" | 185 | East. Michigan | Detroit, MI USA | 1 | 0 |
| 85 | Henry Childs | TE | April 16, 1951 | 6'2" | 223 | Kansas St. | Thomasville, GA USA | 14 | 11 |
| 59 | Wayne Colman | LB | April 13, 1946 | 6'2" | 230 | Temple | Ventnor, NJ USA | 7 | 0 |
| 44 | Chuck Crist | SS | January 16, 1951 | 6'2" | 205 | Penn St. | Salamanca, NY USA | 14 | 14 |
| 69 | Andy Dorris | LDE | August 11, 1951 | 6'4" | 238 | New Mexico St. | Bellaire, OH USA | 14 | 6 |
| 10 | Bobby Douglass | QB | June 22, 1947 | 6'4" | 225 | Kansas | Manhattan, KS USA | 11 | 6 |
| 58 | Joe Federspiel | MLB | May 6, 1950 | 6'1" | 230 | Kentucky | Louisville, KY USA | 14 | 14 |
| 34 | Tony Galbreath | KR | January 29, 1954 | 6'0" | 228 | Missouri | Fulton, MO USA | 14 | 13 |
| 78 | Elois Grooms | DE | May 20, 1953 | 6'4" | 249 | Tennessee Tech | Tompkinsville, KY USA | 11 | 1 |
| 56 | Lee Gross | C | July 29, 1953 | 6'3" | 237 | Auburn | Montgomery, AL USA | 14 | 0 |
| 65 | Jeff Hart | T | September 10, 1953 | 6'5" | 266 | Oregon St. | Portland, OR USA | 14 | 0 |
| 87 | Don Herrmann | WR | June 5, 1947 | 6'2" | 205 | Waynesburg | Newark, NJ USA | 14 | 14 |
| 62 | John Hill | C | April 16, 1950 | 6'2" | 249 | Lehigh | East Orange, NJ USA | 14 | 14 |
| 30 | Ernie Jackson | LCB | April 11, 1950 | 5'10" | 173 | Duke | Hopkins, SC USA | 10 | 9 |
| 22 | Benny Johnson | DB | June 29, 1948 | 5'11" | 178 | Johnson C. Smith | Fort Valley, GA USA | 9 | 0 |
| 36 | Andrew Jones | RB | October 23, 1951 | 6'2" | 216 | Washington St. | Jackson, MS USA | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | Kim Jones | RB | January 19, 1952 | 6'4" | 238 | Colorado St. | Waterloo, IA USA | 11 | 0 |
| 46 | Jim Kearney | DB | January 21, 1943 | 6'2" | 206 | Prairie View | Wharton, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
| 55 | Rick Kingrea | LB | July 18, 1949 | 6'1" | 233 | Tulane | Pearlsburg, VA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 28 | Alvin Maxson | RB | November 12, 1951 | 5'11" | 205 | SMU | Beaumont, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
| 25 | Leon McQuay | RB | March 19, 1950 | 5'9" | 200 | Tampa | Tampa, FL USA | 4 | 0 |
| 57 | Jim Merlo | LLB | October 3, 1951 | 6'1" | 221 | Stanford | Sanger, CA USA | 14 | 13 |
| 77 | Marv Montgomery | LT | February 8, 1948 | 6'6" | 255 | USC | Torrance, CA USA | 9 | 7 |
| 74 | Derland Moore | RDT | October 7, 1951 | 6'4" | 250 | Oklahoma | Malden, MO USA | 14 | 14 |
| 76 | Don Morrison | RT | December 16, 1949 | 6'5" | 255 | Texas-Arlington | Fort Worth, TX USA | 14 | 14 |
| 42 | Chuck Muncie | FB | March 17, 1953 | 6'3" | 227 | California | Uniontown, PA USA | 12 | 11 |
| 37 | Tom Myers | FS | October 24, 1950 | 5'11" | 184 | Syracuse | Cohoes, NY USA | 14 | 12 |
| 83 | Tinker Owens | WR | October 3, 1954 | 5'11" | 170 | Oklahoma | Miami, OK USA | 14 | 1 |
| 82 | Bob Pollard | LDE | December 30, 1948 | 6'3" | 250 | Texas Southern | Beaumont, TX USA | 8 | 8 |
| 75 | Elex Price | LDT | August 11, 1950 | 6'3" | 260 | Alcorn St. | Yazoo City, MS USA | 14 | 13 |
| 71 | Kurt Schumacher | LG | December 26, 1952 | 6'3" | 252 | Ohio St. | Cleveland, OH USA | 14 | 9 |
| 12 | Bobby Scott | QB | April 2, 1949 | 6'1" | 201 | Tennessee | Chattanooga, TN USA | 11 | 8 |
| 84 | Paul Seal | TE | February 27, 1952 | 6'4" | 222 | Michigan | Detroit, MI USA | 14 | 3 |
| 29 | Mo Spencer | RCB | June 15, 1952 | 6'0" | 175 | North Carolina Central | Winston-Salem, NC USA | 14 | 14 |
| 68 | Terry Stieve | LG | March 10, 1954 | 6'2" | 256 | Wisconsin | Baraboo, WI USA | 14 | 6 |
| 33 | Mike Strachan | RB | May 24, 1953 | 6'0" | 199 | Iowa St. | Miami, FL USA | 10 | 3 |
| 15 | Rich Szaro | K | March 7, 1948 | 5'11" | 205 | Harvard | Rzeszow, Poland | 14 | 0 |
| 86 | Jim Thaxton | TE | January 11, 1949 | 6'2" | 240 | Tennessee St. | Brownsville, TX USA | 11 | 1 |
| 60 | Greg Westbrooks | RLB | February 24, 1953 | 6'2" | 215 | Mesa | Chicago, IL USA | 14 | 14 |
| 66 | Tom Wickert | LT | April 5, 1952 | 6'4" | 246 | Washington St. | Astoria, OR USA | 7 | 7 |
| 73 | Jeff Winans | G-DE-T-DT | October 12, 1951 | 6'5" | 265 | USC | Turlock, CA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 79 | Emanuel Zanders | RG | July 31, 1951 | 6'1" | 251 | Jackson St. | Demopolis, AL USA | 14 | 13 |
