1977 New Orleans Saints Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 3-11
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Hank Stram (3-11)
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
1977 New Orleans Saints StatisticsTeam Record: 3-11
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Hank Stram (3-11)
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
1977 New Orleans Saints Results
The New Orleans Saints of the National Football League ended the 1977 season with a record of 3 wins and 11 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference.
New Orleans scored 232 points, while the leaky defense yielded 336. Chuck Muncie carried the ball for a team-leading 811 yards for the Saints, while Tony Galbreath also buoyed the ground attack.
Archie Manning passed for 1,284 yards. Tony Galbreath topped all receivers, grabbing 41 passes, while Henry Childs added 518 receiving yards, while Don Herrmann was targeted regularly, too.
Chuck Crist picked off 4 opponent throws.
Hank Stram coached the team.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63 | Steve Baumgartner | DE-LB | March 26, 1951 | 6'7" | 256 | Purdue | Chicago, IL USA | 5 | 0 |
| 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 | 14 | 0 |
| 25 | Wayne Bosarge | DB | September 14, 1955 | 5'10" | 175 | Tulsa | Bayou La Batre, AL USA | 5 | 0 |
| 36 | Greg Boykin | RB | December 8, 1953 | 6'0" | 225 | Northwestern | Ravenna, OH USA | 14 | 0 |
| 80 | Larry Burton | WR | December 15, 1951 | 6'1" | 192 | Purdue | Northampton, VA USA | 1 | 1 |
| 73 | Joe Campbell | RDE | May 8, 1955 | 6'6" | 254 | Maryland | Wilmington, DE USA | 14 | 6 |
| 23 | Craig Cassady | DB | December 21, 1953 | 5'11" | 175 | Ohio St. | Columbus, OH USA | 12 | 3 |
| 24 | Clarence Chapman | RCB | December 10, 1953 | 5'10" | 185 | East. Michigan | Detroit, MI USA | 14 | 14 |
| 85 | Henry Childs | TE | April 16, 1951 | 6'2" | 223 | Kansas St. | Thomasville, GA USA | 13 | 10 |
| 44 | Chuck Crist | SS | January 16, 1951 | 6'2" | 205 | Penn St. | Salamanca, NY USA | 14 | 0 |
| 69 | Oakley Dalton | DT | July 18, 1952 | 6'6" | 285 | Jackson St. | Welch, WV USA | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Bobby Douglass | QB | June 22, 1947 | 6'4" | 225 | Kansas | Manhattan, KS USA | 4 | 2 |
| 58 | Joe Federspiel | MLB | May 6, 1950 | 6'1" | 230 | Kentucky | Louisville, KY USA | 14 | 14 |
| 72 | Mike Fultz | LDT | January 28, 1954 | 6'5" | 278 | Nebraska | Lincoln, NE USA | 12 | 5 |
| 34 | Tony Galbreath | FB | January 29, 1954 | 6'0" | 228 | Missouri | Fulton, MO USA | 14 | 14 |
| 41 | John Gilliam | WR | August 7, 1945 | 6'1" | 195 | South Carolina St. | Greenwood, SC USA | 10 | 0 |
| 78 | Elois Grooms | LDE | May 20, 1953 | 6'4" | 249 | Tennessee Tech | Tompkinsville, KY USA | 14 | 14 |
| 56 | Lee Gross | C | July 29, 1953 | 6'3" | 237 | Auburn | Montgomery, AL USA | 9 | 0 |
| 87 | Don Herrmann | WR | June 5, 1947 | 6'2" | 205 | Waynesburg | Newark, NJ USA | 13 | 13 |
| 62 | John Hill | C | April 16, 1950 | 6'2" | 249 | Lehigh | East Orange, NJ USA | 14 | 14 |
| 70 | Dave Hubbard | T | September 29, 1955 | 6'7" | 270 | BYU | Napa, CA USA | 5 | 0 |
| 54 | Pat Hughes | RLB | June 2, 1947 | 6'2" | 240 | Boston Univ. | Everett, MA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 30 | Ernie Jackson | LCB | April 11, 1950 | 5'10" | 173 | Duke | Hopkins, SC USA | 11 | 0 |
| 32 | Kim Jones | RB | January 19, 1952 | 6'4" | 238 | Colorado St. | Waterloo, IA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 53 | Rick Kingrea | LB | July 18, 1949 | 6'1" | 233 | Tulane | Pearlsburg, VA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 64 | Dave Lafary | T-G | January 13, 1955 | 6'7" | 280 | Purdue | Cincinnati, OH USA | 10 | 0 |
| 8 | Archie Manning | QB | May 19, 1949 | 6'3" | 212 | Mississippi | Cleveland, MS USA | 10 | 9 |
| 40 | Jim Marsalis | DB | October 10, 1945 | 5'11" | 194 | Tennessee St. | Pascagoula, MS USA | 12 | 0 |
| 84 | Rich Mauti | KR | May 25, 1954 | 6'0" | 190 | Penn St. | Queens, NY USA | 14 | 4 |
| 57 | Jim Merlo | LLB | October 3, 1951 | 6'1" | 221 | Stanford | Sanger, CA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 77 | Marv Montgomery | LT | February 8, 1948 | 6'6" | 255 | USC | Torrance, CA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 74 | Derland Moore | RDT | October 7, 1951 | 6'4" | 250 | Oklahoma | Malden, MO USA | 10 | 10 |
| 76 | Don Morrison | RT | December 16, 1949 | 6'5" | 255 | Texas-Arlington | Fort Worth, TX USA | 14 | 14 |
| 42 | Chuck Muncie | RB | March 17, 1953 | 6'3" | 227 | California | Uniontown, PA USA | 14 | 11 |
| 37 | Tom Myers | FS | October 24, 1950 | 5'11" | 184 | Syracuse | Cohoes, NY USA | 12 | 10 |
| 88 | Joel Parker | WR | April 23, 1952 | 6'5" | 212 | Florida | Louisville, KY USA | 1 | 0 |
| 82 | Bob Pollard | RDE | December 30, 1948 | 6'3" | 250 | Texas Southern | Beaumont, TX USA | 14 | 12 |
| 75 | Elex Price | LDT | August 11, 1950 | 6'3" | 260 | Alcorn St. | Yazoo City, MS USA | 11 | 9 |
| 71 | Kurt Schumacher | G-T | December 26, 1952 | 6'3" | 252 | Ohio St. | Cleveland, OH USA | 14 | 0 |
| 12 | Bobby Scott | QB | April 2, 1949 | 6'1" | 201 | Tennessee | Chattanooga, TN USA | 5 | 3 |
| 26 | Jimmy Stewart | DB | October 15, 1954 | 5'11" | 190 | Tulsa | St. Louis, MO USA | 9 | 1 |
| 68 | Terry Stieve | LG | March 10, 1954 | 6'2" | 256 | Wisconsin | Baraboo, WI USA | 14 | 10 |
| 33 | Mike Strachan | RB | May 24, 1953 | 6'0" | 199 | Iowa St. | Miami, FL USA | 13 | 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 | 14 | 6 |
| 67 | John Watson | G-T-C | January 11, 1949 | 6'4" | 249 | Oklahoma | Palo Alto, CA USA | 5 | 0 |
| 60 | Greg Westbrooks | RLB | February 24, 1953 | 6'2" | 215 | Mesa | Chicago, IL USA | 7 | 6 |
| 89 | Lenny Willis | WR | March 4, 1953 | 5'11" | 183 | Ohio St. | Washington, DC USA | 7 | 0 |
| 65 | Robert Woods | T-G | July 26, 1950 | 6'3" | 255 | Tennessee St. | Florence, AL USA | 4 | 0 |
| 79 | Emanuel Zanders | RG | July 31, 1951 | 6'1" | 251 | Jackson St. | Demopolis, AL USA | 14 | 14 |
