1977 New Orleans Saints Statistics
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 RosterTeam 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.
The Saints scored 232 points, but the leaky defense yielded 336. Chuck Muncie carried the ball for a team-leading 811 yards for New Orleans, 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 contributed to the receiving game, too.
Chuck Crist picked off 4 opponent throws.
Hank Stram coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archie Manning | 205 | 113 | 55.1 | 1284 | 6.3 | 8 | 3.9 | 9 | 4.4 | 59 | 36 | 288 | 68.8 |
| Bobby Scott | 82 | 36 | 43.9 | 516 | 6.3 | 3 | 3.7 | 8 | 9.8 | 53 | 5 | 43 | 37.5 |
| Bobby Douglass | 31 | 16 | 51.6 | 130 | 4.2 | 1 | 3.2 | 3 | 9.7 | 31 | 5 | 29 | 33.7 |
| Tom Blanchard | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 42.4 |
| Totals | 321 | 166 | 51.7 | 1933 | 6.0 | 13 | 4.0 | 21 | 6.5 | 59 | 46 | 360 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Totals | 484 | 2024 | 4.2 | 36 | 14 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Galbreath | 41 | 265 | 6.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Henry Childs | 33 | 518 | 15.7 | 59 | 9 |
| Don Herrmann | 32 | 408 | 12.8 | 39 | 0 |
| Chuck Muncie | 21 | 248 | 11.8 | 35 | 1 |
| Jim Thaxton | 14 | 211 | 15.1 | 41 | 1 |
| John Gilliam | 11 | 133 | 12.1 | 23 | 1 |
| Rich Mauti | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 23 | 0 |
| Mike Strachan | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Greg Boykin | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Larry Burton | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Kim Jones | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Joel Parker | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Elois Grooms | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 |
| Totals | 166 | 1933 | 11.6 | 59 | 13 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Blanchard | 82 | 3474 | 42.4 | 66 |
| Bobby Scott | 3 | 95 | 31.7 | 34 |
| Totals | 85 | 3569 | 42.0 | 66 |
Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Mauti | 27 | 609 | 22.6 | 38 | 0 |
| Clarence Chapman | 15 | 385 | 25.7 | 92 | 1 |
| Lenny Willis | 8 | 148 | 18.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Greg Boykin | 5 | 76 | 15.2 | 24 | 0 |
| Jimmy Stewart | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 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 |
| Chuck Muncie | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Totals | 63 | 1347 | 21.4 | 92 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Crist | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Jim Merlo | 1 | 57 | 57.0 | 57 | 1 |
| Clarence Chapman | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Tom Myers | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Pat Hughes | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ernie Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Marsalis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 10 | 83 | 8.3 | 57 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elois Grooms | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Merlo | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bob Pollard | 0 | 2 | 52 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Derland Moore | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Campbell | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Morrison | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lee Gross | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Stieve | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Boykin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Craig Cassady | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Emanuel Zanders | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clarence Chapman | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | ||
| Ernie Jackson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Hughes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Hill | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Archie Manning | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chuck Crist | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rich Mauti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Douglass | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tony Galbreath | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Strachan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Herrmann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Muncie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 20 | 22 | 64 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Henry Childs | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | |||||||||
| Rich Szaro | 5 | 29 | 0 | 44 | ||||||||||
| Chuck Muncie | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||
| Archie Manning | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| Tony Galbreath | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Jim Thaxton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Jim Merlo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Bob Pollard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Tom Myers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Clarence Chapman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Elois Grooms | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| John Gilliam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 230 |
