1979 New Orleans Saints Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-8
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Dick Nolan (8-8)
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
1979 New Orleans Saints RosterTeam Record: 8-8
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Dick Nolan (8-8)
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
1979 New Orleans Saints Results
The New Orleans Saints of the National Football League ended the 1979 season with a record of 8 wins and 8 losses, finishing second in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference.
The Saints piled up points with 370 points, and the defense allowed 360. Chuck Muncie carried the ball for a team-leading 1,198 yards for New Orleans.
Archie Manning threw for 3,169 yards. Wes Chandler topped pass catchers, grabbing 65 passes for 1,069 yards. Tony Galbreath and Henry Childs provided receiving help, too.
Tom Myers seized 7 opponent throws.
Dick Nolan 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 | 420 | 252 | 60.0 | 3169 | 7.5 | 15 | 3.6 | 20 | 4.8 | 85 | 17 | 140 | 75.6 |
| Tony Galbreath | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 70 | 23.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 70.1 |
| Chuck Muncie | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 40 | 20.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 135.4 |
| Bobby Scott | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 91.7 |
| Russell Erxleben | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 428 | 257 | 60.0 | 3291 | 7.7 | 16 | 3.7 | 22 | 5.1 | 85 | 17 | 140 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Muncie | 238 | 1198 | 5.0 | 69 | 11 |
| Tony Galbreath | 189 | 708 | 3.7 | 27 | 9 |
| Mike Strachan | 62 | 276 | 4.5 | 23 | 6 |
| Archie Manning | 35 | 186 | 5.3 | 20 | 2 |
| Jack Holmes | 17 | 68 | 4.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Wayne Wilson | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Ike Harris | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Kim Jones | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 551 | 2476 | 4.5 | 69 | 28 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wes Chandler | 65 | 1069 | 16.4 | 85 | 6 |
| Tony Galbreath | 58 | 484 | 8.3 | 38 | 1 |
| Henry Childs | 51 | 846 | 16.6 | 51 | 5 |
| Chuck Muncie | 40 | 308 | 7.7 | 28 | 0 |
| Ike Harris | 25 | 395 | 15.8 | 42 | 2 |
| Tinker Owens | 7 | 72 | 10.3 | 21 | 1 |
| Jack Holmes | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Mike Strachan | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Rich Mauti | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 61 | 0 |
| Brooks Williams | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Larry Hardy | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 |
| Totals | 257 | 3291 | 12.8 | 85 | 16 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garo Yepremian | 40 | 39 | 97.5 | 16 | 12 | 75.0 | 75 |
| Russell Erxleben | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 10 |
| Tony Galbreath | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 7 |
| Totals | 46 | 44 | 95.7 | 21 | 16 | 76.2 | 92 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Partridge | 57 | 2330 | 40.9 | 61 |
| Wes Chandler | 8 | 248 | 31.0 | 40 |
| Russell Erxleben | 4 | 148 | 37.0 | 40 |
| Totals | 69 | 2726 | 39.5 | 61 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Mauti | 27 | 218 | 8.1 | 33 | 0 |
| Wes Chandler | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Totals | 30 | 231 | 7.7 | 33 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Mauti | 36 | 801 | 22.2 | 39 | 0 |
| Wayne Wilson | 11 | 230 | 20.9 | 31 | 0 |
| Wes Chandler | 7 | 136 | 19.4 | 37 | 0 |
| Jack Holmes | 8 | 120 | 15.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Brooks Williams | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Tinker Owens | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Jim Kovach | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Totals | 66 | 1319 | 20.0 | 39 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Myers | 7 | 127 | 18.1 | 52 | 1 |
| Pat Hughes | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 40 | 0 |
| Eric Felton | 4 | 53 | 13.2 | 53 | 0 |
| Don Schwartz | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Ken Bordelon | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 19 | 1 |
| Clarence Chapman | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| David Gray | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Ralph McGill | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Joe Federspiel | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ray Brown | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Elois Grooms | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Totals | 26 | 351 | 13.5 | 53 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Myers | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Conrad Dobler | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Archie Manning | 4 | 2 | -4 | 0 | |||
| Elois Grooms | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Muncie | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Don Reese | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Holmes | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Brown | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ralph McGill | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Merlo | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Elex Price | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Mauti | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Wilson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ike Harris | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tony Galbreath | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Henry Childs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Strachan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 24 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Garo Yepremian | 12 | 39 | 0 | 75 | ||||||||||
| Tony Galbreath | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 67 | ||||||||
| Chuck Muncie | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||||||||
| Mike Strachan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Wes Chandler | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
| Henry Childs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| Ike Harris | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Archie Manning | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Russell Erxleben | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Tinker Owens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Larry Hardy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Tom Myers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Ken Bordelon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Elois Grooms | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Totals | 28 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 370 |
