1982 New Orleans Saints Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-5
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Bum Phillips (4-5)
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
1982 New Orleans Saints RosterTeam Record: 4-5
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Bum Phillips (4-5)
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
1982 New Orleans Saints Results
The New Orleans Saints of the National Football League ended the 1982 season with a record of 4 wins and 5 losses, finishing second in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference.
New Orleans stumbled, scoring only 129 points, while the defense allowed 160. George Rogers carried the ball for a team-leading 535 yards for the Saints, and Wayne Wilson also contributed to the rushing attack.
Ken Stabler passed for 1,343 yards. Jeff Groth grabbed 30 passes for 383 yards.
Dirt Winston and Russell Gary each seized 2 opponent throws. Bruce Clark topped the defensive unit with 5.5 sacks, leading the way for a team which created 31 sacks.
Bum Phillips coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Stabler | 189 | 117 | 61.9 | 1343 | 7.1 | 6 | 3.2 | 10 | 5.3 | 48 | 13 | 106 | 71.8 |
| Guido Merkens | 49 | 18 | 36.7 | 186 | 3.8 | 1 | 2.0 | 2 | 4.1 | 37 | 8 | 49 | 38.3 |
| Russell Erxleben | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 39 | 19.5 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 135.4 |
| Archie Manning | 7 | 1 | 14.3 | 3 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 28.6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 0.0 |
| Jack Holmes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 248 | 137 | 55.2 | 1571 | 6.3 | 8 | 3.2 | 14 | 5.6 | 48 | 23 | 173 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Rogers | 122 | 535 | 4.4 | 38 | 3 |
| Wayne Wilson | 103 | 413 | 4.0 | 20 | 3 |
| Jimmy Rogers | 60 | 178 | 3.0 | 32 | 2 |
| Hokie Gajan | 19 | 77 | 4.1 | 12 | 0 |
| Guido Merkens | 9 | 30 | 3.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Toussaint Tyler | 10 | 21 | 2.1 | 11 | 0 |
| Jack Holmes | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Aundra Thompson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jeff Groth | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lindsay Scott | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Ken Stabler | 3 | -4 | -1.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 331 | 1257 | 3.8 | 38 | 8 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Groth | 30 | 383 | 12.8 | 39 | 1 |
| Wayne Wilson | 25 | 175 | 7.0 | 34 | 2 |
| Lindsay Scott | 17 | 251 | 14.8 | 36 | 0 |
| Hoby Brenner | 16 | 171 | 10.7 | 25 | 0 |
| Kenny Duckett | 12 | 196 | 16.3 | 31 | 2 |
| Aundra Thompson | 8 | 138 | 17.2 | 48 | 1 |
| Larry Hardy | 8 | 67 | 8.4 | 31 | 1 |
| Rich Mauti | 4 | 70 | 17.5 | 37 | 0 |
| Toussaint Tyler | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 12 | 0 |
| George Rogers | 4 | 21 | 5.2 | 10 | 0 |
| Jimmy Rogers | 4 | 17 | 4.2 | 6 | 0 |
| Hokie Gajan | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Bill Hurley | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 1 |
| Jack Holmes | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 137 | 1571 | 11.5 | 48 | 8 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toni Fritsch | 9 | 8 | 88.9 | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 20 |
| Morten Andersen | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 12 |
| Russell Erxleben | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 16 | 15 | 93.8 | 13 | 6 | 46.2 | 33 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Erxleben | 46 | 1976 | 43.0 | 60 |
| Totals | 46 | 1976 | 43.0 | 60 |
Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aundra Thompson | 10 | 211 | 21.1 | 35 | 0 |
| Wayne Wilson | 7 | 192 | 27.4 | 75 | 0 |
| Rich Mauti | 5 | 93 | 18.6 | 22 | 0 |
| Kenny Duckett | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Jimmy Rogers | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Hokie Gajan | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Totals | 26 | 577 | 22.2 | 75 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Gary | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Dirt Winston | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rickey Jackson | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Bill Hurley | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Whitney Paul | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Rodney Lewis | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Rob Nairne | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 9 | 108 | 12.0 | 32 | 0 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Clark | 5.5 | 0.0 | |
| Rickey Jackson | 4.5 | 0.0 | |
| Derland Moore | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
| Russell Gary | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
| Whitney Paul | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
| Reggie Lewis | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
| Jim Kovach | 2.5 | 0.0 | |
| Jim Wilks | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Frank Warren | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Rob Nairne | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Ken Bordelon | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Dirt Winston | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 31.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rickey Jackson | 47 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Frank Warren | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| Dave Waymer | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Russell Gary | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dirt Winston | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Don Bass | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Kovach | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jeff Groth | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Tony Elliott | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Hoby Brenner | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Derland Moore | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Johnnie Poe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Hokie Gajan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Frank Wattelet | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Wayne Wilson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Guido Merkens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Aundra Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| George Rogers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Larry Hardy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Ken Stabler | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 52 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Wayne Wilson | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| Toni Fritsch | 4 | 8 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| George Rogers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Kenny Duckett | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Morten Andersen | 2 | 6 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Jimmy Rogers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Aundra Thompson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Jeff Groth | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Bill Hurley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Larry Hardy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Russell Erxleben | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 129 |
