1984 New Orleans Saints Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-9
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Bum Phillips (7-9)
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
1984 New Orleans Saints RosterTeam Record: 7-9
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Bum Phillips (7-9)
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
1984 New Orleans Saints Results
The New Orleans Saints of the National Football League ended the 1984 season with a record of 7 wins and 9 losses, finishing third in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference.
The Saints netted 298 points, but the defense allowed 361. George Rogers carried the ball for a team-leading 914 yards for New Orleans.
Richard Todd threw for 2,178 yards. Hokie Gajan grabbed 35 passes, while Tyrone Young added 597 receiving yards. Wayne Wilson, Hoby Brenner and Jeff Groth each contributed to the receiving game, too.
Dave Waymer picked off 4 opponent throws. Rickey Jackson topped the defensive unit with 12 quarterback sacks, part of an overall team total of 55 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Todd | 312 | 161 | 51.6 | 2178 | 7.0 | 11 | 3.5 | 19 | 6.1 | 74 | 33 | 267 | 60.6 |
| Dave Wilson | 93 | 51 | 54.8 | 647 | 7.0 | 7 | 7.5 | 4 | 4.3 | 54 | 7 | 54 | 83.9 |
| Ken Stabler | 70 | 33 | 47.1 | 339 | 4.8 | 2 | 2.9 | 5 | 7.1 | 29 | 5 | 40 | 41.3 |
| Hokie Gajan | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 34 | 34.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
| Totals | 476 | 246 | 51.7 | 3198 | 6.7 | 21 | 4.4 | 28 | 5.9 | 74 | 45 | 361 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Rogers | 239 | 914 | 3.8 | 28 | 2 |
| Hokie Gajan | 102 | 615 | 6.0 | 62 | 5 |
| Wayne Wilson | 74 | 261 | 3.5 | 36 | 1 |
| Earl Campbell | 50 | 190 | 3.8 | 19 | 0 |
| Richard Todd | 28 | 111 | 4.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Tyrone Anthony | 20 | 105 | 5.2 | 19 | 1 |
| Tim Wilson | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Eugene Goodlow | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Ken Stabler | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Kenny Duckett | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Dave Wilson | 3 | -7 | -2.3 | -2 | 0 |
| Brian Hansen | 2 | -27 | -13.5 | -12 | 0 |
| Totals | 523 | 2171 | 4.2 | 62 | 9 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hokie Gajan | 35 | 288 | 8.2 | 51 | 2 |
| Jeff Groth | 33 | 487 | 14.8 | 31 | 0 |
| Wayne Wilson | 33 | 314 | 9.5 | 34 | 3 |
| Tyrone Young | 29 | 597 | 20.6 | 74 | 3 |
| Hoby Brenner | 28 | 554 | 19.8 | 57 | 6 |
| Eugene Goodlow | 22 | 281 | 12.8 | 23 | 3 |
| Lindsay Scott | 21 | 278 | 13.2 | 37 | 1 |
| Tyrone Anthony | 12 | 113 | 9.4 | 32 | 0 |
| George Rogers | 12 | 76 | 6.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Junior Miller | 8 | 81 | 10.1 | 22 | 1 |
| John Tice | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 17 | 1 |
| Larry Hardy | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 28 | 1 |
| Kenny Duckett | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Totals | 246 | 3198 | 13.0 | 74 | 21 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morten Andersen | 34 | 34 | 100.0 | 27 | 20 | 74.1 | 94 |
| Totals | 34 | 34 | 100.0 | 27 | 20 | 74.1 | 94 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Hansen | 69 | 3020 | 43.8 | 66 |
| Totals | 69 | 3020 | 43.8 | 66 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jitter Fields | 27 | 236 | 8.7 | 61 | 0 |
| Jeff Groth | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Totals | 33 | 268 | 8.1 | 61 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny Duckett | 29 | 580 | 20.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Tyrone Anthony | 22 | 490 | 22.3 | 64 | 0 |
| Jitter Fields | 19 | 356 | 18.7 | 31 | 0 |
| Wayne Wilson | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Tim Wilson | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Totals | 72 | 1465 | 20.3 | 64 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Waymer | 4 | 9 | 2.2 | 9 | 0 |
| Dirt Winston | 2 | 90 | 45.0 | 47 | 2 |
| Frank Wattelet | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 35 | 1 |
| Johnnie Poe | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Jim Kovach | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Rickey Jackson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Bruce Clark | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bobby Johnson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 13 | 213 | 16.4 | 47 | 3 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rickey Jackson | 12.0 | 0.0 | |
| Bruce Clark | 10.5 | 0.0 | |
| Whitney Paul | 9.5 | 0.0 | |
| Jim Wilks | 7.5 | 0.0 | |
| Jumpy Geathers | 6.0 | 0.0 | |
| Frank Warren | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
| Reggie Lewis | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Derland Moore | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Jim Kovach | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Dirt Winston | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 55.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rickey Jackson | 124 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Terry Hoage | 27 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Warren | 18 | 18 | 0 | ||||||
| Jumpy Geathers | 11 | 11 | 0 | ||||||
| Richard Todd | 9 | 3 | -16 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Frank Wattelet | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Bruce Clark | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Wilks | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jitter Fields | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| George Rogers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Steve Korte | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Russell Gary | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dirt Winston | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tyrone Anthony | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Lindsay Scott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Tyrone Young | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Wayne Wilson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Dave Wilson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ken Stabler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 180 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 19 | 20 | 1 | 4 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Morten Andersen | 20 | 34 | 0 | 94 | ||||||||||
| Hokie Gajan | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| Hoby Brenner | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
| Wayne Wilson | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Tyrone Young | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Eugene Goodlow | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Frank Wattelet | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Dirt Winston | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| George Rogers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Junior Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Lindsay Scott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| John Tice | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Tyrone Anthony | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Larry Hardy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 9 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 298 |
