1986 New Orleans Saints Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-9
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Jim Mora (7-9)
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana

1986 New Orleans Saints Roster
1986 New Orleans Saints Results

The New Orleans Saints of the National Football League ended the 1986 season with a record of 7 wins and 9 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference.

New Orleans netted 288 points, while the defensive unit conceded 287. Rueben Mayes carried the ball for a team-leading 1,353 yards for the Saints.

Dave Wilson passed for 2,353 yards. Mike Jones grabbed 48 passes, while Eric Martin added 675 receiving yards, while John Tice was targeted regularly as well.

The opportunistic defense pounced on 43 turnovers. Dave Waymer picked off 9 opponent throws. Jumpy Geathers and Rickey Jackson each sacked quarterbacks 9 times.

Jim Mora coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Dave Wilson	342	189	55.3	2353	6.9	10	2.9	17	5.0	63	22	191	65.8
Bobby Hebert	79	41	51.9	498	6.3	2	2.5	8	10.1	84	5	34	40.5
Dalton Hilliard	3	1	33.3	29	9.7	1	33.3	0	0.0	29	0	0	109.7
Frank Wattelet	1	1	100.0	13	13.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	13	0	0	118.8
Totals	425	232	54.6	2893	6.8	13	3.1	25	5.9	84	27	225

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Rueben Mayes	286	1353	4.7	50	8
Dalton Hilliard	121	425	3.5	36	5
Buford Jordan	68	207	3.0	10	1
Mel Gray	6	29	4.8	11	0
Dave Wilson	14	19	1.4	14	1
Jack Del Rio	1	16	16.0	16	0
Bobby Hebert	5	14	2.8	7	0
Kelvin Edwards	1	6	6.0	6	0
Wayne Wilson	2	5	2.5	3	0
Brian Hansen	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	505	2074	4.1	50	15

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Mike Jones	48	625	13.0	45	3
Eric Martin	37	675	18.2	84	5
John Tice	37	330	8.9	29	3
Eugene Goodlow	20	306	15.3	29	2
Hoby Brenner	18	286	15.9	34	0
Dalton Hilliard	17	107	6.3	17	0
Rueben Mayes	17	96	5.6	18	0
Herbert Harris	11	148	13.5	27	0
Buford Jordan	11	127	11.5	37	0
Kelvin Edwards	10	132	13.2	24	0
Mel Gray	2	45	22.5	38	0
Dave Waymer	1	13	13.0	13	0
John Williams	1	5	5.0	5	0
Bobby Hebert	1	1	1.0	1	0
Wayne Wilson	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0
Totals	232	2893	12.5	84	13

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Morten Andersen	30	30	100.0	30	26	86.7	108
Totals	30	30	100.0	30	26	86.7	108

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Brian Hansen	81	3456	42.7	66
Totals	81	3456	42.7	66

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Eric Martin	24	227	9.5	39
Johnnie Poe	8	71	8.9	17
Dana McLemore	10	67	6.7	23
Willie Tullis	2	10	5.0	7
Kelvin Edwards	3	2	0.7	5
Totals	47	377	8.0	39

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Mel Gray	31	866	27.9	101	1
Rueben Mayes	10	213	21.3	34	0
Herbert Harris	7	122	17.4	22	0
Eric Martin	3	64	21.3	27	0
Dana McLemore	2	39	19.5	22	0
Willie Tullis	2	28	14.0	19	0
Totals	55	1332	24.2	101	1

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Dave Waymer	9	48	5.3	17	0
Johnnie Poe	4	42	10.5	30	0
Frank Wattelet	3	34	11.3	22	0
Antonio Gibson	2	43	21.5	43	0
Brett Maxie	2	15	7.5	15	0
Van Jakes	2	6	3.0	4	0
James Haynes	1	17	17.0	17	1
Vaughan Johnson	1	15	15.0	15	0
Russell Gary	1	14	14.0	14	0
Rickey Jackson	1	1	1.0	1	0
Totals	26	235	9.0	43	1

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Rickey Jackson	9.0
Jumpy Geathers	9.0
Frank Warren	7.5
Bruce Clark	6.0
Pat Swilling	4.0
Tony Elliott	3.5
Antonio Gibson	3.0
James Haynes	2.0
Jim Wilks	1.0
Vaughan Johnson	1.0
Johnnie Poe	1.0
Totals	47.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Rickey Jackson	114	114	0	0	0	1	0	0	6
Sam Mills	92	92	0		0	1	0	0	1
Brett Maxie	48	48	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Vaughan Johnson	33	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Jumpy Geathers	32	32	0		0	1	0	0	0
Pat Swilling	26	26	0
Jack Del Rio	20	20	0		0	0	0	0	3
Frank Warren	16	16	0		0	3	0	0	0
Dave Wilson					8	4	-4		0
Bruce Clark					0	3	28	0	0
James Haynes				0	0	2	7		0
Bill Contz					0	2	0	0	0
Kelvin Edwards					2	2	0	0	0
Antonio Gibson				0	0	1	0	0	0
Brad Edelman					0	1	0	0	0
Alvin Toles					0	1	0	0	0
Dave Waymer				0	0	1	0	0	0
Steve Korte					0	1	0	0	0
Eugene Goodlow					1	1	0		0
John Tice					1	1	0		0
Frank Wattelet				0	0	1	0	0	0
Brian Hansen					1	1	0	0	0
Johnnie Poe				0	0	1	0	0	0
Mike Jones					2	1	0		0
Herbert Harris					1	0	0	0	0
Bobby Hebert					3	0	0	0	0
Buford Jordan					2	0	0		0
Eric Martin					5	0	0		0
Rueben Mayes					4	0	0		0
Dalton Hilliard					3	0	0		0
Totals	381	381	0	0	33	32	31	0	10

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Morten Andersen									26	30	0			108
Rueben Mayes	8	0		0					0	0	0			48
Dalton Hilliard	5	0							0	0	0			30
Eric Martin		5	0	0					0	0	0			30
John Tice		3							0	0	0			18
Mike Jones		3							0	0	0			18
Eugene Goodlow		2							0	0	0			12
James Haynes						1			0	0	0			6
Dave Wilson	1								0	0	0			6
Mel Gray	0	0		1					0	0	0			6
Buford Jordan	1	0							0	0	0			6
Totals	15	13	0	1	0	1	0	0	26	30	0	0	0	288