1987 New Orleans Saints Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 12-3
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Wild Card
Coach: Jim Mora (12-3)
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana

1987 New Orleans Saints Roster
1987 New Orleans Saints Results

The New Orleans Saints of the National Football League ended the 1987 season with a record of 12 wins and 3 losses, finishing second in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.

New Orleans moved the ball well, scoring 422 points, while the rigid defensive squad surrendered 283. Rueben Mayes carried the pigskin for a team-leading 917 yards for the Saints.

Bobby Hebert threw for 2,119 yards. Eric Martin topped pass catchers, grabbing 44 passes for 778 yards.

The larcenous defense created 48 turnovers, topping in the league. Dave Waymer and Reggie Sutton each seized 5 opponent throws. Pat Swilling led pass rushers with 10.5 quarterback sacks, topping a defense credited with 47 sacks.

Jim Mora coached the team. The 1987 New Orleans Saints lost in the Wild Card.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Bobby Hebert	294	164	55.8	2119	7.2	15	5.1	9	3.1	67	20	119	82.9
John Fourcade	89	48	53.9	597	6.7	4	4.5	3	3.4	82	6	67	75.9
Dave Wilson	24	13	54.2	243	10.1	2	8.3	0	0.0	38	2	21	117.2
Dalton Hilliard	1	1	100.0	23	23.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	23	0	0	158.3
Kevin Ingram	2	1	50.0	5	2.5	1	50.0	0	0.0	5	1	6	95.8
Tim Riordan	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Totals	411	227	55.2	2987	7.3	23	5.6	12	2.9	82	29	213

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Rueben Mayes	243	917	3.8	38	5
Dalton Hilliard	123	508	4.1	30	7
Dwight Beverly	62	217	3.5	25	2
John Fourcade	19	134	7.1	18	0
Barry Word	36	133	3.7	20	2
Bobby Hebert	13	95	7.3	19	0
Vincent Alexander	21	71	3.4	16	1
Mel Gray	8	37	4.6	12	1
Buford Jordan	12	36	3.0	8	2
Jeff Rodenberger	17	35	2.1	5	0
Garland Jean-Batiste	8	18	2.2	7	0
Kevin Ingram	2	14	7.0	9	0
Tim Riordan	1	3	3.0	3	0
Brian Hansen	2	-6	-3.0	-3	0
Lonzell Hill	1	-9	-9.0	-9	0
Tommy Barnhardt	1	-13	-13.0	-13	0
Totals	569	2190	3.8	38	20

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Eric Martin	44	778	17.7	67	7
Mike Jones	27	420	15.6	43	3
Dalton Hilliard	23	264	11.5	38	1
Hoby Brenner	20	280	14.0	29	2
Lonzell Hill	19	322	16.9	36	2
John Tice	16	181	11.3	27	6
Rueben Mayes	15	68	4.5	16	0
Stacey Dawsey	13	142	10.9	29	0
Mark Pattison	9	132	14.7	36	0
Barry Word	6	54	9.0	17	0
Malcolm Scott	6	35	5.8	11	0
Mel Gray	6	30	5.0	12	0
Mike Waters	5	140	28.0	82	1
Robert Clark	3	38	12.7	14	0
Ken O'Neal	3	10	3.3	5	1
Jeff Rodenberger	2	17	8.5	11	0
Vincent Alexander	2	15	7.5	10	0
Dwight Walker	2	15	7.5	8	0
Buford Jordan	2	13	6.5	11	0
Cliff Benson	2	11	5.5	6	0
Curtland Thomas	1	14	14.0	14	0
Dwight Beverly	1	8	8.0	8	0
Totals	227	2987	13.2	82	23

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Morten Andersen	37	37	100.0	36	28	77.8	121
Florian Kempf	1	1	100.0	5	4	80.0	13
Mike Cofer	7	5	71.4	1	1	100.0	8
Totals	45	43	95.6	42	33	78.6	142

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Brian Hansen	52	2104	40.5	60
Tommy Barnhardt	11	483	43.9	52
Totals	63	2587	41.1	60

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Mel Gray	24	352	14.7	80
Eric Martin	14	88	6.3	15
Buford Jordan	1	13	13.0	13
Brett Maxie	1	12	12.0	12
Toi Cook	1	3	3.0	3
Totals	41	468	11.4	80

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Mel Gray	30	636	21.2	43
Dalton Hilliard	10	248	24.8	74
Barry Word	3	100	33.3	64
Michael Adams	4	52	13.0	20
Dwight Beverly	3	46	15.3	21
Buford Jordan	2	28	14.0	16
Eric Martin	1	15	15.0	15
Curtland Thomas	1	11	11.0	11
Stan Brock	1	11	11.0	11
Totals	55	1147	20.9	74

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Dave Waymer	5	78	15.6	35
Reggie Sutton	5	68	13.6	26
Milton Mack	4	32	8.0	26
Van Jakes	3	32	10.7	27
Brett Maxie	3	17	5.7	10
Gene Atkins	3	12	4.0	8
Rickey Jackson	2	4	2.0	4
Antonio Gibson	1	17	17.0	17
Scott Leach	1	10	10.0	10
Pat Swilling	1	10	10.0	10
Johnnie Poe	1	0	0.0	0
Vaughan Johnson	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	30	280	9.3	35

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Pat Swilling	10.5
Rickey Jackson	9.5
Frank Warren	6.0
Jim Wilks	5.5
Bruce Clark	4.5
Larry McCoy	2.0
Tony Elliott	2.0
Brett Maxie	2.0
Scott Leach	1.5
Joe DeForest	1.0
Pat Swoopes	1.0
Vaughan Johnson	1.0
Derrick Taylor	0.5
Totals	47.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Vaughan Johnson	87	87	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
Rickey Jackson	74	74	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Sam Mills	58	58	0		0	3	0	0	1
Pat Swilling	49	49	0	0	0	3	1	0	3
Brett Maxie	48	48	0	0
Gene Atkins	36	36	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Milton Mack	25	25	0	0
Frank Warren	20	20	0
Toi Cook	4	4	0
Jumpy Geathers	1	1	0
Dave Waymer				0	0	3	2	0	0
Bruce Clark					0	2	0		0
Bobby Hebert					4	2	0	0	0
Michael Adams					1	2	0	0	0
Lonzell Hill					0	1	0		0
James Campen					0	1	0	0	0
Mel Gray					3	1	0		0
Stacey Dawsey					2	1	9	0	0
Jim Wilks					0	1	10	0	0
Rueben Mayes					8	1	0		0
Barry Word					1	1	0		0
Frank Wattelet					0	1	0	0	0
Phillip James					0	1	0	0	0
Dwight Walker					0	1	0	0	0
Eric Martin					3	1	0		0
Jeff Rodenberger					0	1	0	0	0
Reggie Sutton				0	0	1	0		0
Van Jakes				0	0	1	30	0	0
Joel Hilgenberg					0	1	0	0	0
Vincent Alexander					2	0	0		0
John Fourcade					1	0	0	0	0
Kevin Ingram					2	0	0	0	0
Dalton Hilliard					4	0	0		0
Dwight Beverly					1	0	0		0
Mike Jones					1	0	0		0
Totals	402	402	0	0	33	32	52	0	9

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Morten Andersen									28	37	0			121
Dalton Hilliard	7	1		0					0	0	0			48
Eric Martin		7	0	0					0	0	0			42
John Tice		6							0	0	0			36
Rueben Mayes	5	0							0	0	0			30
Mike Jones		3							0	0	0			18
Florian Kempf									4	1	0			13
Hoby Brenner		2							0	0	0			12
Barry Word	2	0		0					0	0	0			12
Lonzell Hill	0	2							0	0	0			12
Buford Jordan	2	0	0	0					0	0	0			12
Dwight Beverly	2	0		0					0	0	0			12
Mike Cofer									1	5	0			8
Alvin Toles								1	0	0	0			6
Mel Gray	1	0	0	0					0	0	0			6
Mike Waters		1							0	0	0			6
Vincent Alexander	1	0							0	0	0			6
Ken O'Neal		1							0	0	0			6
Reggie Sutton						0		1	0	0	0			6
Johnnie Poe						0		1	0	0	0			6
Brett Maxie			0			0			0	0	0		1	2
Bruce Clark									0	0	0		1	2
Totals	20	23	0	0	0	0	0	3	33	43	0	0	2	422