1979 79 New Orleans Saints 3-1 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot 79 New Orleans 28 38 14 24 0 104 Opponent 14 37 14 33 0 98 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 104 98 1-0 31 @81 Pittsburgh 27 First Downs 90 82 2-0 31 77 St. Louis 23 Rush 32 30 3-0 28 @78 Cleveland 20 Pass 48 46 3-1 14 65 Dallas 28 Pen 10 6 Penalties 19 24 Yards 134 181 Rushing Att 119 104 Yards 591 480 Ave 5.0 4.6 TD 10 6 Passing Att 103 108 Comp 73 61 % 70.9 56.5 Int 6 4 % 5.8 3.7 TD 4 7 % 3.9 6.5 Yards 830 825 Sacked 4 12 Punt Return 6 6 Yards 28 33 Ave 4.7 5.5 Kick Return 20 19 Yards 420 447 Ave 21.0 23.5 Punts 11 14 Yards 487 589 Ave 44.3 42.1 FG Att 4 4 Made 2 3 % 50.0 75.0 Third Downs 37 40 Made 18 13 % 48.6 32.5 Fourth Downs 4 5 Made 2 4 % 50.0 80.0 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 5 10 Lost 2 2 Turnovers 8 6 Net Offense 1403 1245 Per Play 6.2 5.6 Challenges 1/2 1979 79 New Orleans Saints Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Muncie 92 491 5.3 11 25 64 8 Chandler 20 3 252 12.6 2 11 47 0 Galbreath 12 65 5.4 3 3 17 1 Muncie 14 0 166 11.9 0 9 24 1 Manning 7 20 2.9 1 2 10 1 Galbreath 13 0 139 10.7 0 10 20 1 Strachan 8 15 1.9 0 2 5 0 Harris,I 11 0 104 9.5 0 9 12 1 119 591 5.0 15 32 64 10 Childs 9 0 92 10.2 0 7 16 1 Mauti 3 0 44 14.7 0 1 18 0 Strachan 2 0 20 10.0 0 0 13 0 Owens,T 1 0 13 13.0 0 1 13 0 73 3 830 11.4 2 48 47 4 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Manning 103 73 70.9 830 11.4 47 10 2 6 5.8 4 4 3.9 83.4 103 73 70.9 830 11.4 47 10 2 6 5.8 4 4 3.9 83.4 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Yepremian 14 14 100.0 4 2 50.0 50.0 0.0 44 20 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Partridge 11 487 71 2 0 1 6 33 37.6 44.3 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Wilson,W 1 26 26.0 26 0 Mauti 6 4 28 4.7 10 0 Mauti 19 394 20.7 33 0 6 4 28 4.7 10 0 20 420 21.0 33 0 Fumbles Muncie 4 Bennett 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Grooms 6 Moore,D 2 Grooms 2 Grooms 2 Federspi 3 Bennett 1 Reese 3 Grooms 2 Hughes 2 Hughes 2 Grooms 2 Childs 1 Moore,D 2 Reese 1 Moore,D 2 Moore,D 2 Felton 1 Harris,I 1 Bennett 1 Reese 2 Myers,T 2 Merlo 1 Moore,D 1 Bordelon 1 Reese 2 Moore,D 1 Zanders 1 Federspi 1 Brown,R 1 Price,El 1 Bennett 1 McGill 1 Reese 1 Federspi 1 Felton 1 Bordelon 1 Tackles Reese 20 Grooms 15 Felton 12 Campbell 6 Schwartz 4 Hughes 19 Federspi 14 Brown,R 10 Bennett 5 Price,El 3 Chapman 19 Moore,D 12 Gray,D 9 Merlo 5 McGill 1 Myers,T 16 Bordelon 12 Ray 6 Kovach 5 Mauti 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Federspie 2 3 1.5 2 0 Brown,R 1 0 0.0 0 0 Myers,T 1 22 22.0 22 0 4 25 6.3 22 0 1979 79 New Orleans Saints Coach:Dick Nolan Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy QB Burns,Ed 5 O 2 1 QB Manning,Archie 5 O 2 2 QB Scott,Bobby 2 O 2 1 Offense Bk-R Bk-P Dur Run Sho Bkwy RB Galbreath,Tony 1 0 4 B 3 3 K RB Holmes,Jack 1 0 5 B 3 3 KR RB Jones,Kim 1 0 1 B 3 3 RB Muncie,Chuck 1 0 5 B 3 5 RB Strachan,Michael 1 0 3 B 3 3 RB Wilson,Wayne 1 0 4 B 3 3 KR WR Chandler,Wes 0 0 5 O 1 1 ALL WR Harris,Ike 0 0 4 O 1 1 WR Mauti,Rich 0 0 4 O 1 1 RET WR Owens,Tinker 0 0 4 O 1 1 KR TE Childs,Henry 2 0 5 O 1 1 TE Hardy,Larry 2 0 5 O 1 1 TE Williams,Brooks 2 0 5 O 1 1 KR Lineman Bk-R Bk-P Dur G Dobler,Conrad 8 8 5 G Sturt,Fred 4 4 5 G Zanders,Emanuel 6 6 5 T Finnie,Roger 4 4 2 T Lafary,Dave 4 4 5 T Taylor,J.T. 8 8 5 T Watson,John 3 3 2 T Woods,Robert 6 6 4 C Hill,John 6 6 5 C-T Pietrzak,Jim 4 4 4 Defense Total Run Pass Rush Dur DT Bennett,Barry 4 3 0 1 4 DT Fultz,Mike 3 2 0 1 4 DT Moore,Derland 5 3 0 2 4 DT Price,Elex 3 2 0 1 2 DE Campbell,Joe 3 2 0 1 3 DE Grooms,Elois 6 3 0 3 5 DE Reese,Don 6 3 0 3 5 ILB Federspiel,Joe 5 2 3 0 5 LB Hughes,Pat 5 2 3 0 5 LB Kovach,Jim 3 2 1 0 5 KR OLB Bordelon,Ken 5 3 2 0 5 OLB Mathis,Reggie 3 2 1 0 5 OLB Merlo,Jim 4 3 1 0 5 CB Chapman,Clarence 4 0 4 0 5 CB Felton,Eric 4 0 4 0 4 CB Ray,Ricky 3 0 3 0 2 DB Gray,David 4 0 4 0 5 S Brown,Ray 5 1 4 0 3 S McGill,Ralph 4 1 3 0 4 S Myers,Tom 9 1 8 0 4 S Schwartz,Donald 3 1 2 0 4 Special Teams K-P Erxleben,Russell P Partridge,Rick K Yepremian,Garo