1981 New Orleans Saints

1981 New Orleans Saints Statistics

Passing
Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Sack	Loss	Rating
Archie Manning	232	134	57.8	1447	6.24	55	5	2.2	11	4.7	21	164	63.6
Dave Wilson	159	82	51.6	1058	6.65	50	1	0.6	11	6.9	12	121	46.1
Bobby Scott	46	20	43.5	245	5.33	31	1	2.2	5	10.9	7	72	28.2
Guido Merkens	2	1	50.0	20	10.00	20	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	2	85.4
Tom Myers	2	1	50.0	8	4.00	8t	1	50.0	0	0.0	0	0	100.0
TOTALS	441	238	54.0	2778	6.30	55	8	1.8	27	6.1	0	0	53.8

Receiving Player Rec Yds Avg TD Lg Jack Holmes 38 206 5.4 0 19 Wayne Wilson 31 384 12.4 4 55 Guido Merkens 29 458 15.8 1 50 Larry Hardy 23 275 12.0 1 27 Toussaint Tyler 23 135 5.9 0 18 Jeff Groth 20 380 19.0 1 54 Wes Chandler 17 285 16.8 1 39 George Rogers 16 126 7.9 0 25 Rich Martini 8 72 9.0 0 15 Hoby Brenner 7 143 20.4 0 34 Rich Caster 7 108 15.4 0 31 Aundra Thompson 6 81 13.5 0 25 Brooks Williams 5 50 10.0 0 13 Ike Harris 2 33 16.5 0 20 Gordon Banks 2 18 9.0 0 12 Jimmy Rogers 2 12 6.0 0 9 Scott Stauch 1 7 7.0 0 7 Dave Lafary 1 5 5.0 0 5 TOTALS 238 2778 11.7 8 55

Rushing Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg George Rogers 378 1674 4.4 13 79t Jack Holmes 58 194 3.3 2 11 Toussaint Tyler 36 183 5.1 0 42 Wayne Wilson 44 137 3.1 1 13 Jimmy Rogers 9 37 4.1 0 15 Archie Manning 2 28 14.0 0 15 Jeff Groth 2 27 13.5 0 28 Russell Erxleben 2 10 5.0 0 26 Scott Stauch 2 6 3.0 0 5 Dave Wilson 5 1 0.2 0 9 Guido Merkens 2 -1 -0.5 0 2 Tom Myers 2 -3 -1.5 0 6 Rich Caster 1 -3 -3.0 0 -3 Bobby Scott 3 -4 -1.3 0 -1 TOTALS 546 2286 4.2 16 79t

Kickoff Returns Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Wayne Wilson 31 722 23.3 0 57 Jimmy Rogers 28 621 22.2 0 44 Scott Stauch 3 65 21.7 0 29 Jeff Groth 3 50 16.7 0 21 Guido Merkens 2 38 19.0 0 20 Stan Brock 2 18 9.0 0 12 Gordon Banks 1 9 9.0 0 9 TOTALS 70 1523 21.8 0 57

Punt Returns Player Att Yds Avg FC TD Lg Jeff Groth 37 436 11.8 6 0 36 Johnnie Poe 1 2 2.0 0 0 2 Gordon Banks 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 Guido Merkens 1 -12 -12.0 1 0 -12 TOTALS 41 426 10.4 7 0 36

Punting
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Ret	Yds	Net
Russell Erxleben	66	2672	40.5	60	6	11	0	36	282	34.4
TOTALS	66	2672	40.5	60	6	11	0	36	282	34.4

Kicking
Player	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	All	Lg	PAT	Pts
Benny Ricardo	0/0	5/5	3/9	5/10	0/1	13/25	46	24/24	63
TOTALS	0/0	5/5	3/9	5/10	0/1	13/25	46	24/24	63

Defense
Player	Sacks	Loss	Ints	Yds	Avg	TDs	Lg
Ken Bordelon	--	--	1	3	3.0	0	3
Russell Gary	--	--	1	0	0.0	0	0
Jim Kovach	--	--	1	13	13.0	0	13
Tom Myers	--	--	2	70	35.0	0	54
Rob Nairne	--	--	1	18	18.0	0	18
Johnnie Poe	--	--	1	0	0.0	0	0
Ricky Ray	--	--	1	33	33.0	0	33
Glen Redd	--	--	1	7	7.0	0	7
Mike Spivey	--	--	1	0	0.0	0	0
Frank Wattelet	--	--	3	16	5.3	0	16
Dave Waymer	--	--	4	54	13.5	0	31
TOTALS	0.0	0.0	17	214	12.6	0	54

Saints' Karney feels for lost teammate McAllister
Biloxi Sun Herald | December 04, 2008
New Orleans Saints fullback Mike Karney openly shed tears for his buddy Deuce McAllister when McAllister tore the ACL in his left knee last season.

Orgeron says Tigers, Vols, have not contacted him
Biloxi Sun Herald | December 04, 2008
Former Ole Miss head coach and current New Orleans Saints defensive line coach Ed Orgeron has been linked to a possible return to college football, with LSU and Tennessee being among the schools that may have interest in his services as an assistant coach.

Falcons, NFC South boast NFL's best home record
Biloxi Sun Herald | December 04, 2008
And beating up on some of the league's worst teams.