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1978 New Orleans Saints Stats

The following are the final regular season statistics for the 1978 New Orleans Saints.

Passing

Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	YPA	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
Archie ManningA. Manning	471	291	61.8	3,416	7.3	17	3.6	16	3.4	71t	37	301	81.7
Bobby ScottB. Scott	5	3	60.0	36	7.2	0	0.0	0	0.0	23	0	0	82.1
Ike HarrisI. Harris	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Chuck MuncieC. Muncie	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Michael StrachanM. Strachan	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
New Orleans	479	294	61.4	3,452	7.2	17	3.5	16	3.3	71t	37	301	81.2
Opponents	418	215	51.4	2,700	6.5	21	5.0	21	5.0	80t	33	236	67.7

Rushing

Player	Gms	Att	Yds	Avg	YPG	Lg	TD
Tony GalbreathT. Galbreath	16	186	635	3.41	39.7	20t	5
Chuck MuncieC. Muncie	13	160	557	3.48	42.8	28t	7
Michael StrachanM. Strachan	15	108	388	3.59	25.9	21	4
Archie ManningA. Manning	16	38	202	5.32	12.6	19	1
Kim JonesK. Jones	16	9	31	3.44	1.9	8	0
Ike HarrisI. Harris	15	2	22	11.00	1.5	22	0
Wes ChandlerW. Chandler	16	2	10	5.00	0.6	10	0
Jack HolmesJ. Holmes	11	2	4	2.00	0.4	4	0
Tom BlanchardT. Blanchard	16	2	0	0.00	0.0	0	0
Bobby ScottB. Scott	1	1	0	0.00	0.0	0	0
Henry ChildsH. Childs	16	2	-4	-2.00	-0.2	-1	0
New Orleans	16	512	1,845	3.60	115.3	28t	17
Opponents	16	574	2,420	4.22	151.2	63	9

Receiving

Player	Gms	Rec	Yds	Avg	YPG	Lg	TD
Tony GalbreathT. Galbreath	16	74	582	7.86	36.4	35	2
Henry ChildsH. Childs	16	53	869	16.40	54.3	52	4
Ike HarrisI. Harris	15	40	590	14.75	39.3	45	4
Tinker OwensT. Owens	14	40	446	11.15	31.9	47t	2
Wes ChandlerW. Chandler	16	35	472	13.49	29.5	58t	2
Chuck MuncieC. Muncie	13	26	233	8.96	17.9	34	0
Michael StrachanM. Strachan	15	10	51	5.10	3.4	15	0
Rich MautiR. Mauti	16	8	69	8.62	4.3	16t	2
Larry HardyL. Hardy	16	5	131	26.20	8.2	71t	1
Kim JonesK. Jones	16	2	10	5.00	0.6	6	0
James Van WagnerJ. Van Wagner	5	1	-1	-1.00	-0.2	-1	0
New Orleans	16	294	3,452	11.74	215.8	71t	17
Opponents	16	215	2,700	12.56	168.8	80t	21

Kickoff Returns

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Wes ChandlerW. Chandler	32	760	23.75	0	38	0
Rich MautiR. Mauti	17	388	22.82	0	39	0
Clarence ChapmanC. Chapman	9	149	16.56	0	28	0
Donald SchwartzD. Schwartz	3	51	17.00	0	19	0
Jack HolmesJ. Holmes	1	18	18.00	0	18	0
Floyd RiceF. Rice	1	15	15.00	0	15	0
Larry HardyL. Hardy	2	3	1.50	0	3	0
New Orleans	65	1,384	21.29	0	39	0
Opponents	53	1,035	19.53	0	56	0

Punt Returns

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Wes ChandlerW. Chandler	34	233	6.85	10	32	0
Ralph McGillR. McGill	1	5	5.00	0	5	0
Donald SchwartzD. Schwartz	1	4	4.00	0	4	0
Rich MautiR. Mauti	0	0	0.00	3	0	0
Tom MyersT. Myers	0	0	0.00	1	0	0
New Orleans	36	242	6.72	14	32	0
Opponents	59	539	9.14	4	55	0

Punting

	Punting								Opponent Returns
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Net	Ret	RYds	TD
Tom BlanchardT. Blanchard	84	3,532	42.0	61	10	14	2	32.5	59	539	--
New Orleans	84	3,532	42.0	61	10	14	2	32.5	59	539	--
Opponents	70	2,851	40.7	59	0	0	1	36.7	36	242	--

Kicking

Player	PAT	FG	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Lg	Pts
Steve Mike-MayerS. Mike-Mayer	18/18	6/13	1/1	2/3	2/3	0/2	1/4	50	36
Richie SzaroR. Szaro	9/9	4/6	0/0	2/2	2/2	0/2	0/0	37	21
John LeypoldtJ. Leypoldt	4/5	2/3	0/0	1/2	1/1	0/0	0/0	39	10
Tom JurichT. Jurich	2/2	0/3	0/0	0/2	0/0	0/1	0/0	0	2
Tony GalbreathT. Galbreath	0/1	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0
New Orleans	33/35	12/25	1/1	5/9	5/6	0/5	1/4	50	69
Opponents	32/33	22/33	0/0	11/12	4/8	6/10	1/3	50	98

Defense

	Interceptions					Sacks
Player	Int	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	Sack	YdsL
Ray BrownR. Brown	4	50	12.50	19	0	--	--
Clarence ChapmanC. Chapman	2	-4	-2.00	0	0	--	--
Joe FederspielJ. Federspiel	2	12	6.00	12	0	--	--
Eric FeltonE. Felton	1	0	0.00	0	0	--	--
Pat HughesP. Hughes	2	11	5.50	7	0	--	--
Tom MyersT. Myers	6	167	27.83	97t	1	--	--
Mo SpencerM. Spencer	4	83	20.75	37	0	--	--
New Orleans	21	319	15.19	97t	1	--	--
Opponents	16	198	12.38	56	1	--	--

Scoring

	Touchdowns										Kicking		Misc
Player	Tot	R	P	KR	PR	IR	FR	BK	BP	FGR	PAT	FG	Conv	Saf	Pts
Tony GalbreathT. Galbreath	7	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/1	0/0	0	0	42
Chuck MuncieC. Muncie	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	42
Steve Mike-MayerS. Mike-Mayer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18/18	6/13	0	0	36
Henry ChildsH. Childs	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	24
Ike HarrisI. Harris	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	24
Michael StrachanM. Strachan	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	24
Richie SzaroR. Szaro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9/9	4/6	0	0	21
Wes ChandlerW. Chandler	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	12
Rich MautiR. Mauti	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	12
Tinker OwensT. Owens	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	12
John LeypoldtJ. Leypoldt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4/5	2/3	0	0	10
Larry HardyL. Hardy	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Archie ManningA. Manning	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Tom MyersT. Myers	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Tom JurichT. Jurich	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2/2	0/3	0	0	2
TeamTeam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	1	2
New Orleans	35	17	17	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	33/35	12/25	0	1	281

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