1975 New Orleans Saints (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/9/1975	H	Houston Oilers	7-13	L	New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	72434
Sat	8/16/1975	H	Denver Broncos	24-21	W	New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	40089
Sat	8/23/1975	H	Miami Dolphins	10-20	L	New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	61253
Sat	8/30/1975	H	Baltimore Colts	27-3	W	New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	60643
Sat	9/6/1975	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	13-24	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	47341
Sat	9/13/1975	A	Cincinnati Bengals	0-20	L	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	48453
Sun	9/21/1975	A	Washington Redskins	3-41	L	Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	54414
Sun	9/28/1975	H	Cincinnati Bengals	0-21	L	New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	52637
Sun	10/5/1975	A	Atlanta Falcons	7-14	L	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	29444
Sun	10/12/1975	H	Green Bay Packers	20-19	W	New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	51371
Sun	10/19/1975	A	San Francisco 49ers	21-35	L	San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	39990
Sun	10/26/1975	A	Los Angeles Rams	14-38	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	54723
Sun	11/2/1975	H	Atlanta Falcons	23-7	W	New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	49342
Sun	11/9/1975	A	Oakland Raiders	10-48	L	Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	51267
Sun	11/16/1975	H	Minnesota Vikings	7-20	L	New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	52765
Sun	11/23/1975	H	San Francisco 49ers	6-16	L	New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	40328
Sun	11/30/1975	A	Cleveland Browns	16-17	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	44753
Sun	12/7/1975	H	Los Angeles Rams	7-14	L	New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	39958
Sun	12/14/1975	A	New York Giants	14-28	L	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	40150
Sun	12/21/1975	H	Chicago Bears	17-42	L	New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	33371

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
86	Mel Baker	WR	6-0	189	25	Texas Southern	2	1
63	Steve Baumgartner	RDE-LDE	6-7	245	24	Purdue	14	14
16	Tom Blanchard	P	6-0	185	27	Oregon	14	0
80	Larry Burton	WR	6-1	193	24	Purdue	13	11
51	Rusty Chambers	LB	6-1	218	22	Tulane	12	0
89	Gil Chapman	WR	5-9	180	22	Michigan	9	0
85	Henry Childs	TE-WR	6-2	226	24	Kansas State	14	2
13	Larry Cipa	QB	6-3	209	24	Michigan	4	1
55	Don Coleman	LLB	6-2	222	23	Michigan	13	11
44	Chuck Crist	LS-RS	6-2	205	24	Penn State	8	4
51	Sylvester Croom	C	6-0	235	21	Alabama	1	1
32	Jimmy DeRatt	S	6-0	203	22	North Carolina	6	1
69	Andy Dorris	LDE	6-4	248	24	New Mexico State	13	13
58	Joe Federspiel	MLB	6-2	230	25	Kentucky	14	14
24	Johnny Fuller	LS-RS	6-0	182	29	Lamar	11	11
83	Len Garrett	TE	6-3	230	28	New Mexico Highlands	1	0
78	Elois Grooms	DE	6-4	250	22	Tennessee Tech	10	0
56	Lee Gross	C-OG	6-3	230	22	Auburn	9	0
83	Andy Hamilton	WR	6-3	190	25	Louisiana State	9	5
87	Don Herrmann	WR	6-2	195	28	Waynesburg	3	0
62	John Hill	C	6-2	246	25	Lehigh	14	13
30	Ernie Jackson	LCB-RCB	5-10	176	25	Duke	13	5
36	Drew Jones	RB	6-2	216	23	Washington State	13	1
53	Rick Kingrea	LLB	6-1	228	26	Tulane	14	2
62	Jake Kupp	LOG	6-3	236	34	Washington	14	12
39	Morris LaGrand	RB	6-1	220	22	Tampa	2	0
67	Phil LaPorta	LOT	6-4	256	23	Penn State	14	7
11	Bivian Lee	RCB	6-3	200	27	Prairie View A&M	11	6
52	Mike Lemon	LB	6-2	220	24	Ellsworth CC; Kansas	2	0
8	Archie Manning	QB	6-3	205	26	Mississippi	13	13
28	Alvin Maxson	RB	5-11	201	24	Southern Methodist	13	13
19	Bill McClard	K	5-10	202	26	Arkansas	3	0
27	Rod McNeill	RB-WR	6-2	220	24	Southern California	14	3
54	Rick Middleton	RLB	6-3	230	24	Ohio State	14	14
74	Derland Moore	RDT-RDE	6-4	265	24	Oklahoma	14	12
77	Chris Morris	ROT	6-3	250	26	Indiana	6	1
76	Don Morrison	ROT	6-5	257	26	Texas-Arlington	13	13
37	Tommy Myers	RS	6-0	180	25	Syracuse	9	8
72	Joe Owens	LDE	6-2	244	29	Alcorn State	14	0
88	Joel Parker	WR	6-5	215	23	Florida	7	7
82	Bob Pollard	LDT	6-3	248	27	Texas Southern; Weber State	14	14
75	Elex Price	RDT	6-3	260	25	Alcorn State	14	2
26	Steve Rogers	RB	6-2	203	22	Louisiana State	13	0
40	Terry Schmidt	LS-LCB	6-0	177	23	Ball State	13	9
71	Kurt Schumacher	LOG	6-3	246	23	Ohio State	13	2
12	Bobby Scott	QB	6-1	201	26	Tennessee	1	0
84	Paul Seal	TE	6-4	223	23	Michigan	14	14
29	Maurice Spencer	RCB-LCB	6-0	176	23	North Carolina Central	14	5
33	Mike Strachan	RB	6-0	199	22	Iowa State	11	11
15	Rich Szaro	K	5-11	204	27	Harvard	11	0
65	Dave Thompson	LOT	6-4	271	26	Clemson	7	7
60	Greg Westbrooks	LB	6-2	218	22	Colorado Mesa; Colorado	14	0
66	Tom Wickert	OT	6-4	252	23	Washington State	1	0
79	Emanuel Zanders	ROG	6-1	248	24	Jackson State	14	14

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	7	Larry Burton	WR	Purdue
1	12	Kurt Schumacher	T	Ohio State
2	32	Lee Gross	C	Auburn
3	60	Drew Jones	RB	Washington State
3	63	Elois Grooms	DE	Tennessee Tech
4	92	John Starkebaum	DB	Nebraska
4	99	Charles Hall	DE	Tulane
6	149	Mike Lemon	LB	Kansas
7	163	Steve Rogers	RB	Louisiana State
9	216	Mike Strachan	RB	Iowa State
10	241	Chuck Heater	RB	Michigan
11	266	Danny Lee	P	Louisiana-Monroe
12	294	Ron Gustafson	WR	North Dakota
13	319	Jim Upchurch	RB	Arizona
14	344	Randy Rhino	DB	Georgia Tech
15	372	Grant Burget	RB	Oklahoma
16	397	Mike McDonald	LB	Catawba
17	422	Greg Westbrooks	LB	Colorado

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	16	48	40	61
Opponents Totals	97	97	60	106

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		215	109	82	24	74/215 34.4%	/ %	71	527
Opponents Totals		151	105	125	21	92/207 44.4%	/ %	77	726

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Rich Szaro	0	17	17	100.0	10	16	62.5	0	47
Rod McNeill	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Alvin Maxson	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Larry Burton	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Joel Parker	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Mike Strachan	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Rusty Chambers	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Don Herrmann	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Drew Jones	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Archie Manning	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Tommy Myers	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Paul Seal	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bill McClard	0	1	1	100.0	1	5	20.0	0	4
(Team)	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0
Team Totals	19	18	19	94.7	11	21	52.4	0	165
Opponents Totals	48	44	48	91.7	8	12	66.7	2	360

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Rich Szaro	10	16	62.5	1	50	1/1	4/4	3/4	1/5	1/2
Bill McClard	1	5	20.0	1	42	0/0	0/1	0/2	1/2	0/0
Team Totals	11	21	52.4	2	50	1/1	4/5	3/6	2/7	1/2
Opponents Totals	8	12	66.7			0/0	1/2	5/7	2/3	0/0

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mike Strachan	161	668	4.1	21	2
Alvin Maxson	139	371	2.7	14	3
Rod McNeill	61	206	3.4	17	2
Archie Manning	33	186	5.6	16	1
Drew Jones	42	108	2.6	18	1
Steve Rogers	17	62	3.6	22	0
Mel Baker	1	21	21.0	21	0
Paul Seal	1	10	10.0	10	0
Larry Burton	2	8	4.0	5	0
Larry Cipa	6	2	0.3	3	0
Team Totals	463	1642	3.5	22	9
Opponents Totals	507	1930	3.8	54	15

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Archie Manning	338	159	159	159	1683	5.0	10.6	71t	7	2.1	20	5.9	49	390	1293	44.3
Bobby Scott	17	8	8	8	96	5.6	12.0	33	0	0.0	1	5.9	1	12	84	40.3
Larry Cipa	37	14	14	20	182	4.9	13.0	28	1	2.7	3	8.1	3	14	168	29.3
Team Totals	392	181	181	187	1961	5.0	10.8	71t	8	2.0	24	6.1	53	416	1545	42.7
Opponents Totals	354	206	206	132	2587	7.3	12.6	60	25	7.1	16	4.5	28	200	2387	85.7

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Alvin Maxson	41	234	5.7	33	0
Mike Strachan	30	224	7.5	27	0
Paul Seal	28	414	14.8	38	1
Rod McNeill	18	138	7.7	17	2
Larry Burton	16	305	19.1	71t	2
Andy Hamilton	12	210	17.5	44	0
Henry Childs	10	179	17.9	38	0
Drew Jones	10	52	5.2	12	0
Joel Parker	9	123	13.7	32t	2
Don Herrmann	3	47	15.7	28	1
Mel Baker	2	26	13.0	17	0
Gil Chapman	1	7	7.0	7	0
Steve Rogers	1	2	2.0	2	0
Team Totals	181	1961	10.8	71t	8
Opponents Totals	206	2587	12.6	60	25

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tommy Myers	5	83	16.6	29	0
Chuck Crist	3	69	23.0	42	0
Ernie Jackson	2	48	24.0	46	0
Bivian Lee	2	22	11.0	19	0
Terry Schmidt	1	37	37.0	37	0
Greg Westbrooks	1	21	21.0	21	0
Rick Kingrea	1	14	14.0	14	0
Rick Middleton	1	0	0.0	0	0
Maurice Spencer	0	11		11L	0
Team Totals	16	305	19.1	46	0
Opponents Totals	24	367	15.3	40	2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Tom Blanchard	92	3776	41.0	61	3	16	675	2781	30.2
Team Totals	92	3776	41.0	61	3	16	675	2781	31.2
Opponents Totals	75	3205	42.7	63	0	11	370	2615	34.9

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Gil Chapman	17	3	207	12.2	42	0
Terry Schmidt	11	0	76	6.9	17	0
Tommy Myers	10	1	70	7.0	16	0
Jimmy DeRatt	2	1	17	8.5	10	0
Maurice Spencer	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	41	5	370	9.0	42	0
Opponents Totals	61	0	675	11.1	65	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Gil Chapman	28	614	21.9	36	0
Rod McNeill	10	276	27.6	88	0
Alvin Maxson	6	103	17.2	24	0
Steve Rogers	6	98	16.3	19	0
Mike Strachan	5	91	18.2	33	0
Maurice Spencer	5	68	13.6	19	0
Terry Schmidt	2	54	27.0	34	0
Rusty Chambers	1	15	15.0	15	0
Team Totals	63	1319	20.9	88	0
Opponents Totals	42	1073	25.5	93	1

SACKS	NO	YDS
Joe Owens	6.5
Bob Pollard	6.5
Elex Price	5.5
Derland Moore	3.5
Elois Grooms	2.0
Greg Westbrooks	2.0
Joe Federspiel	1.5
Rick Middleton	0.5
Team Totals	28.0	200.0
Opponents Totals	53.0	416.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Steve Baumgartner	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Tom Blanchard	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Rusty Chambers	0	0	0	1	1	38	1
Gil Chapman	1		0	0	0	0	0
Larry Cipa	3		2	0	2	0	0
Andy Dorris	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Joe Federspiel	0	0	0	5	5	8	0
Johnny Fuller	0	0	0	1	1	2	0
John Hill	0	0	1	0	1	1	0
Ernie Jackson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Drew Jones	1		0	0	0	0	0
Rick Kingrea	0	0	0	3	3	7	0
Bivian Lee	1		0	0	0	0	0
Archie Manning	7		1	0	1	0	0
Alvin Maxson	4		0	0	0	0	0
Rod McNeill	6		3	0	3	0	0
Rick Middleton	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Chris Morris	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Tommy Myers	2		0	3	3	23	1
Joe Owens	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bob Pollard	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Steve Rogers	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Terry Schmidt	3		3	0	3	0	0
Kurt Schumacher	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Maurice Spencer	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Mike Strachan	4		1	0	1	0	0
Dave Thompson	1		0	0	0	-25	0
Team Totals	33	18	15	23	38	54	2
Opponents Totals	43	23	20	16	36		4

Billy Ray Barnes	Special Teams
Bob Cummings	Defensive Line
C.W. Hewgley	Offensive Line
Bob Ledbetter	Offensive Backs
Lamar McHan	Quarterbacks
Jim Phillips	Receivers
Doug Shively	Linebackers
Bud Whitehead	Defensive Backs