1981 New Orleans Saints 3-13 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot New Orleans 29 60 34 66 0 189 Opponent 81 141 101 91 0 414 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 189 414 0-1 0 @Atlanta 27 First Downs 271 303 1-1 20 Los Angeles 17 Rush 113 103 1-2 7 @New York(N) 33 Pass 139 182 1-3 14 @San Francisco 48 Pen 19 18 1-4 6 Pittsburgh 17 Penalties 101 99 1-5 21 Philadelphia 24 Yards 791 772 1-6 17 @Cleveland 34 1-7 17 Cincinnati 20 Rushing Att 559 532 1-8 3 Atlanta 43 Yards 2440 2170 2-8 27 @Los Angeles 3 Ave 4.4 4.1 2-9 13 @Minnesota 20 TD 9 14 2-10 3 @Houston 22 3-10 17 Tampa Bay 13 Passing Att 454 464 3-11 0 @St. Louis 35 Comp 245 269 3-12 17 Green Bay 21 % 54.0 58.0 3-13 7 San Francisco 37 Int 37 10 % 8.1 2.2 TD 11 28 % 2.4 6.0 Yards 2668 3497 Sacked 34 21 Punt Return 49 59 Yards 527 397 Ave 10.8 6.7 Kick Return 78 49 Yards 1628 873 Ave 20.9 17.8 Punts 82 82 Yards 3285 3374 Ave 40.1 41.1 FG Att 23 40 Made 14 33 % 60.9 82.5 Third Downs 224 223 Made 64 77 % 28.6 34.5 Fourth Downs 24 12 Made 12 6 % 50.0 50.0 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 34 21 Lost 16 7 Turnovers 53 17 Net Offense 4863 5538 Per Play 4.6 5.4 1981 New Orleans Saints Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Rogers,G 388 1791 4.6 50 73 63 6 Holmes 40 0 294 7.4 1 18 37 0 Holmes 62 263 4.2 5 16 18 1 Merkens 36 6 486 13.5 5 25 68 4 Tyler 32 158 4.9 4 8 17 0 Hardy 30 3 334 11.1 2 16 35 2 Wilson,W 44 139 3.2 3 8 12 2 Groth 26 2 330 12.7 3 19 44 2 Manning 12 50 4.2 1 3 17 0 Rogers,G 22 2 165 7.5 0 6 20 0 Groth 3 26 8.7 2 2 16 0 Wilson,W 22 3 263 12.0 1 15 39 0 Wilson 6 7 1.2 0 0 4 0 Caster 14 1 162 11.6 1 5 37 0 Merkens 2 4 2.0 0 0 5 0 Tyler 13 2 115 8.8 0 7 16 0 Hill 1 2 2.0 0 1 2 0 Martini 11 0 93 8.5 0 5 12 1 Stauch 4 2 0.5 0 1 6 0 Thompson 11 1 91 8.3 1 7 25 1 Thompson 1 2 2.0 0 0 2 0 Brenner 9 0 170 18.9 3 6 40 0 Scott,B 1 1 1.0 0 0 1 0 Williams,B 4 0 47 11.8 0 4 15 0 Caster 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 0 0 Harris,I 4 0 87 21.8 2 3 42 1 Rogers,J 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 0 0 Banks 2 0 25 12.5 0 2 15 0 Adams 1 -3 -3.0 0 0 0 0 Rogers,J 1 0 6 6.0 0 0 6 0 559 2440 4.4 65 113 63 9 245 20 2668 10.9 19138 68 11 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Manning 273 161 59.0 1681 10.4 44 26 11 15 5.5 23 7 2.6 62.5 Wilson 154 77 50.0 906 11.8 68 13 7 15 9.7 10 4 2.6 37.3 Scott,B 27 7 25.9 81 11.6 31 4 1 7 25.9 1 0 0.0 0.0 454 245 54.0 2668 10.9 68 43 19 37 8.1 34 11 2.4 45.7 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Ricardo 21 21 100.0 23 14 60.9 20.0 0.0 42 63 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Erxleben 82 3285 58 5 0 7 59 397 34.0 40.1 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Wilson,W 37 853 23.1 40 0 Banks 1 0 1 1.0 1 0 Rogers,J 34 709 20.9 52 0 Groth 42 6 503 12.0 26 0 Stauch 4 46 11.5 20 0 Merkens 1 0 -5 -5.0 0 0 Taylor 1 10 10.0 10 0 Poe 5 0 28 5.6 10 0 Groth 2 10 5.0 9 0 49 6 527 10.8 26 0 Brock 1 0 0.0 0 0 78 1628 20.9 52 0 Fumbles Rogers,G 15 Brenner 3 Stauch 2 Hardy 1 Harris,I 1 Wilson 1 Manning 5 Caster 3 Banks 1 Rogers,J 1 Tyler 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Jackson 5 Moore 8 Kovach 15 Waymer 9 Moore 4 Brock 4 Grooms 4 Boyarsky 5 Nairne 12 Poe 8 Kovach 3 Hill 4 Moore 4 Grooms 5 Grooms 11 Myers 8 Gary 3 Jackson 2 Kovach 2 Nairne 4 Jackson 11 Gary 6 Myers 3 Redd 2 Nairne 2 Kovach 3 Redd 7 Nairne 4 Jackson 2 Sturt 2 Boyarsky 2 Jackson 2 Moore 5 Grooms 4 Nairne 2 Adams 1 Redd 1 Bennett, 1 Bennett, 3 Jackson 4 Grooms 1 Lafary 1 Bennett, 1 Boyarsky 2 Wattelet 2 Bennett 1 Manning 1 Warren 1 Spivey 2 Poe 1 Martini 1 Redd 1 Wilks 1 Moore 1 Kovach 1 Myers 1 Bennett, 1 Nairne 1 Grooms 1 Brenner 1 Thompson 1 Tyler 1 Tackles Jackson 116 Poe 59 Boyarsky 26 Thompson 17 Groth 9 Nairne 106 Moore 57 Wattelet 19 Bennett 16 Martini 8 Gary 88 Myers 55 Evans 18 Pelleur 13 Wilks 6 Kovach 73 Waymer 47 Banks 18 Spivey 13 Harris,I 6 Grooms 61 Redd 45 Bennett, 18 Bordelon 13 Warren 4 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Waymer 4 45 11.3 27 0 Wattelet 2 13 6.5 8 0 Myers 2 25 12.5 25 1 Gary 1 0 0.0 0 0 Poe 1 0 0.0 0 0 10 83 8.3 27 1 1981 New Orleans Saints Coach:Bum Phillips Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy QB Manning,Archie 4 O 2 1 QB Scott,Bobby 2 O 2 1 QB Wilson,Dave 3 O 2 1 Offense Bk-R Bk-P Dur Run Sho Bkwy RB Holmes,Jack 1 0 5 B 4 2 RB Rogers,George 1 0 4 B 3 4 RB Rogers,Jimmy 1 0 4 B 3 3 KR RB Stauch,Scott 1 0 3 B 3 3 KR RB Tyler,Toussaint 1 0 5 B 3 3 RB Wilson,Wayne 1 0 5 B 3 3 KR WR Banks,Gordon 0 0 5 O 1 1 PR WR Groth,Jeff 0 0 4 O 1 3 RET WR Harris,Ike 0 0 2 O 1 1 WR Martini,Rich 0 0 3 O 1 1 WR Merkens,Guido 0 0 5 O 1 1 RET WR Thompson,Aundra 0 0 3 O 1 1 KR TE Brenner,Hoby 2 0 2 O 1 1 TE Hardy,Larry 2 0 5 O 1 1 TE Williams,Brooks 2 0 5 O 1 1 KR TE-WR Caster,Rich 2 0 2 O 1 1 Lineman Bk-R Bk-P Dur G Adams,Sam 6 6 5 G Hudson,Nat 4 4 5 G Sturt,Fred 6 5 5 G Young,Bob 3 3 1 T Brock,Stan 7 7 5 T Lafary,Dave 4 4 5 T Taylor,J.T. 6 6 3 C Hill,John 6 6 4 C Ryczek,Paul 4 4 2 C-T Pietrzak,Jim 4 4 5 Defense Total Run Pass Rush Dur DT Bennett,Barry 3 2 0 1 2 DT Boyarsky,Jerry 5 4 0 1 3 DT Bennett,Monte 4 3 0 1 5 DE Grooms,Elois 6 5 0 1 5 DE Moore,Derland 6 5 0 1 5 DE Warren,Frank 5 4 0 1 5 DE Wilks,Jim 5 4 0 1 5 ILB Kovach,Jim 6 4 1 1 4 ILB Redd,Glen 5 4 1 0 5 LB Evans,Chuck 3 2 1 0 5 LB Pelleur,Scott 3 2 1 0 5 OLB Bordelon,Ken 4 3 1 0 4 OLB Jackson,Rickey 7 3 2 2 5 OLB Nairne,Rob 6 3 2 1 5 CB Poe,Johnnie 6 0 6 0 4 PR CB Spivey,Mike 4 0 4 0 3 CB Waymer,Dave 6 0 6 0 5 S Gary,Russell 6 1 5 0 4 S Myers,Tom 6 1 5 0 5 S Wattelet,Frank 4 1 3 0 5 Special Teams P Erxleben,Russell K Ricardo,Benny