| Player | # | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stan Brock | #67 | OT | 6′-6” | 275 | 23 | Colorado |
| Dave Lafary | #64 | OT | 6′-7″ | 280 | 26 | Purdue |
| JT Taylor | #71 | OT | 6′-4″ | 265 | 25 | Misouri |
| Sam Adams | #61 | OG | 6′-3″ | 260 | 32 | Prairie View |
| Nat Hudson | #69 | OG | 6′-3″ | 270 | 23 | Georgia |
| Fred Sturt | #68 | OG | 6′-4″ | 255 | 30 | Bowling Green |
| Bob Young | #65 | OG | 6′-2″ | 279 | 38 | Howard Payne |
| John Hill | #62 | C | 6′-2″ | 246 | 31 | Lehigh |
| Jim Pietrzak | #76 | C-OT | 6′-5″ | 260 | 28 | East Michigan |
| Paul Ryczek | #54 | C | 6′-2″ | 230 | 29 | Virginia |
| Elois Grooms | #78 | DE | 6′-4″ | 250 | 28 | Tennessee Tech |
| Derland Moore | #74 | DE | 6′-4″ | 253 | 29 | Oklahoma |
| *Frank Warren | #73 | DE | 6′-4″ | 275 | 21 | Auburn |
| *Jim Wilks | #94 | DE | 6′-4″ | 272 | 23 | San Diego St. |
| Barry Bennett | #63 | NT | 6′-4″ | 257 | 25 | Concordia |
| *Monte Bennett | #91 | NT | 6′-3″ | 260 | 22 | Kansas St. |
| *Jerry Boyarsky | #77 | NT | 6′-3″ | 290 | 22 | Pittsburgh |
| Ken Bordelon | #50 | LB | 6′-4″ | 226 | 27 | LSU |
| Chuck Evans | #59 | LB | 6′-3″ | 235 | 24 | Stanford |
| *Rickey Jackson | #57 | LB | 6′-2″ | 230 | 23 | Pittsburgh |
| Jim Kovach | #52 | LB | 6′-2″ | 225 | 25 | Kentucky |
| Rob Nairne | #55 | LB | 6′-4′” | 227 | 27 | Oregan |
| *Scott Pelleur | #53 | LB | 6′-2″ | 210 | 22 | Washington St. |
| *Glen Redd | #58 | LB | 6′-1″ | 225 | 23 | Brigham Young |
| *Russell Gary | #20 | DB | 5′-11″ | 195 | 22 | Nebraska |
| Bill Hurley | #28 | DB | 5′-11″ | 195 | 24 | Syracuse |
| Tom Myers | #37 | FS | 5′-11″ | 170 | 30 | Syracuse |
| *Johnnie Poe | #25 | DB | 6′-1″ | 182 | 22 | Missouri |
| Mike Spivey | #47 | DB | 6′-0″ | 198 | 27 | Colorado |
| Frank Wattelet | #49 | SS | 6′-0″ | 185 | 23 | Kansas St. |
| *Dave Waymer | #44 | DB | 6′-1″ | 195 | 22 | Notre Dame |
| Archie Manning | #8 | QB | 6′-3″ | 200 | 32 | Mississippi |
| Bobby Scott | #12 | QB | 6′-1″ | 197 | 32 | Tennessee |
| *Dave Wilson | #18 | QB | 6′-3″ | 195 | 22 | Illinois |
| *George Rodgers | #38 | RB | 6′-2″ | 224 | 22 | South Carolina |
| Jimmy Rodgers | #41 | HB | 5′-10″ | 190 | 24 | Oklahoma |
| Scott Stauch | #32 | HB | 5′-11″ | 204 | 26 | UCLA |
| Wayne Wilson | #30 | HB-FB | 6′-3″ | 208 | 23 | Sheppard |
| Jack Holmes | #45 | FB | 5′-11″ | 210 | 28 | Texas Southern |
| *Toussaint Tyler | #42 | FB | 6′-2″ | 220 | 22 | Washington |
| Rich Martini | #86 | WR | 6′-2″ | 185 | 25 | Cal-Davis |
| Gordon Banks | #80 | WR | 5′-9″ | 178 | 23 | Stanford |
| Jeff Groth | #86 | WR | 5′-10″ | 172 | 24 | Bowling Green |
| Guido Merkens | #19 | WR | 6′-1″ | 200 | 26 | Sam Houston |
| Ike Harris | #82 | WR | 6′-3″ | 210 | 28 | Iowa St. |
| Aundra Thompson | #89 | WR | 6′-0″ | 186 | 28 | East Texas St. |
| *Hoby Brenner | #85 | TE | 6′-4″ | 240 | 22 | USC |
| Larry Hardy | #87 | TE | 6′-3″ | 230 | 25 | Jackson St. |
| Russell Erxlebean | #14 | P | 6′-4″ | 220 | 24 | Texas |
| Benny Ricardo | #1 | K | 5′-10″ | 170 | 27 | San Diego St. |
| *Rookie | ||||||
Year-by-Year History of the New Orleans Saints
