1978 New Orleans Saints Season Roster


Player Number Pos Height Weight Age College
*JT Taylor
#71 OT 6'-4'' 265 22 Missouri
*Mark Meseroll
#70 OT 6'-6" 270 23 Florida St.
John Watson
#67 OT 6'-4" 244 29 Oklahoma
Kevin Hunt
#76 OT 6'-5" 260 29 Doane
Gary Anderson
#77
OG
6'-3"
250
22
Stanford
Conrad Dobler
#66
OG
6'-3"
255
27
Wyoming
Emanual Zanders #79 OG 6'-1" 248 27 Jackson St.
Fred Sturt
#68
OG
6'-4"
255
27
Bowling Green
John Hill #62 C 6'-2" 246 28 Lehigh
Joe Campbell
#73
DE
6'-6"
254
23
Maryland
Richard Neal
#87
DE
6'-3"
263
30
Southern
Elois Grooms #78 DE 6'-4" 250 25 Tennessee Tech
Mike Fultz
#72
DT
6'-5"
278
24
Nebraska
Derland Moore #74 DT 6'-4" 253 26 Oklahoma
Don Reese
#60 DE 6'-6" 250 26 Jackson St.
Elex Price #72 DT 6'-3" 253 28 Alcorn St.
*Barry Bennett
#63 DT 6'-4" 257 22 Concordia (Minn)
Pat Hughes
#54
LB
6'-2"
235
31
Boston U
Ron Crosby
#51
LB
6'-3"
225
23
Penn St.
Joe Federspiel #58 LB 6'-1" 230 28 Kentuckty
Rick Kingrea #53 LB 6'-1'" 222 29 Tulane
Jim Merlo #57 LB 6'-1" 220 26 Stanford
Floyd Rice
#55 LB 6'-3" 255 29 Alcorn St.
Skip Vanderbundt
#52 LB 6'-3" 225 31
Oregan St.
Ray Brown
#45 DB 6'-2" 202 29 West Texas St.
Rusty Rebowe #56 LB 5'-10"
213
22
Nicholls
*Eric Felton
#20 DB 6'-0" 200 22 Texas Tech
Ralph McGill
#23
DB
5'-11"
178
28
Tulsa
Mo Spencer
#40
DB
6'-0"
176
26
N Carolina Cent
Tom Myers #37 FS 5'-11" 170 27 Syracuse
*Don Schwartz
#48
DB
6'-1"
191
22
Washington St.
*Ed Burns
#11 QB 6'-3" 210 23 Nebraska
Bobby Scott #12 QB 6'-1" 197 29 Tennessee
James Van Wagner
#35
FB
6'-0"
202
23
Michigan Tech
*Wes Chandler
#89
WR
5'-11"
182
22
Florida
Mike Strachan #41 HB 6'-0" 200 25 Iowa St.
Tony Galbreath #34 FB 6'-0" 220 24 Missouri
Ike Harris
#82
WR
6'-3"
205
25
Iowa St.
Kim Jones #32 FB 6'-4" 238 26 Colorado St.
Chuck Muncie #42 HB 6'-3" 220 25 California
Rich Mauti
#84
WR
6'-0"
190
24
Penn St.
Clarence Chapman #24 DB 5'-10" 185 24 East Michigan
Jack Holmes
#45 FB 5'-11" 210
23 Texas Southern
Tinker Owens #83 WR 5'-11" 170 23 Oklahoma
Henry Childs #85 TE 6'-2" 220 27 Kansas St.
Archie Manning
#8
QB
6'-3"
200
29
Mississippi
*Larry Hardy
#87 TE 6'-3" 230 22 Jackson St.
Tom Blanchard #16 P 6'-0" 187 30 Oregan
Rich Szaro #15 K 5'-11" 204 30 Harvard
Dave Lafary
#64
OG
6'-7"
280
23
Purdue
Robert Woods
#65
OT-OG
6'-4"
259
28
Tennesse St.
*Brooks Williams
#88
TE
6'-4"
226
23
North Carolina
Tom Jurich

K
5'-10"
185
22
North Arizona
John Leypoldt

K
6'-2"
230
32
None
Steve Mike-Mayer
10
K
6'-0"
180
30
Maryland

*-Rookie



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