1981 New Orleans Saints Season Roster


Player Number Pos Height Weight 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



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