Offensive Statistics for the 1979 New Orleans Saints
1979 Passing Statistics
| Attempts | Completions | % | Yards | Yds./Att | Longest | Tds | Int | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archie Manning | 420 | 252 | 60% | 3169 | 7.55 | 85 | 15 | 20 | 75.6 |
| Bobby Scott | 2 | 2 | 100% | 12 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 70.1 |
| Tony Galbreath | 3 | 2 | 66.6% | 70 | 23.3 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 135.4 |
| Chuck Muncie | 2 | 1 | 50% | 40 | 20.0 | 40t | 1 | 0 | 91.7 |
| Russell Erxleben | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 428 | 257 | 60.0 | 3291 | 7.08 | 85 | 24 | 26 | 75.2 |
1979 Rushing Statistics
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Saints Fullback Tony Galbreath
| Attempts | Yards | Average | Longest | TDs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Muncie | 238 | 1198 | 5.0 | 69t | 11 |
| Tony Galbreath | 189 | 708 | 3.7 | 27 | 9 |
| Mike Strachen | 62 | 276 | 4.5 | 23 | 6 |
| Archie Manning | 35 | 186 | 5.3 | 20 | 2 |
| Jack Holmes | 17 | 68 | 4.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Wayne Wilson | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Ike Harris | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Kim Jones | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 3 | 1 |
| Totals | 551 | 2476 | 4.5 | 69t | 28 |
1979 Receiving Statistics
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Saints Receiver Wes Chandler catches a pass against the Falcons -
Tight End Henry Childs
| Catches | Yards | Average | Longest | TDs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wes Chandler | 65 | 1069 | 16.4 | 85 | 6 |
| Tony Galbreath | 58 | 484 | 8.3 | 38 | 1 |
| Henry Childs | 51 | 846 | 16.5 | 51 | 5 |
| Chuck Muncie | 40 | 308 | 7.7 | 28 | 0 |
| Ike Harris | 25 | 395 | 15.8 | 42 | 2 |
| Tinker Owens | 7 | 72 | 10.2 | 21 | 1 |
| Jack Holmes | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Mike Strachen | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Rich Mauti | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 61 | 0 |
| Brooks Williams | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Larry Hardy | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3t | 1 |
1979 Punting Statistics
| Number | Average | Longest | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Partridge | 57 | 40.9 | 61 |
| Wes Chandler | 8 | 31.0 | 40 |
| Russell Erxleben | 4 | 37.0 | 40 |
| Totals | 69 | 39.5 | 61 |
1979 Kicking Statistics
| XP | XPA | % | FG | Attempts | % | Longest | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garo Yepremian | 39 | 40 | 98% | 12 | 16 | 75% | 44 | 75 |
| Tony Galbreath | 1 | 2 | 50% | 2 | 3 | 66.6% | 27 | 7 |
| Russell Erxleben | 4 | 4 | 100% | 2 | 2 | 100% | 38 | 10 |
| Totals | 44 | 45 | 97.7% | 16 | 21 | 76.1% | 44 | 92 |
1979 New Orleans Saints Total Offense Statistics
| Points | Yards | Plays | Avg | 1st Downs |
Turnovers | NFL Rank |
NFC Rank |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 370 | 5627 | 996 | 5.6 | 315 | 36 | 4† | 2† |
| †Offensive Rankings based on Total Yards gained. | ||||||||
1979 New Orleans Saints Defensive Statistics
1979 Interception Leaders
| NO | Yards | Average | Longest | TDs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Myers | 7 | 127 | 18.1 | 52t | 1 |
| Pat Hughes | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 40 | 0 |
| Eric Felton | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 53 | 0 |
| Don Schwartz | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Ken Bordeleon | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 19t | 1 |
| Clarence Chapman | 2 | 12 | 6.5 | 12 | 0 |
| David Gray | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Ralph McGill | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ray Brown | 1 | 2 | 2.2 | 2 | 0 |
| Elois Grooms | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Totals | 26 | 351 | 13.5 | 52 | 2 |
1979 New Orleans Saints Total Defense
| Points | Avg PPG |
Yards | Avg YPG |
Plays | Avg | 1st Downs |
Turnovers | NFL Rank |
NFC Rank |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 360 | 22.5 | 5535 | 345.9 | 1055 | 5.2 | 334 | 42 | 22 | 12 |
| †Defensive Rankings based on Total Yards given up. | ||||||||||
Other Saints Defense Notes for the 1979 NFL Season
-The 1979 New Orleans Saints Defense is credited with 46 sacks (Sacks were not kept as an official individual statistic until 1982)
1979 New Orleans Saints Season
1980 New Orleans Saints Season Stats
1980 New Orleans Saints Season Highlights
