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1979 New Orleans Saints
Head Coach:
Dick Nolan
To be listed, a player must have played at least one game for the team during this season.
+ Primary starter
Pos
#
Player
GP
GS
Start Pos
Exp
DOB
Ht
Wt
College
DT/DE/NT
Barry Bennett
16
2
12/10/1955
' "
Concordia (MN)
LB
Ken Bordelon
16
3
08/26/1965
' "
Louisiana State
DB
Ray Brown
12
9
01/12/1949
' "
West Texas A&M
QB
Ed Burns
16
1
12/07/1954
' "
Nebraska
DE/NT
Joe Campbell
10
3
05/08/1955
' "
Maryland
WR
Wes Chandler
16
2
08/22/1956
' "
Florida
DB
Clarence Chapman
16
4
12/10/1953
' "
Eastern Michigan
TE
Henry Childs
16
6
04/16/1951
' "
Kansas State
G
Conrad Dobler
16
8
10/01/1950
' "
Wyoming
P
Russell Erxleben
1
R
01/13/1957
' "
Texas
LB
Joe Federspiel
16
8
05/06/1950
' "
Kentucky
DB
Eric Felton
13
2
10/08/1955
' "
Texas Tech
T/G/DT
Roger Finnie
8
11
11/06/1945
' "
Florida A&M
DT
Mike Fultz
13
3
01/28/1954
' "
Nebraska
RB
Tony Galbreath
15
4
01/29/1954
' "
Missouri
DB
David Gray
16
1
03/28/1955
' "
San Diego State
DE/DT
Elois Grooms
16
5
05/20/1953
' "
Tennessee Tech
TE
Larry Hardy
16
2
07/09/1956
' "
Jackson State
WR
Ike Harris
14
5
11/27/1952
' "
Iowa State
C/T
John Hill
16
8
04/16/1950
' "
Lehigh
RB
Jack Holmes
16
2
06/20/1953
' "
Texas Southern
LB/C
Pat Hughes
16
10
06/02/1947
' "
Boston University
RB
Kim Jones
2
4
01/19/1952
' "
Colorado State
LB
Jim Kovach
16
R
05/01/1956
' "
Kentucky
T/G
Dave Lafary
16
3
01/13/1955
' "
Purdue
QB
Archie Manning
16
8
05/19/1949
' "
Mississippi
LB
Reggie Mathis
16
R
03/18/1956
' "
Oklahoma
WR
Rich Mauti
15
3
05/25/1954
' "
Penn State
DB
Ralph McGill
13
8
04/28/1950
' "
Tulsa
LB
Jim Merlo
16
6
10/03/1951
' "
Stanford
DT/NT/DE
Derland Moore
15
7
10/07/1951
' "
Oklahoma
RB
Chuck Muncie
16
4
03/17/1953
' "
California
DB
Tom Myers
15
8
10/24/1950
' "
Syracuse
DB
Tinker Owens
13
3
10/03/1954
' "
Oklahoma
P
Rick Partridge
13
R
08/26/1957
' "
Utah
C/DT/T
Jim Pietrzak
11
5
02/21/1953
' "
Eastern Michigan
DT
Elex Price
6
7
08/11/1950
' "
Alcorn State
DB
Ricky Ray
6
R
05/30/1957
' "
Norfolk State (VA)
DE/DT
Don Reese
16
5
09/04/1951
' "
Jackson State
DB
Don Schwartz
14
2
02/24/1956
' "
Washington State
QB
Bobby Scott
3
7
04/02/1949
' "
Tennessee
RB
Mike Strachan
10
5
05/24/1953
' "
Iowa State
G
Fred Sturt
16
5
01/06/1951
' "
Bowling Green State
T
J.T. Taylor
16
2
08/12/1956
' "
Missouri
T/G/C
John Watson
5
9
01/11/1949
' "
Oklahoma
TE
Brooks Williams
16
2
12/07/1954
' "
North Carolina
RB
Wayne Wilson
14
R
09/04/1957
' "
Shepherd
T/G
Robert Woods
15
7
07/26/1950
' "
Tennessee State
K
Garo Yepremian
14
12
06/02/1944
' "
none
G
Emanuel Zanders
16
6
07/31/1951
' "
Jackson State
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