1985 New Orleans Saints Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 5-11
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Bum Phillips (4-8)
Coach: Wade Phillips (1-3)
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
1985 New Orleans Saints RosterTeam Record: 5-11
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Bum Phillips (4-8)
Coach: Wade Phillips (1-3)
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
1985 New Orleans Saints Results
The New Orleans Saints of the National Football League ended the 1985 season with a record of 5 wins and 11 losses, finishing third in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference.
The Saints chalked up 294 points, but the defensive squad allowed 401. Dave Wilson passed for 1,843 yards, and Bobby Hebert spent time under center, too. Hoby Brenner topped pass catchers, grabbing 42 passes for 652 yards, while Wayne Wilson, Eric Martin and Eugene Goodlow each contributed to the receiving game as well.
Wayne Wilson carried the ball for a team-leading 645 yards for New Orleans, and Earl Campbell also contributed to the rushing attack.
Dave Waymer picked off 6 opponent throws. Rickey Jackson led the defensive unit with 11 quarterback sacks.
Bum Phillips and Wade Phillips coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Wilson | 293 | 145 | 49.5 | 1843 | 6.3 | 11 | 3.8 | 15 | 5.1 | 50 | 39 | 291 | 60.7 |
| Bobby Hebert | 181 | 97 | 53.6 | 1208 | 6.7 | 5 | 2.8 | 4 | 2.2 | 76 | 17 | 150 | 74.6 |
| Richard Todd | 32 | 16 | 50.0 | 191 | 6.0 | 3 | 9.4 | 4 | 12.5 | 56 | 1 | 10 | 60.3 |
| Brian Hansen | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Guido Merkens | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 135.4 |
| Totals | 508 | 260 | 51.2 | 3257 | 6.4 | 20 | 3.9 | 23 | 4.5 | 76 | 58 | 461 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Wilson | 168 | 645 | 3.8 | 41 | 1 |
| Earl Campbell | 158 | 643 | 4.1 | 45 | 1 |
| Hokie Gajan | 50 | 251 | 5.0 | 26 | 2 |
| Tyrone Anthony | 17 | 65 | 3.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Frank Wattelet | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Bobby Hebert | 12 | 26 | 2.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Dave Wilson | 18 | 7 | 0.4 | 17 | 0 |
| Bobby Fowler | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Eugene Goodlow | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Eric Martin | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Guido Merkens | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Totals | 431 | 1683 | 3.9 | 45 | 4 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoby Brenner | 42 | 652 | 15.5 | 30 | 3 |
| Wayne Wilson | 38 | 228 | 6.0 | 21 | 2 |
| Eric Martin | 35 | 522 | 14.9 | 50 | 4 |
| Eugene Goodlow | 32 | 603 | 18.8 | 76 | 3 |
| Tyrone Anthony | 28 | 185 | 6.6 | 36 | 0 |
| John Tice | 24 | 266 | 11.1 | 39 | 2 |
| Jeff Groth | 15 | 238 | 15.9 | 56 | 2 |
| Larry Hardy | 15 | 208 | 13.9 | 31 | 2 |
| Hokie Gajan | 8 | 87 | 10.9 | 22 | 0 |
| Lindsay Scott | 7 | 61 | 8.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Earl Campbell | 6 | 88 | 14.7 | 39 | 0 |
| Bobby Fowler | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 11 | 0 |
| Guido Merkens | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 39 | 1 |
| James Haynes | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bobby Hebert | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 1 |
| Totals | 260 | 3257 | 12.5 | 76 | 20 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morten Andersen | 29 | 27 | 93.1 | 35 | 31 | 88.6 | 120 |
| Totals | 29 | 27 | 93.1 | 35 | 31 | 88.6 | 120 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Hansen | 89 | 3763 | 42.3 | 58 |
| Totals | 89 | 3763 | 42.3 | 58 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Tullis | 17 | 141 | 8.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Eric Martin | 8 | 53 | 6.6 | 13 | 0 |
| Carl Roaches | 4 | 21 | 5.2 | 10 | 0 |
| Jeff Groth | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 30 | 215 | 7.2 | 17 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyrone Anthony | 23 | 476 | 20.7 | 52 | 0 |
| Willie Tullis | 23 | 470 | 20.4 | 62 | 0 |
| Eric Martin | 15 | 384 | 25.6 | 69 | 0 |
| Bobby Fowler | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Carl Roaches | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 23 | 0 |
| David Rackley | 1 | 63 | 63.0 | 63 | 0 |
| Guido Merkens | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 71 | 1547 | 21.8 | 69 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Waymer | 6 | 49 | 8.2 | 28 | 0 |
| Terry Hoage | 4 | 79 | 19.8 | 52 | 1 |
| Johnnie Poe | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 40 | 1 |
| Willie Tullis | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Jack Del Rio | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Frank Wattelet | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Kovach | 1 | 53 | 53.0 | 53 | 0 |
| Glen Redd | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Totals | 21 | 304 | 14.5 | 53 | 2 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rickey Jackson | 11.0 | 0.0 | |
| Bruce Clark | 8.5 | 0.0 | |
| Jumpy Geathers | 6.5 | 0.0 | |
| Frank Warren | 5.5 | 0.0 | |
| Whitney Paul | 5.0 | 0.0 | |
| Jim Wilks | 2.5 | 0.0 | |
| James Haynes | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Jim Kovach | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Terry Hoage | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Tony Elliott | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Glen Redd | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Frank Wattelet | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 46.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rickey Jackson | 107 | 107 | 0 | ||||||
| Terry Hoage | 92 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Del Rio | 68 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 3 |
| Brett Maxie | 37 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jumpy Geathers | 29 | 29 | 0 | ||||||
| Frank Warren | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 0 | |
| Glen Redd | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tony Elliott | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| James Haynes | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John Tice | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Wayne Wilson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Stan Brock | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Joel Hilgenberg | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bruce Clark | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dave Lafary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Frank Wattelet | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bobby Hebert | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Dave Wilson | 6 | 1 | -23 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Scott Pelluer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Johnnie Poe | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Earl Campbell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Hokie Gajan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Willie Tullis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Carl Roaches | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Eric Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Steve Korte | 1 | 0 | -18 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dave Waymer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Hoby Brenner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 356 | 356 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 26 | 39 | 2 | 3 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Morten Andersen | 31 | 27 | 0 | 120 | ||||||||||
| Eric Martin | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Eugene Goodlow | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Wayne Wilson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Hoby Brenner | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Frank Warren | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Jeff Groth | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Hokie Gajan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Larry Hardy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| John Tice | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Guido Merkens | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Earl Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Terry Hoage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Johnnie Poe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Jack Del Rio | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Bobby Hebert | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 294 |
