1982 New Orleans Saints season

NFL team season

The 1982 New Orleans Saints season saw the team nearly qualify for the NFL playoffs, missing it by a tiebreaker. The Saints finished with a 4–5 record, and narrowly missed the playoffs in a complicated labyrinth of tie-breakers.

Offseason

NFL draft

1982 New Orleans Saints draft
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 13 Lindsay Scott  Wide receiver Georgia
2 30 Brad Edelman *  Guard Missouri
3 58 Rodney Lewis  Defensive back Nebraska
3 66 Eugene Goodlow  Wide receiver Kansas State
3 68 Kenny Duckett  Wide receiver Wake Forest
3 76 John Krimm  Defensive back Notre Dame
4 86 Morten Andersen * †  Placekicker Michigan State
5 114 Tony Elliott  Defensive tackle North Texas
6 142 Marvin Lewis  Running back Tulane
8 198 Chuck Slaughter  Offensive tackle South Carolina
      Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

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Personnel

Staff

1982 New Orleans Saints staff

Front office

  • Owner – John Mecom, Jr.
  • President – Eddie Jones
  • Director of Football Operations – Harry Hulmes
  • Director of player personnel – Pat Peppler

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches
  • Defensive coordinator – Wade Phillips
  • Defensive line – Willie Zapalac
  • Linebackers – John Paul Young
  • Defensive backfield – Lance Van Zandt

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams – Harold Richardson

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and Conditioning – Russell Paternostro

Roster

1982 New Orleans Saints roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

  • 75 Bruce Clark DE
  • 99 Tony Elliott NT
  • 98 Reggie Lewis DE
  • 74 Derland Moore NT
  • 73 Frank Warren DE
  • 94 Jim Wilks DE
 Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists
  • 40 Greg Knafelc TE (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 18 Dave Wilson QB (IRTooltip Injured reserve)


Practice squad



Rookies in italics

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Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
1 September 12 St. Louis Cardinals L 7–21 0–1 Louisiana Superdome 58,673
2 September 19 at Chicago Bears W 10–0 1–1 Soldier Field 56,600
– September 26 Denver Broncos canceled 1–1 Louisiana Superdome 1982 NFL players strike
– October 3 at Los Angeles Raiders canceled 1–1 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
– October 10 San Francisco 49ers canceled 1–1 Louisiana Superdome
– October 17 at Minnesota Vikings canceled 1–1 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
– October 24 at Los Angeles Rams canceled 1–1 Anaheim Stadium
– October 31 Atlanta Falcons postponed 1–1 Louisiana Superdome
– November 7 Los Angeles Rams canceled 1–1 Louisiana Superdome
– November 14 at San Diego Chargers canceled 1–1 Jack Murphy Stadium
3 November 21 Kansas City Chiefs W 27–17 2–1 Louisiana Superdome 39,341
4 November 28 at San Francisco 49ers W 23–20 3–1 Candlestick Park 51,611
5 December 5 Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 10–13 3–2 Louisiana Superdome 61,709
6 December 12 at Atlanta Falcons L 0–35 3–3 Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium 39,535
7 December 19 at Dallas Cowboys L 7–21 3–4 Texas Stadium 64,506
8 December 26 Washington Redskins L 10–27 3–5 Louisiana Superdome 48,667
9 January 2, 1983 Atlanta Falcons W 35–6 4–5 Louisiana Superdome 47,336
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFC West
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 W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
Atlanta Falcons(5) 5 4 0 .556 3–1 4–3 183 199 L2
New Orleans Saints 4 5 0 .444 2–1 3–5 129 160 W1
San Francisco 49ers 3 6 0 .333 1–3 2–3 209 206 L1
Los Angeles Rams 2 7 0 .222 1–2 1–5 200 250 W1
NFC
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# Team W L T PCT PF PA STK
Seeded postseason qualifiers
1 Washington Redskins 8 1 0 .889 190 128 W4
2 Dallas Cowboys 6 3 0 .667 226 145 L2
3 Green Bay Packers 5 3 1 .611 226 169 L1
4[a] Minnesota Vikings 5 4 0 .556 187 198 W1
5[a] Atlanta Falcons 5 4 0 .556 183 199 L2
6[a] St. Louis Cardinals 5 4 0 .556 135 170 L1
7[a] Tampa Bay Buccaneers 5 4 0 .556 158 178 W3
8[b] Detroit Lions 4 5 0 .444 181 176 W1
Did not qualify for the postseason
9[b] New Orleans Saints 4 5 0 .444 129 160 W1
10[b] New York Giants 4 5 0 .444 164 160 W1
11[c] San Francisco 49ers 3 6 0 .333 209 206 L1
12[c] Chicago Bears 3 6 0 .333 141 174 L1
13[c] Philadelphia Eagles 3 6 0 .333 191 195 L1
14 Los Angeles Rams 2 7 0 .222 200 250 W1
Tiebreakers
  1. ^ a b c d Minnesota (4–1), Atlanta (4–3), St. Louis (5–4), Tampa Bay (3–3) seeds were determined by best won-lost record in conference games.
  2. ^ a b c Detroit finished ahead of New Orleans and the N.Y. Giants based on best conference record (4–4 to Saints’ 3–5 to Giants’ 3–5).
  3. ^ a b c San Francisco finished ahead of Chicago, and Chicago finished ahead of Philadelphia, based on conference record (49ers’ 2–3 to Bears’ 2–5 to Eagles’ 1–5).

References

  1. ^ "1982 New Orleans Saints draftees". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
  2. ^ "1982 New Orleans Saints starters and roster". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 5, 2014.

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