1982 New Orleans Saints season
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The 1982
1982 NFL season
The 1982 NFL season was the 63rd regular season of the National Football League. A 57-day long players' strike reduced the 1982 season from a 16-game schedule per team to an abbreviated nine game schedule...

 New Orleans Saints
New Orleans Saints
The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. They are members of the South Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League ....

 season
saw the Saints nearly qualify for the NFL Playoffs.

NFL Draft

Round Pick Player Position School
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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
    Pat Peppler
    Albert Patterson Peppler is a former football coach and executive who worked for teams that won five National Football League titles...



Head Coaches
  • Head Coach/General Manager – Bum Phillips
    Bum Phillips
    Oail Andrew "Bum" Phillips is a retired American football coach and the father of Wade Phillips, the Defensive Coordinator for the Houston Texans...



Offensive Coaches
  • Offensive Coordinator – King Hill
    King Hill
    Stuart King Hill is a retired American football quarterback in the National Football League who played for the Chicago Cardinals, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Eagles, and the Minnesota Vikings...

  • Offensive Backfield – John Levra
  • Receivers – Lamar McHan
    Lamar McHan
    Clarence Lamar McHan was a professional American football quarterback in the National Football League. McHan played football collegiately at the University of Arkansas. He was ninth in the 1953 Heisman Trophy balloting.McHan played for the Green Bay Packers from 1959-1960...

  • Offensive Line – Joe Spencer
  • Assistant Offensive Line – Carl Mauck
    Carl Mauck
    Carl Mauck is a former American football player who was a center who played thirteen seasons in the National Football League for four teams, and later served as an offensive line coach for several teams...

 
Defensive Coaches
  • Defensive Coordinator – Wade Phillips
    Wade Phillips
    Wade Allen Phillips is the defensive coordinator for the Houston Texans and former head coach for the National Football League's Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos, and Buffalo Bills. He was also an interim head coach for the New Orleans Saints and Atlanta Falcons...

  • Defensive Line – Willie Zapalac
    Willie Zapalac
    Willie Frank Zapalac was the eighth head college football coach for the University of Texas at Arlington Mavericks located in Arlington, Texas, and he held that position for the 1952 season. His career coaching record at UT Arlington was 8 wins, 1 losses, and 1 ties...

  • Linebackers – John Paul Young
  • Defensive Backfield – Lance Van Zandt


Special Teams Coaches
  • Special Teams – Harold Richardson


Strength and Conditioning
  • Strength and Conditioning – Russell Paternostro

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 12, 1982 St. Louis Cardinals
Arizona Cardinals
The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in Glendale, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

L 21-7
58,673
2 September 19, 1982 at Chicago Bears
Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

W 10-0
56,600
3 November 21, 1982 Kansas City Chiefs
Kansas City Chiefs
The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They are a member of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Originally named the Dallas Texans, the club was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1960 as a...

W 27-17
39,341
4 November 28, 1982 at San Francisco 49ers
San Francisco 49ers
The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and...

W 23-20
51,611
5 December 5, 1982 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football franchise based in Tampa, Florida, U.S. They are currently members of the Southern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League – they are the only team in the division not to come from the old NFC West...

L 13-10
61,709
6 December 12, 1982 at Atlanta Falcons
Atlanta Falcons
The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are a member of the South Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

L 35-0
39,535
7 December 19, 1982 at Dallas Cowboys
Dallas Cowboys
The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football franchise which plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League . They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas...

L 21-7
64,506
8 December 26, 1982 Washington Redskins
Washington Redskins
The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team and members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, while its headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn,...

L 27-10
48,667
9 January 2, 1983 Atlanta Falcons
Atlanta Falcons
The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are a member of the South Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

W 35-6
47,336
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