1969 New Orleans Saints (NFL) |
| 3rd place • Eastern Conference • Capitol Division • 5-9-0 .357 |
| Head Coach: Tom Fears |
| Billy Ray Barnes | Receivers |
| Brad Ecklund | Offensive Line |
| Jack Faulkner | Chief Defensive |
| Don Heinrich | Offensive Backs |
| Eddie Khayat | Defensive Line |
| Jerry Smith | Linebackers |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/9/1969 | A | San Diego Chargers | 7-10 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 31683 | |
| Sat | 8/16/1969 | A | Denver Broncos | 28-22 | W | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 28356 | |
| Sat | 8/23/1969 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 24-34 | L | Baton Rouge, LA | Tiger Stadium | 40000 | |
| Sat | 8/30/1969 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 21-17 | W | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 69898 | |
| Sat | 9/6/1969 | H | Houston Oilers | 14-30 | L | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 76932 | |
| Fri | 9/12/1969 | A | Detroit Lions | 7-42 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 30312 | |
| Sun | 9/21/1969 | H | Washington Redskins | 20-26 | L | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 73147 | |
| Sun | 9/28/1969 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 17-21 | L | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 79567 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1969 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 17-36 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 54879 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1969 | H | Cleveland Browns | 17-27 | L | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 81274 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1969 | H | Baltimore Colts | 10-30 | L | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 80636 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1969 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 10-13 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 60658 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1969 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 51-42 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 46718 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1969 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 17-33 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 68282 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1969 | A | New York Giants | 25-24 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62927 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1969 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 43-38 | W | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 71448 | |
| Sun | 11/30/1969 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 26-17 | W | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 72805 | |
| Sun | 12/7/1969 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 17-45 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 51021 | |
| Sun | 12/14/1969 | A | Washington Redskins | 14-17 | L | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 50354 | |
| Sun | 12/21/1969 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 27-24 | W | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 72256 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Danny Abramowicz | 46 | WR | 6-1 | 197 | 24 | Xavier (Ohio) | 14 | 14 |
| Dick Absher | 53 | MLB | 6-4 | 235 | 25 | Maryland | 14 | 11 |
| Doug Atkins | 81 | RDE | 6-8 | 257 | 39 | Tennessee | 14 | 14 |
| Tony Baker | 38 | HB | 5-11 | 224 | 24 | Iowa State | 14 | 14 |
| Tom Barrington | 32 | RB | 6-1 | 217 | 25 | Ohio State | 11 | 0 |
| Johnny Brewer | 82 | RLB | 6-4 | 233 | 32 | Mississippi | 14 | 14 |
| Bo Burris | 16 | LS-RS | 6-3 | 195 | 25 | Houston | 12 | 8 |
| Bill Cody | 66 | LB | 6-1 | 225 | 25 | Auburn | 3 | 0 |
| Dan Colchico | 86 | LDE | 6-4 | 240 | 32 | Diablo Valley JC; San Jose State | 9 | 0 |
| Wayne Colman | 59 | LB | 6-1 | 227 | 23 | Temple | 4 | 0 |
| Olie Cordill | 44 | P | 6-2 | 184 | 26 | Memphis | 12 | 0 |
| Norm Davis | 63 | LOG | 6-3 | 247 | 24 | Grambling State | 12 | 0 |
| Ted Davis | 35 | LLB | 6-1 | 230 | 27 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 6 |
| Tom Dempsey | 19 | K | 6-1 | 275 | 22 | Palomar JC | 14 | 0 |
| Al Dodd | 25 | WR | 6-0 | 182 | 24 | Northwestern State (Louisiana) | 14 | 8 |
| Edd Hargett | 14 | QB | 5-11 | 187 | 22 | Texas A&M | 6 | 0 |
| Jim Hester | 84 | TE | 6-4 | 238 | 25 | North Dakota | 10 | 0 |
| Gene Howard | 29 | RCB | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | Langston | 14 | 13 |
| Jerry Jones | 78 | LOT | 6-3 | 267 | 25 | Bowling Green State | 14 | 0 |
| Les Kelley | 30 | MLB-RLB | 6-3 | 233 | 25 | Alabama | 14 | 0 |
| Billy Kilmer | 17 | QB | 6-0 | 201 | 30 | Citrus JC; UCLA | 14 | 14 |
| Jake Kupp | 50 | LOG | 6-3 | 236 | 28 | Washington | 14 | 14 |
| Errol Linden | 70 | ROT | 6-5 | 258 | 32 | Houston | 14 | 14 |
| Andy Livingston | 48 | RB | 6-0 | 234 | 25 | Phoenix JC | 14 | 14 |
| Dave Long | 89 | LDE | 6-4 | 245 | 25 | Iowa | 14 | 14 |
| Joe Don Looney | 26 | RB | 6-1 | 230 | 27 | Texas; Cameron JC; Oklahoma | 3 | 0 |
| Tony Lorick | 34 | RB | 6-1 | 216 | 28 | East Los Angeles JC; Arizona State | 14 | 0 |
| Tom McNeill | 12 | P | 6-1 | 195 | 27 | Wharton County JC; Stephen F. Austin State | 2 | 0 |
| Mike Morgan | 57 | LLB | 6-4 | 241 | 27 | Louisiana State | 14 | 8 |
| Richard Neal | 80 | LDE-LDT | 6-3 | 254 | 22 | Southern University | 14 | 0 |
| Elijah Nevett | 24 | LCB | 6-0 | 185 | 25 | Clark Atlanta | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Ninowski | 11 | QB | 6-1 | 206 | 33 | Michigan State | 4 | 0 |
| Dave Parks | 83 | TE-WR | 6-2 | 202 | 28 | Texas Tech | 14 | 14 |
| Ray Poage | 85 | TE | 6-3 | 203 | 29 | Texas | 14 | 6 |
| Steve Preece | 44 | LCB | 6-1 | 195 | 22 | Oregon State | 14 | 1 |
| Mike Rengel | 75 | LDT | 6-5 | 260 | 23 | Air Force; Hawaii | 5 | 0 |
| Dave Rowe | 76 | RDT | 6-6 | 274 | 24 | Penn State | 14 | 14 |
| Bill Saul | 51 | MLB | 6-4 | 225 | 29 | Penn State | 3 | 3 |
| John Shinners | 67 | LOG | 6-2 | 255 | 22 | Xavier (Ohio) | 2 | 0 |
| Don Shy | 28 | RB | 6-1 | 208 | 24 | Mount San Antonio JC; San Diego State | 14 | 0 |
| Jerry Sturm | 73 | C | 6-3 | 257 | 33 | Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| Don Talbert | 72 | LOT | 6-5 | 248 | 30 | Texas | 14 | 14 |
| Mike Taylor | 77 | OT | 6-4 | 247 | 24 | San Francisco CC; Southern California | 1 | 0 |
| Bobby Thompson | 27 | LS | 5-10 | 179 | 30 | Compton JC; Arizona | 7 | 4 |
| Mike Tilleman | 74 | LDT | 6-5 | 275 | 25 | Montana | 14 | 14 |
| Carl Ward | 21 | S | 5-9 | 180 | 25 | Michigan | 2 | 0 |
| Ernie Wheelwright | 39 | RB | 6-3 | 235 | 30 | Southern Illinois | 13 | 0 |
| Dave Whitsell | 23 | RS | 6-0 | 189 | 33 | Indiana | 14 | 11 |
| Del Williams | 61 | ROG | 6-2 | 250 | 24 | Florida State | 14 | 14 |
| Marv Woodson | 47 | LS | 6-0 | 195 | 28 | Indiana | 5 | 5 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 17 | John Shinners | G | Xavier (Ohio) |
| 2 | 45 | Richard Neal | DE | Southern University |
| 4 | 85 | Dennis Hale | DB | Minnesota |
| 4 | 102 | Bobby Hudspeth | T | Southern Illinois |
| 5 | 111 | Tony Kyasky | DB | Syracuse |
| 5 | 117 | Keith Christensen | T | Kansas |
| 6 | 138 | Bob Miller | TE | Southern California |
| 8 | 189 | Jim Lawrence | FL | Southern California |
| 9 | 215 | Joe Owens | LB | Alcorn State |
| 10 | 241 | McKinley Reynolds | RB | Hawaii |
| 11 | 267 | Tommy Morel | FL | Louisiana State |
| 12 | 293 | Tom Broadhead | RB | California-Santa Barbara |
| 13 | 319 | Joe Robilliard | DB | Linfield |
| 14 | 345 | Gary Loyd | K | California Lutheran |
| 15 | 371 | Billy Waller | FL | Xavier (Ohio) |
| 16 | 397 | Edd Hargett | QB | Texas A&M |
| 17 | 423 | Chico Kurzawski | DB | Northwestern |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 37 | 109 | 96 | 69 | 311 |
| Opponents Totals | 87 | 143 | 70 | 93 | 393 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 282 | 93 | 158 | 31 | / % | / % | 83 | 943 | |
| Opponents Totals | 242 | 88 | 131 | 23 | / % | / % | 81 | 773 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Dempsey | 0 | 33 | 35 | 94.3 | 22 | 41 | 53.7 | 0 | 99 |
| Andy Livingston | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Danny Abramowicz | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Ernie Wheelwright | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Ray Poage | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Dave Parks | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Tony Baker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Don Shy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Tom Barrington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Al Dodd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Hester | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Steve Preece | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 35 | 33 | 35 | 94.3 | 22 | 41 | 53.7 | 1 | 311 |
| Opponents Totals | 49 | 47 | 49 | 95.9 | 16 | 29 | 55.2 | 2 | 393 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Dempsey | 22 | 41 | 53.7 | 2 | 55 | 5/6 | 6/7 | 3/6 | 7/11 | 1/11 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 41 | 53.7 | 2 | 44 | 5/6 | 6/7 | 3/6 | 7/11 | 1/11 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 29 | 55.2 | 6/7 | 4/4 | 4/8 | 2/9 | 0/1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Livingston | 181 | 761 | 4.2 | 18 | 5 |
| Tony Baker | 134 | 642 | 4.8 | 54 | 1 |
| Ernie Wheelwright | 25 | 85 | 3.4 | 17 | 4 |
| Don Shy | 21 | 75 | 3.6 | 22 | 1 |
| Danny Abramowicz | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Tom Barrington | 7 | 33 | 4.7 | 17 | 1 |
| Billy Kilmer | 11 | 18 | 1.6 | 12 | 0 |
| Edd Hargett | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Al Dodd | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Tony Lorick | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 6 | 0 |
| Ray Poage | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Joe Don Looney | 3 | -5 | -1.7 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 399 | 1705 | 4.3 | 54 | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 419 | 1835 | 4.4 | 66 | 15 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Kilmer | 360 | 193 | 53.6 | 150 | 2532 | 7.0 | 13.1 | 52 | 20 | 5.6 | 17 | 4.7 | 22 | 212 | 2320 | 74.9 |
| Edd Hargett | 52 | 31 | 59.6 | 21 | 403 | 7.8 | 13.0 | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 18 | 385 | 84.1 |
| Jim Ninowski | 34 | 17 | 50.0 | 15 | 227 | 6.7 | 13.4 | 70 | 1 | 2.9 | 2 | 5.9 | 1 | 11 | 216 | 56.9 |
| Andy Livingston | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 0 | 38 | 9.5 | 12.7 | 14 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 104.2 |
| Tom Barrington | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 15 | 7.5 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 75.0 |
| Joe Don Looney | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 453 | 245 | 54.1 | 188 | 3215 | 7.1 | 13.1 | 70 | 22 | 4.9 | 20 | 4.4 | 27 | 241 | 2974 | 74.5 |
| Opponents Totals | 382 | 200 | 52.4 | 170 | 3382 | 8.9 | 16.9 | 88 | 32 | 8.4 | 12 | 3.1 | 21 | 199 | 3183 | 97.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Abramowicz | 73 | 1015 | 13.9 | 49t | 7 |
| Al Dodd | 37 | 600 | 16.2 | 52 | 1 |
| Tony Baker | 34 | 352 | 10.4 | 35 | 1 |
| Dave Parks | 31 | 439 | 14.2 | 40 | 3 |
| Andy Livingston | 28 | 278 | 9.9 | 51t | 3 |
| Ray Poage | 18 | 236 | 13.1 | 29 | 4 |
| Don Shy | 9 | 141 | 15.7 | 70 | 1 |
| Ernie Wheelwright | 8 | 68 | 8.5 | 20t | 1 |
| Tom Barrington | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Jim Hester | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 22 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 245 | 3215 | 13.1 | 70 | 22 |
| Opponents Totals | 200 | 3382 | 16.9 | 88 | 32 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elijah Nevett | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Dave Whitsell | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Gene Howard | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bo Burris | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Dick Absher | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Steve Preece | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bobby Thompson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 12 | 73 | 6.1 | 24 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 265 | 13.3 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olie Cordill | 42 | 1719 | 40.9 | 58 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Tom McNeill | 7 | 312 | 44.6 | 81 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 49 | 2031 | 41.4 | 81 | 1 | 3 | 176 | 1795 | 37.4 | |
| Opponents Totals | 58 | 2410 | 41.6 | 54 | 1 | 5 | 217 | 2093 | 36.7 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Dodd | 15 | 9 | 106 | 7.1 | 21 | 0 |
| Gene Howard | 9 | 0 | 73 | 8.1 | 30 | 0 |
| Bobby Thompson | 4 | 1 | 25 | 6.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Tom Barrington | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Carl Ward | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Tony Lorick | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 30 | 12 | 217 | 7.2 | 30 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 176 | 6.5 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Shy | 16 | 447 | 27.9 | 57 | 0 | |
| Tom Barrington | 17 | 394 | 23.2 | 54 | 0 | |
| Gene Howard | 9 | 227 | 25.2 | 86 | 0 | |
| Al Dodd | 8 | 171 | 21.4 | 28 | 0 | |
| Bobby Thompson | 5 | 101 | 20.2 | 26 | 0 | |
| Carl Ward | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 21 | 0 | |
| Elijah Nevett | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 37 | 0 | |
| Jim Hester | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Steve Preece | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 62 | 1455 | 23.5 | 86 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 935 | 19.5 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Absher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Atkins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Baker | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Brewer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Howard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Kilmer | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andy Livingston | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Lorick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Elijah Nevett | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ray Poage | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |
| Steve Preece | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Rowe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Shy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Sturm | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -25 | 0 | |
| Bobby Thompson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carl Ward | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ernie Wheelwright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 20 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -17 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 1 |
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