1970 New Orleans Saints (NFL) |
4th place • National Football Conference • Western Division • 2-11-1 .154 |
Head Coach: Tom Fears (1-5-1); J.D. Roberts (1-6-0) |
Billy Ray Barnes | Receivers |
Ed Biles | Defensive Backs |
Brad Ecklund | Offensive Line |
Don Heinrich | Offensive Backs |
Eddie Khayat | Defensive Line |
Jerry Smith | Linebackers |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Sat | 8/8/1970 | N | Minnesota Vikings | 14-13 | W | Canton, OH | Fawcett Stadium | 17932 | |
Sat | 8/15/1970 | A | Houston Oilers | 19-10 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 46223 | |
Sat | 8/22/1970 | H | Detroit Lions | 17-31 | L | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 76778 | |
Sat | 8/29/1970 | N | Boston Patriots | 26-20 | W | Jackson, MS | Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium | 32000 | |
Sun | 9/5/1970 | H | New York Jets | 14-27 | L | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 78581 | |
Sun | 9/12/1970 | H | San Diego Chargers | 20-14 | W | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 63904 | |
Sun | 9/20/1970 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 3-14 | L | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 77042 | |
Sun | 9/27/1970 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 0-26 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47900 | |
Sun | 10/4/1970 | H | New York Giants | 14-10 | W | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 69126 | |
Sun | 10/11/1970 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 17-24 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 45294 | |
Sun | 10/18/1970 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 20-20 | T | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 39446 | |
Sun | 10/25/1970 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 14-32 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 58850 | |
Sun | 11/1/1970 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 17-30 | L | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 77861 | |
Sun | 11/8/1970 | H | Detroit Lions | 19-17 | W | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 66910 | |
Sun | 11/15/1970 | A | Miami Dolphins | 10-21 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 42866 | |
Sun | 11/22/1970 | H | Denver Broncos | 6-31 | L | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 66837 | |
Sun | 11/29/1970 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 6-26 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 59342 | |
Sun | 12/6/1970 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 16-34 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 66410 | |
Sun | 12/13/1970 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 27-38 | L | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 61940 | |
Sun | 12/20/1970 | H | Chicago Bears | 3-24 | L | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 63518 |
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 | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Danny Abramowicz | 46 | WR | 6-1 | 197 | 25 | Xavier (Ohio) | 14 | 14 |
Dick Absher | 53 | MLB | 6-4 | 235 | 26 | Maryland | 10 | 10 |
Tony Baker | 38 | RB | 5-11 | 224 | 25 | Iowa State | 8 | 7 |
Tom Barrington | 32 | RB | 6-1 | 217 | 26 | Ohio State | 12 | 7 |
Johnny Brewer | 82 | RLB | 6-4 | 233 | 33 | Mississippi | 9 | 4 |
Jackie Burkett | 55 | RLB | 6-4 | 229 | 34 | Auburn | 14 | 10 |
Ken Burrough | 00 | WR | 6-3 | 215 | 22 | Texas Southern | 12 | 0 |
Bill Cody | 66 | LB | 6-1 | 225 | 26 | Auburn | 14 | 0 |
Wayne Colman | 59 | LLB | 6-1 | 227 | 24 | Temple | 14 | 5 |
Dick Davis | 36 | RB | 5-11 | 215 | 24 | Nebraska | 4 | 2 |
Tom Dempsey | 19 | K | 6-1 | 275 | 23 | Palomar JC | 14 | 0 |
Al Dodd | 25 | WR | 6-0 | 182 | 25 | Northwestern State (Louisiana) | 14 | 14 |
Bill Dusenbery | 47 | WR | 6-2 | 198 | 22 | Johnson C. Smith | 8 | 0 |
Frank Emanuel | 52 | LB | 6-3 | 225 | 28 | Tennessee | 3 | 0 |
Larry Estes | 84 | DE | 6-6 | 250 | 24 | Alcorn State | 14 | 0 |
Julian Fagan | 10 | P | 6-3 | 205 | 22 | Mississippi | 14 | 0 |
Hap Farber | 56 | LB | 6-1 | 221 | 22 | Mississippi | 5 | 0 |
Earl Gros | 40 | RB | 6-3 | 224 | 30 | Louisiana State | 1 | 0 |
Edd Hargett | 14 | QB | 5-11 | 187 | 23 | Texas A&M | 10 | 4 |
Major Hazelton | 49 | LCB | 6-1 | 185 | 26 | Florida A&M | 3 | 1 |
Hugo Hollas | 18 | RS-LS-LCB | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | Rice | 11 | 7 |
Gene Howard | 29 | RCB-LCB | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | Langston | 8 | 7 |
Delles Howell | 20 | RCB | 6-4 | 197 | 22 | Grambling State | 13 | 9 |
Harry Jacobs | 52 | MLB | 6-2 | 228 | 33 | Bradley | 6 | 4 |
Billy Kilmer | 17 | QB | 6-0 | 201 | 31 | Citrus JC; UCLA | 13 | 10 |
Jake Kupp | 50 | LOG | 6-3 | 236 | 29 | Washington | 14 | 14 |
Gary Lewis | 22 | RB | 6-3 | 228 | 28 | San Francisco CC; Washington State; Phoenix JC; Arizona State | 1 | 0 |
Errol Linden | 70 | ROT | 6-5 | 258 | 33 | Houston | 14 | 14 |
Andy Livingston | 48 | RB | 6-0 | 234 | 26 | Phoenix JC | 1 | 1 |
Dave Long | 89 | RDE | 6-4 | 245 | 26 | Iowa | 12 | 12 |
Dicky Lyons | 43 | LS | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | Kentucky | 4 | 3 |
Don McCall | 36 | RB | 5-11 | 195 | 26 | Los Angeles CC; Southern California | 2 | 1 |
Mike Morgan | 57 | LLB | 6-4 | 241 | 28 | Louisiana State | 9 | 9 |
Richard Neal | 87 | LDE | 6-3 | 254 | 23 | Southern University | 12 | 12 |
Elijah Nevett | 24 | LS | 6-0 | 185 | 26 | Clark Atlanta | 11 | 7 |
Vic Nyvall | 36 | RB | 5-10 | 185 | 22 | Northwestern State (Louisiana) | 2 | 1 |
Jim Otis | 35 | RB | 6-0 | 220 | 22 | Ohio State | 13 | 6 |
Dave Parks | 83 | TE | 6-2 | 202 | 29 | Texas Tech | 13 | 11 |
Elijah Pitts | 22 | RB | 6-1 | 204 | 32 | Philander Smith | 6 | 3 |
Ray Poage | 85 | TE | 6-3 | 203 | 30 | Texas | 12 | 3 |
Steve Ramsey | 16 | QB | 6-2 | 210 | 22 | North Texas | 1 | 0 |
Mike Richey | 75 | OT | 6-4 | 257 | 23 | North Carolina | 5 | 0 |
Dave Rowe | 76 | RDT | 6-6 | 274 | 25 | Penn State | 14 | 14 |
Joe Scarpati | 21 | RS-LS | 5-10 | 185 | 27 | North Carolina State | 14 | 12 |
Bob Shaw | 30 | WR | 6-0 | 194 | 23 | Winston-Salem State | 4 | 0 |
John Shinners | 67 | ROG | 6-2 | 255 | 23 | Xavier (Ohio) | 9 | 4 |
Jerry Sturm | 73 | C | 6-3 | 257 | 34 | Illinois | 10 | 10 |
Doug Sutherland | 60 | DE | 6-3 | 250 | 22 | Wisconsin-Superior | 10 | 0 |
Clovis Swinney | 79 | DE | 6-3 | 240 | 25 | Arkansas; Arkansas State | 14 | 0 |
Don Talbert | 72 | LOT | 6-5 | 248 | 31 | Texas | 14 | 14 |
Mike Taylor | 77 | OT | 6-4 | 247 | 25 | San Francisco CC; Southern California | 11 | 0 |
Mike Tilleman | 74 | LDT | 6-5 | 275 | 26 | Montana | 14 | 14 |
Willie Townes | 71 | LDE-RDE | 6-5 | 263 | 27 | Indiana; Tulsa | 6 | 4 |
Claxton Welch | 42 | RB | 5-11 | 203 | 23 | Oregon | 1 | 0 |
Ernie Wheelwright | 39 | RB | 6-3 | 235 | 31 | Southern Illinois | 4 | 0 |
Del Williams | 61 | ROG-C | 6-2 | 250 | 25 | Florida State | 14 | 14 |
Doug Wyatt | 23 | LCB | 6-1 | 195 | 24 | Tulsa | 14 | 10 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 10 | Ken Burrough | WR | Texas Southern |
3 | 62 | Clovis Swinney | DE | Arkansas State |
4 | 88 | Delles Howell | DB | Grambling State |
5 | 106 | Glenn Cannon | DB | Mississippi |
5 | 126 | Steve Ramsey | QB | North Texas |
6 | 140 | Mel Easley | DB | Oregon State |
7 | 166 | Lon Woodard | DE | San Diego State |
8 | 192 | Larry Estes | DE | Alcorn State |
9 | 218 | Jim Otis | RB | Ohio State |
10 | 244 | Jim Brumfield | RB | Indiana State |
11 | 270 | Gary Klahr | LB | Arizona |
12 | 296 | Willie Davenport | DB | Southern University |
13 | 322 | Ralph Miller | TE | Alabama State |
14 | 348 | Doug Sutherland | DE | Wisconsin-Superior |
15 | 374 | Jim Vest | DE | Washington State |
16 | 400 | Cliff Gasper | DT | Grambling State |
17 | 426 | Doug Wyatt | DB | Tulsa |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 59 | 33 | 22 | 58 | 172 |
Opponents Totals | 68 | 87 | 76 | 116 | 347 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 183 | 55 | 112 | 16 | / % | / % | 91 | 1029 | |
Opponents Totals | 263 | 100 | 150 | 13 | / % | / % | 79 | 875 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Dempsey | 0 | 16 | 17 | 94.1 | 18 | 34 | 52.9 | 0 | 70 |
Danny Abramowicz | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
Tom Barrington | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Ken Burrough | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Al Dodd | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Dave Parks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Tony Baker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Don McCall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Mike Morgan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Ray Poage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Team Totals | 17 | 16 | 17 | 94.1 | 18 | 34 | 52.9 | 0 | 172 |
Opponents Totals | 40 | 38 | 40 | 95.0 | 23 | 34 | 67.6 | 0 | 347 |
FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Dempsey | 18 | 34 | 52.9 | 6 | 63 | 4/5 | 6/8 | 1/5 | 4/7 | 3/9 |
Team Totals | 18 | 34 | 52.9 | 6 | 63 | 4/5 | 6/8 | 1/5 | 4/7 | 3/9 |
Opponents Totals | 23 | 34 | 67.6 | 7/8 | 4/5 | 5/7 | 6/12 | 1/2 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tony Baker | 82 | 337 | 4.1 | 29 | 1 |
Tom Barrington | 72 | 228 | 3.2 | 16 | 2 |
Jim Otis | 71 | 211 | 3.0 | 15 | 0 |
Elijah Pitts | 32 | 96 | 3.0 | 11 | 0 |
Dick Davis | 27 | 94 | 3.5 | 25 | 0 |
Don McCall | 23 | 63 | 2.7 | 11 | 1 |
Ernie Wheelwright | 16 | 45 | 2.8 | 9 | 0 |
Billy Kilmer | 12 | 42 | 3.5 | 15 | 0 |
Al Dodd | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 16 | 0 |
Andy Livingston | 10 | 29 | 2.9 | 10 | 0 |
Ray Poage | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Danny Abramowicz | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Edd Hargett | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 7 | 0 |
Bill Dusenbery | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
Vic Nyvall | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 6 | 0 |
Ken Burrough | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Earl Gros | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 4 | 0 |
Julian Fagan | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
Team Totals | 371 | 1215 | 3.3 | 29 | 4 |
Opponents Totals | 469 | 1891 | 4.0 | 74 | 15 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Edd Hargett | 175 | 78 | 44.6 | 92 | 1133 | 6.5 | 14.5 | 49 | 5 | 2.9 | 5 | 2.9 | 9 | 77 | 1056 | 63.8 |
Billy Kilmer | 237 | 135 | 57.0 | 85 | 1557 | 6.6 | 11.5 | 46t | 6 | 2.5 | 17 | 7.2 | 19 | 155 | 1402 | 55.5 |
Al Dodd | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
Steve Ramsey | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
Team Totals | 415 | 213 | 51.3 | 180 | 2690 | 6.5 | 12.6 | 49 | 11 | 2.7 | 22 | 5.3 | 28 | 232 | 2458 | 58.6 |
Opponents Totals | 430 | 238 | 55.3 | 170 | 3197 | 7.4 | 13.4 | 74 | 19 | 4.4 | 22 | 5.1 | 17 | 136 | 3061 | 72.6 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Danny Abramowicz | 55 | 906 | 16.5 | 48 | 5 |
Al Dodd | 28 | 484 | 17.3 | 45t | 1 |
Dave Parks | 26 | 447 | 17.2 | 38 | 2 |
Tom Barrington | 22 | 130 | 5.9 | 20 | 0 |
Jim Otis | 20 | 124 | 6.2 | 22 | 0 |
Ray Poage | 15 | 166 | 11.1 | 36t | 1 |
Ken Burrough | 13 | 196 | 15.1 | 35 | 2 |
Tony Baker | 12 | 47 | 3.9 | 11 | 0 |
Elijah Pitts | 7 | 63 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 |
Don McCall | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 17 | 0 |
Dick Davis | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 13 | 0 |
Earl Gros | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
Vic Nyvall | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 1 | 0 |
Bob Shaw | 1 | 49 | 49.0 | 49 | 0 |
Ernie Wheelwright | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Team Totals | 213 | 2690 | 12.6 | 49 | 11 |
Opponents Totals | 238 | 3197 | 13.4 | 74 | 19 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hugo Hollas | 5 | 79 | 15.8 | 29 | 0 |
Doug Wyatt | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 25 | 0 |
Jackie Burkett | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 16 | 0 |
Elijah Nevett | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 47 | 0 |
Delles Howell | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 28 | 0 |
Dicky Lyons | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Mike Morgan | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Joe Scarpati | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Team Totals | 22 | 260 | 11.8 | 47 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 22 | 256 | 11.6 | 52 | 1 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Julian Fagan | 77 | 3269 | 42.5 | 64 | 2 | 4 | 434 | 2755 | 35.8 | |
Team Totals | 77 | 3269 | 42.5 | 64 | 2 | 4 | 434 | 2755 | 36.7 | |
Opponents Totals | 56 | 2265 | 40.4 | 60 | 1 | 9 | 214 | 1871 | 34.0 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Al Dodd | 14 | 3 | 129 | 9.2 | 41 | 0 |
Dicky Lyons | 5 | 3 | 34 | 6.8 | 27 | 0 |
Gene Howard | 5 | 0 | 14 | 2.8 | 5 | 0 |
Hugo Hollas | 4 | 6 | 22 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 |
Doug Wyatt | 1 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Team Totals | 29 | 13 | 214 | 7.4 | 41 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 41 | 22 | 434 | 10.6 | 77 | 1 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Al Dodd | 15 | 319 | 21.3 | 32 | 0 | |
Ken Burrough | 15 | 298 | 19.9 | 38 | 0 | |
Bill Dusenbery | 10 | 183 | 18.3 | 26 | 0 | |
Tom Barrington | 6 | 129 | 21.5 | 26 | 0 | |
Jim Otis | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 19 | 0 | |
Don McCall | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
Elijah Pitts | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
Dicky Lyons | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
Gary Lewis | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
Ray Poage | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 53 | 1044 | 19.7 | 38 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 35 | 735 | 21.0 | 55 | 0 |
SACKS | NO | YDS |
---|---|---|
Richard Neal | 5.0 | |
Dave Long | 4.0 | |
Mike Tilleman | 3.5 | |
Willie Townes | 1.5 | |
Dave Rowe | 1.0 | |
Mike Morgan | 0.5 | |
Team Totals IND=15.5 | 17.0 | 136.0 |
Opponents Totals | 28.0 | 232.0 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Danny Abramowicz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dick Absher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
Tony Baker | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Barrington | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ken Burrough | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Al Dodd | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 0 | |
Julian Fagan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Edd Hargett | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Hugo Hollas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Billy Kilmer | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -10 | 0 | |
Dave Long | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Dicky Lyons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Don McCall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Morgan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 1 |
Elijah Nevett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Otis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Elijah Pitts | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Clovis Swinney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Don Talbert | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Tilleman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Willie Townes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ernie Wheelwright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Doug Wyatt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 27 | 19 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 56 | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 26 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 2 |
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