1971 New Orleans Saints (NFL) |
| 4th place • National Football Conference • Western Division • 4-8-2 .333 |
| Head Coach: J.D. Roberts |
| Jim Champion | Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line |
| Marv Matuszak | Linebackers |
| Jim Royer | Offensive Line |
| Ken Shipp | Offensive Coordinator |
| Charlie Tate | Offensive Backs |
| Bud Whitehead | Defensive Backs |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/6/1971 | A | Buffalo Bills | 10-14 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 33758 | |
| Sat | 8/14/1971 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 21-36 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 73560 | |
| Sat | 8/21/1971 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 7-27 | L | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 70459 | |
| Sat | 8/28/1971 | A | San Diego Chargers | 7-22 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 35405 | |
| Sat | 9/4/1971 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 0-34 | L | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 60487 | |
| Sun | 9/12/1971 | H | Houston Oilers | 17-24 | L | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 60971 | |
| Sun | 9/19/1971 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 24-20 | W | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 70915 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1971 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 20-38 | L | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 81595 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1971 | A | Houston Oilers | 13-13 | T | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 47966 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1971 | A | Chicago Bears | 14-35 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 55049 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1971 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 24-14 | W | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 83088 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1971 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 6-28 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 58850 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1971 | A | Washington Redskins | 14-24 | L | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 53041 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1971 | H | Oakland Raiders | 21-21 | T | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 83102 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1971 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 26-20 | W | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 45138 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1971 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 10-23 | L | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 83130 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1971 | A | Green Bay Packers | 29-21 | W | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 48035 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1971 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 28-45 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 73610 | |
| Sun | 12/12/1971 | H | Cleveland Browns | 17-21 | L | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 72794 | |
| Sun | 12/19/1971 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 20-24 | L | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 75954 | |
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 | 26 | Xavier (Ohio) | 14 | 14 |
| Dick Absher | 53 | RLB | 6-4 | 235 | 27 | Maryland | 14 | 1 |
| Tony Baker | 38 | RB | 5-11 | 224 | 26 | Iowa State | 4 | 3 |
| Carlos Bell | 34 | TE | 6-5 | 238 | 24 | Houston | 1 | 0 |
| Don Burchfield | 36 | TE | 6-2 | 227 | 22 | Ball State | 14 | 1 |
| Skip Butler | 3 | K | 6-1 | 200 | 24 | Texas-Arlington | 2 | 0 |
| Wayne Colman | 59 | RLB | 6-1 | 227 | 25 | Temple | 14 | 14 |
| Carl Cunningham | 60 | LLB | 6-3 | 235 | 27 | Houston | 13 | 11 |
| John Didion | 51 | C | 6-4 | 245 | 24 | Oregon State | 14 | 14 |
| Al Dodd | 25 | WR | 6-0 | 182 | 26 | Northwestern State (Louisiana) | 10 | 9 |
| Charlie Durkee | 15 | K | 5-11 | 165 | 27 | Oklahoma State | 12 | 0 |
| Larry Estes | 84 | RDE-LDE | 6-6 | 250 | 25 | Alcorn State | 8 | 5 |
| Julian Fagan | 10 | P | 6-3 | 205 | 23 | Mississippi | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Flanigan | 55 | MLB | 6-3 | 238 | 26 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 13 |
| Jim Ford | 28 | RB | 6-0 | 205 | 22 | Texas Southern | 9 | 7 |
| Dan Goich | 77 | DT | 6-4 | 262 | 27 | West Hills CC; California | 10 | 0 |
| Hoyle Granger | 40 | RB | 6-1 | 225 | 27 | Mississippi State | 14 | 3 |
| Bob Gresham | 35 | RB | 5-11 | 195 | 23 | West Virginia | 13 | 6 |
| Edd Hargett | 14 | QB | 5-11 | 187 | 24 | Texas A&M | 14 | 4 |
| Billy Harris | 30 | RB | 6-0 | 195 | 25 | Colorado | 1 | 1 |
| Richard Harvey | 26 | CB | 6-2 | 190 | 26 | Jackson State | 3 | 0 |
| Ray Hester | 64 | LB | 6-2 | 215 | 22 | Tulane | 14 | 0 |
| Glen Ray Hines | 78 | ROT | 6-5 | 258 | 28 | Arkansas | 14 | 14 |
| Sam Holden | 70 | OT | 6-3 | 258 | 24 | Southern Illinois; Grambling State | 9 | 0 |
| Hugo Hollas | 18 | LS-RS | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | Rice | 14 | 14 |
| Delles Howell | 20 | RCB | 6-4 | 197 | 23 | Grambling State | 14 | 13 |
| John Huard | 52 | MLB | 6-0 | 220 | 27 | Maine | 1 | 1 |
| Dave Kopay | 43 | RB | 6-2 | 220 | 29 | Marquette; Washington | 10 | 0 |
| Jake Kupp | 50 | LOG | 6-3 | 236 | 30 | Washington | 14 | 14 |
| Bivian Lee | 11 | RCB | 6-3 | 200 | 23 | Prairie View A&M | 14 | 1 |
| Dave Long | 89 | RDT | 6-4 | 245 | 27 | Iowa | 14 | 14 |
| Archie Manning | 8 | QB | 6-3 | 205 | 22 | Mississippi | 12 | 10 |
| D'Artagnan Martin | 22 | LCB | 6-1 | 190 | 22 | Kentucky State | 14 | 14 |
| Doug Mooers | 74 | DT | 6-6 | 265 | 24 | Whittier | 4 | 0 |
| Reynaud Moore | 21 | RS-LS | 6-2 | 190 | 22 | Los Angeles CC; UCLA | 14 | 6 |
| Don Morrison | 76 | LOT | 6-5 | 257 | 22 | Texas-Arlington | 14 | 14 |
| Richard Neal | 87 | LDE | 6-3 | 254 | 24 | Southern University | 14 | 13 |
| Bob Newland | 41 | WR | 6-2 | 190 | 23 | Oregon | 14 | 5 |
| Joe Owens | 72 | RDE | 6-2 | 244 | 25 | Alcorn State | 14 | 10 |
| Dave Parks | 83 | TE | 6-2 | 202 | 30 | Texas Tech | 14 | 13 |
| Bob Pollard | 82 | LDT | 6-3 | 248 | 23 | Texas Southern; Weber State | 14 | 14 |
| Remi Prudhomme | 65 | OG | 6-4 | 251 | 29 | Louisiana State | 14 | 0 |
| Virgil Robinson | 47 | RB | 5-11 | 195 | 24 | Grambling State | 11 | 1 |
| Tom Roussel | 54 | LLB | 6-3 | 235 | 26 | Southern Mississippi | 7 | 3 |
| John Shinners | 67 | OG | 6-2 | 255 | 24 | Xavier (Ohio) | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Strong | 42 | RB | 6-1 | 204 | 25 | Houston | 14 | 7 |
| Mike Walker | 80 | DE | 6-4 | 235 | 22 | Tulane | 5 | 0 |
| Del Williams | 61 | ROG | 6-2 | 250 | 26 | Florida State | 14 | 14 |
| Doug Wyatt | 23 | RS | 6-1 | 195 | 25 | Tulsa | 12 | 8 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 2 | Archie Manning | QB | Mississippi |
| 2 | 31 | Sam Holden | G | Grambling State |
| 3 | 54 | Bivian Lee | DB | Prairie View A&M |
| 4 | 82 | Carlos Bell | RB | Houston |
| 4 | 88 | Wimpy Winther | C | Mississippi |
| 4 | 91 | D'Artagnan Martin | DB | Kentucky State |
| 4 | 98 | Don Morrison | T | Texas-Arlington |
| 6 | 132 | Don Moorhead | RB | Michigan |
| 7 | 158 | Larry DiNardo | G | Notre Dame |
| 7 | 172 | Bob Newland | WR | Oregon |
| 8 | 194 | Jim Elder | DB | Southern University |
| 8 | 201 | Bob Gresham | RB | West Virginia |
| 9 | 210 | Tom Williams | DB | Willamette |
| 10 | 239 | Rocky Pamplin | RB | Hawaii |
| 11 | 262 | Bob Pollard | DE | Weber State |
| 12 | 288 | Ron Gathright | DB | Morehead State |
| 13 | 314 | Don Burchfield | TE | Ball State |
| 14 | 340 | Bobby Scott | QB | Tennessee |
| 15 | 366 | Bart Graves | T-DE | Tulane |
| 16 | 392 | Craig Robinson | T | Houston |
| 17 | 428 | Hermann Eben | WR | Oklahoma State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 38 | 49 | 60 | 119 | 266 |
| Opponents Totals | 86 | 89 | 44 | 128 | 347 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 242 | 105 | 106 | 31 | / % | / % | 85 | 869 | |
| Opponents Totals | 260 | 129 | 110 | 21 | / % | / % | 98 | 967 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Durkee | 0 | 24 | 25 | 96.0 | 16 | 23 | 69.6 | 0 | 72 |
| Bob Gresham | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Danny Abramowicz | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Dave Parks | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Archie Manning | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Jim Strong | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Jim Ford | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Virgil Robinson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Skip Butler | 0 | 5 | 6 | 83.3 | 1 | 5 | 20.0 | 0 | 8 |
| Tony Baker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Hoyle Granger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Edd Hargett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Doug Wyatt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 31 | 29 | 31 | 93.5 | 17 | 28 | 60.7 | 0 | 266 |
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 44 | 44 | 100.0 | 13 | 26 | 50.0 | 0 | 347 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Durkee | 16 | 23 | 69.6 | 2 | 38 | 6/6 | 4/4 | 6/9 | 0/3 | 0/1 |
| Skip Butler | 1 | 5 | 20.0 | 1 | 32 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 28 | 60.7 | 3 | 38 | 6/7 | 4/4 | 7/11 | 0/5 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 26 | 50.0 | 3/4 | 2/4 | 4/7 | 4/10 | 0/2 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Strong | 95 | 404 | 4.3 | 39 | 3 |
| Bob Gresham | 127 | 383 | 3.0 | 18 | 6 |
| Jim Ford | 93 | 379 | 4.1 | 35 | 2 |
| Archie Manning | 33 | 172 | 5.2 | 17 | 4 |
| Hoyle Granger | 32 | 139 | 4.3 | 16 | 1 |
| Tony Baker | 29 | 125 | 4.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Virgil Robinson | 29 | 96 | 3.3 | 12 | 1 |
| Edd Hargett | 9 | 24 | 2.7 | 11 | 1 |
| Al Dodd | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bill Harris | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dave Parks | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Julian Fagan | 1 | -17 | -17.0 | -17 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 452 | 1711 | 3.8 | 39 | 18 |
| Opponents Totals | 495 | 2200 | 4.4 | 80 | 18 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archie Manning | 177 | 86 | 48.6 | 82 | 1164 | 6.6 | 13.5 | 63t | 6 | 3.4 | 9 | 5.1 | 40 | 332 | 832 | 60.1 |
| Edd Hargett | 210 | 96 | 45.7 | 109 | 1191 | 5.7 | 12.4 | 49 | 6 | 2.9 | 5 | 2.4 | 10 | 68 | 1123 | 63.4 |
| Team Totals | 387 | 182 | 47.0 | 191 | 2355 | 6.1 | 12.9 | 63t | 12 | 3.1 | 14 | 3.6 | 50 | 400 | 1955 | 61.9 |
| Opponents Totals | 333 | 175 | 52.6 | 138 | 2472 | 7.4 | 14.1 | 84 | 20 | 6.0 | 20 | 6.0 | 24 | 234 | 2238 | 71.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Abramowicz | 37 | 657 | 17.8 | 63t | 5 |
| Dave Parks | 35 | 568 | 16.2 | 42 | 5 |
| Bob Newland | 21 | 319 | 15.2 | 44 | 0 |
| Bob Gresham | 17 | 203 | 11.9 | 37 | 0 |
| Jim Strong | 16 | 78 | 4.9 | 14 | 0 |
| Al Dodd | 15 | 298 | 19.9 | 49 | 0 |
| Virgil Robinson | 12 | 53 | 4.4 | 17 | 1 |
| Hoyle Granger | 12 | 52 | 4.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Jim Ford | 7 | 54 | 7.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Tony Baker | 6 | 44 | 7.3 | 29t | 1 |
| Don Burchfield | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Archie Manning | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 182 | 2355 | 12.9 | 63t | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 175 | 2472 | 14.1 | 84 | 20 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delles Howell | 5 | 120 | 24.0 | 60 | 0 |
| Hugo Hollas | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 25 | 0 |
| Doug Wyatt | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 55t | 1 |
| D'Artagnan Martin | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Dick Absher | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Jim Flanigan | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Wayne Colman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 20 | 342 | 17.1 | 60 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 171 | 12.2 | 54 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julian Fagan | 77 | 3188 | 41.4 | 64 | 0 | 4 | 251 | 2857 | 37.1 | |
| Team Totals | 77 | 3188 | 41.4 | 64 | 0 | 4 | 251 | 2857 | 37.1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 2061 | 41.2 | 59 | 0 | 3 | 100 | 1901 | 38.0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Dodd | 13 | 4 | 88 | 6.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Reynaud Moore | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Danny Abramowicz | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hugo Hollas | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 16 | 16 | 100 | 6.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 43 | 11 | 251 | 5.8 | 28 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virgil Robinson | 19 | 443 | 23.3 | 51 | 0 | |
| Al Dodd | 12 | 252 | 21.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Reynaud Moore | 11 | 246 | 22.4 | 31 | 0 | |
| Jim Strong | 9 | 134 | 14.9 | 20 | 0 | |
| Bob Gresham | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Don Burchfield | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Dick Absher | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 56 | 1143 | 20.4 | 51 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 54 | 1326 | 24.6 | 105 | 2 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Richard Neal | 8.0 | |
| Joe Owens | 7.5 | |
| Wayne Colman | 2.0 | |
| Bob Pollard | 2.0 | |
| Dick Absher | 1.0 | |
| Ray Hester | 1.0 | |
| Hugo Hollas | 1.0 | |
| Tom Roussel | 1.0 | |
| Dave Long | 0.5 | |
| Team Totals | 24.0 | 234.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 50.0 | 400.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Abramowicz | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Absher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Baker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wayne Colman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| John Didion | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Dodd | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Flanigan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
| Jim Ford | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hoyle Granger | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Gresham | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Edd Hargett | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Hester | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Kopay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Jake Kupp | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bivian Lee | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Long | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Archie Manning | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 0 | |
| D'Artagnan Martin | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Reynaud Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Morrison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Neal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Newland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Joe Owens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Parks | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Pollard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Virgil Robinson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Shinners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Strong | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Del Williams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 29 | 11 | 18 | 25 | 43 | 32 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 25 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 2 |
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