1972 New Orleans Saints (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result			Location	Venue	Attendance
Mon	8/7/1972	A	Philadelphia Eagles	13	10	W	Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	53372
Sat	8/12/1972	H	Buffalo Bills	21	24	L	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	66762
Sat	8/19/1972	H	Dallas Cowboys	7	30	L	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	81070
Sat	8/26/1972	H	San Diego Chargers	14	16	L	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	64506
Sat	9/2/1972	N	Pittsburgh Steelers	7	56	L	Memphis, TN	Liberty Bowl	43302
Sun	9/10/1972	A	Houston Oilers	14	14	T	Houston, TX	Astrodome	44571
Sun	9/17/1972	A	Los Angeles Rams	14	34	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	66303
Mon	9/25/1972	H	Kansas City Chiefs	17	20	L	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	70793
Sun	10/1/1972	H	San Francisco 49ers	2	37	L	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	69840
Sun	10/8/1972	A	New York Giants	21	45	L	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	62507
Sun	10/15/1972	H	Atlanta Falcons	14	21	L	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	66294
Sun	10/22/1972	A	San Francisco 49ers	20	20	T	San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	59167
Sun	10/29/1972	H	Philadelphia Eagles	21	3	W	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	65664
Sun	11/5/1972	A	Minnesota Vikings	6	37	L	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	49784
Sun	11/12/1972	A	Atlanta Falcons	20	36	L	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	58850
Sun	11/19/1972	A	Detroit Lions	14	27	L	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	53752
Sun	11/26/1972	H	Los Angeles Rams	19	16	W	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	64325
Sun	12/3/1972	A	New York Jets	17	18	L	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	62496
Sun	12/10/1972	H	New England Patriots	10	17	L	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	64889
Sun	12/17/1972	H	Green Bay Packers	20	30	L	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	65881

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Danny Abramowicz	46	WR	6-1	197	27	Xavier (Ohio)	13	13
Margene Adkins	26	WR	5-10	183	25	Trinity Valley CC	14	4
Bob Brown	36	TE	6-3	225	29	Alcorn State	14	5
Bill Butler	38	RB	6-2	212	22	Kansas State	14	9
Wayne Colman	59	RLB	6-1	227	26	Temple	14	12
Mike Crangle	75	DE	6-4	243	25	Cincinnati; Tennessee-Martin	13	0
John Didion	51	C	6-4	245	25	Oregon State	14	14
Charlie Durkee	15	K	5-11	165	28	Oklahoma State	6	0
Julian Fagan	10	P	6-3	205	24	Mississippi	14	0
Joe Federspiel	58	MLB	6-2	230	22	Kentucky	14	10
Happy Feller	9	K	5-11	185	23	Texas	6	0
Jim Ford	28	RB	6-0	205	23	Texas Southern	5	1
Art Green	45	RB	5-11	198	23	Albany State	7	3
Bob Gresham	35	RB	5-11	195	24	West Virginia	14	9
Willie Hall	56	RLB	6-2	225	23	Arizona Western JC; Southern California	14	2
Edd Hargett	14	QB	5-11	187	25	Texas A&M	14	0
Billie Hayes	29	LCB	6-1	175	25	Riverside CC; San Diego State	14	4
Ray Hester	64	LB	6-2	215	23	Tulane	7	0
Glen Ray Hines	78	ROT	6-5	258	29	Arkansas	14	14
Billy Hobbs	53	LB	6-0	220	26	Texas A&M	6	0
Hugo Hollas	18	RS	6-1	190	27	Rice	14	9
Delles Howell	20	RCB	6-4	197	24	Grambling State	10	10
Ernie Jackson	30	LCB	5-10	176	22	Duke	10	5
Carl Johnson	77	LOG	6-3	248	23	Phoenix JC; Nebraska	14	7
Jake Kupp	50	LOG	6-3	236	31	Washington	3	2
Bob Kuziel	67	C	6-5	255	22	Pittsburgh	1	0
Bivian Lee	11	LCB-RCB	6-3	200	24	Prairie View A&M	13	9
Toni Linhart	7	K	5-11	183	30	Austria Technical	2	0
Dave Long	89	RDE	6-4	245	28	Iowa	14	7
Archie Manning	8	QB	6-3	205	23	Mississippi	14	14
Doug Mooers	74	RDT	6-6	265	25	Whittier	14	14
Don Morrison	76	LOT	6-5	257	23	Texas-Arlington	14	14
Tommy Myers	37	RS	6-0	180	22	Syracuse	13	5
Richard Neal	87	LDE	6-3	254	25	Southern University	14	14
Bob Newland	41	WR	6-2	190	24	Oregon	14	10
Joe Owens	72	RDE	6-2	244	26	Alcorn State	14	7
Dick Palmer	52	LB	6-2	226	25	Kentucky	6	0
Dave Parks	83	TE	6-2	202	31	Texas Tech	12	9
Bob Pollard	82	LDT	6-3	248	24	Texas Southern; Weber State	14	14
Remi Prudhomme	65	LOG	6-4	251	30	Louisiana State	5	3
Craig Robinson	70	OT	6-4	250	24	Houston	8	0
Virgil Robinson	47	RB	5-11	195	25	Grambling State	3	0
Tom Roussel	54	LLB	6-3	235	27	Southern Mississippi	14	14
Royce Smith	66	ROG	6-3	260	23	Georgia	10	10
Tom Stincic	55	MLB	6-2	229	26	Michigan	7	4
Jim Strong	42	RB	6-1	204	26	Houston	14	3
Faddie Tillman	71	DT	6-5	230	24	Arizona Western JC; Boise State	1	0
Cephus Weatherspoon	85	WR	6-1	182	24	Mesa CC; Fort Lewis	1	0
Creston Whitaker	86	WR	6-2	187	25	Southern Illinois; North Texas	2	1
Del Williams	61	ROG-LOG	6-2	250	27	Florida State	8	6
Joe Williams	24	RB	6-0	194	25	Wyoming	14	3
Wimpy Winther	68	C	6-4	260	25	Mississippi	5	0
Doug Wyatt	23	LS	6-1	195	26	Tulsa	14	14

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	8	Royce Smith	G	Georgia
2	31	Willie Hall	LB	Southern California
3	60	Bob Kuziel	C	Pittsburgh
3	74	Tommy Myers	DB	Syracuse
4	85	Mike Crangle	DE	Tennessee-Martin
4	99	Joe Federspiel	LB	Kentucky
4	101	Mike Coleman	DE	Knoxville
5	111	Bill Butler	RB	Kansas State
5	112	Carl Johnson	T	Nebraska
5	126	Bob Davies	DB	South Carolina
6	137	Wayne Dorton	G	Arkansas State
6	150	Curt Watson	RB	Tennessee
7	164	Ernie Jackson	DB	Duke
8	189	Ronnie Vinson	WR	Abilene Christian
9	216	Kent Branstetter	DT	Houston
10	241	Andy Kupp	G	Idaho
11	267	Paul Dongieux	LB	Mississippi
12	293	Steve Lockhart	TE	Arkansas State
13	320	Cephus Weatherspoon	WR	Fort Lewis
14	345	Steve Barrios	WR	Tulane
15	372	Rusty Lachaussee	QB	Tulane
16	397	Joe Balthrop	G	Tennessee
17	424	Dick Graham	WR	Oklahoma State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	37	45	54	79	215
Opponents Totals	78	137	68	78	361

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		226	73	123	20	68/196 34.7%	/ %	69	585
Opponents Totals		251	107	129	15	83/202 41.1%	/ %	78	711

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Danny Abramowicz	7	0	0		0	0		0	42
Dave Parks	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Happy Feller	0	10	11	90.9	6	11	54.5	0	28
Charlie Durkee	0	9	9	100.0	3	9	33.3	0	18
Bob Gresham	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Bill Butler	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Archie Manning	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Bob Newland	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Toni Linhart	0	5	5	100.0	2	5	40.0	0	11
Bob Brown	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Ernie Jackson	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Richard Neal	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Doug Wyatt	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Joe Owens	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Edd Hargett	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0
Team Totals	26	24	26	92.3	11	25	44.0	1	215
Opponents Totals	38	38	38	100.0	31	43	72.1	1	361

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Happy Feller	6	11	54.5	2	46	1/1	1/2	3/4	1/4	0/0
Charlie Durkee	3	9	33.3	1	36	1/1	0/1	2/3	0/4	0/0
Toni Linhart	2	5	40.0	0	20	1/1	1/2	0/0	0/2	0/0
Team Totals	11	25	44.0	3	46	3/3	2/5	5/7	1/10	0/0
Opponents Totals	31	43	72.1			4/4	6/8	17/19	4/11	0/1

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bob Gresham	121	381	3.1	23	3
Archie Manning	63	351	5.6	18	2
Bill Butler	54	233	4.3	27	0
Jim Strong	37	120	3.2	9	0
Joe Williams	31	72	2.3	11	0
Art Green	14	51	3.6	14	0
Jim Ford	11	28	2.5	9	0
Virgil Robinson	5	1	0.2	5	0
Dave Parks	1	-7	-7.0	-7	0
Team Totals	337	1230	3.6	27	5
Opponents Totals	482	2089	4.3	45	15

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Archie Manning	448	230	51.3	197	2781	6.2	12.1	66t	18	4.0	21	4.7	43	347	2434	64.6
Bob Gresham	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	449	230	51.2	198	2781	6.2	12.1	66t	18	4.0	21	4.7	43	347	2434	64.5
Opponents Totals	367	213	58.0	140	2596	7.1	12.2	81	21	5.7	14	3.8	24	194	2402	83.1

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bob Newland	47	579	12.3	42t	2
Danny Abramowicz	38	668	17.6	51	7
Dave Parks	32	542	16.9	66t	6			0
Bob Gresham	29	192	6.6	54	0
Bill Butler	25	226	9.0	21	2		0
Joe Williams	16	116	7.3	32	0		0
Jim Strong	14	123	8.8	16	0	0	0
Bob Brown	11	175	15.9	34	1		0	0
Margene Adkins	9	96	10.7	38	0		0
Art Green	7	49	7.0	15	0	0	0	0
Jim Ford	1	9	9.0	9	0	0	0	0
Creston Whitaker	1	6	6.0	6	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	230	2781	12.1	66t	18
Opponents Totals	213	2596	12.2	81	21

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bivian Lee	4	65	16.3	32	0
Ernie Jackson	3	41	13.7	31	0
Tommy Myers	3	0	0.0	0	0
Tom Roussel	2	15	7.5	11	0
Hugo Hollas	1	14	14.0	14	0
Delles Howell	1	6	6.0	6	0
Team Totals	14	141	10.1	32	0
Opponents Totals	21	349	16.6	64	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Julian Fagan	71	2899	40.8	71	1	5	281	2518	35.5
Team Totals	71	2899	40.8	71	1	5	281	2518	36.0
Opponents Totals	52	2045	39.3	70	3	4	43	1922	39.2

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Tommy Myers	9	15	43	4.8	10
Margene Adkins	7	2	0	0.0	4
Team Totals	16	17	43	2.7	10
Opponents Totals	36	14	281	7.8	34

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Margene Adkins	43	1020	23.7	61
Art Green	8	187	23.4	58
Jim Strong	4	53	13.3	22
Joe Williams	2	23	11.5	15
Hugo Hollas	2	9	4.5	9
Bill Butler	1	14	14.0	14
Bob Newland	1	6	6.0	6
Remi Prudhomme	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	62	1312	21.2	61
Opponents Totals	50	1129	22.6	48

SACKS	NO	YDS
Joe Owens	8.0
Richard Neal	7.0
Dave Long	2.0
Doug Mooers	2.0
Bob Pollard	2.0
Tom Roussel	2.0
Hugo Hollas	1.0
Team Totals	24.0	194.0
Opponents Totals	43.0	347.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Danny Abramowicz	1		1	0	1	0	0
Margene Adkins	4		1	0	1	0	0
Bill Butler	3		1	0	1	0	0
John Didion	1		0	0	0	-29	0
Julian Fagan	1		2	0	2	-6	0
Art Green	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Bob Gresham	5		0	0	0	0	0
Ray Hester	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Hugo Hollas	1		2	1	3	0	0
Ernie Jackson	0	0	0	1	1	85	1
Carl Johnson	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Archie Manning	9		4	0	4	0	0
Doug Mooers	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Tommy Myers	1		0	1	1	0	0
Richard Neal	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bob Newland	1		0	0	0	0	0
Bob Pollard	0	0	0	2	2	1	0
Remi Prudhomme	1		0	0	0	0	0
Tom Roussel	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jim Strong	1		0	0	0	0	0
Del Williams	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Joe Williams	4		1	1	2	0	0
Doug Wyatt	0	0	0	2	2	45	1
Team Totals	33	18	15	13	28	96	2
Opponents Totals	27	13	13	16	29		0

Jim Champion	Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line
Marv Matuszak	Linebackers
Jim Royer	Offensive Line
Ken Shipp	Offensive Coordinator
Bob Whitehead	Offensive Backs
Bud Whitehead	Defensive Backs