1973 New Orleans Saints (NFL) |
3rd place • National Football Conference • Western Division • 5-9-0 .357 |
Head Coach: John North |
Lynn Amedee | Offensive Backs |
Jim Champion | Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line |
Marv Matuszak | Linebackers |
John North | Offensive Coordinator |
Jim Royer | Offensive Line |
Bud Whitehead | Defensive Backs |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Sat | 8/4/1973 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 6-12 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 67216 | |
Sat | 8/11/1973 | A | Miami Dolphins | 13-14 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 80050 | |
Sat | 8/18/1973 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 14-24 | L | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 61022 | |
Sat | 8/25/1973 | H | New England Patriots | 6-31 | L | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 64131 | |
Sat | 9/1/1973 | H | New York Jets | 17-28 | L | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 67434 | |
Sat | 9/8/1973 | H | Houston Oilers | 16-10 | W | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 62339 | |
Sun | 9/16/1973 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 7-62 | L | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 66428 | |
Mon | 9/24/1973 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 3-40 | L | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 52715 | |
Sun | 9/30/1973 | A | Baltimore Colts | 10-14 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 52393 | |
Sun | 10/7/1973 | H | Chicago Bears | 21-16 | W | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 56561 | |
Sun | 10/14/1973 | H | Detroit Lions | 20-13 | W | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 57810 | |
Sun | 10/21/1973 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 0-40 | L | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 52881 | |
Sun | 10/28/1973 | H | Washington Redskins | 19-3 | W | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 66315 | |
Sun | 11/4/1973 | H | Buffalo Bills | 13-0 | W | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 74770 | |
Sun | 11/11/1973 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 7-29 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 70358 | |
Sun | 11/18/1973 | A | San Diego Chargers | 14-17 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 34848 | |
Sun | 11/25/1973 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 13-24 | L | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 67192 | |
Sun | 12/2/1973 | A | Green Bay Packers | 10-30 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 46092 | |
Sun | 12/9/1973 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 16-10 | W | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 62490 | |
Sun | 12/16/1973 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 10-14 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 34147 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Danny Abramowicz | 46 | WR | 6-1 | 197 | 28 | Xavier (Ohio) | 2 | 2 |
Bert Askson | 89 | TE | 6-3 | 229 | 28 | Texas Southern | 1 | 0 |
Steve Baumgartner | 63 | DE | 6-7 | 245 | 22 | Purdue | 14 | 0 |
John Beasley | 85 | TE | 6-3 | 231 | 28 | California | 8 | 4 |
Bob Brown | 36 | TE | 6-3 | 225 | 30 | Alcorn State | 5 | 5 |
Bill Butler | 38 | RB | 6-2 | 212 | 23 | Kansas State | 13 | 10 |
Wayne Colman | 59 | RLB | 6-1 | 227 | 27 | Temple | 12 | 12 |
Bob Creech | 55 | LB | 6-3 | 228 | 24 | Texas Christian | 2 | 0 |
Bob Davis | 15 | QB | 6-3 | 205 | 28 | Virginia | 2 | 0 |
John Didion | 51 | C | 6-4 | 245 | 26 | Oregon State | 14 | 14 |
Andy Dorris | 88 | DE | 6-4 | 248 | 22 | New Mexico State | 1 | 0 |
Jubilee Dunbar | 86 | WR | 6-0 | 196 | 24 | Southern University | 14 | 14 |
Joe Federspiel | 58 | MLB | 6-2 | 230 | 23 | Kentucky | 13 | 13 |
Happy Feller | 9 | K | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | Texas | 6 | 0 |
Paul Fersen | 71 | OT | 6-5 | 260 | 23 | Georgia | 3 | 0 |
Mike Fink | 44 | RCB | 5-11 | 185 | 23 | Missouri | 13 | 2 |
Johnny Fuller | 24 | LS | 6-0 | 182 | 27 | Lamar | 13 | 12 |
Len Garrett | 83 | TE | 6-3 | 230 | 26 | New Mexico Highlands | 12 | 5 |
Willie Hall | 56 | LLB | 6-2 | 225 | 24 | Arizona Western JC; Southern California | 7 | 7 |
Ray Hester | 64 | LB | 6-2 | 215 | 24 | Tulane | 6 | 0 |
Freddie Hyatt | 88 | WR | 6-3 | 205 | 27 | Auburn | 1 | 0 |
Ernie Jackson | 30 | LCB | 5-10 | 176 | 23 | Duke | 14 | 14 |
Carl Johnson | 77 | LOT | 6-3 | 248 | 24 | Phoenix JC; Nebraska | 14 | 12 |
Ray Jones | 20 | LS | 6-0 | 187 | 26 | Southern University | 2 | 1 |
Mike Kelly | 87 | TE | 6-4 | 215 | 25 | Davidson | 1 | 0 |
Rick Kingrea | 53 | MLB | 6-1 | 228 | 24 | Tulane | 9 | 1 |
Jake Kupp | 50 | LOG | 6-3 | 236 | 32 | Washington | 14 | 14 |
Odell Lawson | 39 | RB | 6-2 | 218 | 25 | Langston | 12 | 0 |
Bivian Lee | 11 | RCB | 6-3 | 200 | 25 | Prairie View A&M | 14 | 12 |
Dale Lindsey | 54 | LB | 6-2 | 224 | 30 | Kentucky; Western Kentucky | 5 | 0 |
Archie Manning | 8 | QB | 6-3 | 205 | 24 | Mississippi | 13 | 13 |
Henry Matthews | 35 | RB | 6-3 | 203 | 24 | Michigan State | 6 | 0 |
Bill McClard | 19 | K | 5-10 | 202 | 24 | Arkansas | 8 | 0 |
Jim Merlo | 57 | LLB-RLB | 6-1 | 220 | 22 | Fresno CC; Stanford | 14 | 9 |
Lincoln Minor | 32 | RB | 6-2 | 210 | 23 | New Mexico State | 9 | 0 |
Derland Moore | 74 | DE | 6-4 | 265 | 22 | Oklahoma | 13 | 0 |
Jerry Moore | 25 | RS-LS | 6-3 | 208 | 24 | Arkansas | 10 | 3 |
Don Morrison | 76 | ROT | 6-5 | 257 | 24 | Texas-Arlington | 14 | 14 |
Tommy Myers | 37 | RS | 6-0 | 180 | 23 | Syracuse | 13 | 12 |
Bob Newland | 41 | WR | 6-2 | 190 | 25 | Oregon | 14 | 12 |
Billy Newsome | 78 | LDE | 6-4 | 250 | 25 | Grambling State | 14 | 14 |
Steve O'Neal | 10 | P | 6-3 | 185 | 27 | Texas A&M | 14 | 0 |
Joe Owens | 72 | RDE | 6-2 | 244 | 27 | Alcorn State | 14 | 14 |
Dick Palmer | 84/52 | LB | 6-2 | 226 | 26 | Kentucky | 10 | 0 |
Jess Phillips | 34 | RB | 6-1 | 208 | 26 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
Bob Pollard | 82 | LDT | 6-3 | 248 | 25 | Texas Southern; Weber State | 14 | 14 |
Elex Price | 75 | RDT | 6-3 | 260 | 23 | Alcorn State | 14 | 14 |
Joe Profit | 23 | RB | 6-0 | 210 | 24 | Louisiana-Monroe | 8 | 4 |
Nate Ramsey | 21 | CB | 6-1 | 200 | 32 | Indiana | 4 | 0 |
Preston Riley | 84 | WR | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | Memphis | 1 | 0 |
Craig Robinson | 70 | OT | 6-4 | 250 | 25 | Houston | 11 | 0 |
Bobby Scott | 12 | QB | 6-1 | 201 | 24 | Tennessee | 6 | 1 |
Royce Smith | 66 | ROG | 6-3 | 260 | 24 | Georgia | 14 | 3 |
Howard Stevens | 22 | RB | 5-5 | 165 | 23 | Randolph-Macon; Louisville | 14 | 0 |
Speedy Thomas | 17 | WR | 6-1 | 175 | 26 | Laney JC; Utah | 6 | 0 |
Del Williams | 61 | ROG-LOT | 6-2 | 250 | 28 | Florida State | 14 | 13 |
Doug Winslow | 80 | WR | 5-11 | 181 | 22 | Drake | 12 | 0 |
John Wood | 73 | DT | 6-3 | 249 | 22 | Louisiana State | 2 | 0 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
2 | 29 | Derland Moore | DE | Oklahoma |
2 | 51 | Steve Baumgartner | DE | Purdue |
3 | 66 | Pete Van Valkenberg | RB | Brigham Young |
4 | 86 | Jim Merlo | LB | Stanford |
6 | 134 | Marty Shuford | RB | Arizona |
7 | 158 | Bill Cahill | DB | Washington |
8 | 185 | Bob Peterson | G | Utah |
8 | 207 | Doug Winslow | WR | Drake |
9 | 210 | Mike Fink | DB | Missouri |
10 | 237 | Jeff Horsley | RB | North Carolina Central |
11 | 262 | Jim Owens | RB | Auburn |
12 | 289 | Paul Orndorff | RB | Tampa |
13 | 314 | Rich Watkins | DT | Weber State |
14 | 341 | Paul Fersen | T | Georgia |
15 | 366 | Mike Evenson | C | North Dakota State |
16 | 393 | Howard Stevens | RB | Louisville |
17 | 418 | Bobby Garner | TE | Winston-Salem State |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 27 | 55 | 47 | 34 | 163 |
Opponents Totals | 39 | 90 | 100 | 83 | 312 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 207 | 100 | 88 | 19 | 61/204 29.9% | / % | 58 | 516 | |
Opponents Totals | 271 | 131 | 119 | 21 | 70/195 35.9% | / % | 69 | 751 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill McClard | 0 | 9 | 9 | 100.0 | 13 | 24 | 54.2 | 0 | 48 |
Jubilee Dunbar | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
Bob Newland | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
Happy Feller | 0 | 7 | 7 | 100.0 | 4 | 12 | 33.3 | 0 | 19 |
Bill Butler | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Archie Manning | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Howard Stevens | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
John Beasley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Team Totals | 16 | 16 | 16 | 100.0 | 17 | 36 | 47.2 | 0 | 163 |
Opponents Totals | 36 | 35 | 36 | 97.2 | 19 | 34 | 55.9 | 2 | 312 |
FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill McClard | 13 | 24 | 54.2 | 1 | 43 | 2/2 | 5/6 | 4/5 | 2/10 | 0/1 |
Happy Feller | 4 | 12 | 33.3 | 1 | 18 | 4/5 | 0/0 | 0/4 | 0/3 | 0/0 |
Team Totals | 17 | 36 | 47.2 | 2 | 43 | 6/7 | 5/6 | 4/9 | 2/13 | 0/1 |
Opponents Totals | 19 | 34 | 55.9 | 5/5 | 6/12 | 5/8 | 2/7 | 1/2 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jess Phillips | 198 | 663 | 3.3 | 20 | 0 |
Bill Butler | 87 | 348 | 4.0 | 19 | 1 |
Archie Manning | 63 | 293 | 4.7 | 23 | 2 |
Joe Profit | 72 | 274 | 3.8 | 22 | 0 |
Howard Stevens | 45 | 183 | 4.1 | 15 | 2 |
Odell Lawson | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 11 | 0 |
Bobby Scott | 9 | 18 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
Bob Davis | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
Lincoln Minor | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 8 | 0 |
Tommy Myers | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Bob Newland | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Henry Matthews | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
Jubilee Dunbar | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 13 | 0 |
Steve O'Neal | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 6 | 0 |
Team Totals | 497 | 1842 | 3.7 | 23 | 5 |
Opponents Totals | 556 | 2402 | 4.3 | 63 | 17 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Archie Manning | 267 | 140 | 52.4 | 115 | 1642 | 6.1 | 11.7 | 65t | 10 | 3.7 | 12 | 4.5 | 28 | 177 | 1465 | 65.2 |
Bobby Scott | 54 | 18 | 33.3 | 33 | 245 | 4.5 | 13.6 | 42 | 1 | 1.9 | 3 | 5.6 | 4 | 29 | 216 | 31.8 |
Bob Davis | 17 | 5 | 29.4 | 10 | 14 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 11.8 | 5 | 36 | -22 | 0.0 |
Team Totals | 338 | 163 | 48.2 | 158 | 1901 | 5.6 | 11.7 | 65t | 11 | 3.3 | 17 | 5.0 | 37 | 242 | 1659 | 55.6 |
Opponents Totals | 337 | 176 | 52.2 | 145 | 2333 | 6.9 | 13.3 | 54 | 15 | 4.5 | 16 | 4.7 | 24 | 155 | 2178 | 69.5 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Beasley | 31 | 280 | 9.0 | 15 | 1 |
Bob Newland | 29 | 489 | 16.9 | 42 | 4 |
Jubilee Dunbar | 23 | 447 | 19.4 | 65t | 4 |
Jess Phillips | 22 | 169 | 7.7 | 34 | 0 |
Bill Butler | 19 | 125 | 6.6 | 16 | 2 |
Bob Brown | 11 | 132 | 12.0 | 26 | 0 |
Joe Profit | 11 | 108 | 9.8 | 26 | 0 |
Doug Winslow | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 14 | 0 |
Howard Stevens | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 14 | 0 |
Len Garrett | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 22 | 0 |
Henry Matthews | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 12 | 0 |
Danny Abramowicz | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 |
Odell Lawson | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 4 | 0 |
Lincoln Minor | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Team Totals | 163 | 1901 | 11.7 | 65t | 11 |
Opponents Totals | 176 | 2333 | 13.3 | 54 | 15 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ernie Jackson | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 23 | 0 |
Tommy Myers | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 20 | 0 |
Jim Merlo | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 16 | 0 |
Bivian Lee | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 12 | 0 |
Joe Owens | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Joe Federspiel | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Billy Newsome | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Derland Moore | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 16 | 126 | 7.9 | 23 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 17 | 280 | 16.5 | 65 | 3 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve O'Neal | 81 | 3375 | 41.7 | 71 | 0 | 5 | 587 | 2688 | 33.2 | |
Team Totals | 81 | 3375 | 41.7 | 71 | 0 | 5 | 587 | 2688 | 33.2 | |
Opponents Totals | 63 | 2805 | 44.5 | 72 | 0 | 3 | 218 | 2527 | 40.1 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Howard Stevens | 17 | 15 | 171 | 10.1 | 37 | 0 |
Doug Winslow | 5 | 3 | 47 | 9.4 | 17 | 0 |
Tommy Myers | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
Team Totals | 22 | 22 | 218 | 9.9 | 37 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 49 | 13 | 587 | 12.0 | 84t | 1 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Howard Stevens | 26 | 590 | 22.7 | 48 | 0 | |
Joe Profit | 7 | 144 | 20.6 | 26 | 0 | |
Odell Lawson | 7 | 118 | 16.9 | 27 | 0 | |
Mike Fink | 5 | 81 | 16.2 | 24 | 0 | |
Derland Moore | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
Ernie Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 47 | 947 | 20.1 | 48 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 33 | 724 | 21.9 | 37 | 0 |
SACKS | NO | YDS |
---|---|---|
Billy Newsome | 8.5 | |
Joe Owens | 8.0 | |
Bob Pollard | 3.5 | |
Elex Price | 2.0 | |
Steve Baumgartner | 1.0 | |
Willie Hall | 1.0 | |
Rick Kingrea | 1.0 | |
Team Totals IND=25 | 24.0 | 155.0 |
Opponents Totals | 37.0 | 242.0 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Butler | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Wayne Colman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Davis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Didion | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -23 | 0 | |
Jubilee Dunbar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Joe Federspiel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Johnny Fuller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
Willie Hall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ernie Jackson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Carl Johnson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jake Kupp | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Bivian Lee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Archie Manning | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -15 | 0 | |
Henry Matthews | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 0 |
Jim Merlo | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | |
Derland Moore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Don Morrison | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tommy Myers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Billy Newsome | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Steve O'Neal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jess Phillips | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Pollard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Elex Price | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0 |
Joe Profit | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Royce Smith | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Howard Stevens | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 34 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 65 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 32 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 34 | 0 |
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