1974 New Orleans Saints (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/3/1974	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	7-26	L	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	45339
Sat	8/10/1974	A	Miami Dolphins	20-45	L	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	41524
Sun	8/18/1974	A	New England Patriots	3-7	L	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	20456
Sat	8/24/1974	H	Dallas Cowboys	16-7	W	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	56563
Sat	8/31/1974	H	New York Jets	24-7	W	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	59829
Sat	9/7/1974	A	Houston Oilers	24-16	W	Houston, TX	Astrodome	35103
Sun	9/15/1974	H	San Francisco 49ers	13-17	L	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	59945
Sun	9/22/1974	A	Los Angeles Rams	0-24	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	57314
Sun	9/29/1974	H	Atlanta Falcons	14-13	W	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	55025
Sun	10/6/1974	A	Chicago Bears	10-24	L	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	45818
Sun	10/13/1974	A	Denver Broncos	17-33	L	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	50751
Sun	10/20/1974	A	Atlanta Falcons	13-3	W	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	47217
Sun	10/27/1974	H	Philadelphia Eagles	14-10	W	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	57136
Sun	11/3/1974	A	Detroit Lions	14-19	L	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	43256
Sun	11/10/1974	H	Miami Dolphins	0-21	L	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	68339
Sun	11/17/1974	H	Los Angeles Rams	20-7	W	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	35727
Mon	11/25/1974	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	7-28	L	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	69010
Sun	12/1/1974	A	Minnesota Vikings	9-29	L	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	44202
Sun	12/8/1974	H	St. Louis Cardinals	14-0	W	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	47172
Sun	12/15/1974	A	San Francisco 49ers	21-35	L	San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	40418

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Steve Baumgartner	63	DE	6-7	245	23	Purdue	14	0
John Beasley	85	TE	6-3	231	29	California	14	6
Tom Blanchard	16	P	6-0	185	26	Oregon	13	0
Greg Boyd	21	LS-RS	6-2	201	24	Arizona	4	0
Bill Butler	38	RB	6-2	212	24	Kansas State	14	2
Henry Childs	87	TE	6-2	226	23	Kansas State	1	0
Larry Cipa	13	QB	6-3	209	23	Michigan	4	2
Don Coleman	55	RLB	6-2	222	22	Michigan	14	0
Wayne Colman	59	RLB	6-1	227	28	Temple	14	14
Dave Davis	86	WR	6-0	175	26	Tennessee State	7	0
Jack Degrenier	47	RB	6-1	225	23	Northern Arizona; Texas-Arlington	12	1
John Didion	51	C	6-4	245	27	Oregon State	14	13
Andy Dorris	69	LDE	6-4	248	23	New Mexico State	14	3
Chris Farasopoulos	44	RS-LS	5-11	190	25	Brigham Young	6	1
Joe Federspiel	58	MLB	6-2	230	24	Kentucky	14	14
Paul Fersen	71	ROT	6-5	260	24	Georgia	1	1
Johnny Fuller	24	LS	6-0	182	28	Lamar	12	12
Len Garrett	83	TE	6-3	230	27	New Mexico Highlands	10	0
Donnie Gibbs	15	P	6-2	205	29	Texas Christian	1	0
Sam Havrilak	80	WR	6-2	195	27	Bucknell	6	0
Ernie Jackson	30	LCB	5-10	176	24	Duke	13	9
Rick Kingrea	53	MLB	6-1	228	25	Tulane	14	0
Jake Kupp	50	LOG-ROG	6-3	236	33	Washington	14	14
Phil LaPorta	67	OT	6-4	256	22	Penn State	6	0
Odell Lawson	39	RB	6-2	218	26	Langston	9	0
Bivian Lee	11	RCB	6-3	200	26	Prairie View A&M	13	5
Archie Manning	8	QB	6-3	205	25	Mississippi	11	11
Andy Maurer	64	LOG	6-3	255	26	Oregon	5	5
Alvin Maxson	28	RB	5-11	201	23	Southern Methodist	14	11
Bill McClard	19	K	5-10	202	25	Arkansas	14	0
Earl McCullouch	80	WR	5-11	174	28	Long Beach CC; Southern California	3	0
Rod McNeill	27	RB	6-2	220	23	Southern California	11	0
Jim Merlo	57	LLB	6-1	220	23	Fresno CC; Stanford	14	14
Rick Middleton	54	LLB	6-3	230	23	Ohio State	14	0
Derland Moore	74	RDT	6-4	265	23	Oklahoma	14	14
Jerry Moore	25	LS-RS	6-3	208	25	Arkansas	9	3
John Mooring	73	ROT-LOT	6-6	255	27	Tampa	11	4
Don Morrison	76	ROT	6-5	257	25	Texas-Arlington	11	9
Tommy Myers	37	RS	6-0	180	24	Syracuse	12	12
Bob Newland	41	WR	6-2	190	26	Oregon	14	13
Billy Newsome	78	LDE	6-4	250	26	Grambling State	13	11
Joe Owens	72	RDE-LDE	6-2	244	28	Alcorn State	14	3
Joel Parker	88	WR	6-5	215	22	Florida	14	12
Jess Phillips	34	RB	6-1	208	27	Michigan State	14	13
Bob Pollard	82	RDE-LDT	6-3	248	26	Texas Southern; Weber State	14	13
Elex Price	75	LDT	6-3	260	24	Alcorn State	14	11
Rocky Rasley	66	ROG	6-3	251	27	Bakersfield CC; Oregon State	14	7
Ken Reaves	21	LCB	6-3	206	30	Norfolk State	5	5
Terry Schmidt	40	RCB	6-0	177	22	Ball State	9	9
Bobby Scott	12	QB	6-1	201	25	Tennessee	5	1
Paul Seal	84	TE	6-4	223	22	Michigan	14	11
Maurice Spencer	29	LCB-RCB	6-0	176	22	North Carolina Central	5	0
Howard Stevens	22	RB	5-5	165	24	Randolph-Macon; Louisville	14	0
Speedy Thomas	17	WR	6-1	175	27	Laney JC; Utah	1	1
Dave Thompson	65	LOT	6-4	271	25	Clemson	14	14
Bob Wicks	49	WR	6-3	205	24	Utah State	5	0
Dick Williams	86	WR	5-11	170	22	Abilene Christian	2	0
Emanuel Zanders	79	ROG-LOG	6-1	248	23	Jackson State	10	2

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	13	Rick Middleton	LB	Ohio State
2	36	Paul Seal	TE	Michigan
4	88	Rod McNeill	RB	Southern California
5	113	Joel Parker	WR	Florida
5	121	Terry Schmidt	DB	Ball State
8	201	Alvin Maxson	RB	Southern Methodist
9	217	Phil LaPorta	T	Penn State
10	235	Frosty Anderson	WR	Nebraska
10	242	Tommy Thibodeaux	G	Tulane
11	270	Kent Merritt	WR	Virginia
12	295	Jim Buckmon	DE	Pittsburgh
13	320	Mike Truax	LB	Tulane
14	348	Kent Marshall	DB	Texas Christian
15	373	Larry Cipa	QB	Michigan
16	398	Don Coleman	LB	Michigan
17	426	Marvin Williams	WR	Western Illinois

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	30	64	34	38	166
Opponents Totals	72	89	33	69	263

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		233	117	91	25	77/224 34.4%	/ %	75	598
Opponents Totals		226	104	105	17	70/195 35.9%	/ %	77	690

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Bill McClard	0	19	20	95.0	9	16	56.3	46
Joel Parker	4	0	0		0	0		24
Paul Seal	4	0	0		0	0		24
Alvin Maxson	3	0	0		0	0		18
Bob Newland	2	0	0		0	0		12
Jess Phillips	2	0	0		0	0		12
Larry Cipa	1	0	0		0	0		6
Archie Manning	1	0	0		0	0		6
Rod McNeill	1	0	0		0	0		6
Terry Schmidt	1	0	0		0	0		6
Howard Stevens	1	0	0		0	0		6
Team Totals	20	19	20	95.0	9	16	56.3	166
Opponents Totals	34	29	34	85.3	10	17	58.8	263

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Bill McClard	9	16	56.3	1	52	0/0	4/6	2/4	1/4	2/2
Team Totals	9	16	56.3	1	52	0/0	4/6	2/4	1/4	2/2
Opponents Totals	10	17	58.8			2/2	3/6	4/6	1/3	0/0

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Alvin Maxson	165	714	4.3	66t	2
Jess Phillips	174	556	3.2	14	2
Archie Manning	28	204	7.3	26	1
Howard Stevens	43	190	4.4	25	1
Jack DeGrenier	33	110	3.3	10	0
Rod McNeill	22	90	4.1	24	1
Bill Butler	21	74	3.5	10	0
Larry Cipa	12	35	2.9	15	1
Paul Seal	2	7	3.5	6t	1
Joel Parker	2	2	1.0	6	0
Bobby Scott	1	1	1.0	1	0
Team Totals	503	1983	3.9	66t	9
Opponents Totals	447	1758	3.9	33	11

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Archie Manning	261	134	51.3	111	1429	5.5	10.7	79t	6	2.3	16	6.1	26	172	1257	49.8
Bobby Scott	71	31	43.7	36	366	5.2	11.8	36t	4	5.6	4	5.6	6	62	304	55.3
Larry Cipa	55	20	36.4	35	242	4.4	12.1	30	0	0.0	0	0.0	4	36	206	50.7
Joel Parker	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	1	6	-6	39.6
Bill McClard	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0.0
Team Totals	389	185	47.6	183	2037	5.2	11.0	79t	10	2.6	21	5.4	37	276	1761	49.6
Opponents Totals	369	193	52.3	160	2330	6.3	12.1	57	17	4.6	16	4.3	37	291	2039	69.3

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Alvin Maxson	42	294	7.0	22	1		0
Joel Parker	41	455	11.1	58	4			0
Paul Seal	32	466	14.6	42	3			0
Bob Newland	27	490	18.1	79t	2			0
Howard Stevens	13	81	6.2	20	0		0
Jess Phillips	11	55	5.0	17	0	0	0
John Beasley	5	85	17.0	30	0		0	0
Rod McNeill	5	64	12.8	30	0		0
Jack DeGrenier	4	13	3.3	8	0	0	0	0
Bill Butler	2	3	1.5	2	0	0	0
Sam Havrilak	1	23	23.0	23	0	1	0	0
Earl McCullouch	1	5	5.0	5	0	0	0	0
Speedy Thomas	1	3	3.0	3	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	185	2037	11.0	79t	10
Opponents Totals	193	2330	12.1	57	17

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ernie Jackson	4	53	13.3	28	0
Terry Schmidt	4	27	6.8	24t	1
Tommy Myers	3	43	14.3	21	0
Wayne Colman	1	17	17.0	17	0
Johnny Fuller	1	16	16.0	16	0
Chris Farasopoulos	1	14	14.0	14	0
Joe Federspiel	1	9	9.0	9	0
Jerry Moore	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	16	179	11.2	28	1
Opponents Totals	21	258	12.3	39	2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Tom Blanchard	88	3704	42.1	71	7
Donnie Gibbs	3	99	33.0	35	0
Team Totals	91	3803	41.8	71	7	906	2757	30.3
Opponents Totals	77	3274	42.5	67	7	415	2719	35.3

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Howard Stevens	37	7	376	10.2	40	0
Chris Farasopoulos	3	0	36	12.0	18	0
Ernie Jackson	2	0	3	1.5	3	0
Rod McNeill	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	43	7	415	9.7	40	0
Opponents Totals	59	1	906	15.4	72	2

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Howard Stevens	33	749	22.7	41
Jess Phillips	7	124	17.7	27
Joe Federspiel	2	20	10.0	12
Rick Middleton	2	18	9.0	11
Don Coleman	2	13	6.5	9
Ernie Jackson	1	27	27.0	27
Terry Schmidt	1	23	23.0	23
Rick Kingrea	1	22	22.0	22
Odell Lawson	1	20	20.0	20
Dave Davis	1	14	14.0	14
Bill Butler	1	12	12.0	12
Maurice Spencer	1	-2	-2.0	-2
Team Totals	53	1040	19.6	41
Opponents Totals	40	894	22.4	52

SACKS	NO	YDS
Bob Pollard	9.0
Joe Owens	8.0
Billy Newsome	5.5
Derland Moore	3.5
Joe Federspiel	2.0
Johnny Fuller	2.0
Tommy Myers	2.0
Jim Merlo	1.5
Elex Price	1.0
Steve Baumgartner	0.5
(Team)	2.0
Team Totals	37.0	291.0
Opponents Totals	37.0	276.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Steve Baumgartner	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bill Butler	2		0	0	0	0	0
Larry Cipa	2		1	0	1	0	0
Don Coleman	0	0	0	1	1	7	0
Wayne Colman	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dave Davis	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Andy Dorris	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Joe Federspiel	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Johnny Fuller	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Donnie Gibbs	2		1	0	1	0	0
Ernie Jackson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Archie Manning	4		0	0	0	-9	0
Alvin Maxson	4		2	0	2	2	0
Rod McNeill	1		1	0	1	0	0
Jim Merlo	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Billy Newsome	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Joe Owens	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jess Phillips	3		0	0	0	0	0
Bob Pollard	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Elex Price	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Terry Schmidt	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Paul Seal	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Maurice Spencer	1		0	0	0	0	0
Howard Stevens	7		3	0	3	0	0
Team Totals	26	16	10	19	29	0	0
Opponents Totals	37	19	16	12	28		1

Bob Cummings	Defensive Line
Bob Ledbetter	Offensive Backs/Special Teams
Lamar McHan	Quarterbacks
Jim Phillips	Receivers
Doug Shively	Linebackers
Bud Whitehead	Defensive Backs