1988 New Orleans Saints (NFL) |
3rd place • National Football Conference • Western Division • 10-6-0 .625 |
Head Coach: Jim Mora |
Paul Boudreau | Offensive Line |
Dom Capers | Defensive Backs |
Vic Fangio | Outside Linebackers |
Joe Marciano | Tight Ends/Special Teams |
Russell Paternostro | Strength and Conditioning |
John Pease | Defensive Line |
Steve Sidwell | Defensive Coordinator/Inside Linebackers |
Jim Skipper | Running Backs |
Carl Smith | Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks |
Steve Walters | Wide Receivers |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Sun | 8/7/1988 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 23-20 | W | Minneapolis, MN | Metrodome | 47624 | |
Fri | 8/12/1988 | A | Phoenix Cardinals | 33-28 | W | Tempe, AZ | Sun Devil Stadium | 51987 | |
Sat | 8/20/1988 | A | Indianapolis Colts | 6-18 | L | Indianapolis, IN | Hoosier Dome | 54117 | |
Sat | 8/27/1988 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 28-31 | L | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 56174 | |
Sun | 9/4/1988 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 33-34 | L | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 66357 | |
Sun | 9/11/1988 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 29-21 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 48901 | |
Sun | 9/18/1988 | A | Detroit Lions | 22-14 | W | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 32943 | |
Sun | 9/25/1988 | H | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 13-9 | W | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 66671 | |
Mon | 10/3/1988 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 20-17 | W | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 68474 | |
Sun | 10/9/1988 | A | San Diego Chargers | 23-17 | W | San Diego, CA | Jack Murphy Stadium | 42693 | |
Sun | 10/16/1988 | A | Seattle Seahawks | 20-19 | W | Seattle, WA | Kingdome | 63569 | |
Sun | 10/23/1988 | H | Los Angeles Raiders | 20-6 | W | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 66249 | |
Sun | 10/30/1988 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 10-12 | L | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 68238 | |
Sun | 11/6/1988 | A | Washington Redskins | 24-27 | L | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 54183 | |
Sun | 11/13/1988 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 14-10 | W | Anaheim, CA | Anaheim Stadium | 63305 | |
Sun | 11/20/1988 | H | Denver Broncos | 42-0 | W | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 68075 | |
Sun | 11/27/1988 | H | New York Giants | 12-13 | L | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 66526 | |
Sun | 12/4/1988 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 3-45 | L | Minneapolis, MN | Metrodome | 61215 | |
Sun | 12/11/1988 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 17-30 | L | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 62977 | |
Sun | 12/18/1988 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 10-9 | W | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 60566 |
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 |
Mike Adams | 40 | CB-S | 5-10 | 195 | 24 | Mississippi Delta CC; Arkansas State | 5 | 0 |
Morten Andersen | 7 | K | 6-2 | 221 | 28 | Michigan State | 16 | 0 |
Gene Atkins | 28 | SS | 6-1 | 200 | 24 | Florida A&M | 16 | 6 |
Cliff Benson | 86 | TE | 6-4 | 242 | 27 | Purdue | 7 | 0 |
Dwaine Board | 76 | DE | 6-5 | 248 | 33 | North Carolina A&T State | 4 | 0 |
Hoby Brenner | 85 | TE | 6-5 | 245 | 29 | Southern California | 10 | 8 |
Stan Brock | 67 | ROT | 6-6 | 286 | 30 | Colorado | 7 | 7 |
James Campen | 59 | C-OG | 6-2 | 270 | 24 | Sacramento CC; Tulane | 3 | 0 |
Bruce Clark | 75 | NT | 6-3 | 270 | 30 | Penn State | 16 | 2 |
Robert Clark | 89 | WR | 5-11 | 176 | 23 | North Carolina Central | 16 | 0 |
Chuck Commiskey | 66 | C | 6-4 | 290 | 30 | Mississippi | 6 | 0 |
Bill Contz | 70 | ROT | 6-5 | 265 | 27 | Penn State | 11 | 3 |
Toi Cook | 41 | S | 5-11 | 188 | 24 | Stanford | 16 | 0 |
Jim Dombrowski | 72 | LOT | 6-5 | 297 | 25 | Virginia | 16 | 16 |
Jon Dumbauld | 95 | DE | 6-4 | 256 | 25 | Kentucky | 1 | 0 |
Brad Edelman | 63 | LOG | 6-6 | 273 | 28 | Missouri | 14 | 13 |
Tony Elliott | 99 | NT | 6-2 | 290 | 29 | Wisconsin; North Texas | 14 | 12 |
Brian Forde | 52 | LB | 6-2 | 255 | 25 | Washington State | 16 | 0 |
John Fourcade | 11 | QB | 6-1 | 211 | 28 | Mississippi | 1 | 0 |
Jumpy Geathers | 97 | LDE-RDE-NT | 6-7 | 290 | 28 | Paducah JC; Wichita State | 16 | 6 |
Antonio Gibson | 27 | SS | 6-3 | 204 | 26 | Hinds CC; Cincinnati | 10 | 10 |
Daren Gilbert | 77 | ROT | 6-6 | 295 | 25 | Fullerton State | 11 | 6 |
Mel Gray | 37 | RB | 5-9 | 166 | 27 | Coffeyville CC; Purdue | 14 | 0 |
Ted Gregory | 74 | NT | 6-2 | 270 | 23 | Syracuse | 3 | 0 |
Brian Hansen | 10 | P | 6-4 | 219 | 28 | Sioux Falls | 16 | 0 |
James Haynes | 92 | LB | 6-2 | 233 | 28 | Coahoma CC; Mississippi Valley State | 4 | 0 |
Bobby Hebert | 3 | QB | 6-4 | 215 | 28 | Northwestern State (Louisiana) | 16 | 16 |
Craig Heyward | 45 | FB | 5-11 | 264 | 22 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 8 |
Joel Hilgenberg | 61 | ROG-LOG | 6-2 | 252 | 26 | Iowa | 16 | 10 |
Lonzell Hill | 87 | WR | 5-11 | 194 | 23 | Washington | 16 | 15 |
Dalton Hilliard | 21 | HB | 5-8 | 204 | 24 | Louisiana State | 16 | 8 |
Rickey Jackson | 57 | LOLB | 6-2 | 243 | 30 | Pittsburgh | 16 | 16 |
Van Jakes | 22 | RCB | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | Kent State | 16 | 15 |
Vaughan Johnson | 53 | RILB | 6-3 | 242 | 26 | North Carolina State | 16 | 16 |
Buford Jordan | 23 | FB | 6-0 | 223 | 26 | McNeese State | 14 | 4 |
Joe Kohlbrand | 55 | ROLB | 6-4 | 243 | 25 | Miami (Florida) | 16 | 2 |
Steve Korte | 60 | C | 6-2 | 270 | 28 | Arkansas | 16 | 16 |
Milton Mack | 24 | LCB | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | Alcorn State | 14 | 1 |
Eric Martin | 84 | WR | 6-1 | 206 | 27 | Louisiana State | 16 | 16 |
Brett Maxie | 39 | FS | 6-2 | 200 | 26 | Texas Southern | 16 | 16 |
Rueben Mayes | 36 | HB-FB | 5-11 | 201 | 25 | Washington State | 16 | 9 |
Sam Mills | 51 | LILB | 5-9 | 227 | 29 | Montclair State | 16 | 16 |
Mark Pattison | 88 | WR | 6-2 | 190 | 27 | Washington | 6 | 0 |
Brett Perriman | 80 | WR | 5-9 | 180 | 23 | Miami (Florida) | 16 | 0 |
Greg Scales | 83 | TE | 6-4 | 253 | 22 | Wake Forest | 12 | 0 |
Reggie Sutton | 29 | LCB-RCB | 5-10 | 180 | 23 | Miami (Florida) | 15 | 7 |
Pat Swilling | 56 | ROLB | 6-3 | 244 | 24 | Georgia Tech | 15 | 14 |
John Tice | 82 | TE | 6-5 | 249 | 28 | Maryland | 15 | 12 |
Alvin Toles | 54 | LB | 6-1 | 227 | 25 | Tennessee | 11 | 0 |
Steve Trapilo | 65 | ROG-LOG | 6-5 | 286 | 24 | Boston College | 9 | 9 |
Jeff Walker | 68 | OT | 6-4 | 289 | 25 | Memphis | 1 | 0 |
Frank Warren | 73 | LDE | 6-4 | 290 | 29 | Auburn | 16 | 12 |
Dave Waymer | 44 | LCB | 6-1 | 188 | 30 | Notre Dame | 16 | 9 |
Jim Wilks | 94 | RDE-NT | 6-5 | 272 | 30 | Pasadena CC; San Diego State | 16 | 16 |
Dave Wilson | 18 | QB | 6-3 | 206 | 29 | Fullerton JC; Illinois | 1 | 0 |
Barry Word | 34 | RB | 6-2 | 240 | 24 | Virginia | 2 | 0 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 24 | Craig Heyward | RB | Pittsburgh |
2 | 52 | Brett Perriman | WR | Miami (Florida) |
3 | 81 | Tony Stephens | NT | Clemson |
4 | 106 | Lydell Carr | RB | Oklahoma |
5 | 112 | Greg Scales | TE | Wake Forest |
5 | 134 | Keith Taylor | DB | Illinois |
6 | 162 | Bob Sims | G | Florida |
7 | 190 | Brian Forde | LB | Washington State |
8 | 218 | Glenn Derby | T | Wisconsin |
9 | 246 | Clarence Nunn | DB | San Diego State |
10 | 274 | Todd Santos | QB | San Diego State |
10 | 276 | Vincent Fizer | LB | Southern University |
11 | 302 | Gary Couch | WR | Minnesota |
12 | 330 | Paul Jurgensen | DE | Georgia Tech |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 64 | 93 | 101 | 54 | 312 |
Opponents Totals | 51 | 111 | 70 | 51 | 283 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 32:38 | 306 | 108 | 179 | 19 | 104/227 45.8% | 4/6 66.7% | 101 | 821 |
Opponents Totals | 27:22 | 286 | 97 | 167 | 22 | 73/203 36.0% | 7/14 50.0% | 77 | 628 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Morten Andersen | 0 | 32 | 33 | 97.0 | 26 | 36 | 72.2 | 0 | 110 |
Lonzell Hill | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
Eric Martin | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
Dalton Hilliard | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
Rueben Mayes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Robert Clark | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Brett Perriman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Mel Gray | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Craig Heyward | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Buford Jordan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Greg Scales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
John Tice | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Dave Waymer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Rickey Jackson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
(Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
Team Totals | 33 | 32 | 33 | 97.0 | 26 | 36 | 72.2 | 2 | 312 |
Opponents Totals | 29 | 28 | 29 | 96.6 | 27 | 34 | 79.4 | 0 | 283 |
FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Morten Andersen | 26 | 36 | 72.2 | 1 | 51 | 1/1 | 11/12 | 8/11 | 5/8 | 1/4 |
Team Totals | 26 | 36 | 72.2 | 1 | 51 | 1/1 | 11/12 | 8/11 | 5/8 | 1/4 |
Opponents Totals | 27 | 34 | 79.4 | 2/2 | 6/7 | 10/13 | 9/10 | 0/2 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dalton Hilliard | 204 | 823 | 4.0 | 36 | 5 |
Rueben Mayes | 170 | 628 | 3.7 | 21 | 3 |
Craig Heyward | 74 | 355 | 4.8 | 73t | 1 |
Buford Jordan | 19 | 115 | 6.1 | 44 | 0 |
Bobby Hebert | 37 | 79 | 2.1 | 16 | 0 |
Brett Perriman | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 17 | 0 |
Eric Martin | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
Brian Hansen | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Lonzell Hill | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
Team Totals | 512 | 2046 | 4.0 | 73t | 9 |
Opponents Totals | 442 | 1779 | 4.0 | 62 | 7 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bobby Hebert | 478 | 280 | 58.6 | 183 | 3156 | 6.6 | 11.3 | 40t | 20 | 4.2 | 15 | 3.1 | 24 | 171 | 2985 | 79.3 |
Dave Wilson | 16 | 5 | 31.3 | 10 | 73 | 4.6 | 14.6 | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 21.1 |
Dalton Hilliard | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 27 | 13.5 | 27.0 | 27t | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 135.4 |
John Fourcade | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
Lonzell Hill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
Team Totals | 498 | 286 | 57.4 | 196 | 3256 | 6.5 | 11.4 | 40t | 21 | 4.2 | 16 | 3.2 | 24 | 171 | 3085 | 77.9 |
Opponents Totals | 505 | 277 | 54.9 | 211 | 3579 | 7.1 | 12.9 | 85t | 19 | 3.8 | 17 | 3.4 | 31 | 252 | 3327 | 75.8 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eric Martin | 85 | 1083 | 12.7 | 40t | 7 |
Lonzell Hill | 66 | 703 | 10.7 | 35 | 7 |
Dalton Hilliard | 34 | 335 | 9.9 | 26 | 1 |
John Tice | 26 | 297 | 11.4 | 40 | 1 |
Robert Clark | 19 | 245 | 12.9 | 21t | 2 |
Brett Perriman | 16 | 215 | 13.4 | 33 | 2 |
Craig Heyward | 13 | 105 | 8.1 | 18 | 0 |
Rueben Mayes | 11 | 103 | 9.4 | 25 | 0 |
Buford Jordan | 5 | 70 | 14.0 | 25 | 0 |
Hoby Brenner | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 24 | 0 |
Greg Scales | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 14 | 1 |
Bobby Hebert | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
Mark Pattison | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Cliff Benson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Team Totals | 286 | 3256 | 11.4 | 40t | 21 |
Opponents Totals | 277 | 3579 | 12.9 | 85t | 19 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gene Atkins | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 40 | 0 |
Dave Waymer | 3 | 91 | 30.3 | 44 | 0 |
Van Jakes | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 39 | 0 |
Reggie Sutton | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 34 | 0 |
Vaughan Johnson | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
Milton Mack | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
Rickey Jackson | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Toi Cook | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 17 | 295 | 17.4 | 44 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 16 | 226 | 14.1 | 78t | 2 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brian Hansen | 72 | 2913 | 40.5 | 64 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 248 | 2505 | 34.3 |
Team Totals | 73 | 2913 | 39.9 | 64 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 248 | 2505 | 34.3 |
Opponents Totals | 70 | 2815 | 40.2 | 56 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 413 | 2282 | 32.6 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mel Gray | 25 | 8 | 305 | 12.2 | 66t | 1 |
Lonzell Hill | 10 | 4 | 108 | 10.8 | 31 | 0 |
Team Totals | 35 | 12 | 413 | 11.8 | 66t | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 39 | 16 | 248 | 6.4 | 17 | 0 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gene Atkins | 20 | 0 | 424 | 21.2 | 57 | 0 |
Mel Gray | 32 | 0 | 670 | 20.9 | 39 | 0 |
Rueben Mayes | 7 | 0 | 132 | 18.9 | 33 | 0 |
Dalton Hilliard | 6 | 0 | 111 | 18.5 | 30 | 0 |
Eric Martin | 3 | 0 | 32 | 10.7 | 18 | 0 |
Dave Waymer | 2 | 0 | 39 | 19.5 | 29 | 0 |
Team Totals | 70 | 0 | 1408 | 20.1 | 57 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 43 | 823 | 19.1 | 40 | 0 |
SACKS | NO | YDS |
---|---|---|
Rickey Jackson | 7.0 | |
Pat Swilling | 7.0 | |
Jumpy Geathers | 3.5 | |
Jim Wilks | 3.5 | |
Antonio Gibson | 2.0 | |
Vaughan Johnson | 2.0 | |
Joe Kohlbrand | 2.0 | |
Tony Elliott | 1.0 | |
Ted Gregory | 1.0 | |
Milton Mack | 1.0 | |
Frank Warren | 1.0 | |
Team Totals | 31.0 | 252.0 |
Opponents Totals | 24.0 | 171.0 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Adams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Gene Atkins | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Robert Clark | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Dombrowski | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jumpy Geathers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Antonio Gibson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
Mel Gray | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
James Haynes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bobby Hebert | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Craig Heyward | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lonzell Hill | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dalton Hilliard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Buford Jordan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | |
Eric Martin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rueben Mayes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Sam Mills | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Brett Perriman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Reggie Sutton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Pat Swilling | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Frank Warren | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Dave Waymer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Wilks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 29 | 19 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 14 | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 27 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 0 |
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