1990 New Orleans Saints (NFL) |
| 2nd place National Football Conference Western Division 8-8-0 .500 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| 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 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/5/1990 | N | Los Angeles Raiders | 17-10 | W | London, England | Wembley Stadium | 63106 | |
| Sat | 8/11/1990 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 13-10 | W | Minneapolis, MN | Metrodome | 48154 | |
| Sat | 8/18/1990 | A | Green Bay Packers | 13-27 | L | Madison, WI | Camp Randall Stadium | 47848 | |
| Sat | 8/25/1990 | H | Buffalo Bills | 28-23 | W | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 51959 | |
| Fri | 8/31/1990 | H | Indianapolis Colts | 17-14 | W | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 54796 | |
| Mon | 9/10/1990 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 12-13 | L | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 68629 | |
| Sun | 9/16/1990 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 3-32 | L | Minneapolis, MN | Metrodome | 56272 | |
| Sun | 9/23/1990 | H | Phoenix Cardinals | 28-7 | W | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 61110 | |
| Sun | 10/7/1990 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 27-28 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 57401 | |
| Sun | 10/14/1990 | H | Cleveland Browns | 25-20 | W | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 68608 | |
| Sun | 10/21/1990 | A | Houston Oilers | 10-23 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 57908 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1990 | H | Detroit Lions | 10-27 | L | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 64368 | |
| Sun | 11/4/1990 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 21-7 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 60067 | |
| Sun | 11/11/1990 | H | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 35-7 | W | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 67865 | |
| Sun | 11/18/1990 | A | Washington Redskins | 17-31 | L | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 52573 | |
| Sun | 11/25/1990 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 10-7 | W | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 68629 | |
| Sun | 12/2/1990 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 13-17 | L | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 60087 | |
| Sun | 12/9/1990 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 24-20 | W | Anaheim, CA | Anaheim Stadium | 58864 | |
| Sun | 12/16/1990 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 6-9 | L | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 68582 | |
| Sun | 12/23/1990 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 13-10 | W | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 60112 | |
| Mon | 12/31/1990 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 20-17 | W | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 68647 | |
| NFC Wild Card Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 1/6/1991 | A | Chicago Bears | 6-16 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 60767 | |
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 86 | Gerald Alphin | WR | 6-3 | 220 | 26 | Kansas State | 11 | 0 |
| 7 | Morten Andersen | K | 6-2 | 221 | 30 | Michigan State | 16 | 0 |
| 28 | Gene Atkins | FS | 6-1 | 200 | 26 | Florida A&M | 16 | 16 |
| 6 | Tommy Barnhardt | P | 6-2 | 228 | 27 | East Carolina; North Carolina | 16 | 0 |
| 85 | Hoby Brenner | TE | 6-5 | 245 | 31 | Southern California | 16 | 16 |
| 67 | Stan Brock | ROT | 6-6 | 286 | 32 | Colorado | 16 | 16 |
| 26 | Vince Buck | QB | 6-0 | 198 | 22 | Central State (Ohio) | 16 | 1 |
| 41 | Toi Cook | RCB | 5-11 | 188 | 26 | Stanford | 16 | 16 |
| 71 | Richard Cooper | OT | 6-5 | 290 | 26 | Tennessee | 2 | 1 |
| 95 | Travis Davis | NT | 6-2 | 279 | 24 | Michigan State | 2 | 0 |
| 79 | Glenn Derby | OT | 6-6 | 290 | 26 | Wisconsin | 4 | 0 |
| 72 | Jim Dombrowski | LOG | 6-5 | 297 | 27 | Virginia | 16 | 16 |
| 22 | Gill Fenerty | RB | 6-0 | 205 | 27 | Holy Cross | 15 | 0 |
| 52 | Brian Forde | LB | 6-2 | 255 | 27 | Washington State | 16 | 0 |
| 11 | John Fourcade | QB | 6-1 | 211 | 30 | Mississippi | 7 | 5 |
| 91 | Robert Goff | NT | 6-3 | 270 | 25 | Butler CC; Auburn | 15 | 10 |
| 74 | Kevin Haverdink | LOT | 6-5 | 285 | 25 | Western Michigan | 15 | 15 |
| 34 | Craig Heyward | FB | 5-11 | 264 | 24 | Pittsburgh | 16 | 15 |
| 61 | Joel Hilgenberg | C | 6-2 | 252 | 28 | Iowa | 16 | 15 |
| 87 | Lonzell Hill | WR | 5-11 | 194 | 25 | Washington | 13 | 0 |
| 21 | Dalton Hilliard | HB | 5-8 | 204 | 26 | Louisiana State | 6 | 6 |
| 57 | Rickey Jackson | LOLB | 6-2 | 243 | 32 | Pittsburgh | 16 | 16 |
| 53 | Vaughan Johnson | RILB | 6-3 | 242 | 28 | North Carolina State | 16 | 16 |
| 23 | Buford Jordan | RB | 6-0 | 223 | 28 | McNeese State | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | Tommy Kramer | QB | 6-2 | 205 | 35 | Rice | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Milton Mack | CB | 5-11 | 185 | 27 | Alcorn State | 16 | 2 |
| 84 | Eric Martin | WR | 6-1 | 206 | 29 | Louisiana State | 16 | 16 |
| 93 | Wayne Martin | LDE | 6-5 | 273 | 25 | Arkansas | 11 | 11 |
| 40 | Robert Massey | LCB | 5-10 | 192 | 23 | North Carolina Central | 16 | 16 |
| 39 | Brett Maxie | SS | 6-2 | 200 | 28 | Texas Southern | 16 | 16 |
| 36 | Rueben Mayes | HB-FB | 5-11 | 201 | 27 | Washington State | 15 | 8 |
| 51 | Sam Mills | LILB | 5-9 | 227 | 31 | Montclair State | 16 | 14 |
| 35 | Bobby Morse | RB | 5-10 | 213 | 25 | Michigan State | 10 | 0 |
| 80 | Brett Perriman | WR | 5-9 | 180 | 25 | Miami (Florida) | 16 | 15 |
| 83 | Greg Scales | TE | 6-4 | 253 | 24 | Wake Forest | 16 | 0 |
| 96 | Michael Simmons | RDE | 6-4 | 269 | 25 | Mississippi State | 16 | 3 |
| 99 | Joel Smeenge | DE | 6-5 | 270 | 22 | Western Michigan | 15 | 0 |
| 33 | Ernest Spears | S | 5-11 | 192 | 23 | Southern California | 16 | 0 |
| 56 | Pat Swilling | ROLB | 6-3 | 244 | 26 | Georgia Tech | 16 | 16 |
| 37 | Bennie Thompson | S | 6-0 | 214 | 27 | Grambling State | 16 | 2 |
| 82 | John Tice | TE | 6-5 | 249 | 30 | Maryland | 16 | 4 |
| 65 | Steve Trapilo | ROG | 6-5 | 286 | 26 | Boston College | 16 | 16 |
| 97 | Renaldo Turnbull | DE | 6-4 | 252 | 24 | West Virginia | 16 | 6 |
| 88 | Floyd Turner | WR | 5-11 | 192 | 24 | Northwestern State (Louisiana) | 16 | 0 |
| 4 | Steve Walsh | QB | 6-3 | 210 | 24 | Miami (Florida) | 12 | 11 |
| 94 | Jim Wilks | NT | 6-5 | 272 | 32 | Pasadena CC; San Diego State | 15 | 15 |
| 90 | James Williams | LB | 6-0 | 246 | 22 | Mississippi State | 14 | 0 |
| 92 | DeMond Winston | LB | 6-2 | 239 | 22 | Vanderbilt | 16 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 14 | Renaldo Turnbull | DE | West Virginia |
| 2 | 44 | Vince Buck | DB | Central State (Ohio) |
| 3 | 71 | Joel Smeenge | DE | Western Michigan |
| 4 | 98 | DeMond Winston | LB | Vanderbilt |
| 5 | 125 | Charles Arbuckle | TE | UCLA |
| 6 | 156 | Mike Buck | QB | Maine |
| 6 | 158 | James Williams | LB | Mississippi State |
| 7 | 183 | Scott Hough | G | Maine |
| 8 | 207 | Gerry Gdowski | QB | Nebraska |
| 8 | 210 | Derrick Carr | DE | Bowling Green State |
| 9 | 233 | Broderick Graves | RB | Winston-Salem State |
| 9 | 236 | Lonnie Brockman | LB | West Virginia |
| 10 | 260 | Gary Cooper | WR | Clemson |
| 10 | 267 | Ernest Spears | DB | Southern California |
| 11 | 287 | Webbie Burnett | NT | Western Kentucky |
| 12 | 320 | Chris Port | G | Duke |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 54 | 82 | 48 | 90 | |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 82 | 76 | 87 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 29:59 | 253 | 107 | 133 | 13 | 84/209 40.2% | 5/9 55.6% | 108 | 829 |
| Opponents Totals | 30:01 | 279 | 91 | 167 | 21 | 85/217 39.2% | 9/17 52.9% | 87 | 655 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morten Andersen | 0 | 29 | 29 | 100.0 | 21 | 27 | 77.8 | 0 | 92 |
| Rueben Mayes | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Eric Martin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Craig Heyward | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Floyd Turner | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Hoby Brenner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Gill Fenerty | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Brett Perriman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| John Fourcade | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dalton Hilliard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Brett Maxie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Greg Scales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Team Totals | 30 | 29 | 30 | 96.7 | 21 | 27 | 77.8 | 1 | 274 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 30 | 30 | 100.0 | 21 | 35 | 60.0 | 1 | 275 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morten Andersen | 21 | 27 | 77.8 | 1 | 52 | 0/0 | 5/5 | 5/6 | 8/12 | 3/4 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 27 | 77.8 | 1 | 52 | 0/0 | 5/5 | 5/6 | 8/12 | 3/4 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 35 | 60.0 | 1/1 | 3/3 | 10/13 | 6/10 | 1/8 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Heyward | 129 | 599 | 4.6 | 47t | 4 |
| Rueben Mayes | 138 | 510 | 3.7 | 18 | 7 |
| Gill Fenerty | 73 | 355 | 4.9 | 60t | 2 |
| Dalton Hilliard | 90 | 284 | 3.2 | 17 | 0 |
| John Fourcade | 15 | 77 | 5.1 | 12 | 1 |
| Steve Walsh | 19 | 25 | 1.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 464 | 1850 | 4.0 | 60t | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 410 | 1559 | 3.8 | 35 | 8 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Walsh | 327 | 175 | 53.5 | 139 | 1970 | 6.0 | 11.3 | 58 | 12 | 3.7 | 13 | 4.0 | 10 | 76 | 1894 | 67.5 |
| John Fourcade | 116 | 50 | 43.1 | 58 | 785 | 6.8 | 15.7 | 68t | 3 | 2.6 | 8 | 6.9 | 8 | 44 | 741 | 46.1 |
| Tommy Kramer | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 2 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 11 | -9 | 2.8 |
| Craig Heyward | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Totals | 447 | 226 | 50.6 | 198 | 2757 | 6.2 | 12.2 | 68t | 15 | 3.4 | 23 | 5.1 | 20 | 131 | 2626 | 59.7 |
| Opponents Totals | 534 | 316 | 59.2 | 210 | 3584 | 6.7 | 11.3 | 51t | 21 | 3.9 | 8 | 1.5 | 42 | 265 | 3319 | 86.2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Martin | 63 | 912 | 14.5 | 58 | 5 |
| Brett Perriman | 36 | 382 | 10.6 | 29 | 2 |
| Floyd Turner | 21 | 396 | 18.9 | 68t | 4 |
| Gill Fenerty | 18 | 209 | 11.6 | 28 | 0 |
| Craig Heyward | 18 | 121 | 6.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Hoby Brenner | 17 | 213 | 12.5 | 31t | 2 |
| Dalton Hilliard | 14 | 125 | 8.9 | 20 | 1 |
| Rueben Mayes | 12 | 121 | 10.1 | 66 | 0 |
| John Tice | 11 | 113 | 10.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Greg Scales | 8 | 64 | 8.0 | 20 | 1 |
| Gerald Alphin | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Lonzell Hill | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Joel Hilgenberg | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 226 | 2757 | 12.2 | 68t | 15 |
| Opponents Totals | 316 | 3584 | 11.3 | 51t | 21 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Maxie | 2 | 88 | 44.0 | 50t | 1 |
| Toi Cook | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 50 | 0 |
| Gene Atkins | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Bennie Thompson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 8 | 158 | 19.8 | 50t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 283 | 12.3 | 73 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Barnhardt | 70 | 2990 | 42.7 | 65 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 302 | 2568 | 36.2 |
| Team Totals | 71 | 2990 | 42.1 | 65 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 302 | 2568 | 36.2 |
| Opponents Totals | 74 | 3024 | 40.9 | 57 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 400 | 2584 | 34.9 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vince Buck | 37 | 8 | 305 | 8.2 | 33 | 0 |
| Bobby Morse | 8 | 1 | 95 | 11.9 | 18 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 45 | 9 | 400 | 8.9 | 33 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 43 | 12 | 302 | 7.0 | 24 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gill Fenerty | 28 | 0 | 572 | 20.4 | 58 | 0 |
| Gene Atkins | 19 | 0 | 471 | 24.8 | 50 | 0 |
| Bobby Morse | 4 | 0 | 56 | 14.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Vince Buck | 3 | 0 | 38 | 12.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Rueben Mayes | 2 | 0 | 39 | 19.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Milton Mack | 1 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Craig Heyward | 1 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 58 | 0 | 1205 | 20.8 | 58 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 583 | 16.2 | 56 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Pat Swilling | 11.0 | |
| Rickey Jackson | 6.0 | |
| Jim Wilks | 5.5 | |
| Wayne Martin | 4.0 | |
| Gene Atkins | 3.0 | |
| Toi Cook | 1.0 | |
| Vaughan Johnson | 1.0 | |
| Michael Simmons | 1.0 | |
| Sam Mills | 0.5 | |
| Renaldo Turnbull | 9.0 | |
| Team Totals | 42.0 | 265.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 20.0 | 131.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Atkins | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stan Brock | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vince Buck | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gill Fenerty | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Forde | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Fourcade | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robert Goff | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| Craig Heyward | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joel Hilgenberg | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dalton Hilliard | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rickey Jackson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Vaughan Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Martin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Robert Massey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rueben Mayes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Mills | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Morse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brett Perriman | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michael Simmons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Tice | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Trapilo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Renaldo Turnbull | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Walsh | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 29 | 18 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 15 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 19 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 1 |
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