1968 New Orleans Saints (NFL)

3rd place Eastern Conference Century Division 4-9-1 .308

Head Coach: Tom Fears

George Dickson	Chief Offensive
Brad Ecklund	Interior Offensive Line
Jack Faulkner	Chief Defensive
Eddie Khayat	Defensive Line
J.D. Roberts	Linebackers
Bob Shaw	Receivers
Walt Yowarsky	Offensive Line

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Thu	8/1/1968	A	Los Angeles Rams	17-21	L	Anaheim, CA	Anaheim Stadium	29505
Sat	8/10/1968	H	Boston Patriots	19-0	W	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	54400
Sun	8/18/1968	A	Houston Oilers	23-24	L	Houston, TX	Astrodome	42734
Sat	8/24/1968	H	Cleveland Browns	40-27	W	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	70045
Sat	8/31/1968	A	Atlanta Falcons	10-16	L	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	29837
Fri	9/6/1968	H	Minnesota Vikings	17-20	L	Shreveport, LA	Independence Stadium	23000
Sun	9/15/1968	H	Cleveland Browns	10-24	L	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	74215
Sun	9/22/1968	H	Washington Redskins	37-17	W	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	65941
Sun	9/29/1968	H	St. Louis Cardinals	20-21	L	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	79021
Sun	10/6/1968	A	New York Giants	21-38	L	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	62967
Sun	10/13/1968	H	Minnesota Vikings	20-17	W	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	71105
Sun	10/20/1968	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	16-12	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Pitt Stadium	32303
Sun	10/27/1968	A	St. Louis Cardinals	17-31	L	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	45476
Sun	11/3/1968	H	Dallas Cowboys	3-17	L	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	84728
Sun	11/10/1968	A	Cleveland Browns	17-35	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	71025
Sun	11/17/1968	A	Green Bay Packers	7-29	L	Milwaukee, WI	County Stadium	49644
Sun	11/24/1968	A	Detroit Lions	20-20	T	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	46152
Sun	12/1/1968	H	Chicago Bears	17-23	L	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	78285
Sun	12/8/1968	A	Philadelphia Eagles	17-29	L	Philadelphia, PA	Franklin Field	57128
Sun	12/15/1968	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	24-14	W	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	66131

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
46	Danny Abramowicz	FL	6-1	197	23	Xavier (Ohio)	14	14
81	Doug Atkins	LDE	6-8	257	38	Tennessee	11	11
38	Tony Baker	RB	5-11	224	23	Iowa State	1	0
32	Tom Barrington	HB	6-1	217	24	Ohio State	14	1
77	Jim Boeke	LOT	6-5	250	30	Heidelberg	13	0
82	Johnny Brewer	RLB-DE	6-4	233	31	Mississippi	14	13
22	Charlie Brown	RB	5-10	187	23	Missouri	3	0
16	Bo Burris	LS-RS	6-3	195	24	Houston	14	13
65	Tom Carr	RDE	6-3	267	26	Morgan State	4	3
66	Bill Cody	MLB	6-1	225	24	Auburn	14	1
79	Lou Cordileone	LDT	6-0	247	31	Clemson	13	5
35	Ted Davis	LLB	6-1	230	26	Georgia Tech	14	14
21	John Douglas	LCB	6-1	195	23	Texas Southern	14	14
10	Charlie Durkee	K	5-11	165	24	Oklahoma State	14	0
56	Jim Ferguson	C	6-4	245	26	Cerritos JC; Southern California	4	0
28	Ross Fichtner	S	6-0	186	30	Purdue	4	0
51	Jim Fraser	K	6-3	236	32	Wisconsin	2	0
42	John Gilliam	SE	6-1	190	23	South Carolina State	14	4
62	Ross Gwinn	LOG	6-3	272	24	Northwestern State (Louisiana)	2	0
84	Jim Hester	TE	6-4	238	24	North Dakota	14	2
29	Gene Howard	RCB	6-0	190	22	Langston	14	10
78	Jerry Jones	ROT	6-3	267	24	Bowling Green State	14	14
30	Les Kelley	RLB	6-3	233	24	Alabama	14	1
17	Billy Kilmer	QB	6-0	201	29	Citrus JC; UCLA	12	11
45	Elbert Kimbrough	LS-RS-RCB	5-11	193	30	Northwestern	10	6
50	Jake Kupp	LOG	6-3	236	27	Washington	14	14
72	Earl Leggett	LDT-RDT	6-3	264	35	Hinds CC; Louisiana State	14	4
34	Tony Lorick	FB	6-1	216	27	East Los Angeles JC; Arizona State	13	8
36	Don McCall	HB	5-11	195	24	Los Angeles CC; Southern California	13	13
12	Tom McNeill	P	6-1	195	26	Wharton County JC; Stephen F. Austin State	10	0
24	Elijah Nevett	LCB-RCB	6-0	185	24	Clark Atlanta	10	0
83	Dave Parks	SE	6-2	202	27	Texas Tech	10	10
85	Ray Poage	FL	6-3	203	28	Texas	10	0
76	Dave Rowe	RDT	6-6	274	23	Penn State	14	14
63	Roy Schmidt	OG	6-3	250	26	Ventura JC; Long Beach State	9	0
33	Randy Schultz	FB	5-11	210	25	Northern Iowa	9	6
60	Brian Schweda	LDE	6-3	240	25	Kansas	10	6
11	Ronnie South	QB-K	6-1	195	23	Arkansas	4	0
87	Monty Stickles	TE	6-4	232	30	Notre Dame	13	12
37	Steve Stonebreaker	LLB	6-3	223	31	Detroit Mercy	14	0
73	Jerry Sturm	LOT	6-3	257	32	Illinois	14	14
14	Karl Sweetan	QB	6-1	203	26	Texas A&M; Navarro JC; Wake Forest	5	3
88	Dave Szymakowski	FL	6-2	198	22	West Texas A&M	3	0
74	Mike Tilleman	LDE-LDT	6-5	275	24	Montana	14	14
54	Joe Wendryhoski	C	6-2	245	30	Illinois	14	14
39	Ernie Wheelwright	RB	6-3	235	29	Southern Illinois	12	0
23	Dave Whitsell	RS-RCB	6-0	189	32	Indiana	14	14
59	Fred Whittingham	MLB	6-2	240	29	Brigham Young; Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)	13	13
61	Del Williams	ROG	6-2	250	23	Florida State	14	14
20	George Youngblood	LS	6-3	205	23	Los Angeles State	4	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	7	Kevin Hardy	DE	Notre Dame
3	59	Dave Szymakowski	E	West Texas A&M
4	85	Willie Crittendon	DT	Tulsa
4	103	Dan Sartin	T	Mississippi
5	115	Ronnie South	QB	Arkansas
7	169	Ray Phillips	G	Michigan
7	175	Gene Howard	FL	Langston
8	195	Dick Swatland	G-T	Notre Dame
9	223	Joe Blake	T	Tulsa
10	254	Doug Robinson	DB	Iowa State
11	276	Bennie Blocker	RB	South Carolina State
12	303	John Beck	DB	San Diego State
13	331	Kayo Trepanier	DE	Montana State
14	359	Herb Covington	RB	Memphis
15	384	Wilmer Cooks	RB	Colorado
16	411	Elie Ghattas	G	Ball State
17	439	Jim Ferguson	LB	Southern California

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	71	79	51	45
Opponents Totals	44	95	67	121

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		224	80	122	22	/ %	/ %	82	843
Opponents Totals		228	97	109	22	/ %	/ %	74	757

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Charlie Durkee	0	27	27	100.0	19	37	51.4	0	84
Danny Abramowicz	7	0	0		0	0		0	42
Don McCall	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Tony Lorick	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Jim Hester	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Billy Kilmer	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Monty Stickles	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Tom Barrington	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Charlie Brown	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bo Burris	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Ernie Wheelwright	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Dave Whitsell	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Team Totals	27	27	27	100.0	19	37	51.4	0	246
Opponents Totals	42	37	42	88.1	12	27	44.4	1	327

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Charlie Durkee	19	37	51.4	3/3	3/4	9/14	4/11	0/5
Team Totals	19	37	51.4	3/3	3/4	9/14	4/11	0/5
Opponents Totals	12	27	44.4	1/2	5/6	1/6	4/11	1/2

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Don McCall	155	637	4.1	48	4
Tony Lorick	104	344	3.3	36	0
Randy Schultz	43	152	3.5	15	0
Tom Barrington	45	111	2.5	22	0
Ernie Wheelwright	21	99	4.7	15	1
Billy Kilmer	21	97	4.6	22	2
John Gilliam	2	36	18.0	29	0
Danny Abramowicz	2	27	13.5	18	0
Ray Poage	1	22	22.0	22	0
Ronnie South	4	5	1.3	2	0
Tony Baker	4	2	0.5	3	0
Tom McNeill	2	1	0.5	15	0
Dave Whitsell	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0
Karl Sweetan	4	-5	-1.3	2	0
Team Totals	409	1527	3.7	48	7
Opponents Totals	439	2105	4.8		13

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Billy Kilmer	315	167	53.0	131	2060	6.5	12.3	51	15	4.8	17	5.4	26	170	1890	66.9
Karl Sweetan	78	27	34.6	42	318	4.1	11.8	42	1	1.3	9	11.5	5	29	289	12.6
Ronnie South	38	14	36.8	21	129	3.4	9.2	19	1	2.6	3	7.9	2	14	115	22.8
Tom Barrington	6	2	33.3	4	42	7.0	21.0	23	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	42	59.0
Don McCall	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Dave Parks	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	439	210	47.8	200	2549	5.8	12.1	51	17	3.9	29	6.6	33	213	2336	51.5
Opponents Totals	366	153	41.8	197	2483	6.8	16.2		25	6.8	16	4.4	34	297	2186	69.7

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Danny Abramowicz	54	890	16.5	47t	7
Tony Lorick	26	272	10.5	29	3
Don McCall	26	270	10.4	25t	2
Dave Parks	25	258	10.3	41	0
John Gilliam	24	284	11.8	39	0
Jim Hester	17	300	17.6	51	2
Monty Stickles	15	206	13.7	35	2
Randy Schultz	12	34	2.8	14	0
Tom Barrington	9	33	3.7	10	1
Ray Poage	1	11	11.0	11	0
Ernie Wheelwright	1	-9	-9.0	-9	0
Team Totals	210	2549	12.1	51	17
Opponents Totals	153	2483	16.2		25

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dave Whitsell	6	50	8.3	32	0
Bo Burris	3	129	43.0	94t	1
Gene Howard	3	51	17.0	35	0
Fred Whittingham	1	16	16.0	16	0
Elbert Kimbrough	1	15	15.0	15	0
Lou Cordileone	1	7	7.0	7	0
Les Kelley	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	16	268	16.8	94t	1
Opponents Totals	29	294	10.1		2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Tom McNeill	49	2009	41.0	58	1	4
Ronnie South	14	387	27.6	44	0	0
Jim Fraser	11	391	35.5	56	0	0
Tony Lorick	1	36	36.0	36	0	0	0	36	36.0
Team Totals	75	2823	37.6	58	1	4	320	2423	32.7
Opponents Totals	69	2813	40.8	84	1	4	153	2580	37.3

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
John Gilliam	15	7	60	4.0	21	0
Charlie Brown	8	1	60	7.5	53t	1
Gene Howard	8	5	42	5.3	12	0
Elijah Nevett	3	0	-9	-3.0	0	0
John Douglas	0	1	0			0
Team Totals	34	14	153	4.5	53t	1
Opponents Totals	30		320	10.7		1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Gene Howard	23	533	23.2	36
John Gilliam	15	328	21.9	48
Charlie Brown	8	137	17.1	28
Elijah Nevett	2	94	47.0	31
Steve Stonebreaker	1	22	22.0	22
Les Kelley	1	20	20.0	20
John Douglas	1	10	10.0	10
Jerry Jones	1	5	5.0	5
Dave Whitsell	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	53	1149	21.7	48
Opponents Totals	57	1134	19.9

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Jim Boeke	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Johnny Brewer	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bo Burris	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Bill Cody	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Lou Cordileone	1		0	0	0	0	0
Gene Howard	2		1	1	2	0	0
Les Kelley	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Billy Kilmer	5		1	0	1	0	0
Elbert Kimbrough	0	0	0	1	1	3	0
Jake Kupp	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Earl Leggett	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Tony Lorick	3		1	0	1	0	0
Don McCall	4		0	0	0	0	0
Elijah Nevett	1		0	0	0	0	0
Ray Poage	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dave Rowe	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Randy Schultz	1		0	0	0	0	0
Brian Schweda	0	0	0	3	3	18	0
Steve Stonebreaker	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Jerry Sturm	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Karl Sweetan	1		0	0	0	0	0
Mike Tilleman	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Joe Wendryhoski	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Ernie Wheelwright	1		1	0	1	0	0
Dave Whitsell	0	0	0	2	2	6	0
Del Williams	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Team Totals	19	11	8	26	34	27	0
Opponents Totals	33	16	7	11	18		1