1971 New Orleans Saints (NFL)

4th place National Football Conference Western Division 4-8-2 .333

Jim Champion	Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line
Marv Matuszak	Linebackers
Jim Royer	Offensive Line
Ken Shipp	Offensive Coordinator
Charlie Tate	Offensive Backs
Bud Whitehead	Defensive Backs

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Fri	8/6/1971	A	Buffalo Bills	10-14	L	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	33758
Sat	8/14/1971	A	Dallas Cowboys	21-36	L	Dallas, TX	Cotton Bowl	73560
Sat	8/21/1971	H	Kansas City Chiefs	7-27	L	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	70459
Sat	8/28/1971	A	San Diego Chargers	7-22	L	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	35405
Sat	9/4/1971	H	Philadelphia Eagles	0-34	L	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	60487
Sun	9/12/1971	H	Houston Oilers	17-24	L	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	60971
Sun	9/19/1971	H	Los Angeles Rams	24-20	W	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	70915
Sun	9/26/1971	H	San Francisco 49ers	20-38	L	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	81595
Sun	10/3/1971	A	Houston Oilers	13-13	T	Houston, TX	Astrodome	47966
Sun	10/10/1971	A	Chicago Bears	14-35	L	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	55049
Sun	10/17/1971	H	Dallas Cowboys	24-14	W	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	83088
Sun	10/24/1971	A	Atlanta Falcons	6-28	L	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	58850
Sun	10/31/1971	A	Washington Redskins	14-24	L	Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	53041
Sun	11/7/1971	H	Oakland Raiders	21-21	T	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	83102
Sun	11/14/1971	A	San Francisco 49ers	26-20	W	San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	45138
Sun	11/21/1971	H	Minnesota Vikings	10-23	L	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	83130
Sun	11/28/1971	A	Green Bay Packers	29-21	W	Milwaukee, WI	County Stadium	48035
Sun	12/5/1971	A	Los Angeles Rams	28-45	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	73610
Sun	12/12/1971	H	Cleveland Browns	17-21	L	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	72794
Sun	12/19/1971	H	Atlanta Falcons	20-24	L	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	75954

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	WR	6-1	197	26	Xavier (Ohio)	14	14
53	Dick Absher	RLB	6-4	235	27	Maryland	14	1
38	Tony Baker	RB	5-11	224	26	Iowa State	4	3
34	Carlos Bell	TE	6-5	238	24	Houston	1	0
36	Don Burchfield	TE	6-2	227	22	Ball State	14	1
3	Skip Butler	K	6-1	200	24	Texas-Arlington	2	0
59	Wayne Colman	RLB	6-1	227	25	Temple	14	14
60	Carl Cunningham	LLB	6-3	235	27	Houston	13	11
51	John Didion	C	6-4	245	24	Oregon State	14	14
25	Al Dodd	WR	6-0	182	26	Northwestern State (Louisiana)	10	9
15	Charlie Durkee	K	5-11	165	27	Oklahoma State	12	0
84	Larry Estes	RDE-LDE	6-6	250	25	Alcorn State	8	5
10	Julian Fagan	P	6-3	205	23	Mississippi	14	0
55	Jim Flanigan	MLB	6-3	238	26	Pittsburgh	14	13
28	Jim Ford	RB	6-0	205	22	Texas Southern	9	7
77	Dan Goich	DT	6-4	262	27	West Hills CC; California	10	0
40	Hoyle Granger	RB	6-1	225	27	Mississippi State	14	3
35	Bob Gresham	RB	5-11	195	23	West Virginia	13	6
14	Edd Hargett	QB	5-11	187	24	Texas A&M	14	4
30	Billy Harris	RB	6-0	195	25	Colorado	1	1
26	Richard Harvey	CB	6-2	190	26	Jackson State	3	0
64	Ray Hester	LB	6-2	215	22	Tulane	14	0
78	Glen Ray Hines	ROT	6-5	258	28	Arkansas	14	14
70	Sam Holden	OT	6-3	258	24	Southern Illinois; Grambling State	9	0
18	Hugo Hollas	LS-RS	6-1	190	26	Rice	14	14
20	Delles Howell	RCB	6-4	197	23	Grambling State	14	13
52	John Huard	MLB	6-0	220	27	Maine	1	1
43	Dave Kopay	RB	6-2	220	29	Marquette; Washington	10	0
50	Jake Kupp	LOG	6-3	236	30	Washington	14	14
11	Bivian Lee	RCB	6-3	200	23	Prairie View A&M	14	1
89	Dave Long	RDT	6-4	245	27	Iowa	14	14
8	Archie Manning	QB	6-3	205	22	Mississippi	12	10
22	D'Artagnan Martin	LCB	6-1	190	22	Kentucky State	14	14
74	Doug Mooers	DT	6-6	265	24	Whittier	4	0
21	Reynaud Moore	RS-LS	6-2	190	22	Los Angeles CC; UCLA	14	6
76	Don Morrison	LOT	6-5	257	22	Texas-Arlington	14	14
87	Richard Neal	LDE	6-3	254	24	Southern University	14	13
41	Bob Newland	WR	6-2	190	23	Oregon	14	5
72	Joe Owens	RDE	6-2	244	25	Alcorn State	14	10
83	Dave Parks	TE	6-2	202	30	Texas Tech	14	13
82	Bob Pollard	LDT	6-3	248	23	Texas Southern; Weber State	14	14
65	Remi Prudhomme	OG	6-4	251	29	Louisiana State	14	0
47	Virgil Robinson	RB	5-11	195	24	Grambling State	11	1
54	Tom Roussel	LLB	6-3	235	26	Southern Mississippi	7	3
67	John Shinners	OG	6-2	255	24	Xavier (Ohio)	14	0
42	Jim Strong	RB	6-1	204	25	Houston	14	7
80	Mike Walker	DE	6-4	235	22	Tulane	5	0
61	Del Williams	ROG	6-2	250	26	Florida State	14	14
23	Doug Wyatt	RS	6-1	195	25	Tulsa	12	8

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	2	Archie Manning	QB	Mississippi
2	31	Sam Holden	G	Grambling State
3	54	Bivian Lee	DB	Prairie View A&M
4	82	Carlos Bell	RB	Houston
4	88	Wimpy Winther	C	Mississippi
4	91	D'Artagnan Martin	DB	Kentucky State
4	98	Don Morrison	T	Texas-Arlington
6	132	Don Moorhead	RB	Michigan
7	158	Larry DiNardo	G	Notre Dame
7	172	Bob Newland	WR	Oregon
8	194	Jim Elder	DB	Southern University
8	201	Bob Gresham	RB	West Virginia
9	210	Tom Williams	DB	Willamette
10	239	Rocky Pamplin	RB	Hawaii
11	262	Bob Pollard	DE	Weber State
12	288	Ron Gathright	DB	Morehead State
13	314	Don Burchfield	TE	Ball State
14	340	Bobby Scott	QB	Tennessee
15	366	Bart Graves	T-DE	Tulane
16	392	Craig Robinson	T	Houston
17	428	Hermann Eben	WR	Oklahoma State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	38	49	60	119
Opponents Totals	86	89	44	128

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		242	105	106	31	/ %	/ %	85	869
Opponents Totals		260	129	110	21	/ %	/ %	98	967

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Charlie Durkee	0	24	25	96.0	16	23	69.6	72
Bob Gresham	6	0	0		0	0		36
Danny Abramowicz	5	0	0		0	0		30
Dave Parks	5	0	0		0	0		30
Archie Manning	4	0	0		0	0		24
Jim Strong	3	0	0		0	0		18
Jim Ford	2	0	0		0	0		12
Virgil Robinson	2	0	0		0	0		12
Skip Butler	0	5	6	83.3	1	5	20.0	8
Tony Baker	1	0	0		0	0		6
Hoyle Granger	1	0	0		0	0		6
Edd Hargett	1	0	0		0	0		6
Doug Wyatt	1	0	0		0	0		6
Team Totals	31	29	31	93.5	17	28	60.7	266
Opponents Totals	44	44	44	100.0	13	26	50.0	347

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Skip Butler	1	5	20.0	0/1	0/0	1/2	0/2	0/0
Charlie Durkee	16	23	69.6	6/6	4/4	6/9	0/3	0/1
Team Totals	17	28	60.7	6/7	4/4	7/11	0/5	0/1
Opponents Totals	13	26	50.0	3/4	2/4	4/7	4/10	0/2

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jim Strong	95	404	4.3	39	3
Bob Gresham	127	383	3.0	18	6
Jim Ford	93	379	4.1	35	2
Archie Manning	33	172	5.2	17	4
Hoyle Granger	32	139	4.3	16	1
Tony Baker	29	125	4.3	20	0
Virgil Robinson	29	96	3.3	12	1
Edd Hargett	9	24	2.7	11	1
Al Dodd	1	7	7.0	7	0
Bill Harris	1	1	1.0	1	0
Dave Parks	2	-2	-1.0	10	0
Julian Fagan	1	-17	-17.0	-17	0
Team Totals	452	1711	3.8	39	18
Opponents Totals	495	2200	4.4	80	18

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Archie Manning	177	86	48.6	82	1164	6.6	13.5	63t	6	3.4	9	5.1	40	332	832	60.1
Edd Hargett	210	96	45.7	109	1191	5.7	12.4	49	6	2.9	5	2.4	10	68	1123	63.4
Team Totals	387	182	47.0	191	2355	6.1	12.9	63t	12	3.1	14	3.6	50	400	1955	61.9
Opponents Totals	333	175	52.6	138	2472	7.4	14.1	84	20	6.0	20	6.0	24	234	2238	71.8

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Danny Abramowicz	37	657	17.8	63t	5
Dave Parks	35	568	16.2	42	5
Bob Newland	21	319	15.2	44	0
Bob Gresham	17	203	11.9	37	0
Jim Strong	16	78	4.9	14	0
Al Dodd	15	298	19.9	49	0
Virgil Robinson	12	53	4.4	17	1
Hoyle Granger	12	52	4.3	11	0
Jim Ford	7	54	7.7	10	0
Tony Baker	6	44	7.3	29t	1
Don Burchfield	3	36	12.0	16	0
Archie Manning	1	-7	-7.0	-7	0
Team Totals	182	2355	12.9	63t	12
Opponents Totals	175	2472	14.1	84	20

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Delles Howell	5	120	24.0	60	0
Hugo Hollas	5	56	11.2	25	0
Doug Wyatt	4	84	21.0	55t	1
D'Artagnan Martin	3	51	17.0	26	0
Dick Absher	1	21	21.0	21	0
Jim Flanigan	1	10	10.0	10	0
Wayne Colman	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	20	342	17.1	60	1
Opponents Totals	14	171	12.2	54	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Julian Fagan	77	3188	41.4	64	4	251	2857	37.1
Team Totals	77	3188	41.4	64	4	251	2857	37.1
Opponents Totals	50	2061	41.2	59	3	100	1901	38.0

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Al Dodd	13	4	88	6.8	14
Reynaud Moore	2	1	12	6.0	9
Danny Abramowicz	1	4	0	0.0	0
Hugo Hollas	0	7	0
Team Totals	16	16	100	6.3	14
Opponents Totals	43	11	251	5.8	28

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Virgil Robinson	19	443	23.3	51	0
Al Dodd	12	252	21.0	28	0
Reynaud Moore	11	246	22.4	31	0
Jim Strong	9	134	14.9	20	0
Bob Gresham	3	60	20.0	26	0
Don Burchfield	1	5	5.0	5	0
Dick Absher	1	3	3.0	3	0
Team Totals	56	1143	20.4	51	0
Opponents Totals	54	1326	24.6	105	2

SACKS	NO	YDS
Richard Neal	8.0
Joe Owens	7.5
Wayne Colman	2.0
Bob Pollard	2.0
Dick Absher	1.0
Ray Hester	1.0
Hugo Hollas	1.0
Tom Roussel	1.0
Dave Long	0.5
Team Totals	24.0	234.0
Opponents Totals	50.0	400.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Danny Abramowicz	1		1	0	1	0	0
Dick Absher	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Tony Baker	1		0	0	0	0	0
Wayne Colman	0	0	0	2	2	6	0
John Didion	1		0	0	0	0	0
Al Dodd	2		1	0	1	0	0
Jim Flanigan	0	0	0	1	1	15	0
Jim Ford	2		2	0	2	0	0
Hoyle Granger	1		1	0	1	0	0
Bob Gresham	3		1	0	1	0	0
Edd Hargett	1		2	0	2	0	0
Ray Hester	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Dave Kopay	0	0	0	1	1	6	0
Jake Kupp	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Bivian Lee	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Dave Long	0	0	0	4	4	0	0
Archie Manning	7		3	0	3	-2	0
D'Artagnan Martin	1		0	2	2	0	0
Reynaud Moore	1		0	0	0	0	0
Don Morrison	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Richard Neal	0	0	0	4	4	0	0
Bob Newland	0	0	0	1	1	7	0
Joe Owens	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Dave Parks	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Bob Pollard	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Virgil Robinson	2		1	0	1	0	0
John Shinners	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jim Strong	5		2	0	2	0	0
Del Williams	1		1	0	1	0	0
Team Totals	29	11	18	25	43	32	0
Opponents Totals	39	25	13	11	24		2