1972 New Orleans Saints (NFL) |
| 4th place • National Football Conference • Western Division • 2-11-1 .179 |
| Head Coach: J.D. Roberts |
| Jim Champion | Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line |
| Marv Matuszak | Linebackers |
| Jim Royer | Offensive Line |
| Ken Shipp | Offensive Coordinator |
| Bob Whitehead | Offensive Backs |
| Bud Whitehead | Defensive Backs |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Mon | 8/7/1972 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 13-10 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 53372 | |
| Sat | 8/12/1972 | H | Buffalo Bills | 21-24 | L | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 66762 | |
| Sat | 8/19/1972 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 7-30 | L | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 81070 | |
| Sat | 8/26/1972 | H | San Diego Chargers | 14-16 | L | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 64506 | |
| Sat | 9/2/1972 | N | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7-56 | L | Memphis, TN | Liberty Bowl | 43302 | |
| Sun | 9/10/1972 | A | Houston Oilers | 14-14 | T | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 44571 | |
| Sun | 9/17/1972 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 14-34 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 66303 | |
| Mon | 9/25/1972 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 17-20 | L | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 70793 | |
| Sun | 10/1/1972 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 2-37 | L | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 69840 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1972 | A | New York Giants | 21-45 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62507 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1972 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 14-21 | L | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 66294 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1972 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 20-20 | T | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 59167 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1972 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 21-3 | W | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 65664 | |
| Sun | 11/5/1972 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 6-37 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 49784 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1972 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 20-36 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 58850 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1972 | A | Detroit Lions | 14-27 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 53752 | |
| Sun | 11/26/1972 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 19-16 | W | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 64325 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1972 | A | New York Jets | 17-18 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 62496 | |
| Sun | 12/10/1972 | H | New England Patriots | 10-17 | L | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 64889 | |
| Sun | 12/17/1972 | H | Green Bay Packers | 20-30 | L | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 65881 | |
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Danny Abramowicz | 46 | WR | 6-1 | 197 | 27 | Xavier (Ohio) | 13 | 13 |
| Margene Adkins | 26 | WR | 5-10 | 183 | 25 | Trinity Valley CC | 14 | 4 |
| Bob Brown | 36 | TE | 6-3 | 225 | 29 | Alcorn State | 14 | 5 |
| Bill Butler | 38 | RB | 6-2 | 212 | 22 | Kansas State | 14 | 9 |
| Wayne Colman | 59 | RLB | 6-1 | 227 | 26 | Temple | 14 | 12 |
| Mike Crangle | 75 | DE | 6-4 | 243 | 25 | Cincinnati; Tennessee-Martin | 13 | 0 |
| John Didion | 51 | C | 6-4 | 245 | 25 | Oregon State | 14 | 14 |
| Charlie Durkee | 15 | K | 5-11 | 165 | 28 | Oklahoma State | 6 | 0 |
| Julian Fagan | 10 | P | 6-3 | 205 | 24 | Mississippi | 14 | 0 |
| Joe Federspiel | 58 | MLB | 6-2 | 230 | 22 | Kentucky | 14 | 10 |
| Happy Feller | 9 | K | 5-11 | 185 | 23 | Texas | 6 | 0 |
| Jim Ford | 28 | RB | 6-0 | 205 | 23 | Texas Southern | 5 | 1 |
| Art Green | 45 | RB | 5-11 | 198 | 23 | Albany State | 7 | 3 |
| Bob Gresham | 35 | RB | 5-11 | 195 | 24 | West Virginia | 14 | 9 |
| Willie Hall | 56 | RLB | 6-2 | 225 | 23 | Arizona Western JC; Southern California | 14 | 2 |
| Edd Hargett | 14 | QB | 5-11 | 187 | 25 | Texas A&M | 14 | 0 |
| Billie Hayes | 29 | LCB | 6-1 | 175 | 25 | Riverside CC; San Diego State | 14 | 4 |
| Ray Hester | 64 | LB | 6-2 | 215 | 23 | Tulane | 7 | 0 |
| Glen Ray Hines | 78 | ROT | 6-5 | 258 | 29 | Arkansas | 14 | 14 |
| Billy Hobbs | 53 | LB | 6-0 | 220 | 26 | Texas A&M | 6 | 0 |
| Hugo Hollas | 18 | RS | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | Rice | 14 | 9 |
| Delles Howell | 20 | RCB | 6-4 | 197 | 24 | Grambling State | 10 | 10 |
| Ernie Jackson | 30 | LCB | 5-10 | 176 | 22 | Duke | 10 | 5 |
| Carl Johnson | 77 | LOG | 6-3 | 248 | 23 | Phoenix JC; Nebraska | 14 | 7 |
| Jake Kupp | 50 | LOG | 6-3 | 236 | 31 | Washington | 3 | 2 |
| Bob Kuziel | 67 | C | 6-5 | 255 | 22 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 0 |
| Bivian Lee | 11 | LCB-RCB | 6-3 | 200 | 24 | Prairie View A&M | 13 | 9 |
| Toni Linhart | 7 | K | 5-11 | 183 | 30 | Austria Technical | 2 | 0 |
| Dave Long | 89 | RDE | 6-4 | 245 | 28 | Iowa | 14 | 7 |
| Archie Manning | 8 | QB | 6-3 | 205 | 23 | Mississippi | 14 | 14 |
| Doug Mooers | 74 | RDT | 6-6 | 265 | 25 | Whittier | 14 | 14 |
| Don Morrison | 76 | LOT | 6-5 | 257 | 23 | Texas-Arlington | 14 | 14 |
| Tommy Myers | 37 | RS | 6-0 | 180 | 22 | Syracuse | 13 | 5 |
| Richard Neal | 87 | LDE | 6-3 | 254 | 25 | Southern University | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Newland | 41 | WR | 6-2 | 190 | 24 | Oregon | 14 | 10 |
| Joe Owens | 72 | RDE | 6-2 | 244 | 26 | Alcorn State | 14 | 7 |
| Dick Palmer | 52 | LB | 6-2 | 226 | 25 | Kentucky | 6 | 0 |
| Dave Parks | 83 | TE | 6-2 | 202 | 31 | Texas Tech | 12 | 9 |
| Bob Pollard | 82 | LDT | 6-3 | 248 | 24 | Texas Southern; Weber State | 14 | 14 |
| Remi Prudhomme | 65 | LOG | 6-4 | 251 | 30 | Louisiana State | 5 | 3 |
| Craig Robinson | 70 | OT | 6-4 | 250 | 24 | Houston | 8 | 0 |
| Virgil Robinson | 47 | RB | 5-11 | 195 | 25 | Grambling State | 3 | 0 |
| Tom Roussel | 54 | LLB | 6-3 | 235 | 27 | Southern Mississippi | 14 | 14 |
| Royce Smith | 66 | ROG | 6-3 | 260 | 23 | Georgia | 10 | 10 |
| Tom Stincic | 55 | MLB | 6-2 | 229 | 26 | Michigan | 7 | 4 |
| Jim Strong | 42 | RB | 6-1 | 204 | 26 | Houston | 14 | 3 |
| Faddie Tillman | 71 | DT | 6-5 | 230 | 24 | Arizona Western JC; Boise State | 1 | 0 |
| Cephus Weatherspoon | 85 | WR | 6-1 | 182 | 24 | Mesa CC; Fort Lewis | 1 | 0 |
| Creston Whitaker | 86 | WR | 6-2 | 187 | 25 | Southern Illinois; North Texas | 2 | 1 |
| Del Williams | 61 | ROG-LOG | 6-2 | 250 | 27 | Florida State | 8 | 6 |
| Joe Williams | 24 | RB | 6-0 | 194 | 25 | Wyoming | 14 | 3 |
| Wimpy Winther | 68 | C | 6-4 | 260 | 25 | Mississippi | 5 | 0 |
| Doug Wyatt | 23 | LS | 6-1 | 195 | 26 | Tulsa | 14 | 14 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 8 | Royce Smith | G | Georgia |
| 2 | 31 | Willie Hall | LB | Southern California |
| 3 | 60 | Bob Kuziel | C | Pittsburgh |
| 3 | 74 | Tommy Myers | DB | Syracuse |
| 4 | 85 | Mike Crangle | DE | Tennessee-Martin |
| 4 | 99 | Joe Federspiel | LB | Kentucky |
| 4 | 101 | Mike Coleman | DE | Knoxville |
| 5 | 111 | Bill Butler | RB | Kansas State |
| 5 | 112 | Carl Johnson | T | Nebraska |
| 5 | 126 | Bob Davies | DB | South Carolina |
| 6 | 137 | Wayne Dorton | G | Arkansas State |
| 6 | 150 | Curt Watson | RB | Tennessee |
| 7 | 164 | Ernie Jackson | DB | Duke |
| 8 | 189 | Ronnie Vinson | WR | Abilene Christian |
| 9 | 216 | Kent Branstetter | DT | Houston |
| 10 | 241 | Andy Kupp | G | Idaho |
| 11 | 267 | Paul Dongieux | LB | Mississippi |
| 12 | 293 | Steve Lockhart | TE | Arkansas State |
| 13 | 320 | Cephus Weatherspoon | WR | Fort Lewis |
| 14 | 345 | Steve Barrios | WR | Tulane |
| 15 | 372 | Rusty Lachaussee | QB | Tulane |
| 16 | 397 | Joe Balthrop | G | Tennessee |
| 17 | 424 | Dick Graham | WR | Oklahoma State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 37 | 45 | 54 | 79 | 215 |
| Opponents Totals | 78 | 137 | 68 | 78 | 361 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 226 | 73 | 123 | 20 | 68/196 34.7% | / % | 69 | 585 | |
| Opponents Totals | 251 | 107 | 129 | 15 | 83/202 41.1% | / % | 78 | 711 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Abramowicz | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Dave Parks | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Happy Feller | 0 | 10 | 11 | 90.9 | 6 | 11 | 54.5 | 0 | 28 |
| Charlie Durkee | 0 | 9 | 9 | 100.0 | 3 | 9 | 33.3 | 0 | 18 |
| Bob Gresham | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bill Butler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Archie Manning | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bob Newland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Toni Linhart | 0 | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 0 | 11 |
| Bob Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ernie Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Richard Neal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Doug Wyatt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Joe Owens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Edd Hargett | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 26 | 24 | 26 | 92.3 | 11 | 25 | 44.0 | 1 | 215 |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 38 | 38 | 100.0 | 31 | 43 | 72.1 | 1 | 361 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Happy Feller | 6 | 11 | 54.5 | 2 | 46 | 1/1 | 1/2 | 3/4 | 1/4 | 0/0 |
| Charlie Durkee | 3 | 9 | 33.3 | 1 | 36 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 2/3 | 0/4 | 0/0 |
| Toni Linhart | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 0 | 20 | 1/1 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 11 | 25 | 44.0 | 3 | 46 | 3/3 | 2/5 | 5/7 | 1/10 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 43 | 72.1 | 4/4 | 6/8 | 17/19 | 4/11 | 0/1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Gresham | 121 | 381 | 3.1 | 23 | 3 |
| Archie Manning | 63 | 351 | 5.6 | 18 | 2 |
| Bill Butler | 54 | 233 | 4.3 | 27 | 0 |
| Jim Strong | 37 | 120 | 3.2 | 9 | 0 |
| Joe Williams | 31 | 72 | 2.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Art Green | 14 | 51 | 3.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Ford | 11 | 28 | 2.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Virgil Robinson | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 5 | 0 |
| Dave Parks | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 337 | 1230 | 3.6 | 27 | 5 |
| Opponents Totals | 482 | 2089 | 4.3 | 45 | 15 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archie Manning | 448 | 230 | 51.3 | 197 | 2781 | 6.2 | 12.1 | 66t | 18 | 4.0 | 21 | 4.7 | 43 | 347 | 2434 | 64.6 |
| Bob Gresham | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 449 | 230 | 51.2 | 198 | 2781 | 6.2 | 12.1 | 66t | 18 | 4.0 | 21 | 4.7 | 43 | 347 | 2434 | 64.5 |
| Opponents Totals | 367 | 213 | 58.0 | 140 | 2596 | 7.1 | 12.2 | 81 | 21 | 5.7 | 14 | 3.8 | 24 | 194 | 2402 | 83.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Newland | 47 | 579 | 12.3 | 42t | 2 |
| Danny Abramowicz | 38 | 668 | 17.6 | 51 | 7 |
| Dave Parks | 32 | 542 | 16.9 | 66t | 6 |
| Bob Gresham | 29 | 192 | 6.6 | 54 | 0 |
| Bill Butler | 25 | 226 | 9.0 | 21 | 2 |
| Joe Williams | 16 | 116 | 7.3 | 32 | 0 |
| Jim Strong | 14 | 123 | 8.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Bob Brown | 11 | 175 | 15.9 | 34 | 1 |
| Margene Adkins | 9 | 96 | 10.7 | 38 | 0 |
| Art Green | 7 | 49 | 7.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Jim Ford | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Creston Whitaker | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 230 | 2781 | 12.1 | 66t | 18 |
| Opponents Totals | 213 | 2596 | 12.2 | 81 | 21 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bivian Lee | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 32 | 0 |
| Ernie Jackson | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 31 | 0 |
| Tommy Myers | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Roussel | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Hugo Hollas | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Delles Howell | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 14 | 141 | 10.1 | 32 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 349 | 16.6 | 64 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julian Fagan | 71 | 2899 | 40.8 | 71 | 1 | 5 | 281 | 2518 | 35.5 | |
| Team Totals | 71 | 2899 | 40.8 | 71 | 1 | 5 | 281 | 2518 | 36.0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 52 | 2045 | 39.3 | 70 | 3 | 4 | 43 | 1922 | 39.2 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Myers | 9 | 15 | 43 | 4.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Margene Adkins | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 16 | 17 | 43 | 2.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 14 | 281 | 7.8 | 34 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margene Adkins | 43 | 1020 | 23.7 | 61 | 0 | |
| Art Green | 8 | 187 | 23.4 | 58 | 0 | |
| Jim Strong | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 22 | 0 | |
| Joe Williams | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 15 | 0 | |
| Hugo Hollas | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 | |
| Bill Butler | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Bob Newland | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Remi Prudhomme | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 62 | 1312 | 21.2 | 61 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 1129 | 22.6 | 48 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Joe Owens | 8.0 | |
| Richard Neal | 7.0 | |
| Dave Long | 2.0 | |
| Doug Mooers | 2.0 | |
| Bob Pollard | 2.0 | |
| Tom Roussel | 2.0 | |
| Hugo Hollas | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 24.0 | 194.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 43.0 | 347.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Abramowicz | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Margene Adkins | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Butler | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Didion | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -29 | 0 | |
| Julian Fagan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -6 | 0 | |
| Art Green | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Gresham | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Hester | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hugo Hollas | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ernie Jackson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 85 | 1 |
| Carl Johnson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Archie Manning | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Mooers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Myers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Richard Neal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Newland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Pollard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Remi Prudhomme | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Roussel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Strong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Del Williams | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Williams | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Wyatt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 45 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 33 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 96 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 0 |
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