1973 New Orleans Saints (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/4/1973	A	Kansas City Chiefs	6-12	L	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	67216
Sat	8/11/1973	A	Miami Dolphins	13-14	L	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	80050
Sat	8/18/1973	A	Dallas Cowboys	14-24	L	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	61022
Sat	8/25/1973	H	New England Patriots	6-31	L	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	64131
Sat	9/1/1973	H	New York Jets	17-28	L	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	67434
Sat	9/8/1973	H	Houston Oilers	16-10	W	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	62339
Sun	9/16/1973	H	Atlanta Falcons	7-62	L	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	66428
Mon	9/24/1973	A	Dallas Cowboys	3-40	L	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	52715
Sun	9/30/1973	A	Baltimore Colts	10-14	L	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	52393
Sun	10/7/1973	H	Chicago Bears	21-16	W	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	56561
Sun	10/14/1973	H	Detroit Lions	20-13	W	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	57810
Sun	10/21/1973	A	San Francisco 49ers	0-40	L	San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	52881
Sun	10/28/1973	H	Washington Redskins	19-3	W	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	66315
Sun	11/4/1973	H	Buffalo Bills	13-0	W	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	74770
Sun	11/11/1973	A	Los Angeles Rams	7-29	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	70358
Sun	11/18/1973	A	San Diego Chargers	14-17	L	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	34848
Sun	11/25/1973	H	Los Angeles Rams	13-24	L	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	67192
Sun	12/2/1973	A	Green Bay Packers	10-30	L	Milwaukee, WI	County Stadium	46092
Sun	12/9/1973	H	San Francisco 49ers	16-10	W	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	62490
Sun	12/16/1973	A	Atlanta Falcons	10-14	L	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	34147

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
46	Danny Abramowicz	WR	6-1	197	28	Xavier (Ohio)	2	2
89	Bert Askson	TE	6-3	229	28	Texas Southern	1	0
63	Steve Baumgartner	DE	6-7	245	22	Purdue	14	0
85	John Beasley	TE	6-3	231	28	California	8	4
36	Bob Brown	TE	6-3	225	30	Alcorn State	5	5
38	Bill Butler	RB	6-2	212	23	Kansas State	13	10
59	Wayne Colman	RLB	6-1	227	27	Temple	12	12
55	Bob Creech	LB	6-3	228	24	Texas Christian	2	0
15	Bob Davis	QB	6-3	205	28	Virginia	2	0
51	John Didion	C	6-4	245	26	Oregon State	14	14
88	Andy Dorris	DE	6-4	248	22	New Mexico State	1	0
86	Jubilee Dunbar	WR	6-0	196	24	Southern University	14	14
58	Joe Federspiel	MLB	6-2	230	23	Kentucky	13	13
9	Happy Feller	K	5-11	185	24	Texas	6	0
71	Paul Fersen	OT	6-5	260	23	Georgia	3	0
44	Mike Fink	RCB	5-11	185	23	Missouri	13	2
24	Johnny Fuller	LS	6-0	182	27	Lamar	13	12
83	Len Garrett	TE	6-3	230	26	New Mexico Highlands	12	5
56	Willie Hall	LLB	6-2	225	24	Arizona Western JC; Southern California	7	7
64	Ray Hester	LB	6-2	215	24	Tulane	6	0
88	Freddie Hyatt	WR	6-3	205	27	Auburn	1	0
30	Ernie Jackson	LCB	5-10	176	23	Duke	14	14
77	Carl Johnson	LOT	6-3	248	24	Phoenix JC; Nebraska	14	12
20	Ray Jones	LS	6-0	187	26	Southern University	2	1
87	Mike Kelly	TE	6-4	215	25	Davidson	1	0
53	Rick Kingrea	MLB	6-1	228	24	Tulane	9	1
50	Jake Kupp	LOG	6-3	236	32	Washington	14	14
39	Odell Lawson	RB	6-2	218	25	Langston	12	0
11	Bivian Lee	RCB	6-3	200	25	Prairie View A&M	14	12
54	Dale Lindsey	LB	6-2	224	30	Kentucky; Western Kentucky	5	0
8	Archie Manning	QB	6-3	205	24	Mississippi	13	13
35	Henry Matthews	RB	6-3	203	24	Michigan State	6	0
19	Bill McClard	K	5-10	202	24	Arkansas	8	0
57	Jim Merlo	LLB-RLB	6-1	220	22	Fresno CC; Stanford	14	9
32	Lincoln Minor	RB	6-2	210	23	New Mexico State	9	0
74	Derland Moore	DE	6-4	265	22	Oklahoma	13	0
25	Jerry Moore	RS-LS	6-3	208	24	Arkansas	10	3
76	Don Morrison	ROT	6-5	257	24	Texas-Arlington	14	14
37	Tommy Myers	RS	6-0	180	23	Syracuse	13	12
41	Bob Newland	WR	6-2	190	25	Oregon	14	12
78	Billy Newsome	LDE	6-4	250	25	Grambling State	14	14
10	Steve O'Neal	P	6-3	185	27	Texas A&M	14	0
72	Joe Owens	RDE	6-2	244	27	Alcorn State	14	14
84/52	Dick Palmer	LB	6-2	226	26	Kentucky	10	0
34	Jess Phillips	RB	6-1	208	26	Michigan State	14	14
82	Bob Pollard	LDT	6-3	248	25	Texas Southern; Weber State	14	14
75	Elex Price	RDT	6-3	260	23	Alcorn State	14	14
23	Joe Profit	RB	6-0	210	24	Louisiana-Monroe	8	4
21	Nate Ramsey	CB	6-1	200	32	Indiana	4	0
84	Preston Riley	WR	6-1	190	26	Memphis	1	0
70	Craig Robinson	OT	6-4	250	25	Houston	11	0
12	Bobby Scott	QB	6-1	201	24	Tennessee	6	1
66	Royce Smith	ROG	6-3	260	24	Georgia	14	3
22	Howard Stevens	RB	5-5	165	23	Randolph-Macon; Louisville	14	0
17	Speedy Thomas	WR	6-1	175	26	Laney JC; Utah	6	0
61	Del Williams	ROG-LOT	6-2	250	28	Florida State	14	13
80	Doug Winslow	WR	5-11	181	22	Drake	12	0
73	John Wood	DT	6-3	249	22	Louisiana State	2	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
2	29	Derland Moore	DE	Oklahoma
2	51	Steve Baumgartner	DE	Purdue
3	66	Pete Van Valkenberg	RB	Brigham Young
4	86	Jim Merlo	LB	Stanford
6	134	Marty Shuford	RB	Arizona
7	158	Bill Cahill	DB	Washington
8	185	Bob Peterson	G	Utah
8	207	Doug Winslow	WR	Drake
9	210	Mike Fink	DB	Missouri
10	237	Jeff Horsley	RB	North Carolina Central
11	262	Jim Owens	RB	Auburn
12	289	Paul Orndorff	RB	Tampa
13	314	Rich Watkins	DT	Weber State
14	341	Paul Fersen	T	Georgia
15	366	Mike Evenson	C	North Dakota State
16	393	Howard Stevens	RB	Louisville
17	418	Bobby Garner	TE	Winston-Salem State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	27	55	47	34
Opponents Totals	39	90	100	83

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		207	100	88	19	61/204 29.9%	/ %	58	516
Opponents Totals		271	131	119	21	70/195 35.9%	/ %	69	751

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Bill McClard	0	9	9	100.0	13	24	54.2	0	48
Jubilee Dunbar	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Bob Newland	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Happy Feller	0	7	7	100.0	4	12	33.3	0	19
Bill Butler	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Archie Manning	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Howard Stevens	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
John Beasley	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Team Totals	16	16	16	100.0	17	36	47.2	0	163
Opponents Totals	36	35	36	97.2	19	34	55.9	2	312

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Bill McClard	13	24	54.2	1	43	2/2	5/6	4/5	2/10	0/1
Happy Feller	4	12	33.3	1	18	4/5	0/0	0/4	0/3	0/0
Team Totals	17	36	47.2	2	43	6/7	5/6	4/9	2/13	0/1
Opponents Totals	19	34	55.9			5/5	6/12	5/8	2/7	1/2

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jess Phillips	198	663	3.3	20	0
Bill Butler	87	348	4.0	19	1
Archie Manning	63	293	4.7	23	2
Joe Profit	72	274	3.8	22	0
Howard Stevens	45	183	4.1	15	2
Odell Lawson	6	23	3.8	11	0
Bobby Scott	9	18	2.0	4	0
Bob Davis	3	10	3.3	7	0
Lincoln Minor	3	10	3.3	8	0
Tommy Myers	1	8	8.0	8	0
Bob Newland	1	6	6.0	6	0
Henry Matthews	4	4	1.0	3	0
Jubilee Dunbar	3	3	1.0	13	0
Steve O'Neal	2	-1	-0.5	6	0
Team Totals	497	1842	3.7	23	5
Opponents Totals	556	2402	4.3	63	17

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Archie Manning	267	140	140	115	1642	6.1	11.7	65t	10	3.7	12	4.5	28	177	1465	65.2
Bobby Scott	54	18	18	33	245	4.5	13.6	42	1	1.9	3	5.6	4	29	216	31.8
Bob Davis	17	5	5	10	14	0.8	2.8	14	0	0.0	2	11.8	5	36	-22	0.0
Team Totals	338	163	163	158	1901	5.6	11.7	65t	11	3.3	17	5.0	37	242	1659	55.6
Opponents Totals	337	176	176	145	2333	6.9	13.3	54	15	4.5	16	4.7	24	155	2178	69.5

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
John Beasley	31	280	9.0	15	1
Bob Newland	29	489	16.9	42	4
Jubilee Dunbar	23	447	19.4	65t	4
Jess Phillips	22	169	7.7	34	0
Bill Butler	19	125	6.6	16	2
Bob Brown	11	132	12.0	26	0
Joe Profit	11	108	9.8	26	0
Doug Winslow	4	45	11.3	14	0
Howard Stevens	4	39	9.8	14	0
Len Garrett	2	30	15.0	22	0
Henry Matthews	2	19	9.5	12	0
Danny Abramowicz	2	18	9.0	11	0
Odell Lawson	2	-5	-2.5	4	0
Lincoln Minor	1	5	5.0	5	0
Team Totals	163	1901	11.7	65t	11
Opponents Totals	176	2333	13.3	54	15

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ernie Jackson	3	40	13.3	23	0
Tommy Myers	3	33	11.0	20	0
Jim Merlo	3	25	8.3	16	0
Bivian Lee	3	23	7.7	12	0
Joe Owens	1	3	3.0	3	0
Joe Federspiel	1	1	1.0	1	0
Billy Newsome	1	1	1.0	1	0
Derland Moore	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	16	126	7.9	23	0
Opponents Totals	17	280	16.5	65	3

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Steve O'Neal	81	3375	41.7	71	5	587	2688	33.2
Team Totals	81	3375	41.7	71	5	587	2688	33.2
Opponents Totals	63	2805	44.5	72	3	218	2527	40.1

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Howard Stevens	17	15	171	10.1	37	0
Doug Winslow	5	3	47	9.4	17	0
Tommy Myers	0	4	0			0
Team Totals	22	22	218	9.9	37	0
Opponents Totals	49	13	587	12.0	84t	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Howard Stevens	26	590	22.7	48
Joe Profit	7	144	20.6	26
Odell Lawson	7	118	16.9	27
Mike Fink	5	81	16.2	24
Derland Moore	1	14	14.0	14
Ernie Jackson	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	47	947	20.1	48
Opponents Totals	33	724	21.9	37

SACKS	NO	YDS
Billy Newsome	8.5
Joe Owens	8.0
Bob Pollard	3.5
Elex Price	2.0
Steve Baumgartner	1.0
Willie Hall	1.0
Rick Kingrea	1.0
Team Totals IND=25	24.0	155.0
Opponents Totals	37.0	242.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS
Bill Butler	5		0	0	0	0
Wayne Colman	0	0	0	2	2	0
Bob Davis	2		0	0	0	0
John Didion	1		0	0	0	-23
Jubilee Dunbar	1		0	0	0	0
Joe Federspiel	0	0	0	1	1	0
Johnny Fuller	0	0	0	0	0	11
Willie Hall	0	0	0	1	1	0
Ernie Jackson	0	0	0	2	2	2
Carl Johnson	0	0	1	0	1	0
Jake Kupp	0	0	2	0	2	0
Bivian Lee	0	0	0	2	2	0
Archie Manning	9		2	0	2	-15
Henry Matthews	0	0	1	0	1	55
Jim Merlo	1		1	1	2	10
Derland Moore	0	0	0	1	1	0
Don Morrison	0	0	1	0	1	0
Tommy Myers	0	0	0	1	1	5
Billy Newsome	0	0	0	1	1	0
Steve O'Neal	0	0	1	0	1	0
Jess Phillips	3		3	0	3	0
Bob Pollard	0	0	0	1	1	0
Elex Price	0	0	0	1	1	20
Joe Profit	3		0	0	0	0
Royce Smith	0	0	1	0	1	0
Howard Stevens	9		2	0	2	0
Team Totals	34	19	15	14	29	65
Opponents Totals	32	14	17	17	34

Lynn Amedee	Offensive Backs
Jim Champion	Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line
Marv Matuszak	Linebackers
John North	Offensive Coordinator
Jim Royer	Offensive Line
Bud Whitehead	Defensive Backs