1996 New Orleans Saints (NFL)

5th place National Football Conference Western Division 3-13-0 .188

Head Coach: Jim Mora (2-6-0); Rick Venturi (1-7-0)

Bobby April, Jr.	Special Teams
Bruce Arians	Running Backs
Dave Atkins	Running Backs
Jeff Davidson	Offensive Assistant
Jim Haslett	Linebackers
John Matsko	Offensive Line
Glenn Mayeaux	Strength and Conditioning Assistant
Jim Mora, Jr.	Defensive Backs
Wayne Nunnely	Defensive Line
John Pagano	Defensive Assistant
Russell Paternostro	Strength and Conditioning
Carl Smith	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
Rick Venturi	Linebackers
Steve Walters	Wide Receivers

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	7/27/1996	N	Indianapolis Colts	3-10	L	Canton, OH	Fawcett Stadium	23376
Fri	8/2/1996	A	Detroit Lions	23-22	W	Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	35782
Sat	8/10/1996	A	Kansas City Chiefs	6-42	L	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	65710
Sat	8/17/1996	H	Chicago Bears	31-21	W	New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	35246
Fri	8/23/1996	H	Minnesota Vikings	16-13	W	New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	35728
Sun	9/1/1996	A	San Francisco 49ers	11-27	L	San Francisco, CA	3Com Park	63970
Sun	9/8/1996	H	Carolina Panthers	20-22	L	New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	43288
Sun	9/15/1996	A	Cincinnati Bengals	15-30	L	Cincinnati, OH	Cinergy Field	45412
Sun	9/22/1996	H	Arizona Cardinals	14-28	L	New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	34316
Sun	9/29/1996	A	Baltimore Ravens	10-17	L	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	61063
Sun	10/6/1996	H	Jacksonville Jaguars	17-13	W	New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	34231
Sun	10/13/1996	H	Chicago Bears	27-24	W	New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	43512
Sun	10/20/1996	A	Carolina Panthers	7-19	L	Charlotte, NC	Ericsson Stadium	70888
Sun	11/3/1996	H	San Francisco 49ers	17-24	L	New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	53297
Sun	11/10/1996	H	Houston Oilers	14-31	L	New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	34121
Sun	11/17/1996	A	Atlanta Falcons	15-17	L	Atlanta, GA	Georgia Dome	43119
Sun	11/24/1996	A	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	7-13	L	Tampa, FL	Houlihan's Stadium	40203
Sun	12/1/1996	H	St. Louis Rams	10-26	L	New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	26310
Sun	12/8/1996	H	Atlanta Falcons	15-31	L	New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	32923
Sun	12/15/1996	A	New York Giants	17-3	W	East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	52530
Sat	12/21/1996	A	St. Louis Rams	13-14	L	St. Louis, MO	Trans World Dome	57681

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
69	Tom Ackerman	OT	6-4	293	24	Eastern Washington	2	0
31	Eric Allen	RCB	5-10	183	31	Arizona State	16	16
24	Mario Bates	RB	6-2	227	23	Arizona State	14	10
10	Doug Brien	K	6-0	183	26	California	16	0
99	Willie Broughton	RDT	6-5	285	32	Miami (Florida)	14	5
20	Derek Brown	RB	5-9	186	25	Nebraska	11	0
37	Je'rod Cherry	S	6-1	206	23	California	13	0
53	Don Davis	LB	6-1	236	24	Kansas	11	0
87	Lee DeRamus	WR	6-0	191	24	Wisconsin	15	4
56	Ernest Dixon	LB	6-1	250	25	South Carolina	16	0
72	Jim Dombrowski	LOG	6-5	297	33	Virginia	10	10
17	Jim Everett	QB	6-5	212	33	Purdue	15	15
55	Mark Fields	WLB	6-2	244	24	Los Angeles Southwest JC; Washington State	16	15
62	Kendall Gammon	C	6-4	266	28	Pittsburg State	16	0
85	Paul Green	TE	6-3	230	30	Southern California	14	5
18	Terry Guess	WR	6-0	200	22	Georgia Military JC; Gardner-Webb	3	2
52	Richard Harvey	SLB	6-1	238	30	Tulane	14	7
89	Mercury Hayes	WR	5-11	195	23	Michigan	7	0
81	Michael Haynes	WR	6-0	182	31	Eastern Arizona JC; Northern Arizona	16	10
76	Keno Hills	OT	6-6	305	23	Kent State; Louisiana-Lafayette	1	0
28	Derrick Hoskins	S	6-2	200	26	Southern Mississippi	1	0
33	Tyrone Hughes	CB	5-9	175	26	Nebraska	16	1
32	Earnest Hunter	RB	5-8	201	26	Navarro JC; Southeastern Oklahoma State	6	0
47	Greg Jackson	FS	6-1	207	30	Louisiana State	16	15
80	Haywood Jeffires	WR	6-2	200	32	North Carolina State	9	1
94	Joe Johnson	RDE-LDE-RDT	6-4	272	24	Louisville	13	13
86	Tony Johnson	TE	6-5	255	24	Alabama	9	7
58	Brian Jones	MLB	6-1	255	28	UCLA; Texas	16	1
74	Clarence Jones	ROT-LOT	6-6	290	28	Maryland	16	16
61	Ed King	ROG	6-4	303	27	Auburn	16	16
46	Sean Lumpkin	FS	6-0	206	26	Minnesota	7	1
88	Henry Lusk	TE	6-2	243	24	Utah	16	3
93	Wayne Martin	LDT	6-5	273	31	Arkansas	16	16
44	J.J. McCleskey	CB	5-8	183	26	Tennessee	5	0
67	Andy McCollum	C	6-4	298	26	Toledo	16	16
29	Mark McMillian	LCB	5-7	151	26	Glendale CC; Alabama	16	16
92	Darren Mickell	LDE	6-5	285	26	Florida	12	12
25	Alex Molden	CB	5-10	190	23	Oregon	14	2
22	Lorenzo Neal	FB	5-11	247	26	Fresno State	16	11
30	Anthony Newman	SS	6-0	205	31	Oregon	16	16
60	Craig Novitsky	LOG	6-5	295	25	UCLA	16	6
13	Doug Nussmeier	QB	6-3	211	26	Idaho	2	1
75	Emile Palmer	DT	6-3	320	23	Syracuse	1	0
59	Rufus Porter	SLB	6-1	227	31	Southern University	13	9
77	Willie Roaf	LOT	6-5	312	26	Louisiana Tech	13	13
95	Austin Robbins	RDT	6-6	290	25	North Carolina	15	7
83	Torrance Small	WR	6-3	207	26	Alcorn State	16	13
91	Brady Smith	RDE	6-5	269	23	Colorado State	16	4
82	Irv Smith	TE	6-3	257	25	Notre Dame	7	7
71	Fred Stokes	DE	6-3	262	32	Georgia Southern	9	0
41	William Strong	CB	5-10	191	25	North Carolina State	9	0
54	Winfred Tubbs	MLB	6-4	255	26	Texas	16	13
97	Renaldo Turnbull	RDE	6-4	252	30	West Virginia	12	7
66	Mike Verstegen	ROT-TE	6-6	311	25	Wisconsin	8	4
23	Ricky Whittle	RB	5-9	200	25	Oregon	10	0
63	Donald Willis	OG	6-3	332	23	Washington; North Carolina A&T State	4	0
4	Klaus Wilmsmeyer	P	6-1	207	29	Louisville	16	0
34	Ray Zellars	RB	5-11	233	23	Notre Dame	9	6

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	11	Alex Molden	DB	Oregon
2	40	Je'rod Cherry	DB	California
3	70	Brady Smith	DE	Colorado State
4	103	Ricky Whittle	RB	Oregon
5	136	Mercury Hayes	WR	Michigan
5	145	Tom Ackerman	G	Eastern Washington
5	165	Terry Guess	WR	Gardner-Webb
6	179	Keno Hills	T	Louisiana-Lafayette
6	204	Toderick Malone	WR	Alabama
7	246	Henry Lusk	TE	Utah

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	42	58	38	91
Opponents Totals	80	105	78	76

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	27:33	232	77	135	20	65/207 31.4%	6/19 31.6%	114	853
Opponents Totals	32:27	287	104	152	31	85/232 36.6%	9/16 56.3%	102	823

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Doug Brien	0	18	18	100.0	0	0	21	25	84.0	81
Michael Haynes	4	0	0		1	1	0	0		26
Mario Bates	4	0	0		0	0	0	0		24
Ray Zellars	4	0	0		0	0	0	0		24
Haywood Jeffires	3	0	0		0	0	0	0		18
Torrance Small	3	0	0		0	2	0	0		18
Lorenzo Neal	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		12
Lee DeRamus	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Terry Guess	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Tony Johnson	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Brian Jones	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Klaus Wilmsmeyer	0	0	0		1	1	0	0		2
Doug Nussmeier	0	0	0		0	2	0	0		0
Team Totals	24	18	18	100.0	2	6	21	25	84.0	229
Opponents Totals	34	32	32	100.0	2	2	33	42	78.6	339

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Doug Brien	21	25	84.0	0/0	4/4	9/10	5/7	3/4
Team Totals	21	25	84.0	0/0	4/4	9/10	5/7	3/4
Opponents Totals	33	42	78.6	1/1	14/14	13/15	3/6	2/6

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Mario Bates	164	584	3.6	33	4	32	3	0	4
Ray Zellars	120	475	4.0	63	4	28	2	1	2
Lorenzo Neal	21	58	2.8	11	1	5	0	0	0
Ricky Whittle	20	52	2.6	15	0	3	0	0	1
Torrance Small	4	51	12.8	22	1	2	1	0	0
Earnest Hunter	14	44	3.1	9	0	2	0	0	2
Derek Brown	13	30	2.3	12	0	1	0	0	0
Mercury Hayes	2	7	3.5	5	0	1	0	0	0
Doug Nussmeier	3	6	2.0	6	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Everett	22	3	0.1	3	0	3	0	0	6
Lee DeRamus	1	2	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Terry Guess	2	-4	-2.0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	386	1308	3.4	63	10	77	6	1	15
Opponents Totals	521	2076	4.0	70t	11	104	13	3	10

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	FD	G20+	G40+	RTG
Jim Everett	464	267	57.5	181	2797	6.0	10.5	51	12	2.6	16	3.4	19	154	2643	124	33	5	69.4
Doug Nussmeier	50	28	56.0	21	272	5.4	9.7	57t	1	2.0	1	2.0	3	17	255	11	2	2	69.8
Earnest Hunter	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	515	295	57.3	203	3069	6.0	10.4	57t	13	2.5	17	3.3	22	171	2898	135	35	7	69.3
Opponents Totals	465	267	57.4	186	3117	6.7	11.7	70	22	4.7	12	2.6	41	283	2834	152	40	5	82.9

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Torrance Small	50	558	11.2	41	2	27	8	1	1
Michael Haynes	44	786	17.9	51	4	35	12	4	1
Lorenzo Neal	31	194	6.3	23	1	10	1	0	1
Henry Lusk	27	210	7.8	24	0	9	2	0	1
Ricky Whittle	26	162	6.2	28	0	5	1	0	0
Haywood Jeffires	20	215	10.8	27t	3	12	2	0	1
Earnest Hunter	17	138	8.1	22	0	5	1	0	0
Lee DeRamus	15	182	12.1	28t	1	7	3	0	0
Irv Smith	15	144	9.6	37	0	6	1	0	0
Mario Bates	13	44	3.4	15	0	1	0	0	0
Ray Zellars	9	45	5.0	12	0	1	0	0	0
Derek Brown	8	54	6.8	18	0	2	0	0	0
Paul Green	7	91	13.0	23	0	4	1	0	0
Tony Johnson	7	76	10.9	17	1	5	0	0	0
Mercury Hayes	4	101	25.3	50	0	4	2	1	0
Terry Guess	2	69	34.5	57t	1	2	1	1	0
Team Totals	295	3069	10.4	57t	13	135	35	7	5
Opponents Totals	267	3117	11.7	70	22	152	40	5	3

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG
Anthony Newman	3	40	13.3	21
Greg Jackson	3	24	8.0	10
Mark McMillian	2	4	2.0	4
Alex Molden	2	2	1.0	2
Eric Allen	1	33	33.0	33
Winfred Tubbs	1	11	11.0	11
Team Totals	12	114	9.5	33
Opponents Totals	17	93	5.5	35

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	I20	OB	DN	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Klaus Wilmsmeyer	87	3551	40.8	63	9	16	2	12	546	2825	32.5
Team Totals	87	3551	40.8	63	9	16	2	12	546	2825	32.5
Opponents Totals	74	3184	43.0	67	3	25			159	2965	40.1

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Tyrone Hughes	30	20	152	5.1	16	0	0	0	2
Terry Guess	1	0	7	7.0	7	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	31	20	159	5.1	16	0	0	0	2
Opponents Totals	43	21	546	12.7	84t	1

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	OB	TB	RET	RETY	OSA	OSR
Doug Brien	61	3837	62.9	1	6	52	1155	2	0
Team Totals	61	3837	62.9	1	6	52	1155	2	0
Opponents Totals						78	1899

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	G20+	G40+	FUM
Tyrone Hughes	70	0	1791	25.6	58	52	8	0
Mercury Hayes	2	0	30	15.0	17	0	0	1
Brady Smith	2	0	14	7.0	8	0	0	0
Earnest Hunter	1	0	20	20.0	20	1	0	0
J.J. McCleskey	1	0	18	18.0	18	0	0	0
Henry Lusk	1	0	16	16.0	16	0	0	0
Derek Brown	1	0	10	10.0	10	0	0	0
Team Totals	78	0	1899	24.3	58	53	8	1
Opponents Totals	52		1155	22.2	71

SACKS	NO	YDS
Wayne Martin	11.0
Joe Johnson	7.5
Renaldo Turnbull	6.5
Darren Mickell	3.0
Willie Broughton	2.0
Mark Fields	2.0
Richard Harvey	2.0
Alex Molden	2.0
Brady Smith	2.0
Austin Robbins	1.0
Fred Stokes	1.0
Winfred Tubbs	1.0
Team Totals	41.0	283.0
Opponents Totals	22.0	171.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Mario Bates	4		0	0	0	0	0
Je'rod Cherry	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Don Davis	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ernest Dixon	0	0	0	1	1	22	0
Jim Everett	10		1	0	1	-9	0
Mark Fields	0	0	0	1	1	20	0
Mercury Hayes	1		0	0	0	0	0
Michael Haynes	1		0	0	0	0	0
Tyrone Hughes	2		0	0	0	0	0
Earnest Hunter	2		1	0	1	0	0
Greg Jackson	1		0	0	0	0	0
Haywood Jeffires	1		0	0	0	0	0
Brian Jones	0	0	0	1	1	11	1
Ed King	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Henry Lusk	1		0	0	0	0	0
Wayne Martin	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Andy McCollum	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Mark McMillian	0	0	1	0	1	-6	0
Lorenzo Neal	1		2	0	2	0	0
Anthony Newman	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Doug Nussmeier	2		0	0	0	0	0
Willie Roaf	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Torrance Small	1		0	0	0	0	0
Winfred Tubbs	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Renaldo Turnbull	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ricky Whittle	1		0	0	0	0	0
Ray Zellars	2		0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	30	22	8	10	18	38	1
Opponents Totals	25	10	15	20	35		0