1997 New Orleans Saints (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/2/1997	A	Tennessee Oilers	21-12	W		Memphis, TN	Liberty Bowl	22811
Sat	8/9/1997	H	Kansas City Chiefs	26-7	W		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	55211
Sat	8/16/1997	A	Oakland Raiders	16-18	L		Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	36771
Fri	8/22/1997	A	Chicago Bears	13-7	W		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	58656
Sun	8/31/1997	A	St. Louis Rams	24-38	L		St. Louis, MO	Trans World Dome	64575
Sun	9/7/1997	H	San Diego Chargers	6-20	L		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	65760
Sun	9/14/1997	A	San Francisco 49ers	7-33	L		San Francisco, CA	3Com Park	61838
Sun	9/21/1997	H	Detroit Lions	35-17	W		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	50016
Sun	9/28/1997	A	New York Giants	9-14	L		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	68891
Sun	10/5/1997	A	Chicago Bears	20-17	W		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	58865
Sun	10/12/1997	H	Atlanta Falcons	17-23	L		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	65619
Sun	10/19/1997	H	Carolina Panthers	0-13	L		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	50963
Sun	10/26/1997	H	San Francisco 49ers	0-23	L		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	60443
Sun	11/9/1997	A	Oakland Raiders	13-10	W		Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	40091
Sun	11/16/1997	H	Seattle Seahawks	20-17	W	OT	New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	50493
Sun	11/23/1997	A	Atlanta Falcons	3-20	L		Atlanta, GA	Georgia Dome	48620
Sun	11/30/1997	A	Carolina Panthers	16-13	W		Charlotte, NC	Ericsson Stadium	57957
Sun	12/7/1997	H	St. Louis Rams	27-34	L		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	54803
Sun	12/14/1997	H	Arizona Cardinals	27-10	W		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	45517
Sun	12/21/1997	A	Kansas City Chiefs	13-25	L		Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	66772

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Tom Ackerman	69	C-OG	6-4	293	25	Eastern Washington	14	0
Vashone Adams	27	FS	5-10	198	24	Fort Hays State; Butte CC; Eastern Michigan	5	4
Ink Aleaga	50	WLB	6-1	241	24	Washington	3	1
Eric Allen	21	RCB	5-10	183	32	Arizona State	16	16
Derrick Barnes	51	LB	6-1	261	23	Oregon	1	0
Mario Bates	24	RB	6-2	227	24	Arizona State	12	7
Brett Bech	19	WR	6-1	184	26	Louisiana State	10	0
Wes Bender	40	FB	5-10	230	27	Glendale CC; Southern California	11	0
Doug Brien	10	K	6-0	183	27	California	16	0
Je'rod Cherry	37	S	6-1	206	24	California	16	0
Don Davis	53	LB	6-1	236	25	Kansas	11	0
Ike Davis	73	ROG	6-3	320	25	Arkansas	3	2
Troy Davis	28	RB	5-7	191	22	Iowa State	16	7
Ernest Dixon	56	LB	6-1	250	26	South Carolina	15	0
John Farquhar	87	TE	6-6	278	25	Duke	11	8
Mark Fields	55	WLB	6-2	244	25	Los Angeles Southwest JC; Washington State	16	15
Jerry Fontenot	62	C	6-3	300	31	Texas A&M	16	16
Kendall Gammon	60	C	6-4	266	29	Pittsburg State	16	0
La'Roi Glover	97	RDT	6-2	286	23	San Diego State	15	2
Donovan Greer	38	CB	5-9	178	23	Texas A&M	6	1
Eric Guliford	84	WR	5-8	170	28	Arizona State	16	2
Richard Harvey	52	SLB	6-1	238	31	Tulane	14	13
Andre Hastings	88	WR	6-1	190	27	Georgia	16	16
Mercury Hayes	89	WR	5-11	195	24	Michigan	4	0
Chris Hewitt	23	SS	6-0	210	23	Cincinnati	11	2
Randal Hill	81	WR	5-10	178	28	Miami (Florida)	15	15
Keno Hills	76	ROG	6-6	305	24	Kent State; Louisiana-Lafayette	9	6
Daryl Hobbs	80	WR	6-2	180	29	Santa Monica JC; Pacific	4	0
Billy Joe Hobert	12	QB	6-3	230	26	Washington	5	4
Joe Johnson	94	RDE	6-4	272	25	Louisville	16	16
Tony Johnson	86	TE	6-5	255	25	Alabama	7	1
Clarence Jones	74	ROT	6-6	290	29	Maryland	15	15
Rob Kelly	33	FS	6-0	199	23	Ohio State	16	2
Ed King	61	OG	6-4	303	28	Auburn	2	0
Sammy Knight	29	FS-SS	6-0	211	22	Southern California	16	12
Wayne Martin	93	LDT	6-5	273	32	Arkansas	16	16
Andy McCollum	67	LOG	6-4	298	27	Toledo	16	16
Fred McCrary	44	FB	6-0	240	25	Mississippi State	7	0
Darren Mickell	92	LDE	6-5	285	27	Florida	14	13
Keith Mitchell	59	SLB	6-2	242	23	Texas A&M	16	2
Alex Molden	25	LCB	5-10	190	24	Oregon	16	15
Chris Naeole	65	OG	6-3	317	23	Colorado	4	0
Anthony Newman	30	SS	6-0	205	32	Oregon	12	12
Doug Nussmeier	13	QB	6-3	211	27	Idaho	3	1
Keith Poole	83	WR	6-0	191	23	Arizona State	3	0
Willie Roaf	77	LOT	6-5	312	27	Louisiana Tech	16	16
Austin Robbins	95	DT	6-6	290	26	North Carolina	12	0
Mark Royals	3	P	6-5	218	34	Chowan JC; Appalachian State	16	0
Pio Sagapolutele	99	RDT	6-6	297	28	San Diego State	14	13
Nicky Savoie	85	TE	6-5	253	24	Gulf Coast JC; Louisiana State	1	0
Heath Shuler	5	QB	6-2	216	26	Tennessee	10	9
Ricky Siglar	71	ROT	6-7	308	31	Arizona Western JC; San Jose State	16	1
Brady Smith	91	LDE	6-5	269	24	Colorado State	16	2
Irv Smith	82	TE	6-3	257	26	Notre Dame	11	8
Jared Tomich	90	LDE	6-2	269	23	Nebraska	16	1
Winfred Tubbs	54	MLB	6-4	255	27	Texas	16	16
Gunnard Twyner	86	WR	5-10	165	24	Western Illinois	2	0
Mike Verstegen	66	ROG	6-6	311	26	Wisconsin	14	8
Mickey Washington	26	LCB	5-9	191	29	Texas A&M	16	2
Danny Wuerffel	7	QB	6-1	212	23	Florida	7	2
Ray Zellars	34	FB	5-11	233	24	Notre Dame	16	16

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	10	Chris Naeole	G	Colorado
2	33	Rob Kelly	DB	Ohio State
2	39	Jared Tomich	DE	Nebraska
3	62	Troy Davis	RB	Iowa State
4	99	Danny Wuerffel	QB	Florida
4	116	Keith Poole	WR	Arizona State
6	165	Nicky Savoie	TE	Louisiana State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	PTS
Team Totals	22	76	38	98	3	237
Opponents Totals	70	107	51	99	0	327

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	27:47	229	78	127	24	54/207 26.1%	14/22 63.6%	101	811
Opponents Totals	32:13	280	95	168	17	102/252 40.5%	7/12 58.3%	110	895

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Doug Brien	0	22	22	100.0	0	0	23	27	85.2	91
Andre Hastings	5	0	0		1	1	0	0		32
Mario Bates	4	0	0		0	0	0	0		24
Ray Zellars	4	0	0		0	1	0	0		24
Eric Guliford	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		12
Randal Hill	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		12
Keith Poole	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		12
John Farquhar	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Mark Fields	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Daryl Hobbs	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Heath Shuler	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Irv Smith	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Team Totals	24	22	22	100.0	1	2	23	27	85.2	237
Opponents Totals	35	33	33	100.0	0	2	28	36	77.8	327

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Doug Brien	23	27	85.2	1	53	1/1	2/2	10/10	6/9	4/5
Team Totals	23	27	85.2	1	53	1/1	2/2	10/10	6/9	4/5
Opponents Totals	28	36	77.8			0/0	8/9	12/14	6/11	2/2

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
Ray Zellars	156	552	3.5	27	4	30	1	0	6
Mario Bates	119	440	3.7	74t	4	22	2	2	2
Troy Davis	75	271	3.6	20	0	12	1	0	2
Heath Shuler	22	38	1.7	8	1	3	0	0	4
Billy Joe Hobert	12	36	3.0	15	0	3	0	0	1
Andre Hastings	4	35	8.8	27	0	2	1	0	0
Doug Nussmeier	8	30	3.8	15	0	4	0	0	1
Danny Wuerffel	6	26	4.3	10	0	1	0	0	0
Fred McCrary	8	15	1.9	8	0	0	0	0	0
Randal Hill	1	11	11.0	11	0	1	0	0	0
Wes Bender	5	9	1.8	6	0	0	0	0	1
Eric Guliford	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	417	1461	3.5	74t	9	78	5	2	16
Opponents Totals	496	1764	3.6	50	11	95	6	1	12

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	FD	20+	40+	RTG
Billy Joe Hobert	131	61	46.6	62	891	6.8	14.6	49	6	4.6	8	6.1	4	29	862	40	16	3	59.0
Heath Shuler	203	106	52.2	83	1288	6.3	12.2	89t	2	1.0	14	6.9	21	132	1156	56	14	2	46.6
Danny Wuerffel	91	42	46.2	41	518	5.7	12.3	47	4	4.4	8	8.8	18	116	402	22	6	2	42.3
Doug Nussmeier	32	18	56.3	11	183	5.7	10.2	24	0	0.0	3	9.4	6	32	151	8	2	0	33.7
Mario Bates	1	1	100.0	0	21	21.0	21.0	21t	1	100.0	0	0.0	0	0	21	1	1	0	158.3
Randal Hill	0	0		0	0				0		0		1	8	-8	0	0	0
Team Totals	458	228	49.8	197	2901	6.3	12.7	89t	13	2.8	33	7.2	50	317	2584	127	39	7	49.4
Opponents Totals	518	293	56.6	209	3289	6.3	11.2	52	21	4.1	16	3.1	59	408	2881	168	41	4	76.3

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
Randal Hill	55	761	13.8	89t	2	33	7	4	0
Andre Hastings	48	722	15.0	39	5	34	14	0	0
Ray Zellars	31	263	8.5	38	0	6	1	0	0
Eric Guliford	27	362	13.4	47	1	20	3	1	0
John Farquhar	17	253	14.9	42	1	10	6	1	0
Irv Smith	17	180	10.6	25	1	8	3	0	1
Troy Davis	13	85	6.5	18	0	4	0	0	0
Mario Bates	5	42	8.4	15	0	2	0	0	0
Keith Poole	4	98	24.5	49	2	4	2	1	0
Fred McCrary	4	17	4.3	11	0	1	0	0	0
Brett Bech	3	50	16.7	22	0	2	1	0	0
Daryl Hobbs	2	41	20.5	21	1	2	2	0	0
Nicky Savoie	1	14	14.0	14	0	1	0	0	0
Tony Johnson	1	13	13.0	13	0	0	0	0	1
Team Totals	228	2901	12.7	89t	13	127	39	7	2
Opponents Totals	293	3289	11.2	52	21	168	41	4	7

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Sammy Knight	5	75	15.0	39	0
Anthony Newman	3	19	6.3	17	0
Mickey Washington	2	30	15.0	30	0
Eric Allen	2	27	13.5	27	0
Winfred Tubbs	2	21	10.5	15	0
Rob Kelly	1	15	15.0	15	0
Richard Harvey	1	7	7.0	7	0
Team Totals	16	194	12.1	39	0
Opponents Totals	33	342	10.4	44t	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	OB	DN	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Mark Royals	88	4038	45.9	66	0	13	21	3	8	706	3072	34.9
Team Totals	88	4038	45.9	66	0	13	21	3	8	706	3072	34.9
Opponents Totals	92	3668	39.9	62	1	7	27			496	3032	33.0

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
Eric Guliford	47	26	498	10.6	32	0	6	0	1
Andre Hastings	1	0	-2	-2.0	-2	0	0	0	1
Team Totals	48	26	496	10.3	32	0	6	0	2
Opponents Totals	50	14	706	14.1	82t	1

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	OB	TB	RET	RETY	TD	OSA	OSR
Doug Brien	62	3992	64.4	2	8	51	1139	0	1	0
Team Totals	62	3992	64.4	2	8	51	1139	0	1	0
Opponents Totals						58	1374	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
Eric Guliford	43	1128	26.2	102t	1	35	3	1
Troy Davis	9	173	19.2	29	0	4	0	1
Brett Bech	3	47	15.7	30	0	1	0	0
Fred McCrary	2	26	13.0	15	0	0	0	0
Jared Tomich	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	1
Team Totals	58	1374	23.7	102t	1	40	3	3
Opponents Totals	51	1139	22.3	59	0

SACKS	NO	YDS
Wayne Martin	10.5
Joe Johnson	8.5
Mark Fields	8.0
La'Roi Glover	6.5
Brady Smith	5.0
Keith Mitchell	4.0
Alex Molden	4.0
Darren Mickell	3.5
Richard Harvey	3.0
Winfred Tubbs	2.5
Pio Sagapolutele	2.0
Jared Tomich	1.0
Ernest Dixon	0.5
Team Totals	59.0	408.0
Opponents Totals	50.0	317.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Mario Bates	2		0	0	0	0	0
Brett Bech	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Wes Bender	1		0	0	0	0	0
Troy Davis	3		0	0	0	0	0
Mark Fields	0	0	0	2	2	28	1
Jerry Fontenot	3		0	0	0	0	0
La'Roi Glover	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Eric Guliford	2		1	0	1	0	0
Richard Harvey	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Andre Hastings	1		0	0	0	0	0
Chris Hewitt	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Randal Hill	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Billy Joe Hobert	2		0	0	0	0	0
Joe Johnson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Tony Johnson	1		0	0	0	0	0
Clarence Jones	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Sammy Knight	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Wayne Martin	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Darren Mickell	0	0	0	1	1	11	0
Alex Molden	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Anthony Newman	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Doug Nussmeier	1		0	0	0	-4	0
Heath Shuler	8		3	0	3	-20	0
Irv Smith	1		0	0	0	0	0
Jared Tomich	1		1	0	1	0	0
Winfred Tubbs	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Danny Wuerffel	2		2	0	2	0	0
Ray Zellars	6		2	0	2	0	0
Team Totals	34	22	12	15	27	15	1
Opponents Totals	31	15	14	22	36		1

Danny Abramowicz	Offensive Coordinator
Bobby April, Jr.	Special Teams
Tom Clements	Quarterbacks
Walt Corey	Defensive Line
Jack Del Rio	Assistant Strength and Conditioning
Judd Garrett	Offensive Assistant
Harold Jackson	Wide Receivers
Tom Moore	Running Backs
Dan Neal	Tight Ends
John Pagano	Defensive Assistant
Willie Shaw	Defensive Backs
Dick Stanfel	Offensive Line
Rick Venturi	Assistant Head Coach/Linebackers
Zaven Yaralian	Defensive Coordinator