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1968 New Orleans Saints

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Record: 4-9-1, Finished 3rd in NFL Century Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 246 points (17.6/g), 12th of 16 in the NFL.
 Allowed 327 points (23.4/g), 11th.
 Differential of -81 points (-5.8/g), 11th.
 Expected W-L: 4.7-9.3.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +2 (0.1/g), 8th.

Simple Rating System: Total -6.5, Offense: -3.9, Defense: -2.6, SoS: -0.7, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Tom Fears

Training Camp: Cal Western (San Diego, California)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P TO FL 1stPy 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD
Team Offense 246 3863 881 4.4 40 11 22 224 210 439 2336 17 29 4.9 122 409 1527 7 3.7 80
Team Defense 327 4291 839 5.1 42 26 22 228 153 366 2186 25 16 5.5 109 439 2105 13 4.8 97
Lg Rank Offense 12 12 14 1 10 2 8 10 15 14 12 13 12 14
Lg Rank Defense 11 9 3 1 7 9 6 13 12 8 9 13 9 16

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 15 boxscore L 0-1 Cleveland Browns 10 24 14 208 123 85 3 16 338 185 153 3
2 Sun September 22 boxscore W 1-1 Washington Redskins 37 17 17 366 183 183 3 12 228 147 81 3
3 Sun September 29 boxscore L 1-2 St. Louis Cardinals 20 21 18 323 227 96 1 14 219 97 122 1
4 Sun October 6 boxscore L 1-3 @ New York Giants 21 38 23 314 219 95 4 19 261 166 95 1
5 Sun October 13 boxscore W 2-3 Minnesota Vikings 20 17 10 207 86 121 7 15 190 51 139 4
6 Sun October 20 boxscore W 3-3 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 16 12 16 273 170 103 1 16 301 91 210 2
7 Sun October 27 boxscore L 3-4 @ St. Louis Cardinals 17 31 16 301 185 116 1 18 392 226 166 2
8 Sun November 3 boxscore L 3-5 Dallas Cowboys 3 17 13 243 184 59 4 22 405 220 185 7
9 Sun November 10 boxscore L 3-6 @ Cleveland Browns 17 35 18 284 123 161 3 17 467 245 222 6
10 Sun November 17 boxscore L 3-7 @ Green Bay Packers 7 29 11 136 62 74 4 18 289 157 132 2
11 Sun November 24 boxscore T 3-7-1 @ Detroit Lions 20 20 17 262 136 126 3 15 274 189 85 2
12 Sun December 1 boxscore L 3-8-1 Chicago Bears 17 23 17 292 178 114 5 15 259 46 213 3
13 Sun December 8 boxscore L 3-9-1 @ Philadelphia Eagles 17 29 21 311 202 109 1 15 318 167 151 2
14 Sun December 15 boxscore W 4-9-1 Pittsburgh Steelers 24 14 13 343 258 85 16 350 199 151 4

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
17 Billy Kilmer 29 QB 12 11 4-7-0 167 315 53.0 2060 15 4.8 17 5.4 51 6.5 5.1 12.3 171.7 66.9 1 1
14 Karl Sweetan 26 qb 5 2 0-2-1 27 78 34.6 318 1 1.3 9 11.5 42 4.1 -0.9 11.8 63.6 12.6
11 Ronnie Lee South 23 qb 4 1 14 38 36.8 129 1 2.6 3 7.9 19 3.4 0.4 9.2 32.3 22.8
32 Tom Barrington 24 14 0 2 6 33.3 42 0 0.0 0 0.0 23 7.0 7.0 21.0 3.0 59.0
36 Don McCall 24 HB 13 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
83 Dave Parks 27 SE 10 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 26.6 14 4-9-1 210 439 47.8 2549 17 3.9 29 6.6 51 5.8 3.6 12.1 182.1 51.5 1 1
Opp Total 14 153 366 41.8 2483 25 6.8 16 4.4 6.8 6.18 16.2 177.4 69.7 34 297 5.5 4.9 8.5

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
36 Don McCall 24 HB 13 0 155 637 4 48 4.1 49.0 11.9 26 270 10.4 2 25 2.0 20.8 907 6 4
34 Tony Lorick 27 FB 13 0 104 344 0 36 3.3 26.5 8.0 26 272 10.5 3 29 2.0 20.9 616 3 3
32 Tom Barrington 24 14 0 45 111 0 22 2.5 7.9 3.2 9 33 3.7 1 10 0.6 2.4 144 1 0
33 Randy Schultz 25 9 0 43 152 0 15 3.5 16.9 4.8 12 34 2.8 0 14 1.3 3.8 186 0 1
39 Ernie Wheelwright 29 12 0 21 99 1 15 4.7 8.3 1.8 1 -9 -9.0 0 -9 0.1 -0.8 90 1 1
17 Billy Kilmer 29 QB 12 11 21 97 2 22 4.6 8.1 1.8 97 2 5
38 Tony Baker 23 1 0 4 2 0 3 0.5 2.0 4.0 2 0 0
11 Ronnie Lee South 23 qb 4 1 4 5 0 2 1.3 1.3 1.0 5 0 0
14 Karl Sweetan 26 qb 5 2 4 -5 0 2 -1.3 -1.0 0.8 -5 0 1
46 Danny Abramowicz 23 FL 14 0 2 27 0 18 13.5 1.9 0.1 54 890 16.5 7 47 3.9 63.6 917 7 0
42 John Gilliam 23 PR 14 0 2 36 0 29 18.0 2.6 0.1 24 284 11.8 0 39 1.7 20.3 320 0 0
12 Tom McNeill 26 P 10 0 2 1 0 15 0.5 0.1 0.2 1 0 0
85 Ray Poage 28 10 0 1 22 0 22 22.0 2.2 0.1 1 11 11.0 0 11 0.1 1.1 33 0 0
23 Dave Whitsell 32 RS 14 0 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0 -0.1 0.1 -1 0 0
83 Dave Parks 27 SE 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 25 258 10.3 0 41 2.5 25.8 258 0 0
84 Jimmy Hester 24 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 17 300 17.6 2 51 1.2 21.4 300 2 0
87 Monty Stickles 30 TE 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 15 206 13.7 2 35 1.2 15.8 206 2 0
Team Total 26.6 14 409 1527 7 48 3.7 109.1 29.2 210 2549 12.1 17 51 15.0 182.1 4076 24 19
Opp Total 14 439 2105 13 4.8 150.4 31.4 153 2186 14.3 25 10.9 156.1 4291 38 33

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
29 Gene Howard 22 KR/LCB 14 0 8 42 0 12 5.3 23 533 0 36 23.2 575
42 John Gilliam 23 PR 14 0 15 60 0 21 4.0 15 328 0 48 21.9 708
22 Charlie R. Brown 23 3 0 8 60 1 53 7.5 8 137 0 28 17.1 197
24 Elijah Nevett 24 10 0 3 -9 0 0 -3.0 2 94 0 31 47.0 85
21 John H. Douglas 23 RCB 14 0 1 10 0 10 10.0 10
78 Jerry Jones 24 RT 14 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 5
30 Les Kelley 24 14 0 1 20 0 20 20.0 20
37 Steve Stonebreaker 30 14 0 1 22 0 22 22.0 22
23 Dave Whitsell 32 RS 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 -1
Team Total 26.6 14 34 153 1 53 4.5 53 1149 0 48 21.7 5378
Opp Total 14 30 1 57 1134 0 19.9

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
10 Charlie Durkee 24 K 14 0 3 3 4 3 14 9 11 4 5 37 19 51.4% 27 27 100.0%
12 Tom McNeill 26 P 10 0 49 2009 58 1 41.0
11 Ronnie Lee South 23 qb 4 1 14 387 0 0 27.6
51 Jim Fraser 32 2 0 11 391 56 0 35.5
34 Tony Lorick 27 FB 13 0 1 36 36 0 36.0
Team Total 26.6 14 3 3 4 3 14 9 11 4 5 37 19 51.4% 27 27 100.0% 75 2823 58 1 37.6
Opp Total 14 27 12 44.4% 42 37 88.1% 69 2815 40.8

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
23 Dave Whitsell 32 RS 14 0 6 44 0 32 0 0 0 2 6 0
29 Gene Howard 22 KR/LCB 14 0 3 51 0 35 0 0 2 2 0 0
17 Billy Kilmer 29 QB 12 11 0 5 1 0 0
16 Bo Burris 24 LS 14 0 3 129 1 94 0 0 0 2 0 0
34 Tony Lorick 27 FB 13 0 0 3 1 0 0
36 Don McCall 24 HB 13 0 0 4 0 0 0
66 Bill Cody 24 14 0 0 0 3 0 0
30 Les Kelley 24 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
72 Earl Leggett 35 14 0 0 0 3 0 0
60 Brian Schweda 25 RDE 10 0 0 0 3 18 0
79 Lou Cordileone 31 13 0 1 7 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 0
45 Elbert Kimbrough 30 10 0 1 15 0 15 0 0 0 1 3 0
76 Dave Rowe 23 RDT 14 0 0 0 2 0 0
37 Steve Stonebreaker 30 14 0 0 0 2 0 0
74 Mike Tilleman 24 LDT 14 0 0 0 2 0 0
39 Ernie Wheelwright 29 12 0 0 1 1 0 0
77 Jim Boeke 30 13 0 0 0 1 0 0
82 Johnny Brewer 31 RLB 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
50 Jake Kupp 27 LG 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
24 Elijah Nevett 24 10 0 0 1 0 0 0
85 Ray Poage 28 10 0 0 0 1 0 0
33 Randy Schultz 25 9 0 0 1 0 0 0
73 Jerry Sturm 32 LT 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
14 Karl Sweetan 26 qb 5 2 0 1 0 0 0
54 Joe Wendryhoski 30 C 14 14 0 0 1 0 0
59 Fred Whittingham 29 MLB 13 0 1 16 0 16 0
61 Del Williams 23 RG 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.6 14 16 262 1 94 0 0 19 34 27 0
Opp Total 14 33 33 7 1

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
10 Charlie Durkee 24 K 14 0 27 19 84
46 Danny Abramowicz 23 FL 14 0 7 7 42
36 Don McCall 24 HB 13 0 4 2 6 36
34 Tony Lorick 27 FB 13 0 3 3 18
84 Jimmy Hester 24 14 0 2 2 12
17 Billy Kilmer 29 QB 12 11 2 2 12
87 Monty Stickles 30 TE 13 0 2 2 12
32 Tom Barrington 24 14 0 1 1 6
22 Charlie R. Brown 23 3 0 1 1 6
16 Bo Burris 24 LS 14 0 1 1 6
39 Ernie Wheelwright 29 12 0 1 1 6
23 Dave Whitsell 32 RS 14 0 1 1 6
Team Total 26.6 14 7 17 1 1 1 27 27 19 246
Opp Total 14 13 25 1 37 12 1 327