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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.
Coached by Tom Fears (4-9-1)
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1968 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Billy Kilmer | 29 | 7 | 11 | 167 for 315, 2,060 yards, 15 td, 17 int, & 21 rushes for 97 yards and 2 td | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 11th pick / 1961 |
| HB | Don McCall | 24 | 1 | 0 | 155 rushes for 637 yards, 4 td, & 26 catches for 270 yards and 2 td | New Orleans Saints / 5th / 108th pick / 1967 |
| FB | Tony Lorick | 27 | 4 | 0 | 104 rushes for 344 yards, 0 td, & 26 catches for 272 yards and 3 td | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 7th pick / 1964 |
| FL | Danny Abramowicz | 23 | 1 | 0 | 54 catches for 890 yards, 7 td, & 2 rushes for 27 yards and 0 td | New Orleans Saints / 17th / 420th pick / 1967 |
| SE | Dave Parks | 27 | 4 | 0 | 25 catches for 258 yards, 0 td | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 1st pick / 1964 |
| TE | Monty Stickles | 30 | 8 | 0 | 15 catches for 206 yards, 2 td | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 11th pick / 1960 |
| TE | Jimmy Hester | 24 | 1 | 0 | 17 catches for 300 yards, 2 td | New Orleans Saints / 14th / 342nd pick / 1967 |
| LT | Jerry Sturm | 32 | 7 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| LG | Jake Kupp | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 9th / 116th pick / 1964 |
| C | Joe Wendryhoski | 30 | 4 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | New York Titans / 13th / 101st pick / 1961 |
| RG | Del Williams | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 79th pick / 1967 |
| RT | Jerry Jones | 24 | 2 | 0 | Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1966 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Doug Atkins | 38 | 15 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 11th pick / 1953 |
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| LDT | Mike Tilleman | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 12th / 163rd pick / 1965 |
| RDT | Dave Rowe | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 53rd pick / 1967 |
| RDE | Brian Schweda | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 8th / 101st pick / 1965 |
| LLB | Ted Davis | 26 | 4 | 0 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 8th pick / 1964 |
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| MLB | Fred Whittingham | 29 | 4 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RLB | Johnny Brewer | 31 | 7 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 41st pick / 1960 |
| LCB | Gene Howard | 22 | Rook | 0 | 3 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | New Orleans Saints / 7th / 175th pick / 1968 |
| RCB | John H. Douglas | 23 | 1 | 0 | New Orleans Saints / 5th / 133rd pick / 1967 |
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| LS | Bo Burris | 24 | 1 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 27th pick / 1967 |
| RS | Dave Whitsell | 32 | 10 | 0 | 6 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 24th / 289th pick / 1958 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Charlie Durkee | 24 | 1 | 0 | 19 of 37 field goals & 27 of 27 extra points | |
| P | Tom McNeill | 26 | 1 | 0 | 49 punts for a 41.0 average, 1 blocked | |
| PR | John Gilliam | 23 | 1 | 0 | 15 punt returns for a 4.0 average and 0 td | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1967 |
| KR | Gene Howard | 22 | Rook | 0 | 23 kick returns for a 23.2 average and 0 td | New Orleans Saints / 7th / 175th pick / 1968 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Danny Abramowicz | 23 | E | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Xavier (OH) | 7/13/1945 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 17th / 420th pick / 1967 |
| Doug Atkins | 38 | DE | 11 | 0 | 257 | 6-8 | Tennessee | 5/8/1930 | 15 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 11th pick / 1953 |
| Tony Baker | 23 | RB | 1 | 0 | 229 | 5-11 | Iowa State | 2/16/1945 | Rook | |
| Tom Barrington | 24 | RB | 14 | 0 | 213 | 6-1 | Ohio State | 1/29/1944 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 3rd / 38th pick / 1966 |
| Jim Boeke | 30 | T | 13 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | Heidelberg | 9/11/1938 | 8 | Los Angeles Rams / 19th / 217th pick / 1960 |
| Johnny Brewer | 31 | TE-LB-DE | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-4 | Mississippi | 3/8/1937 | 7 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 41st pick / 1960 |
| Charlie R. Brown | 23 | RB | 3 | 0 | 195 | 5-10 | Missouri | 10/16/1945 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 10th / 238th pick / 1967 |
| Bo Burris | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-3 | Houston | 10/16/1944 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 27th pick / 1967 |
| Tom Carr | 26 | DT | 4 | 0 | 264 | 6-4 | Morgan State | 4/6/1942 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 20th / 305th pick / 1966 |
| Bill Cody | 24 | LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Auburn | 8/2/1944 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 67th pick / 1966 |
| Lou Cordileone | 31 | DT-DE-G | 13 | 0 | 250 | 6-1 | Clemson | 8/4/1937 | 8 | New York Giants / 1st / 12th pick / 1960 |
| Ted Davis | 26 | LB | 14 | 0 | 232 | 6-1 | Georgia Tech | 7/27/1942 | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 8th pick / 1964 |
| John H. Douglas | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Texas Southern | 1/12/1945 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 5th / 133rd pick / 1967 |
| Charlie Durkee | 24 | K | 14 | 0 | 165 | 5-11 | Oklahoma State | 6/25/1944 | 1 | |
| James Ferguson | 26 | C-LB | 4 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | USC | 10/15/1942 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 17th / 439th pick / 1968 |
| Ross Fichtner | 30 | DB | 4 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Purdue | 10/26/1938 | 8 | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 33rd pick / 1960 |
| Jim Fraser | 32 | LB-P | 2 | 0 | 236 | 6-3 | Wisconsin | 5/29/1936 | 6 | Cleveland Browns / 21st / 250th pick / 1959 |
| John Gilliam | 23 | WR-FL | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | South Carolina State | 8/7/1945 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1967 |
| Ross Gwinn | 24 | G | 2 | 0 | 273 | 6-3 | Northwest State (LA) | 7/25/1944 | Rook | |
| Jimmy Hester | 24 | TE | 14 | 0 | 238 | 6-4 | North Dakota | 12/13/1944 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 14th / 342nd pick / 1967 |
| Gene Howard | 22 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Langston | 12/22/1946 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 7th / 175th pick / 1968 |
| Jerry Jones | 24 | T-DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Bowling Green | 2/14/1944 | 2 | Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1966 |
| Les Kelley | 24 | LB | 14 | 0 | 233 | 6-3 | Alabama | 12/9/1944 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 26th pick / 1967 |
| Billy Kilmer | 29 | QB-HB | 12 | 11 | 204 | 6-0 | UCLA | 9/5/1939 | 7 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 11th pick / 1961 |
| Elbert Kimbrough | 30 | DB | 10 | 0 | 196 | 5-11 | Northwestern | 3/24/1938 | 7 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 18th pick / 1961 |
| Jake Kupp | 27 | G-TE | 14 | 0 | 248 | 6-3 | Washington | 3/12/1941 | 4 | Dallas Cowboys / 9th / 116th pick / 1964 |
| Earl Leggett | 35 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-3 | LSU | 3/5/1933 | 11 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 13th pick / 1957 |
| Tony Lorick | 27 | RB | 13 | 0 | 217 | 6-1 | Arizona State | 5/25/1941 | 4 | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 7th pick / 1964 |
| Don McCall | 24 | RB | 13 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | USC | 9/21/1944 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 5th / 108th pick / 1967 |
| Tom McNeill | 26 | P | 10 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Stephen F. Austin | 8/12/1942 | 1 | |
| Elijah Nevett | 24 | DB-WR | 10 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Clark (GA) | 4/28/1944 | 1 | |
| Dave Parks | 27 | SE-TE-WR | 10 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Texas Tech | 12/25/1941 | 4 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 1st pick / 1964 |
| Ray Poage | 28 | TE-SE-FL-WR | 10 | 0 | 208 | 6-4 | Texas | 11/14/1940 | 5 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 11th pick / 1963 |
| Dave Rowe | 23 | DT-NT | 14 | 0 | 280 | 6-7 | Penn State | 6/20/1945 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 53rd pick / 1967 |
| Roy Schmidt | 26 | G-T | 9 | 0 | 248 | 6-3 | Long Beach State | 5/3/1942 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 13th / 178th pick / 1965 |
| Randy Schultz | 25 | RB | 9 | 0 | 210 | 6-0 | Northern Iowa | 11/17/1943 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 74th pick / 1966 |
| Brian Schweda | 25 | DE | 10 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Kansas | 4/30/1943 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 8th / 101st pick / 1965 |
| Ronnie Lee South | 23 | QB-P | 4 | 1 | 195 | 6-1 | Arkansas | 5/8/1945 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 5th / 115th pick / 1968 |
| Monty Stickles | 30 | TE-SE | 13 | 0 | 235 | 6-4 | Notre Dame | 8/16/1938 | 8 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 11th pick / 1960 |
| Steve Stonebreaker | 30 | LB-TE | 14 | 0 | 223 | 6-3 | Detroit Mercy | 10/28/1938 | 6 | Denver Broncos / 34th / 266th pick / 1962 |
| Jerry Sturm | 32 | C-T-G | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-3 | Illinois | 12/31/1936 | 7 | |
| Karl Sweetan | 26 | QB | 5 | 2 | 203 | 6-1 | Texas A&M,Wake Forest | 10/2/1942 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 18th / 249th pick / 1965 |
| Dave Szymakowski | 22 | WR | 3 | 0 | 198 | 6-2 | West Texas A&M | 3/15/1946 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 59th pick / 1968 |
| Mike Tilleman | 24 | DT | 14 | 0 | 272 | 6-7 | Montana | 3/30/1944 | 2 | Minnesota Vikings / 12th / 163rd pick / 1965 |
| Joe Wendryhoski | 30 | C | 14 | 14 | 245 | 6-2 | Illinois | 3/1/1938 | 4 | New York Titans / 13th / 101st pick / 1961 |
| Ernie Wheelwright | 29 | RB | 12 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Southern Illinois | 11/28/1939 | 4 | |
| Dave Whitsell | 32 | DB | 14 | 0 | 189 | 6-0 | Indiana | 6/14/1936 | 10 | Detroit Lions / 24th / 289th pick / 1958 |
| Fred Whittingham | 29 | LB-G | 13 | 0 | 240 | 6-1 | BYU,Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo | 2/4/1939 | 4 | |
| Del Williams | 23 | G-C | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Florida State | 11/9/1945 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 79th pick / 1967 |
| George Youngblood | 23 | DB | 4 | 0 | 205 | 6-3 | Los Angeles State | 1/4/1945 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 97th pick / 1966 |
| Team Total | 26.6 | 14 | 224.3 | 6-2.1 | 3.4 |