1969 New Orleans Saints

Franchise Index: Previous Season / Next Season

Record: 5-9-0, Finished 3rd in NFL Capital Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 311 points (22.2/g), 6th of 16 in the NFL.
Allowed 393 points (28.1/g), 15th.
Differential of -82 points (-5.9/g), 13th.
Expected W-L: 5.1-8.9.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -10 (-0.7/g), 12th.

Coached by Tom Fears (5-9-0)

Let people know you like this site. Sponsor this page for $10 per year.

1969 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · ·

								Score		Offense					Defense
Week		Date			Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 21	box	L	0-1		Washington Redskins	20	26	20	328	111	217	1	12	303	229	74	1
2	Sun	September 28	box	L	0-2		Dallas Cowboys	17	21	17	310	269	41	4	17	294	81	213	1
3	Sun	October 5	box	L	0-3	@	Los Angeles Rams	17	36	17	315	262	53	3	16	350	228	122	1
4	Sun	October 12	box	L	0-4		Cleveland Browns	17	27	21	277	116	161	4	18	306	214	92
5	Sun	October 19	box	L	0-5		Baltimore Colts	10	30	23	325	247	78	4	25	491	309	182
6	Sun	October 26	box	L	0-6	@	Philadelphia Eagles	10	13	13	267	236	31	4	20	366	244	122	4
7	Sun	November 2	box	W	1-6	@	St. Louis Cardinals	51	42	26	508	345	163	1	19	478	374	104	4
8	Sun	November 9	box	L	1-7	@	Dallas Cowboys	17	33	20	303	162	141	3	18	438	251	187	2
9	Sun	November 16	box	W	2-7	@	New York Giants	25	24	16	296	145	151		18	364	256	108	2
10	Sun	November 23	box	W	3-7		San Francisco 49ers	43	38	26	402	267	135	1	23	433	272	161	2
11	Sun	November 30	box	W	4-7		Philadelphia Eagles	26	17	23	385	201	184		15	304	214	90	4
12	Sun	December 7	box	L	4-8	@	Atlanta Falcons	17	45	17	287	204	83	2	15	376	213	163	1
13	Sun	December 14	box	L	4-9	@	Washington Redskins	14	17	20	336	162	174	3	15	248	157	91
14	Sun	December 21	box	W	5-9		Pittsburgh Steelers	27	24	23	340	247	93	2	11	267	141	126

Team Stats and Rankings

Glossary · ·

						Passing							Rushing
	Pts	Yds	Ply	Y/P	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	TO	FL	1stPy
Team Offense	311	4679	879	5.3	282	245	453	2974	22	20	6.2	158	399	1705	12	4.3	93	32	12	31
Team Defense	393	5018	822	6.1	396	200	382	3183	32	12	7.9	131	419	1835	15	4.4	242	22	10	23
Lg Rank Offense	6	3			1		3	3	6	9	5		10	7	8	4		8	5
Lg Rank Defense	15	15			10		6	14	15	16	16		7	9	11	13		16	13

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%
Billy Kilmer	30	QB	14	14	5-9-0	193	360	53.6	2532	20	5.6	17	4.7	52	7.0	5.5	13.1	180.9	74.9	22	212	6.1	4.6	5.8
Ed Hargett	22		6	0		31	52	59.6	403	0	0.0	0	0.0	32	7.8	7.8	13.0	67.2	84.1	3	18	7.0	7.0	5.5
Jim Ninowski	33		4	0		17	34	50.0	227	1	2.9	2	5.9	70	6.7	4.3	13.4	56.8	56.9	1	11	6.2	3.9	2.9
Andy Livingston*	25	HB	14	0		3	4	75.0	38	1	25.0	1	25.0	14	9.5	0.8	12.7	2.7	104.2	0	0	9.5	0.8	0.0
Tom Barrington	25	RET	11	0		1	2	50.0	15	0	0.0	0	0.0	15	7.5	7.5	15.0	1.4	75.0	1	0	5.0	5.0	33.3
Joe Don Looney	27		3	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Team Total	26.6		14		5-9-0	245	453	54.1	3215	22	4.9	20	4.4	70	7.1	5.6	13.1	229.6	74.5	27	241	6.2	4.8	5.6
Opp Total			14			200	382	52.4	3183	32	8.4	12	3.1		8.3	7.8	15.9	227.4	95.3	21	199	7.9	6.9

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Rushing							Receiving
	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
Andy Livingston*	25	HB	14	0	181	761	5	18	4.2	54.4	12.9	28	278	9.9	3	51	2.0	19.9	1039	8	2
Tony Baker*	24	FB	14	0	134	642	1	54	4.8	45.9	9.6	34	352	10.4	1	35	2.4	25.1	994	2	2
Ernie Wheelwright	30		13	0	25	85	4	17	3.4	6.5	1.9	8	68	8.5	1	20	0.6	5.2	153	5	1
Don Shy	24		14	0	21	75	1	22	3.6	5.4	1.5	9	141	15.7	1	70	0.6	10.1	216	2	2
Billy Kilmer	30	QB	14	14	11	18	0	12	1.6	1.3	0.8								18	0	5
Tom Barrington	25	RET	11	0	7	33	1	17	4.7	3.0	0.6	4	42	10.5	0	15	0.4	3.8	75	1	0
Ed Hargett	22		6	0	5	15	0	11	3.0	2.5	0.8								15	0	0
Tony Lorick	28		14	0	5	11	0	6	2.2	0.8	0.4								11	0	1
Danny Abramowicz+	24	FL	14	0	3	61	0	28	20.3	4.4	0.2	73	1015	13.9	7	49	5.2	72.5	1076	7	0
Al Dodd	24	SE	14	0	3	12	0	9	4.0	0.9	0.2	37	600	16.2	1	52	2.6	42.9	612	1	0
Joe Don Looney	27		3	0	3	-5	0	4	-1.7	-1.7	1.0								-5	0	0
Ray Poage	29	te	14	0	1	-3	0	-3	-3.0	-0.2	0.1	18	236	13.1	4	29	1.3	16.9	233	4	1
Dave Parks	28	TE/se	14	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	31	439	14.2	3	40	2.2	31.4	439	3	0
Jimmy Hester	25		10	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	3	44	14.7	1	22	0.3	4.4	44	1	0
Team Total	26.6		14		399	1705	12	54	4.3	121.8	28.5	245	3215	13.1	22	70	17.5	229.6	4920	34	20
Opp Total			14		419	1835	15		4.4	131.1	29.9	200	3183	15.9	32		14.3	227.4	5018	47	20

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Punt Returns					Kick Returns
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
Al Dodd	24	SE	14	0	15	106	0	21	7.1	8	171	0	28	21.4	889
Tom Barrington	25	RET	11	0	1	8	0	0	8.0	17	394	0	54	23.2	477
Gene Howard	23	LCB	14	0	9	73	0	30	8.1	9	227	0	86	25.2	300
Don Shy	24		14	0						16	447	0	57	27.9	663
Bobby Thompson	30	LS	7	0	4	25	0	12	6.3	5	101	0	26	20.2	126
Carl Ward	25		2	0	1	5	0	5	5.0	3	58	0	21	19.3	63
Elijah Nevett	25	RCB	14	0						2	53	0	37	26.5	53
Jimmy Hester	25		10	0						1	4	0	4	4.0	48
Steve Preece	22	ls	14	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
Team Total	26.6		14		30	217	0	30	7.2	62	1455	0	86	23.5	6592
Opp Total			14		27		0			48	935	0		19.5

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					0--19		20--29		30--39		40--49		50+		Tot			PAT			Punting
	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
Tom Dempsey*+	22	K	14	0	6	5	7	6	6	3	11	7	11	1	41	22	53.7%	35	33	94.3%
Ollie Cordill	26	P	12	0																	42	1719	58	1	40.9
Tom McNeill	27		2	0																	7	312	81	0	44.6
Team Total	26.6		14		6	5	7	6	6	3	11	7	11	1	41	22	53.7%	35	33	94.3%	49	2031	81	1	41.4
Opp Total			14												29	16	55.2%	49	47	95.9%	58	2413			41.6

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

						Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
Dick Absher	25	MLB	14	0		1	7	0	7			0	1	0	0
Doug Atkins	39	LDE	14	0								0	1	0	0
Tony Baker*	24	FB	14	0								2	2	0	0
Johnny Brewer	32	RLB	14	0								0	1	0	0
Bo Burris	25		12	0		1	24	0	24
Gene Howard	23	LCB	14	0		2	0	0	0			2	0	0	0
Billy Kilmer	30	QB	14	14								5	1	0	0
Andy Livingston*	25	HB	14	0								2	0	0	0
Tony Lorick	28		14	0								1	0	0	0
Elijah Nevett	25	RCB	14	0		3	20	0	20			1	2	2	0
Ray Poage	29	te	14	0								1	1	6	0
Steve Preece	22	ls	14	0		1	6	0	6			0	2	0	0
Dave Rowe	24	RDT	14	0								0	1	0	0
Don Shy	24		14	0								2	2	0	0
Jerry Sturm	33	C	14	0								1	1	-25	0
Bobby Thompson	30	LS	7	0		1	2	0	2			1	2	0	0
Carl Ward	25		2	0								1	0	0	0
Ernie Wheelwright	30		13	0								1	0	0	0
Dave Whitsell	33	RS	14	0		3	14	0	11
Team Total	26.6		14			12	73	0	24			20	17	-17	0
Opp Total			14		27							20	10					2

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	OthTD	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
Tom Dempsey*+	22	K	14	0				33	22		99
Andy Livingston*	25	HB	14	0	5	3					48
Danny Abramowicz+	24	FL	14	0		7					42
Ernie Wheelwright	30		13	0	4	1					30
Ray Poage	29	te	14	0		4					24
Dave Parks	28	TE/se	14	0		3					18
Tony Baker*	24	FB	14	0	1	1					12
Don Shy	24		14	0	1	1					12
Tom Barrington	25	RET	11	0	1						6
Al Dodd	24	SE	14	0		1					6
Jimmy Hester	25		10	0		1					6
Steve Preece	22	ls	14	0			1				6
Team Total	26.6		14		12	22	1	33	22		309
Opp Total			14		15	32		47	16	2	393

A Sports Reference Site: About PFR | Found a bug or have a suggestion? | Privacy Statement | Conditions & Terms of Service

Most data provided by 24-7 Baseball, creators of the ESPN Pro Football Encyclopedia.

Partner With: FantasyPlayers.com. Contact Fantasy Sports Ventures for advertising information.