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1970 New Orleans Saints

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Record: 2-11-1, Finished 4th in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 172 points (12.3/g), 25th of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 347 points (24.8/g), 24th.
 Differential of -175 points (-12.5/g), 25th.
 Expected W-L: 2.2-11.8.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -2 (-0.1/g), 14th.

Coached by Tom Fears (1-5-1) and J.D. Roberts (1-6-0)

1970 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 20 box L 0-1 Atlanta Falcons 3 14 9 235 150 85 2 14 265 116 149 2
2 Sun September 27 box L 0-2 @ Minnesota Vikings 0 26 8 131 71 60 4 12 291 185 106 2
3 Sun October 4 box W 1-2 New York Giants 14 10 10 183 92 91 3 22 361 210 151 3
4 Sun October 11 box L 1-3 @ St. Louis Cardinals 17 24 19 342 212 130 2 17 432 236 196 3
5 Sun October 18 box T 1-3-1 @ San Francisco 49ers 20 20 14 283 203 80 4 14 337 264 73 4
6 Sun October 25 box L 1-4-1 @ Atlanta Falcons 14 32 12 272 176 96 3 20 274 147 127 2
7 Sun November 1 box L 1-5-1 Los Angeles Rams 17 30 11 212 145 67 3 21 408 260 148 5
8 Sun November 8 box W 2-5-1 Detroit Lions 19 17 15 272 141 131 18 278 143 135 6
9 Sun November 15 box L 2-6-1 @ Miami Dolphins 10 21 18 319 191 128 3 20 406 225 181 4
10 Sun November 22 box L 2-7-1 Denver Broncos 6 31 11 263 214 49 3 25 452 302 150 1
11 Sun November 29 box L 2-8-1 @ Cincinnati Bengals 6 26 15 362 292 70 5 17 297 148 149 1
12 Sun December 6 box L 2-9-1 @ Los Angeles Rams 16 34 15 255 180 75 25 445 336 109
13 Sun December 13 box L 2-10-1 San Francisco 49ers 27 38 17 353 248 105 4 19 330 217 113 1
14 Sun December 20 box L 2-11-1 Chicago Bears 3 24 9 191 143 48 4 19 376 272 104 4

Team Stats and Rankings

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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 172 3673 814 4.5 183 213 415 2458 11 22 5.5 112 371 1215 4 3.3 55 40 18 16
Team Defense 347 4952 916 5.4 426 238 430 3061 19 22 6.8 150 469 1891 15 4.0 263 38 16 13
Lg Rank Offense 25 21 24 6 10 23 15 11 23 24 24 22 21 25
Lg Rank Defense 24 26 26 25 26 18 10 26 20 20 20 17 7 5

Passing

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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 31 QB 13 11 2-9-0 135 237 57.0 1557 6 2.5 17 7.2 46 6.6 3.6 11.5 119.8 55.5 19 155 5.5 2.7 7.4
Ed Hargett 23 10 3 0-2-1 78 175 44.6 1133 5 2.9 5 2.9 49 6.5 5.5 14.5 113.3 63.8 9 77 5.7 4.8 4.9
Steve Ramsey 22 1 0 0 2 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
Al Dodd 25 WR 14 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 26.0 14 2-11-1 213 415 51.3 2690 11 2.7 22 5.3 49 6.5 4.4 12.6 192.1 58.6 28 232 5.5 3.6 6.3
Opp Total 14 238 430 55.3 3061 19 4.4 22 5.1 7.1 5.3 12.9 218.6 71.3 17 136 6.8 4.8

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
Tony Baker 25 fb 8 0 82 337 1 29 4.1 42.1 10.3 12 47 3.9 0 11 1.5 5.9 384 1 1
Tom Barrington 26 RB 12 0 72 228 2 16 3.2 19.0 6.0 22 130 5.9 0 20 1.8 10.8 358 2 3
Jim Otis 22 FB 13 0 71 211 0 15 3.0 16.2 5.5 20 124 6.2 0 22 1.5 9.5 335 0 4
Elijah Pitts 32 6 0 32 96 0 11 3.0 16.0 5.3 7 63 9.0 0 12 1.2 10.5 159 0 3
Dick Davis 24 4 0 27 94 0 25 3.5 23.5 6.8 4 29 7.3 0 13 1.0 7.3 123 0 0
Don McCall 26 2 0 23 63 1 11 2.7 31.5 11.5 5 43 8.6 0 17 2.5 21.5 106 1 1
Ernie Wheelwright 31 4 0 16 45 0 9 2.8 11.3 4.0 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.3 1.8 52 0 1
Billy Kilmer 31 QB 13 11 12 42 0 15 3.5 3.2 0.9 42 0 4
Andy Livingston 26 1 0 10 29 0 10 2.9 29.0 10.0 29 0 0
Al Dodd 25 WR 14 0 5 31 0 16 6.2 2.2 0.4 28 484 17.3 1 45 2.0 34.6 515 1 1
Vic Nyvall 22 2 0 5 6 0 6 1.2 3.0 2.5 2 -1 -0.5 0 1 1.0 -0.5 5 0 0
Earl Gros 30 1 0 4 2 0 4 0.5 2.0 4.0 2 0 0.0 0 1 2.0 0.0 2 0 0
Bill Dusenbery 22 8 0 4 6 0 3 1.5 0.8 0.5 6 0 0
Ed Hargett 23 10 3 4 7 0 7 1.8 0.7 0.4 7 0 2
Danny Abramowicz 25 WR 14 0 1 7 0 7 7.0 0.5 0.1 55 906 16.5 5 48 3.9 64.7 913 5 2
Ray Poage 30 12 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 1.1 0.1 15 166 11.1 1 36 1.3 13.8 179 1 0
Ken Burrough 22 12 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 0.3 0.1 13 196 15.1 2 35 1.1 16.3 200 2 3
Julian Fagan 22 P 14 0 1 -6 0 -6 -6.0 -0.4 0.1 -6 0 1
Dave Parks 29 TE 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 26 447 17.2 2 38 2.0 34.4 447 2 0
Bob Shaw 23 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 49 49.0 0 49 0.3 12.3 49 0 0
Team Total 26.0 14 371 1215 4 29 3.3 86.8 26.5 213 2690 12.6 11 49 15.2 192.1 3905 15 27
Opp Total 14 469 1891 15 4.0 135.1 33.5 238 3061 12.9 19 17.0 218.6 4952 34 26

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Al Dodd 25 WR 14 0 14 129 0 41 9.2 15 319 0 32 21.3 963
Ken Burrough 22 12 0 15 298 0 38 19.9 498
Bill Dusenbery 22 8 0 10 183 0 26 18.3 189
Tom Barrington 26 RB 12 0 6 129 0 26 21.5 487
Dicky Lyons 23 4 0 5 34 0 27 6.8 1 20 0 20 20.0 54
Gene Howard 24 8 0 5 14 0 5 2.8 14
Hugo Hollas 25 SS 11 0 4 22 0 11 5.5 22
Jim Otis 22 FB 13 0 2 22 0 19 11.0 357
Gary Lewis 28 1 0 1 19 0 19 19.0 19
Don McCall 26 2 0 1 26 0 26 26.0 132
Elijah Pitts 32 6 0 1 22 0 22 22.0 181
Ray Poage 30 12 0 1 6 0 6 6.0 185
Doug Wyatt 24 LCB 14 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 15
Team Total 26.0 14 29 214 0 41 7.4 53 1044 0 38 19.7 5163
Opp Total 14 41 1 35 735 0 21.0

Kicking & Punting

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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
Julian Fagan 22 P 14 0 77 3269 64 2 42.5
Tom Dempsey 23 K 14 0 5 4 8 6 5 1 7 4 9 3 34 18 52.9% 17 16 94.1%
Team Total 26.0 14 5 4 8 6 5 1 7 4 9 3 34 18 52.9% 17 16 94.1% 77 3269 64 2 42.5
Opp Total 14 34 23 67.6% 40 38 95.0% 56 2262 40.4

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Danny Abramowicz 25 WR 14 0 2 0 0 0
Dick Absher 26 MLB 10 0 0 2 5 0
Tony Baker 25 fb 8 0 1 2 0 0
Tom Barrington 26 RB 12 0 3 0 0 0
Jackie Burkett 34 RLB 14 0 4 36 0 16
Ken Burrough 22 12 0 3 0 0 0
Al Dodd 25 WR 14 0 1 4 33 0
Julian Fagan 22 P 14 0 1 0 0 0
Ed Hargett 23 10 3 2 0 0 0
Hugo Hollas 25 SS 11 0 5 79 0 29 0 1 0 0
Delles Howell 22 RCB 13 0 3 28 0 28
Billy Kilmer 31 QB 13 11 4 1 -10 0
Dave Long 26 RDE 12 0 0 1 0 0
Dicky Lyons 23 4 0 1 12 0 12 1 0 0 0
Don McCall 26 2 0 1 0 0 0
Mike Morgan 28 LLB 9 0 1 7 0 7 0 3 28 1
Elijah Nevett 26 11 0 3 49 0 47 0 2 0 0
Jim Otis 22 FB 13 0 4 0 0 0
Elijah Pitts 32 6 0 3 2 0 0
Joe Scarpati 27 FS 14 0 1 4 0 4
Clovis Swinney 25 14 0 0 1 0 0
Don Talbert 31 LT 14 0 0 1 0 0
Mike Tilleman 26 LDT 14 0 0 2 0 0
Willie Townes 27 6 0 0 1 0 0
Ernie Wheelwright 31 4 0 1 0 0 0
Doug Wyatt 24 LCB 14 0 4 45 0 25 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.0 14 22 260 0 47 27 24 56 1
Opp Total 14 28 26 10

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Tom Dempsey 23 K 14 0 16 18 70
Danny Abramowicz 25 WR 14 0 5 30
Tom Barrington 26 RB 12 0 2 12
Ken Burrough 22 12 0 2 12
Al Dodd 25 WR 14 0 1 1 12
Dave Parks 29 TE 13 0 2 12
Tony Baker 25 fb 8 0 1 6
Don McCall 26 2 0 1 6
Mike Morgan 28 LLB 9 0 1 6
Ray Poage 30 12 0 1 6
Team Total 26.0 14 4 11 1 1 16 18 172
Opp Total 14 15 19 1 38 23 347