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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)
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1970 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 | 31 | 9 | 11 | 135 for 237, 1,557 yards, 6 td, 17 int, & 12 rushes for 42 yards and 0 td | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 11th pick / 1961 |
| RB | Tom Barrington | 26 | 4 | 0 | 72 rushes for 228 yards, 2 td, & 22 catches for 130 yards and 0 td | Washington Redskins / 3rd / 38th pick / 1966 |
| FB | Jim Otis | 22 | Rook | 0 | 71 rushes for 211 yards, 0 td, & 20 catches for 124 yards and 0 td | New Orleans Saints / 9th / 218th pick / 1970 |
| FB | Tony Baker | 25 | 2 | 0 | 82 rushes for 337 yards, 1 td, & 12 catches for 47 yards and 0 td | |
| WR | Danny Abramowicz | 25 | 3 | 0 | 55 catches for 906 yards, 5 td, & 1 rush for 7 yards and 0 td | New Orleans Saints / 17th / 420th pick / 1967 |
| WR | Al Dodd | 25 | 3 | 0 | 28 catches for 484 yards, 1 td, & 5 rushes for 31 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 4th / 90th pick / 1967 |
| TE | Dave Parks | 29 | 6 | 0 | 26 catches for 447 yards, 2 td | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 1st pick / 1964 |
| LT | Don Talbert | 31 | 8 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 34th / 271st pick / 1962 |
| LG | Jake Kupp | 29 | 6 | 0 | Dallas Cowboys / 9th / 116th pick / 1964 |
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| C | Jerry Sturm | 34 | 9 | 0 | ||
| C | Del Williams | 25 | 3 | 0 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 79th pick / 1967 |
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| RG | Del Williams | 25 | 3 | 0 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 79th pick / 1967 |
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| RG | John Shinners | 23 | 1 | 0 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 17th pick / 1969 |
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| RT | Errol Linden | 33 | 9 | 0 | Detroit Lions / 10th / 135th pick / 1961 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Richard Neal | 23 | 1 | 0 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 45th pick / 1969 |
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| LDT | Mike Tilleman | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 12th / 163rd pick / 1965 |
| RDT | Dave Rowe | 25 | 3 | 0 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 53rd pick / 1967 |
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| RDE | Dave Long | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 43rd pick / 1966 |
| LLB | Mike Morgan | 28 | 6 | 0 | 1 interception, 3 fumbles recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 17th / 226th pick / 1964 |
| LLB | Wayne Colman | 24 | 2 | 0 | ||
| MLB | Dick Absher | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 5th / 125th pick / 1967 |
| RLB | Jackie Burkett | 34 | 9 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 12th pick / 1959 |
| LCB | Doug Wyatt | 24 | Rook | 0 | 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New Orleans Saints / 17th / 426th pick / 1970 |
| RCB | Delles Howell | 22 | Rook | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 88th pick / 1970 |
| SS | Hugo Hollas | 25 | Rook | 0 | 5 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| FS | Joe Scarpati | 27 | 6 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Boston Patriots / 13th / 100th pick / 1964 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Tom Dempsey | 23 | 1 | 0 | 18 of 34 field goals & 16 of 17 extra points | |
| P | Julian Fagan | 22 | Rook | 0 | 77 punts for a 42.5 average, 2 blocked | Houston Oilers / 17th / 430th pick / 1970 |
| PR | Al Dodd | 25 | 3 | 0 | 14 punt returns for a 9.2 average and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 4th / 90th pick / 1967 |
| KR | Al Dodd | 25 | 3 | 0 | 15 kick returns for a 21.3 average and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 4th / 90th pick / 1967 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Danny Abramowicz | 25 | E | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Xavier (OH) | 7/13/1945 | 3 | New Orleans Saints / 17th / 420th pick / 1967 |
| Dick Absher | 26 | LB-K | 10 | 0 | 230 | 6-4 | Maryland | 4/19/1944 | 3 | Philadelphia Eagles / 5th / 125th pick / 1967 |
| Tony Baker | 25 | RB | 8 | 0 | 229 | 5-11 | Iowa State | 2/16/1945 | 2 | |
| Tom Barrington | 26 | RB | 12 | 0 | 213 | 6-1 | Ohio State | 1/29/1944 | 4 | Washington Redskins / 3rd / 38th pick / 1966 |
| Johnny Brewer | 33 | TE-LB-DE | 9 | 0 | 230 | 6-4 | Mississippi | 3/8/1937 | 9 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 41st pick / 1960 |
| Jackie Burkett | 34 | LB-C | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-4 | Auburn | 12/16/1936 | 9 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 12th pick / 1959 |
| Ken Burrough | 22 | WR | 12 | 0 | 215 | 6-3 | Texas Southern | 7/14/1948 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 10th pick / 1970 |
| Bill Cody | 26 | LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Auburn | 8/2/1944 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 67th pick / 1966 |
| Wayne Colman | 24 | LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Temple | 4/13/1946 | 2 | |
| Dick Davis | 24 | RB | 4 | 0 | 215 | 5-11 | Nebraska | 11/28/1946 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 12th / 306th pick / 1969 |
| Tom Dempsey | 23 | K | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-2 | Palomar College | 1/12/1947 | 1 | |
| Al Dodd | 25 | WR-SE-DB | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Northwest State (LA) | 8/21/1945 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 4th / 90th pick / 1967 |
| Bill Dusenbery | 22 | RB | 8 | 0 | 198 | 6-2 | Johnson C. Smith | 9/15/1948 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 40th pick / 1970 |
| Frank Emanuel | 28 | LB | 3 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Tennessee | 12/4/1942 | 4 | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 9th pick / 1966 |
| Larry Estes | 24 | DE | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-6 | Alcorn State | 12/9/1946 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 8th / 192nd pick / 1970 |
| Julian Fagan | 22 | P | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-3 | Mississippi | 2/21/1948 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 17th / 430th pick / 1970 |
| Hap Farber | 22 | LB | 5 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Mississippi | 7/1/1948 | Rook | Minnesota Vikings / 7th / 181st pick / 1970 |
| Earl Gros | 30 | FB | 1 | 0 | 220 | 6-3 | LSU | 8/29/1940 | 8 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 14th pick / 1962 |
| Ed Hargett | 23 | QB | 10 | 3 | 185 | 5-11 | Texas A&M | 6/26/1947 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 16th / 397th pick / 1969 |
| Major Hazelton | 26 | DB | 3 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | Florida A&M | 9/9/1944 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 57th pick / 1968 |
| Hugo Hollas | 25 | DB | 11 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Rice | 11/30/1945 | Rook | |
| Gene Howard | 24 | DB | 8 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Langston | 12/22/1946 | 2 | New Orleans Saints / 7th / 175th pick / 1968 |
| Delles Howell | 22 | DB | 13 | 0 | 200 | 6-3 | Grambling State | 8/22/1948 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 88th pick / 1970 |
| Harry Jacobs | 33 | LB-DE | 6 | 0 | 226 | 6-1 | Bradley | 2/4/1937 | 10 | Detroit Lions / 11th / 125th pick / 1959 |
| Billy Kilmer | 31 | QB-HB | 13 | 11 | 204 | 6-0 | UCLA | 9/5/1939 | 9 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 11th pick / 1961 |
| Jake Kupp | 29 | G-TE | 14 | 0 | 248 | 6-3 | Washington | 3/12/1941 | 6 | Dallas Cowboys / 9th / 116th pick / 1964 |
| Gary Lewis | 28 | RB | 1 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Arizona State,Washington State | 2/22/1942 | 6 | San Francisco 49ers / 6th / 71st pick / 1964 |
| Errol Linden | 33 | T | 14 | 0 | 258 | 6-5 | Houston | 10/21/1937 | 9 | Detroit Lions / 10th / 135th pick / 1961 |
| Andy Livingston | 26 | RB | 1 | 0 | 236 | 6-1 | Phoenix College (JC) | 10/21/1944 | 6 | |
| Dave Long | 26 | DE-DT | 12 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | Iowa | 9/6/1944 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 43rd pick / 1966 |
| Dicky Lyons | 23 | DB | 4 | 0 | 191 | 6-0 | Kentucky | 8/11/1947 | Rook | Atlanta Falcons / 4th / 103rd pick / 1969 |
| Don McCall | 26 | RB | 2 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | USC | 9/21/1944 | 3 | New Orleans Saints / 5th / 108th pick / 1967 |
| Mike Morgan | 28 | LB | 9 | 0 | 242 | 6-4 | LSU | 1/31/1942 | 6 | Philadelphia Eagles / 17th / 226th pick / 1964 |
| Richard Neal | 23 | DE-DT | 12 | 0 | 260 | 6-3 | Southern | 9/27/1947 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 45th pick / 1969 |
| Elijah Nevett | 26 | DB-WR | 11 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Clark (GA) | 4/28/1944 | 3 | |
| Vic Nyvall | 22 | RB | 2 | 0 | 185 | 5-10 | Northwest State (LA) | 4/29/1948 | Rook | |
| Jim Otis | 22 | RB | 13 | 0 | 220 | 6-0 | Ohio State | 4/29/1948 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 9th / 218th pick / 1970 |
| Dave Parks | 29 | SE-TE-WR | 13 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Texas Tech | 12/25/1941 | 6 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 1st pick / 1964 |
| Elijah Pitts | 32 | HB | 6 | 0 | 204 | 6-1 | Philander Smith | 2/3/1938 | 9 | Green Bay Packers / 13th / 180th pick / 1961 |
| Ray Poage | 30 | TE-SE-FL-WR | 12 | 0 | 208 | 6-4 | Texas | 11/14/1940 | 7 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 11th pick / 1963 |
| Steve Ramsey | 22 | QB | 1 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | North Texas | 4/22/1948 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 5th / 126th pick / 1970 |
| Mike Richey | 23 | T | 5 | 0 | 263 | 6-4 | North Carolina | 1/30/1947 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 79th pick / 1969 |
| Dave Rowe | 25 | DT-NT | 14 | 0 | 280 | 6-7 | Penn State | 6/20/1945 | 3 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 53rd pick / 1967 |
| Joe Scarpati | 27 | DB | 14 | 0 | 185 | 5-10 | North Carolina State | 3/5/1943 | 6 | Boston Patriots / 13th / 100th pick / 1964 |
| Bob Shaw | 23 | WR | 4 | 0 | 194 | 6-0 | Winston-Salem State | 3/16/1947 | Rook | |
| John Shinners | 23 | G | 9 | 0 | 255 | 6-3 | Xavier (OH) | 3/1/1947 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 17th pick / 1969 |
| Jerry Sturm | 34 | C-T-G | 10 | 0 | 260 | 6-3 | Illinois | 12/31/1936 | 9 | |
| Doug Sutherland | 22 | DT-G-DE | 10 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Wisconsin-Superior | 8/1/1948 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 14th / 348th pick / 1970 |
| Clovis Swinney | 25 | DT | 14 | 0 | 249 | 6-3 | Arkansas,Arkansas State | 8/17/1945 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 62nd pick / 1970 |
| Don Talbert | 31 | T-LB | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | Texas | 3/1/1939 | 8 | Houston Oilers / 34th / 271st pick / 1962 |
| Mike Taylor | 25 | T | 11 | 0 | 255 | 6-4 | USC | 5/5/1945 | 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 10th pick / 1968 |
| Mike Tilleman | 26 | DT | 14 | 0 | 272 | 6-7 | Montana | 3/30/1944 | 4 | Minnesota Vikings / 12th / 163rd pick / 1965 |
| Willie Townes | 27 | DE-DT | 6 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Indiana,Tulsa | 7/21/1943 | 4 | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 22nd pick / 1966 |
| Claxton Welch | 23 | RB | 1 | 0 | 203 | 5-11 | Oregon | 7/3/1947 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 9th / 230th pick / 1969 |
| Ernie Wheelwright | 31 | RB | 4 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Southern Illinois | 11/28/1939 | 6 | |
| Del Williams | 25 | G-C | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Florida State | 11/9/1945 | 3 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 79th pick / 1967 |
| Doug Wyatt | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Tulsa | 10/18/1946 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 17th / 426th pick / 1970 |
| Team Total | 26.0 | 14 | 223.6 | 6-2.1 | 3.3 |