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1971 New Orleans Saints

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Record: 4-8-2, Finished 4th in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 266 points (19.0/g), 15th of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 347 points (24.8/g), 24th.
 Differential of -81 points (-5.8/g), 20th.
 Expected W-L: 4.9-9.1.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +20 (1.4/g), 1st.

Coached by J.D. Roberts (4-8-2)

1971 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 19 box W 1-0 Los Angeles Rams 24 20 21 276 154 122 1 11 262 144 118 1
2 Sun September 26 box L 1-1 San Francisco 49ers 20 38 16 263 173 90 2 17 319 125 194 2
3 Sun October 3 box T 1-1-1 @ Houston Oilers 13 13 16 263 79 184 2 13 263 156 107 3
4 Sun October 10 box L 1-2-1 @ Chicago Bears 14 35 18 263 188 75 4 26 427 225 202 3
5 Sun October 17 box W 2-2-1 Dallas Cowboys 24 14 10 157 49 108 2 20 300 204 96 6
6 Sun October 24 box L 2-3-1 @ Atlanta Falcons 6 28 15 202 144 58 2 25 364 80 284 1
7 Sun October 31 box L 2-4-1 @ Washington Redskins 14 24 16 212 106 106 1 21 377 204 173 6
8 Sun November 7 box T 2-4-2 Oakland Raiders 21 21 26 373 161 212 3 13 240 106 134 2
9 Sun November 14 box W 3-4-2 @ San Francisco 49ers 26 20 17 338 216 122 1 23 333 190 143 4
10 Sun November 21 box L 3-5-2 Minnesota Vikings 10 23 11 258 167 91 2 20 267 95 172 2
11 Sun November 28 box W 4-5-2 @ Green Bay Packers 29 21 18 273 110 163 15 262 167 95 6
12 Sun December 5 box L 4-6-2 @ Los Angeles Rams 28 45 20 263 207 56 1 22 421 128 293 1
13 Sun December 12 box L 4-7-2 Cleveland Browns 17 21 18 225 66 159 3 20 284 152 132 7
14 Sun December 19 box L 4-8-2 Atlanta Falcons 20 24 20 300 135 165 1 14 319 262 57 1

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 266 3666 889 4.1 242 182 387 1955 12 14 4.5 106 452 1711 18 3.8 105 25 11 31
Team Defense 347 4438 852 5.2 391 175 333 2238 20 20 6.3 110 495 2200 18 4.4 260 45 25 21
Lg Rank Offense 15 19 6 9 20 19 5 24 17 15 5 17 3 2
Lg Rank Defense 24 22 24 3 15 23 15 20 23 22 21 22 3 1

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS 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%
Ed Hargett 24 qb 14 4 96 210 45.7 1191 6 2.9 5 2.4 49 5.7 4.9 12.4 85.1 63.4 10 68 5.1 4.4 4.5
Archie Manning 22 QB 12 10 86 177 48.6 1164 6 3.4 9 5.1 63 6.6 4.6 13.5 97.0 60.1 40 332 3.8 2.2 18.4
Team Total 25.0 14 182 387 47.0 2355 12 3.1 14 3.6 63 6.1 4.8 12.9 168.2 61.9 50 400 4.5 3.3 11.4
Opp Total 14 175 333 52.6 2238 20 6.0 20 6.0 6.7 4.6 12.8 159.9 68.9 24 234 6.3 3.7

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
Bob Gresham 23 RB 13 0 127 383 6 18 3.0 29.5 9.8 17 203 11.9 0 37 1.3 15.6 586 6 3
Jim Strong 25 FB 14 0 95 404 3 39 4.3 28.9 6.8 16 78 4.9 0 14 1.1 5.6 482 3 5
James Ford 22 fb 9 0 93 379 2 35 4.1 42.1 10.3 7 54 7.7 0 10 0.8 6.0 433 2 2
Archie Manning 22 QB 12 10 33 172 4 17 5.2 14.3 2.8 1 -7 -7.0 0 -7 0.1 -0.6 165 4 7
Hoyle Granger 27 14 0 32 139 1 16 4.3 9.9 2.3 12 52 4.3 0 11 0.9 3.7 191 1 1
Virgil Robinson 24 RET 11 0 29 96 1 12 3.3 8.7 2.6 12 53 4.4 1 17 1.1 4.8 149 2 2
Tony Baker 26 4 0 29 125 0 20 4.3 31.3 7.3 6 44 7.3 1 29 1.5 11.0 169 1 1
Ed Hargett 24 qb 14 4 9 24 1 11 2.7 1.7 0.6 24 1 1
Dave Parks 30 TE 14 0 2 -2 0 10 -1.0 -0.1 0.1 35 568 16.2 5 42 2.5 40.6 566 5 0
Al Dodd 26 WR 10 0 1 7 0 7 7.0 0.7 0.1 15 298 19.9 0 49 1.5 29.8 305 0 2
Julian Fagan 23 P 14 0 1 -17 0 -17 -17.0 -1.2 0.1 -17 0 0
Billy Harris 25 1 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1 0 0
Danny Abramowicz 26 WR 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 37 657 17.8 5 63 2.6 46.9 657 5 1
Bob Newland 23 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 21 319 15.2 0 44 1.5 22.8 319 0 0
Don Burchfield 22 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 36 12.0 0 16 0.2 2.6 36 0 0
Team Total 25.0 14 452 1711 18 39 3.8 122.2 32.3 182 2355 12.9 12 63 13.0 168.2 4066 30 29
Opp Total 14 495 2200 18 4.4 157.1 35.4 175 2238 12.8 20 12.5 159.9 4438 38 39

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Al Dodd 26 WR 10 0 13 88 0 14 6.8 12 252 0 28 21.0 645
Virgil Robinson 24 RET 11 0 19 443 0 51 23.3 592
Reynaud Moore 22 14 0 2 12 0 9 6.0 11 246 0 31 22.4 258
Jim Strong 25 FB 14 0 9 134 0 20 14.9 616
Bob Gresham 23 RB 13 0 3 60 0 26 20.0 646
Danny Abramowicz 26 WR 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 657
Dick Absher 27 14 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 3
Don Burchfield 22 14 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 41
Team Total 25.0 14 16 100 0 14 6.3 56 1143 0 51 20.4 5309
Opp Total 14 43 0 54 1326 2 24.6

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 23 P 14 0 77 3188 64 0 41.4
Charlie Durkee 27 K 12 0 6 6 4 4 9 6 3 1 23 16 69.6% 25 24 96.0%
Skip Butler 24 2 0 1 2 1 2 5 1 20.0% 6 5 83.3%
Team Total 25.0 14 7 6 4 4 11 7 5 1 28 17 60.7% 31 29 93.5% 77 3188 64 0 41.4
Opp Total 14 26 13 50.0% 44 44 100.0% 50 2060 41.2

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 26 WR 14 0 1 1 0 0
Dick Absher 27 14 0 1 21 0 21 0 2 0 0
Tony Baker 26 4 0 1 0 0 0
Wayne Colman 25 RLB 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 0
John Didion 24 C 14 0 1 0 0 0
Al Dodd 26 WR 10 0 2 1 0 0
Jim Flanigan 26 MLB 14 0 1 10 0 10 0 1 15 0
James Ford 22 fb 9 0 2 2 0 0
Hoyle Granger 27 14 0 1 1 0 0
Bob Gresham 23 RB 13 0 3 1 0 0
Ed Hargett 24 qb 14 4 1 2 0 0
Ray Hester 22 llb 14 0 0 3 0 0
Hugo Hollas 26 SS 14 0 5 56 0 25
Delles Howell 23 RCB 14 0 5 120 0 60
Dave Kopay 29 10 0 0 1 6 0
Jake Kupp 30 LG 14 0 0 1 0 0
Bivian Lee 23 14 0 0 1 0 0
Dave Long 27 RDT 14 0 0 4 0 0
Archie Manning 22 QB 12 10 7 3 -2 0
Dee Martin 22 LCB 14 0 3 51 0 26 1 2 0 0
Reynaud Moore 22 14 0 1 0 0 0
Don Morrison 22 LT 14 0 0 1 0 0
Richard Neal 24 LDE 14 0 0 4 0 0
Bob Newland 23 14 0 0 1 7 0
Joe Owens 25 RDE 14 0 0 2 0 0
Dave Parks 30 TE 14 0 0 1 0 0
Bob Pollard 23 LDT 14 14 0 1 0 0
Virgil Robinson 24 RET 11 0 2 1 0 0
John Shinners 24 14 0 0 1 0 0
Jim Strong 25 FB 14 0 5 2 0 0
Del Williams 26 RG 14 0 1 1 0 0
Doug Wyatt 25 FS 12 0 4 84 1 55
Team Total 25.0 14 20 342 1 60 29 43 32 0
Opp Total 14 50 39 14

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Charlie Durkee 27 K 12 0 24 16 72
Bob Gresham 23 RB 13 0 6 36
Danny Abramowicz 26 WR 14 0 5 30
Dave Parks 30 TE 14 0 5 30
Archie Manning 22 QB 12 10 4 24
Jim Strong 25 FB 14 0 3 18
James Ford 22 fb 9 0 2 12
Virgil Robinson 24 RET 11 0 1 1 12
Skip Butler 24 2 0 5 1 8
Tony Baker 26 4 0 1 6
Hoyle Granger 27 14 0 1 6
Ed Hargett 24 qb 14 4 1 6
Doug Wyatt 25 FS 12 0 1 6
Team Total 25.0 14 18 12 1 29 17 266
Opp Total 14 18 20 2 44 13 347