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1972 New Orleans Saints

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

Scored 215 points (15.4/g), 22nd of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 361 points (25.8/g), 23rd.
 Differential of -146 points (-10.4/g), 23rd.
 Expected W-L: 3.2-10.8.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -10 (-0.7/g), 21st.

Coached by J.D. Roberts (2-11-1)

1972 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 17 box L 0-1 @ Los Angeles Rams 14 34 20 287 218 69 2 20 393 139 254 1
2 Mon September 25 box L 0-2 Kansas City Chiefs 17 20 10 152 93 59 20 324 185 139 4
3 Sun October 1 box L 0-3 San Francisco 49ers 2 37 8 84 77 7 7 14 318 192 126 3
4 Sun October 8 box L 0-4 @ New York Giants 21 45 15 286 228 58 6 20 357 149 208 2
5 Sun October 15 box L 0-5 Atlanta Falcons 14 21 8 121 20 101 3 17 322 175 147 5
6 Sun October 22 box T 0-5-1 @ San Francisco 49ers 20 20 19 367 273 94 2 14 340 274 66 3
7 Sun October 29 box W 1-5-1 Philadelphia Eagles 21 3 23 432 284 148 1 13 209 57 152 3
8 Sun November 5 box L 1-6-1 @ Minnesota Vikings 6 37 16 270 147 123 4 23 381 233 148 1
9 Sun November 12 box L 1-7-1 @ Atlanta Falcons 20 36 19 264 155 109 2 21 352 163 189 1
10 Sun November 19 box L 1-8-1 @ Detroit Lions 14 27 17 319 242 77 3 21 330 207 123
11 Sun November 26 box W 2-8-1 Los Angeles Rams 19 16 17 260 158 102 17 309 123 186
12 Sun December 3 box L 2-9-1 @ New York Jets 17 18 22 333 194 139 1 18 323 259 64 2
13 Sun December 10 box L 2-10-1 New England Patriots 10 17 20 337 243 94 4 18 289 180 109 2
14 Sun December 17 box L 2-11-1 Green Bay Packers 20 30 12 152 102 50 2 15 244 66 178

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 215 3664 829 4.4 226 230 449 2434 18 21 4.9 123 337 1230 5 3.6 83 37 16 20
Team Defense 361 4491 873 5.1 251 213 367 2402 21 14 6.1 129 482 2089 15 4.3 107 27 13 15
Lg Rank Offense 22 20 19 1 6 10 16 19 26 25 25 23 19 16
Lg Rank Defense 23 21 20 21 22 25 20 19 17 19 17 18 19 17

Passing

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No. 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%
8 Archie Manning 23 QB 14 14 2-11-1 230 448 51.3 2781 18 4.0 21 4.7 66 6.2 4.5 12.1 198.6 64.6 43 347 5.0 3.4 8.8
35 Bob Gresham 24 RB 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 25.2 14 2-11-1 230 449 51.2 2781 18 4.0 21 4.7 66 6.2 4.5 12.1 198.6 64.5 43 347 4.9 3.4 8.7
Opp Total 14 213 367 58.0 2596 21 5.7 14 3.8 7.1 5.9 12.2 185.4 83.1 24 194 6.1 5.1

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
No. 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
35 Bob Gresham 24 RB 14 0 121 381 3 23 3.1 27.2 8.6 29 192 6.6 0 54 2.1 13.7 573 3 5
8 Archie Manning 23 QB 14 14 63 351 2 18 5.6 25.1 4.5 351 2 9
38 Bill Butler 22 FB 14 0 54 233 0 27 4.3 16.6 3.9 25 226 9.0 2 21 1.8 16.1 459 2 3
42 Jim Strong 26 14 0 37 120 0 9 3.2 8.6 2.6 14 123 8.8 0 16 1.0 8.8 243 0 1
24 Joe Williams 25 14 0 31 72 0 11 2.3 5.1 2.2 16 116 7.3 0 32 1.1 8.3 188 0 4
45 Arthur Green 25 7 0 14 51 0 14 3.6 7.3 2.0 7 49 7.0 0 15 1.0 7.0 100 0 0
28 James Ford 23 5 0 11 28 0 9 2.5 5.6 2.2 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.2 1.8 37 0 0
47 Virgil Robinson 25 3 0 5 1 0 5 0.2 0.3 1.7 1 0 0
83 Dave Parks 31 TE 12 0 1 -7 0 -7 -7.0 -0.6 0.1 32 542 16.9 6 66 2.7 45.2 535 6 0
41 Bob Newland 24 WR 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 47 579 12.3 2 42 3.4 41.4 579 2 1
46 Danny Abramowicz 27 WR 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 38 668 17.6 7 51 2.9 51.4 668 7 1
36 Robert Brown 29 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 11 175 15.9 1 34 0.8 12.5 175 1 0
26 Margene Adkins 25 RET 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 96 10.7 0 38 0.6 6.9 96 0 4
86 Creston Whitaker 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 6 6.0 0 6 0.5 3.0 6 0 0
Team Total 25.2 14 337 1230 5 27 3.6 87.9 24.1 230 2781 12.1 18 66 16.4 198.6 4011 23 33
Opp Total 14 482 2089 15 4.3 149.2 34.4 213 2402 11.3 21 15.2 171.6 4491 36 27

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
26 Margene Adkins 25 RET 14 0 7 0 0 4 0.0 43 1020 0 61 23.7 1116
37 Tom Myers 22 fs 13 6 9 43 0 10 4.8 43
45 Arthur Green 25 7 0 8 187 0 58 23.4 287
42 Jim Strong 26 14 0 4 53 0 22 13.3 296
18 Hugo Hollas 27 SS 14 0 2 9 0 9 4.5 9
24 Joe Williams 25 14 0 2 23 0 15 11.5 211
38 Bill Butler 22 FB 14 0 1 14 0 14 14.0 473
41 Bob Newland 24 WR 14 0 1 6 0 6 6.0 585
65 Remi Prudhomme 30 5 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 25.2 14 16 43 0 10 2.7 62 1312 0 61 21.2 5366
Opp Total 14 36 0 50 1129 0 22.6

Kicking & Punting

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0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. 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
10 Julian Fagan 24 P 14 0 71 2899 71 1 40.8
9 Happy Feller 23 K 6 0 1 1 2 1 4 3 4 1 11 6 54.5% 11 10 90.9%
15 Charlie Durkee 28 6 0 1 1 1 3 2 4 9 3 33.3% 9 9 100.0%
7 Toni Linhart 30 2 0 1 1 2 1 2 5 2 40.0% 5 5 100.0%
Team Total 25.2 14 3 3 5 2 7 5 10 1 25 11 44.0% 25 24 96.0% 71 2899 71 1 40.8
Opp Total 14 43 31 72.1% 38 38 100.0% 52 2044 39.3

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
46 Danny Abramowicz 27 WR 13 0 1 1 0 0
26 Margene Adkins 25 RET 14 0 4 1 0 0
38 Bill Butler 22 FB 14 0 3 1 0 0
51 John Didion 25 C 14 0 1 0 -29 0
10 Julian Fagan 24 P 14 0 1 2 -6 0
45 Arthur Green 25 7 0 0 1 0 0
35 Bob Gresham 24 RB 14 0 5 0 0 0
64 Ray Hester 23 7 0 0 2 0 0
18 Hugo Hollas 27 SS 14 0 1 14 0 14 1 3 0 0
20 Delles Howell 24 RCB 10 0 1 6 0 6
30 Ernie Jackson 22 LCB 10 0 3 41 0 31 0 1 85 1
77 Carl Johnson 23 LG 14 0 0 1 0 0
11 Bivian Lee 24 rcb 13 0 4 65 0 32
8 Archie Manning 23 QB 14 14 9 4 0 0
74 Doug Mooers 25 rdt 14 0 0 1 0 0
37 Tom Myers 22 fs 13 6 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
87 Richard Neal 25 LDE 14 0 0 1 0 0
41 Bob Newland 24 WR 14 0 1 0 0 0
82 Bob Pollard 24 LDT 14 14 0 2 1 0
65 Remi Prudhomme 30 5 0 1 0 0 0
54 Tom Roussel 27 LLB 14 0 2 15 0 11 0 1 0 0
42 Jim Strong 26 14 0 1 0 0 0
61 Del Williams 27 rg 8 0 0 1 0 0
24 Joe Williams 25 14 0 4 2 0 0
23 Doug Wyatt 26 FS 14 0 0 2 45 1
Team Total 25.2 14 14 141 0 32 33 28 96 2 1
Opp Total 14 43 27 14 1

Scoring Summary

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No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
46 Danny Abramowicz 27 WR 13 0 7 42
83 Dave Parks 31 TE 12 0 6 36
9 Happy Feller 23 K 6 0 10 6 28
15 Charlie Durkee 28 6 0 9 3 18
35 Bob Gresham 24 RB 14 0 3 18
38 Bill Butler 22 FB 14 0 2 12
8 Archie Manning 23 QB 14 14 2 12
41 Bob Newland 24 WR 14 0 2 12
7 Toni Linhart 30 2 0 5 2 11
36 Robert Brown 29 14 0 1 6
30 Ernie Jackson 22 LCB 10 0 1 6
87 Richard Neal 25 LDE 14 0 1 6
23 Doug Wyatt 26 FS 14 0 1 6
72 Joe Owens 26 RDE 14 0 1 2
Team Total 25.2 14 5 18 2 1 24 11 1 215
Opp Total 14 15 21 38 31 1 361