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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)
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1972 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 | Archie Manning | 23 | 1 | 14 | 230 for 448, 2,781 yards, 18 td, 21 int, & 63 rushes for 351 yards and 2 td | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 2nd pick / 1971 |
| RB | Bob Gresham | 24 | 1 | 0 | 121 rushes for 381 yards, 3 td, & 29 catches for 192 yards and 0 td | New Orleans Saints / 8th / 201st pick / 1971 |
| FB | Bill Butler | 22 | Rook | 0 | 54 rushes for 233 yards, 0 td, & 25 catches for 226 yards and 2 td | New Orleans Saints / 5th / 111th pick / 1972 |
| WR | Danny Abramowicz | 27 | 5 | 0 | 38 catches for 668 yards, 7 td | New Orleans Saints / 17th / 420th pick / 1967 |
| WR | Bob Newland | 24 | 1 | 0 | 47 catches for 579 yards, 2 td | New Orleans Saints / 7th / 172nd pick / 1971 |
| TE | Dave Parks | 31 | 8 | 0 | 32 catches for 542 yards, 6 td, & 1 rush for -7 yards and 0 td | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 1st pick / 1964 |
| LT | Don Morrison | 23 | 1 | 0 | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 98th pick / 1971 |
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| LG | Carl Johnson | 23 | Rook | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | New Orleans Saints / 5th / 112th pick / 1972 |
| C | John Didion | 25 | 3 | 0 | Washington Redskins / 7th / 173rd pick / 1969 |
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| RG | Royce Smith | 23 | Rook | 0 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 8th pick / 1972 |
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| RG | Del Williams | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 79th pick / 1967 |
| RT | Glen Ray Hines | 29 | 6 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 82nd pick / 1965 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Richard Neal | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 45th pick / 1969 |
| LDT | Bob Pollard | 24 | 1 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | New Orleans Saints / 11th / 262nd pick / 1971 |
| RDT | Dave Long | 28 | 6 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 43rd pick / 1966 |
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| RDT | Doug Mooers | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| RDE | Joe Owens | 26 | 2 | 0 | New Orleans Saints / 9th / 215th pick / 1969 |
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| LLB | Tom Roussel | 27 | 4 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 38th pick / 1968 |
| MLB | Joe Federspiel | 22 | Rook | 0 | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 99th pick / 1972 |
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| RLB | Wayne Colman | 26 | 4 | 0 | ||
| LCB | Ernie Jackson | 22 | Rook | 0 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New Orleans Saints / 7th / 164th pick / 1972 |
| LCB | Billie Hayes | 25 | Rook | 0 | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 104th pick / 1970 |
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| RCB | Delles Howell | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 88th pick / 1970 |
| RCB | Bivian Lee | 24 | 1 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 54th pick / 1971 |
| SS | Hugo Hollas | 27 | 2 | 0 | 1 interception, 3 fumbles recovered | |
| FS | Doug Wyatt | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | New Orleans Saints / 17th / 426th pick / 1970 |
| FS | Tom Myers | 22 | Rook | 6 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 74th pick / 1972 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Happy Feller | 23 | 1 | 0 | 6 of 11 field goals & 10 of 11 extra points | Philadelphia Eagles / 4th / 83rd pick / 1971 |
| P | Julian Fagan | 24 | 2 | 0 | 71 punts for a 40.8 average, 1 blocked | Houston Oilers / 17th / 430th pick / 1970 |
| PR | Tom Myers | 22 | Rook | 6 | 9 punt returns for a 4.8 average and 0 td | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 74th pick / 1972 |
| KR | Margene Adkins | 25 | 2 | 0 | 43 kick returns for a 23.7 average and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 49th pick / 1970 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Danny Abramowicz | 27 | E | 13 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Xavier (OH) | 7/13/1945 | 5 | New Orleans Saints / 17th / 420th pick / 1967 |
| Margene Adkins | 25 | WR | 14 | 0 | 183 | 5-10 | Henderson Junior College | 4/30/1947 | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 49th pick / 1970 |
| Robert Brown | 29 | TE | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Alcorn State | 1/1/1943 | 3 | |
| Bill Butler | 22 | RB | 14 | 0 | 218 | 6-0 | Kansas State | 8/12/1950 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 5th / 111th pick / 1972 |
| Wayne Colman | 26 | LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Temple | 4/13/1946 | 4 | |
| Mike Crangle | 25 | DE | 13 | 0 | 243 | 6-4 | Cincinnati,Tennessee-Martin | 2/3/1947 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 85th pick / 1972 |
| John Didion | 25 | C-LB | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | Oregon State | 10/24/1947 | 3 | Washington Redskins / 7th / 173rd pick / 1969 |
| Charlie Durkee | 28 | K | 6 | 0 | 165 | 5-11 | Oklahoma State | 6/25/1944 | 5 | |
| Julian Fagan | 24 | P | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-3 | Mississippi | 2/21/1948 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 17th / 430th pick / 1970 |
| Joe Federspiel | 22 | LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | Kentucky | 5/6/1950 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 99th pick / 1972 |
| Happy Feller | 23 | K | 6 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Texas | 6/13/1949 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 4th / 83rd pick / 1971 |
| James Ford | 23 | RB | 5 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | Texas Southern | 9/11/1949 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 13th / 337th pick / 1971 |
| Arthur Green | 25 | RB | 7 | 0 | 198 | 5-11 | Albany State (GA) | 9/18/1947 | Rook | |
| Bob Gresham | 24 | RB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | West Virginia | 7/9/1948 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 8th / 201st pick / 1971 |
| Willie Hall | 23 | LB | 14 | 0 | 223 | 6-2 | USC | 9/30/1949 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 31st pick / 1972 |
| Ed Hargett | 25 | QB | 14 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Texas A&M | 6/26/1947 | 3 | New Orleans Saints / 16th / 397th pick / 1969 |
| Billie Hayes | 25 | DB | 14 | 0 | 175 | 6-1 | San Diego State | 6/22/1947 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 104th pick / 1970 |
| Ray Hester | 23 | LB | 7 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Tulane | 3/31/1949 | 1 | |
| Glen Ray Hines | 29 | T | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-5 | Arkansas | 10/26/1943 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 82nd pick / 1965 |
| Bill Hobbs | 26 | LB | 6 | 0 | 218 | 6-0 | Texas A&M | 9/18/1946 | 3 | Philadelphia Eagles / 8th / 184th pick / 1969 |
| Hugo Hollas | 27 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Rice | 11/30/1945 | 2 | |
| Delles Howell | 24 | DB | 10 | 0 | 200 | 6-3 | Grambling State | 8/22/1948 | 2 | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 88th pick / 1970 |
| Ernie Jackson | 22 | DB | 10 | 0 | 173 | 5-10 | Duke | 4/11/1950 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 7th / 164th pick / 1972 |
| Carl Johnson | 23 | T-G | 14 | 0 | 248 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 12/26/1949 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 5th / 112th pick / 1972 |
| Jake Kupp | 31 | G-TE | 3 | 0 | 248 | 6-3 | Washington | 3/12/1941 | 8 | Dallas Cowboys / 9th / 116th pick / 1964 |
| Bob Kuziel | 22 | C-T | 1 | 0 | 255 | 6-4 | Pittsburgh | 7/24/1950 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 60th pick / 1972 |
| Bivian Lee | 24 | DB | 13 | 0 | 200 | 6-3 | Prairie View | 8/3/1948 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 54th pick / 1971 |
| Toni Linhart | 30 | K | 2 | 0 | 178 | 6-0 | Austria Technical | 7/24/1942 | Rook | |
| Dave Long | 28 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | Iowa | 9/6/1944 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 43rd pick / 1966 |
| Archie Manning | 23 | QB | 14 | 14 | 212 | 6-3 | Mississippi | 5/19/1949 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 2nd pick / 1971 |
| Doug Mooers | 25 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-6 | Whittier | 3/11/1947 | 1 | |
| Don Morrison | 23 | T-C | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | Texas-Arlington | 12/16/1949 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 98th pick / 1971 |
| Tom Myers | 22 | DB | 13 | 6 | 184 | 5-11 | Syracuse | 10/24/1950 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 74th pick / 1972 |
| Richard Neal | 25 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-3 | Southern | 9/27/1947 | 3 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 45th pick / 1969 |
| Bob Newland | 24 | WR | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-2 | Oregon | 10/27/1948 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 7th / 172nd pick / 1971 |
| Joe Owens | 26 | DE | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Alcorn State | 11/8/1946 | 2 | New Orleans Saints / 9th / 215th pick / 1969 |
| Dick Palmer | 25 | LB | 6 | 0 | 232 | 6-2 | Kentucky | 4/9/1947 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 10th / 252nd pick / 1970 |
| Dave Parks | 31 | SE-TE-WR | 12 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Texas Tech | 12/25/1941 | 8 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 1st pick / 1964 |
| Bob Pollard | 24 | DE-DT | 14 | 14 | 250 | 6-3 | Texas Southern,Weber State | 12/30/1948 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 11th / 262nd pick / 1971 |
| Remi Prudhomme | 30 | C-DE-G-DT | 5 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | LSU | 4/24/1942 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 37th pick / 1964 |
| Craig Robinson | 24 | T | 8 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Houston | 12/23/1948 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 16th / 392nd pick / 1971 |
| Virgil Robinson | 25 | RB | 3 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | Grambling State | 11/2/1947 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 46th pick / 1971 |
| Tom Roussel | 27 | LB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Southern Miss | 1/20/1945 | 4 | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 38th pick / 1968 |
| Royce Smith | 23 | G | 10 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Georgia | 6/17/1949 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 8th pick / 1972 |
| Thomas Stincic | 26 | LB | 7 | 0 | 230 | 6-4 | Michigan | 11/24/1946 | 3 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 68th pick / 1969 |
| Jim Strong | 26 | RB | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-1 | Houston | 12/12/1946 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 165th pick / 1970 |
| Faddie Tillman | 24 | DT-DE | 1 | 0 | 235 | 6-5 | Boise State | 10/7/1948 | Rook | Atlanta Falcons / 10th / 241st pick / 1971 |
| Cephus Weatherspoon | 24 | WR | 1 | 0 | 182 | 6-1 | Fort Lewis | 6/14/1948 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 13th / 320th pick / 1972 |
| Creston Whitaker | 25 | WR | 2 | 0 | 187 | 6-2 | North Texas | 8/12/1947 | Rook | |
| Del Williams | 27 | G-C | 8 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Florida State | 11/9/1945 | 5 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 79th pick / 1967 |
| Joe Williams | 25 | RB | 14 | 0 | 193 | 6-0 | Wyoming | 3/30/1947 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 12th / 309th pick / 1970 |
| Richard Winther | 25 | C | 5 | 0 | 261 | 6-4 | Mississippi | 10/22/1947 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 88th pick / 1971 |
| Doug Wyatt | 26 | DB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Tulsa | 10/18/1946 | 2 | New Orleans Saints / 17th / 426th pick / 1970 |
| Team Total | 25.2 | 14 | 218.2 | 6-1.9 | 2.0 |