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1973 New Orleans Saints Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 5-9-0, 4th in NFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: John North (5-9-0)

Points For: 163 (11.6/g) 26th of 26

Points Against: 312 (22.3/g) 18th of 26

Expected W-L: 2.5-11.5

SRS: -8.75 (23rd of 26), SOS: 1.89

Defensive Coordinator: Jim Champion

Stadium: Tulane Stadium

General Manager: Richard Gordon

President/Majority Shareholder: John Mecom Jr.

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: University of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg, Mississippi)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	163	3501	872	4.0	34	17	207	163	338	1659	11	17	4.4	88	497	1842	5	3.7	100	58	516	19
Opp. Stats	312	4580	917	5.0	30	14	271	176	337	2178	15	16	6.0	119	556	2402	17	4.3	131	69	751	21
Lg Rank Offense	26	22			15	16	21		12	20	18	13	22		14	17	26	21
Lg Rank Defense	18	23			20	21	23		14	19	13	16	19		22	22	21	21

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 16	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1		Atlanta Falcons	7	62	11	187	35	152	8	32	496	278	218	2
2	Mon	September 24	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-2	@	Dallas Cowboys	3	40	17	236	98	138	2	24	355	186	169	1
3	Sun	September 30	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-3	@	Baltimore Colts	10	14	12	312	250	62	2	19	339	91	248	5
4	Sun	October 7	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-3		Chicago Bears	21	16	19	282	119	163	1	13	253	179	74	2
5	Sun	October 14	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-3		Detroit Lions	20	13	21	334	163	171	2	19	359	173	186	2
6	Sun	October 21	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-4	@	San Francisco 49ers	0	40	2	82	-15	97	3	21	424	221	203	2
7	Sun	October 28	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-4		Washington Redskins	19	3	19	242	39	203		15	179	155	24	2
8	Sun	November 4	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-4		Buffalo Bills	13	0	19	281	166	115		10	190	66	124	1
9	Sun	November 11	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-5	@	Los Angeles Rams	7	29	9	220	96	124	3	25	424	212	212	1
10	Sun	November 18	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-6	@	San Diego Chargers	14	17	22	341	199	142	3	14	288	102	186	2
11	Sun	November 25	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-7		Los Angeles Rams	13	24	15	259	109	150	2	31	450	110	340	3
12	Sun	December 2	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-8	@	Green Bay Packers	10	30	16	256	156	100	5	13	259	105	154	2
13	Sun	December 9	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-8		San Francisco 49ers	16	10	14	274	154	120	1	18	268	152	116	3
14	Sun	December 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-9	@	Atlanta Falcons	10	14	11	195	90	105	2	17	296	148	148	2

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Archie Manning	24	QB	13	13	5-8-0	140	267	52.4	1642	10	3.7	12	4.5	65	6.1	4.9	11.7	126.3	65.2	28	177	9.49	4.97	3.8	1	1
2	Bobby Scott	24	QB	6	1	0-1-0	18	54	33.3	245	1	1.9	3	5.6	42	4.5	2.4	13.6	40.8	31.8	4	29	6.90	3.72	1.7	0	0
3	Bob Davis	28	QB	2	0		5	17	29.4	14	0	0.0	2	11.8	14	0.8	-4.5	2.8	7.0	0.0	5	36	22.73	-1.00	-5.1	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	5-9-0	163	338	48.2	1659	11	3.3	17	5.0	65	5.6	4.0	11.7	118.5	55.6	37	242	9.87	4.42	2.97	1	1

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Jess Phillips	26	FB	14	14	198	663	0	20	3.3	47.4	14.1	22	169	7.7	0	34	1.6	12.1	220	3.8	832	0	3
2	Bob Newland	25	WR	14	12	1	6	0	6	6.0	0.4	0.1	29	489	16.9	4	42	2.1	34.9	30	16.5	495	4	0
3	Bill Butler	23	RB	13	10	87	348	1	19	4.0	26.8	6.7	19	125	6.6	2	16	1.5	9.6	106	4.5	473	3	5
4	Jubilee Dunbar	24	WR	14	14	3	3	0	13	1.0	0.2	0.2	23	447	19.4	4	65	1.6	31.9	26	17.3	450	4	1
5	Joe Profit	24	RB	8	4	72	274	0	22	3.8	34.3	9.0	11	108	9.8	0	26	1.4	13.5	83	4.6	382	0	3
6	Archie Manning	24	QB	13	13	63	293	2	23	4.7	22.5	4.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	63	4.7	293	2	9
7	John Beasley	28	TE	8	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	31	280	9.0	1	15	3.9	35.0	31	9.0	280	1	0
8	Howard Stevens	23	RB	14	0	45	183	2	15	4.1	13.1	3.2	4	39	9.8	0	14	0.3	2.8	49	4.5	222	2	9
9	Robert Brown	30	TE	5	5	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	11	132	12.0	0	26	2.2	26.4	11	12.0	132	0	0
10	Doug Winslow	22	WR	12	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	45	11.3	0	14	0.3	3.8	4	11.3	45	0	0
11	Len Garrett	26	TE	12	5	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	30	15.0	0	22	0.2	2.5	2	15.0	30	0	0
12	Henry Matthews	24	RB	6	0	4	4	0	3	1.0	0.7	0.7	2	19	9.5	0	12	0.3	3.2	6	3.8	23	0	0
13	Danny Abramowicz	28	E	2	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	18	9.0	0	11	1.0	9.0	2	9.0	18	0	0
14	Odell Lawson	25	RB	12	0	6	23	0	11	3.8	1.9	0.5	2	-5	-2.5	0	4	0.2	-0.4	8	2.3	18	0	0
15	Bobby Scott	24	QB	6	1	9	18	0	4	2.0	3.0	1.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	9	2.0	18	0	0
16	Lincoln Minor	23	RB	9	0	3	10	0	8	3.3	1.1	0.3	1	5	5.0	0	5	0.1	0.6	4	3.8	15	0	0
17	Bob Davis	28	QB	2	0	3	10	0	7	3.3	5.0	1.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	3.3	10	0	2
18	Tom Myers	23	FS	13	12	1	8	0	8	8.0	0.6	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	8.0	8	0	0
19	Steve O'Neal	27	P	14	0	2	-1	0	6	-0.5	-0.1	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	-0.5	-1	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	497	1842	5	23	3.7	131.6	35.5	163	1901	11.7	11	65	11.6	135.8	660	5.7	3743	16	32

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	John Didion	26	C	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	-23	0	0.0	0
2	Jubilee Dunbar	24	WR	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Ernie Jackson	23	LCB	14	14	3	40	0	23	0	2	2	0	0.0	0
4	Jake Kupp	32	LG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
5	Don Morrison	24	RT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
6	Billy Newsome	25	LDE	14	14	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	8.5	0
7	Joe Owens	27	RDE	14	14	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	8.0	0
8	Jess Phillips	26	FB	14	14	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0.0	0
9	Bob Pollard	25	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.5	0
10	Elex Price	23	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	20	0	2.0	0
11	Joe Federspiel	23	MLB	13	13	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
12	Archie Manning	24	QB	13	13	0	0	0	0	9	2	-15	0	0.0	0
13	Wayne Colman	27	RLB	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
14	Carl Johnson	24	LT	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
15	Bivian Lee	25	RCB	14	12	3	23	0	12	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
16	Tom Myers	23	FS	13	12	3	33	0	20	0	1	5	0	0.0	0
17	Bill Butler	23	RB	13	10	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Jim Merlo	22	LLB	14	9	3	25	0	16	1	2	10	0	0.0	0
19	Willie Hall	24	LLB	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
20	Joe Profit	24	RB	8	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Royce Smith	24	G	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
22	Rick Kingrea	24	LB	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
23	Steve Baumgartner	22	DE	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
24	Bob Davis	28	QB	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Henry Matthews	24	RB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	55	0	0.0	0
26	Derland Moore	22	DT	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
27	Steve O'Neal	27	P	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
28	Howard Stevens	23	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	16	126	0	23	34	29	54	0	25.0	0

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