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1975 New Orleans Saints

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Record: 2-12-0, Finished 4th in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 165 points (11.8/g), 26th of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 360 points (25.7/g), 23rd.
 Differential of -195 points (-13.9/g), 26th.
 Expected W-L: 1.9-12.1.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -1 (-0.1/g), 15th.

Coached by Ernie Hefferle (1-7-0) and John North (1-5-0)

1975 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 21 box L 0-1 @ Washington Redskins 3 41 9 208 137 71 3 19 315 179 136 1
2 Sun September 28 box L 0-2 Cincinnati Bengals 0 21 12 189 122 67 2 17 294 202 92 2
3 Sun October 5 box L 0-3 @ Atlanta Falcons 7 14 14 245 125 120 3 13 231 94 137 2
4 Sun October 12 box W 1-3 Green Bay Packers 20 19 26 392 169 223 3 8 161 63 98 3
5 Sun October 19 box L 1-4 @ San Francisco 49ers 21 35 18 241 114 127 5 15 267 178 89 5
6 Sun October 26 box L 1-5 @ Los Angeles Rams 14 38 17 173 77 96 3 27 341 118 223
7 Sun November 2 box W 2-5 Atlanta Falcons 23 7 19 352 177 175 3 19 305 210 95 6
8 Sun November 9 box L 2-6 @ Oakland Raiders 10 48 10 140 45 95 5 34 523 263 260 4
9 Sun November 16 box L 2-7 Minnesota Vikings 7 20 6 60 -7 67 23 470 310 160 5
10 Sun November 23 box L 2-8 San Francisco 49ers 6 16 18 280 176 104 2 11 228 138 90 2
11 Sun November 30 box L 2-9 @ Cleveland Browns 16 17 18 237 60 177 19 249 150 99 1
12 Sun December 7 box L 2-10 Los Angeles Rams 7 14 12 218 142 76 3 14 232 100 132 4
13 Sun December 14 box L 2-11 @ New York Giants 14 28 19 255 79 176 3 13 243 119 124 1
14 Sun December 21 box L 2-12 Chicago Bears 17 42 17 197 129 68 5 19 458 263 195 3

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 165 3187 908 3.5 215 181 392 1545 8 24 3.5 82 463 1642 9 3.5 109 40 16 24
Team Defense 360 4317 889 4.9 397 206 354 2387 25 16 6.2 125 507 1930 15 3.8 251 39 23 21
Lg Rank Offense 26 26 23 11 26 24 20 26 19 23 23 25 18 11
Lg Rank Defense 23 13 14 4 15 23 18 22 13 12 12 9 12 2

Passing

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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%
Archie Manning 26 QB 13 13 2-11-0 159 338 47.0 1683 7 2.1 20 5.9 71 5.0 2.5 10.6 129.5 44.3 49 390 3.3 1.2 12.7
Larry Cipa 24 4 1 0-1-0 14 37 37.8 182 1 2.7 3 8.1 28 4.9 1.5 13.0 45.5 29.3 3 14 4.2 1.1 7.5
Bobby Scott 26 1 0 8 17 47.1 96 0 0.0 1 5.9 33 5.6 3.0 12.0 96.0 40.3 1 12 4.7 2.2 5.6
Team Total 24.6 14 2-12-0 181 392 46.2 1961 8 2.0 24 6.1 71 5.0 2.5 10.8 140.1 42.7 53 416 3.5 1.2 11.9
Opp Total 14 206 354 58.2 2387 25 7.1 16 4.5 6.7 5.4 11.6 170.5 83.4 28 200 6.2 4.5

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
Mike Strachan 22 RB 11 11 161 668 2 21 4.1 60.7 14.6 30 224 7.5 0 27 2.7 20.4 892 2 4
Alvin Maxson 24 FB 13 13 139 371 3 14 2.7 28.5 10.7 41 234 5.7 0 33 3.2 18.0 605 3 4
Rod McNeill 24 14 2 61 206 2 17 3.4 14.7 4.4 18 138 7.7 2 17 1.3 9.9 344 4 6
Andrew Jones 24 13 0 42 108 1 18 2.6 8.3 3.2 10 52 5.2 0 12 0.8 4.0 160 1 1
Archie Manning 26 QB 13 13 33 186 1 16 5.6 14.3 2.5 186 1 7
Steve Rogers 22 13 0 17 62 0 22 3.6 4.8 1.3 1 2 2.0 0 2 0.1 0.2 64 0 0
Larry Cipa 24 4 1 6 2 0 3 0.3 0.5 1.5 2 0 3
Larry Burton 24 WR 13 11 2 8 0 5 4.0 0.6 0.2 16 305 19.1 2 71 1.2 23.5 313 2 0
Paul Seal 23 TE 14 14 1 10 0 10 10.0 0.7 0.1 28 414 14.8 1 38 2.0 29.6 424 1 0
Melvin Baker 25 2 0 1 21 0 21 21.0 10.5 0.5 2 26 13.0 0 17 1.0 13.0 47 0 0
Andy Hamilton 25 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 12 210 17.5 0 44 1.3 23.3 210 0 0
Henry Childs 24 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 10 179 17.9 0 38 0.7 12.8 179 0 0
Joel Parker 23 WR 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 123 13.7 2 32 1.3 17.6 123 2 0
Don Herrmann 28 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 47 15.7 1 28 1.0 15.7 47 1 0
Gil Chapman 22 RET 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 7 7.0 0 8 0.1 0.8 7 0 1
Team Total 24.6 14 463 1642 9 22 3.5 117.3 33.1 181 1961 10.8 8 71 12.9 140.1 3603 17 33
Opp Total 14 507 1930 15 3.8 137.9 36.2 206 2387 11.6 25 14.7 170.5 4317 40 43

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Gil Chapman 22 RET 9 0 17 207 0 42 12.2 28 614 0 36 21.9 828
Terry Schmidt 23 RCB 13 9 11 76 0 17 6.9 2 54 0 34 27.0 130
Rod McNeill 24 14 2 10 276 0 88 27.6 620
Tom Myers 25 SS 9 8 10 70 0 16 7.0 70
Alvin Maxson 24 FB 13 13 6 103 0 24 17.2 708
Steve Rogers 22 13 0 6 98 0 19 16.3 162
Mo Spencer 23 rcb 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 5 68 0 19 13.6 68
Mike Strachan 22 RB 11 11 5 91 0 33 18.2 983
Jimmy DeRatt 22 6 0 2 17 0 10 8.5 17
Rusty Chambers 22 12 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 15
Team Total 24.6 14 41 370 0 42 9.0 63 1319 0 88 20.9 5292
Opp Total 14 61 1 42 1073 1 25.5

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
Tom Blanchard 27 P 14 0 92 3776 61 3 41.0
Rich Szaro 27 K 11 0 1 1 4 4 4 3 5 1 2 1 16 10 62.5% 17 17 100.0%
Bill McClard 26 3 0 1 2 2 1 5 1 20.0% 1 1 100.0%
Team Total 24.6 14 1 1 5 4 6 3 7 2 2 1 21 11 52.4% 18 18 100.0% 92 3776 61 3 41.0
Opp Total 14 12 8 66.7% 48 44 91.7% 75 3202 42.7

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Steve Baumgartner 24 RDE 14 14 0 2 0 0
Tom Blanchard 27 P 14 0 0 1 0 0
Rusty Chambers 22 12 0 0 1 38 1
Gil Chapman 22 RET 9 0 1 0 0 0
Larry Cipa 24 4 1 3 2 0 0
Chuck Crist 24 8 0 3 69 0 42
Andy Dorris 24 LDE 13 0 0 1 0 0
Joe Federspiel 25 MLB 14 14 0 5 8 0
Johnny Fuller 29 FS 11 11 0 1 2 0
John Hill 25 C/lt 14 13 0 1 1 0
Ernie Jackson 25 LCB 13 13 2 48 0 46 0 1 0 0
Andrew Jones 24 13 0 1 0 0 0
Rick Kingrea 26 14 2 1 14 0 14 0 3 7 0
Bivian Lee 27 11 0 2 22 0 19 1 0 0 0
Archie Manning 26 QB 13 13 7 1 0 0
Alvin Maxson 24 FB 13 13 4 0 0 0
Rod McNeill 24 14 2 6 3 0 0
Rick Middleton 24 RLB 14 14 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Chris Morris 26 6 0 0 1 0 0
Tom Myers 25 SS 9 8 5 83 0 29 2 3 23 1
Joe Owens 29 14 0 0 1 0 0
Bob Pollard 27 LDT 14 14 0 2 0 0
Steve Rogers 22 13 0 0 2 0 0
Terry Schmidt 23 RCB 13 9 1 37 0 37 3 3 0 0
Kurt Schumacher 23 13 0 0 1 0 0
Mo Spencer 23 rcb 14 0 0 1 0 0
Mike Strachan 22 RB 11 11 4 1 0 0
Dave Thompson 26 LT/c 7 0 1 0 -25 0
Greg Westbrooks 22 14 2 1 21 0 21
Team Total 24.6 14 16 305 0 46 33 38 54 2
Opp Total 14 53 43 20 2

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Rich Szaro 27 K 11 0 17 10 47
Rod McNeill 24 14 2 2 2 24
Alvin Maxson 24 FB 13 13 3 18
Larry Burton 24 WR 13 11 2 12
Joel Parker 23 WR 7 0 2 12
Mike Strachan 22 RB 11 11 2 12
Rusty Chambers 22 12 0 1 6
Don Herrmann 28 3 0 1 6
Andrew Jones 24 13 0 1 6
Archie Manning 26 QB 13 13 1 6
Tom Myers 25 SS 9 8 1 6
Paul Seal 23 TE 14 14 1 6
Bill McClard 26 3 0 1 1 4
Team Total 24.6 14 9 8 2 18 11 165
Opp Total 14 15 25 1 1 44 8 2 360