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1988 New Orleans Saints

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Record: 10-6-0, Finished 1st in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 312 points (19.5/g), 18th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 283 points (17.7/g), 4th.
 Differential of 29 points (1.8/g), 11th.
 Expected W-L: 8.9-7.1.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential 0 (0.0/g), 15th.

Coached by Jim Mora (10-6-0)

1988 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 4 box L 0-1 San Francisco 49ers 33 34 23 344 197 147 3 21 289 165 124 2
2 Sun September 11 box W 1-1 @ Atlanta Falcons 29 21 25 434 222 212 4 19 307 146 161 4
3 Sun September 18 box W 2-1 @ Detroit Lions 22 14 22 401 282 119 2 18 272 232 40 2
4 Sun September 25 box W 3-1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 13 9 18 268 151 117 1 19 296 204 92 1
5 Mon October 3 box W 4-1 Dallas Cowboys 20 17 17 333 268 65 1 28 457 271 186 3
6 Sun October 9 box W 5-1 @ San Diego Chargers 23 17 24 365 231 134 1 12 206 113 93 2
7 Sun October 16 box W 6-1 @ Seattle Seahawks 20 19 20 318 177 141 3 23 434 341 93 2
8 Sun October 23 box W 7-1 Los Angeles Raiders 20 6 14 317 127 190 16 367 182 185 3
9 Sun October 30 box L 7-2 Los Angeles Rams 10 12 14 242 209 33 2 16 332 236 96
10 Sun November 6 box L 7-3 @ Washington Redskins 24 27 20 322 272 50 21 412 299 113 1
11 Sun November 13 box W 8-3 @ Los Angeles Rams 14 10 19 337 249 88 3 15 256 196 60 2
12 Sun November 20 box W 9-3 Denver Broncos 42 0 28 385 189 196 17 258 206 52 1
13 Sun November 27 box L 9-4 New York Giants 12 13 16 255 100 155 5 8 219 205 14 5
14 Sun December 4 box L 9-5 @ Minnesota Vikings 3 45 13 233 107 126 3 20 426 217 209 1
15 Sun December 11 box L 9-6 @ San Francisco 49ers 17 30 15 252 182 70 2 20 373 221 152 2
16 Sun December 18 box W 10-6 Atlanta Falcons 10 9 18 325 122 203 2 13 202 93 109 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 312 5131 1034 5.0 306 286 498 3085 21 16 5.9 179 512 2046 9 4.0 108 32 16 19
Team Defense 283 5106 978 5.2 286 277 505 3327 19 17 6.2 167 442 1779 7 4.0 97 32 15 22
Lg Rank Offense 18 16 16 16 18 10 6 17 10 11 25 15 8 16
Lg Rank Defense 4 12 6 14 18 12 17 18 6 11 2 14 19 12

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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%
3 Bobby Hebert 28 QB 16 16 10-6-0 280 478 58.6 3156 20 4.2 15 3.1 40 6.6 6.0 11.3 197.3 79.3 24 171 5.9 5.4 4.8
18 Dave Wilson 29 1 0 5 16 31.3 73 0 0.0 1 6.3 25 4.6 1.8 14.6 73.0 21.1 0 0 4.6 1.8 0.0
21 Dalton Hilliard 24 RB 16 9 1 2 50.0 27 1 50.0 0 0.0 27 13.5 23.5 27.0 1.7 135.4 0 0 13.5 23.5 0.0
11 John Fourcade 28 1 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
87 Lonzell Hill 23 WR 16 15 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 26.4 16 10-6-0 286 498 57.4 3256 21 4.2 16 3.2 40 6.5 5.9 11.4 203.5 77.9 24 171 5.9 5.3 4.6
Opp Total 16 277 505 54.9 3579 19 3.8 17 3.4 7.1 6.3 12.9 223.7 75.8 31 252 6.2 5.5

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
21 Dalton Hilliard 24 RB 16 9 204 823 5 36 4.0 51.4 12.8 34 335 9.9 1 26 2.1 20.9 1158 6 3
36 Rueben Mayes 25 rb 16 9 170 628 3 21 3.7 39.3 10.6 11 103 9.4 0 25 0.7 6.4 731 3 1
34 Craig Heyward 22 fb 11 8 74 355 1 73 4.8 32.3 6.7 13 105 8.1 0 18 1.2 9.5 460 1 0
3 Bobby Hebert 28 QB 16 16 37 79 0 16 2.1 4.9 2.3 2 0 0.0 0 2 0.1 0.0 79 0 9
23 Buford Jordan 26 14 3 19 115 0 44 6.1 8.2 1.4 5 70 14.0 0 25 0.4 5.0 185 0 1
80 Brett Perriman 23 16 0 3 17 0 17 5.7 1.1 0.2 16 215 13.4 2 33 1.0 13.4 232 2 1
84 Eric Martin* 27 WR 16 16 2 12 0 9 6.0 0.8 0.1 85 1083 12.7 7 40 5.3 67.7 1095 7 2
87 Lonzell Hill 23 WR 16 15 2 7 0 5 3.5 0.4 0.1 66 703 10.7 7 35 4.1 43.9 710 7 3
10 Brian Hansen 28 P 16 0 1 10 0 10 10.0 0.6 0.1 10 0 0
82 John Tice 28 TE 15 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 26 297 11.4 1 40 1.7 19.8 297 1 0
89 Robert Clark 23 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 19 245 12.9 2 21 1.2 15.3 245 2 1
85 Hoby Brenner 29 TE 10 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 67 13.4 0 24 0.5 6.7 67 0 0
83 Greg Scales 22 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 20 10.0 1 14 0.2 1.7 20 1 0
86 Cliff Benson 27 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.1 0.7 5 0 0
88 Mark Pattison 27 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.2 1.3 8 0 0
Team Total 26.4 16 512 2046 9 73 4.0 127.9 32.0 286 3256 11.4 21 40 17.9 203.5 5302 30 29
Opp Total 16 442 1779 7 4.0 111.2 27.6 277 3327 12.0 19 17.3 207.9 5106 26 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
37 Mel J. Gray 27 RET 14 0 25 305 1 66 12.2 32 670 0 39 20.9 975
28 Gene Atkins 24 ss 16 6 20 424 0 57 21.2 424
87 Lonzell Hill 23 WR 16 15 10 108 0 31 10.8 818
36 Rueben Mayes 25 rb 16 9 7 132 0 33 18.9 863
21 Dalton Hilliard 24 RB 16 9 6 111 0 30 18.5 1269
84 Eric Martin* 27 WR 16 16 3 32 0 18 10.7 1127
44 Dave Waymer 30 LCB 16 9 2 39 0 29 19.5 39
Team Total 26.4 16 35 413 1 66 11.8 70 1408 0 57 20.1 7123
Opp Total 16 39 0 43 823 0 19.1

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 Brian Hansen 28 P 16 0 72 2913 64 1 40.5
7 Morten Andersen* 28 K 16 0 1 1 12 11 11 8 8 5 4 1 36 26 72.2% 33 32 97.0%
Team Total 26.4 16 1 1 12 11 11 8 8 5 4 1 36 26 72.2% 33 32 97.0% 72 2913 64 1 40.5
Opp Total 16 34 27 79.4% 29 28 96.6% 70 2814 40.2

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
53 Vaughan Johnson 26 RILB 16 16 2.0 1 34 0 34 114
51 Sam Mills* 29 LILB 16 16 0 0 4 0 0 105
57 Rickey Jackson 30 LOLB 16 16 7.0 1 16 0 16 2 0 0 0 0 92 1
39 Brett Maxie 26 FS 16 16 78
56 Pat Swilling 24 ROLB 15 14 7.0 3 0 1 0 0 51
28 Gene Atkins 24 ss 16 6 4 42 0 40 1 1 2 0 0 50
97 Jumpy Geathers 28 lde 16 6 3.5 0 0 3 0 0 33
73 Frank Warren 29 LDE 16 12 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 23
24 Milton Mack 25 14 1 1.0 1 19 0 19 19
41 Toi Cook 24 16 0 1 0 0 0 12
3 Bobby Hebert 28 QB 16 16 9 1 0 0
37 Mel J. Gray 27 RET 14 0 5 2 0 0
29 Reggie Sutton 23 lcb 15 7 3 32 0 34 1 1 0 0
44 Dave Waymer 30 LCB 16 9 3 91 0 44 1 1 0 0
94 Jim Wilks 30 RDE 16 16 3.5 0 1 0 0
27 Antonio Gibson 26 SS 10 10 2.0 0 1 7 0
87 Lonzell Hill 23 WR 16 15 3 0 0 0
21 Dalton Hilliard 24 RB 16 9 3 0 0 0
22 Van Jakes 27 RCB 16 15 3 61 0 39
40 Michael Adams 24 5 0 0 2 0 0
89 Robert Clark 23 16 0 1 1 0 0
23 Buford Jordan 26 14 3 1 1 7 1
55 Joe Kohlbrand 25 16 2 2.0
84 Eric Martin* 27 WR 16 16 2 0 0 0
72 Jim Dombrowski 25 LT 16 16 0 1 0 0
99 Tony Elliott 29 NT 14 12 1.0
74 Ted Gregory 23 3 0 1.0
92 James Haynes 28 4 0 0 1 0 0
34 Craig Heyward 22 fb 11 8 0 1 0 0
36 Rueben Mayes 25 rb 16 9 1 0 0 0
80 Brett Perriman 23 16 0 1 0 0 0
Team Total 26.4 16 31.0 17 295 0 44 6 29 25 14 1 577 1
Opp Total 16 24 27 12

Scoring Summary

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No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
7 Morten Andersen* 28 K 16 0 32 26 110
87 Lonzell Hill 23 WR 16 15 7 7 42
84 Eric Martin* 27 WR 16 16 7 7 42
21 Dalton Hilliard 24 RB 16 9 5 1 6 36
36 Rueben Mayes 25 rb 16 9 3 3 18
89 Robert Clark 23 16 0 2 2 12
80 Brett Perriman 23 16 0 2 2 12
37 Mel J. Gray 27 RET 14 0 1 1 6
34 Craig Heyward 22 fb 11 8 1 1 6
23 Buford Jordan 26 14 3 1 1 6
83 Greg Scales 22 12 0 1 1 6
82 John Tice 28 TE 15 12 1 1 6
44 Dave Waymer 30 LCB 16 9 1 1 6
57 Rickey Jackson 30 LOLB 16 16 1 2
Team Total 26.4 16 9 21 1 1 1 33 32 26 1 310
Opp Total 16 7 19 28 27 283