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1989 New Orleans Saints

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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 3rd in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 386 points (24.1/g), 5th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 301 points (18.8/g), 11th.
 Differential of 85 points (5.3/g), 6th.
 Expected W-L: 10.3-5.7.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +8 (0.5/g), 7th.

Coached by Jim Mora (9-7-0)

1989 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 10 box W 1-0 Dallas Cowboys 28 0 26 344 145 199 1 10 174 154 20 2
2 Sun September 17 box L 1-1 @ Green Bay Packers 34 35 21 367 282 85 2 29 490 341 149 2
3 Sun September 24 box L 1-2 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 20 25 325 211 114 2 20 336 218 118 3
4 Sun October 1 box L 1-3 Washington Redskins 14 16 20 381 245 136 4 13 308 216 92 1
5 Sun October 8 box L 1-4 San Francisco 49ers 20 24 18 334 299 35 18 358 282 76 1
6 Sun October 15 box W 2-4 New York Jets 29 14 20 418 266 152 4 15 251 199 52 4
7 Sun October 22 box W 3-4 @ Los Angeles Rams 40 21 16 373 267 106 1 22 313 260 53 3
8 Sun October 29 box W 4-4 Atlanta Falcons 20 13 17 392 261 131 2 11 148 91 57 3
9 Mon November 6 box L 4-5 @ San Francisco 49ers 13 31 16 243 160 83 2 21 397 302 95
10 Sun November 12 box W 5-5 @ New England Patriots 28 24 14 211 82 129 1 28 354 272 82 4
11 Sun November 19 box W 6-5 @ Atlanta Falcons 26 17 21 354 148 206 4 15 267 190 77 1
12 Sun November 26 box L 6-6 Los Angeles Rams 17 20 14 301 163 138 2 23 472 415 57 3
13 Sun December 3 box L 6-7 @ Detroit Lions 14 21 11 169 99 70 2 17 401 316 85 2
14 Sun December 10 box W 7-7 @ Buffalo Bills 22 19 21 436 286 150 2 16 279 204 75 4
15 Mon December 18 box W 8-7 Philadelphia Eagles 30 20 21 291 205 86 1 22 408 281 127 4
16 Sun December 24 box W 9-7 Indianapolis Colts 41 6 23 389 261 128 1 13 230 119 111 2

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 386 5328 999 5.3 304 284 461 3380 23 19 6.8 167 502 1948 19 3.9 108 31 12 29
Team Defense 301 5186 997 5.2 507 320 577 3860 23 21 6.2 198 373 1326 10 3.6 293 39 18 16
Lg Rank Offense 5 11 13 23 13 8 12 6 10 11 3 17 7 5
Lg Rank Defense 11 12 16 27 26 19 9 12 2 1 7 2 6 4

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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%
Bobby Hebert 29 QB 14 13 6-7-0 222 353 62.9 2686 15 4.2 15 4.2 54 7.6 6.1 12.1 191.9 82.7 22 171 6.7 5.3 5.9
John Fourcade 29 13 3 3-0-0 61 107 57.0 930 7 6.5 4 3.7 54 8.7 7.7 15.2 71.5 92.0 13 96 7.0 6.0 10.8
Dalton Hilliard* 25 RB 16 16 1 1 100.0 35 1 100.0 0 0.0 35 35.0 45.0 35.0 2.2 158.3 0 0 35.0 45.0 0.0
Team Total 26.2 16 9-7-0 284 461 61.6 3651 23 5.0 19 4.1 54 7.9 6.6 12.9 228.2 85.9 36 271 6.8 5.5 7.2
Opp Total 16 320 577 55.5 3860 23 4.0 21 3.6 6.7 5.5 12.1 241.3 74.3 47 362 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
Dalton Hilliard* 25 RB 16 16 344 1262 13 40 3.7 78.9 21.5 52 514 9.9 5 54 3.3 32.1 1776 18 7
Craig Heyward 23 fb 16 6 49 183 1 15 3.7 11.4 3.1 13 69 5.3 0 12 0.8 4.3 252 1 2
Buford Jordan 27 FB 11 7 38 179 3 32 4.7 16.3 3.5 4 53 13.3 0 17 0.4 4.8 232 3 0
Paul Frazier 22 15 0 25 112 1 21 4.5 7.5 1.7 3 25 8.3 0 22 0.2 1.7 137 1 1
Bobby Hebert 29 QB 14 13 25 87 0 11 3.5 6.2 1.8 87 0 2
John Fourcade 29 13 3 14 91 1 14 6.5 7.0 1.1 91 1 2
Floyd Turner 23 13 1 2 8 0 6 4.0 0.6 0.2 22 279 12.7 1 54 1.7 21.5 287 1 1
Bobby Morse 24 11 0 2 43 0 39 21.5 3.9 0.2 43 0 0
Lonzell Hill 24 WR 16 12 1 -7 0 -7 -7.0 -0.4 0.1 48 636 13.3 4 46 3.0 39.8 629 4 1
Brett Perriman 24 14 1 1 -10 0 -10 -10.0 -0.7 0.1 20 356 17.8 0 47 1.4 25.4 346 0 0
George Winslow 26 5 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0 0 1
Eric Martin 28 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 68 1090 16.0 8 53 4.3 68.1 1090 8 1
Hoby Brenner 30 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 34 398 11.7 4 30 2.1 24.9 398 4 1
John Tice 29 15 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 98 10.9 1 23 0.6 6.5 98 1 0
Greg Scales 23 14 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 89 11.1 0 26 0.6 6.4 89 0 0
Derrick Shepard 25 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 36 18.0 0 23 0.5 9.0 36 0 1
Toi Cook 25 RCB 16 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.1 0.5 8 0 1
Team Total 26.2 16 502 1948 19 40 3.9 121.8 31.4 284 3651 12.9 23 54 17.8 228.2 5599 42 28
Opp Total 16 373 1326 10 3.6 82.9 23.3 320 3860 12.1 23 20.0 241.3 5186 33 35

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Rod Harris 23 RET 11 0 27 196 0 20 7.3 19 378 0 39 19.9 574
Bobby Morse 24 11 0 10 29 0 16 2.9 10 278 1 99 27.8 350
Derrick Shepard 25 4 0 7 91 1 56 13.0 8 135 0 24 16.9 262
Gene Atkins 25 SS 14 12 12 245 0 32 20.4 245
Paul Frazier 22 15 0 8 157 0 29 19.6 294
Lonzell Hill 24 WR 16 12 7 41 0 13 5.9 1 13 0 13 13.0 683
Undra Johnson 23 5 0 2 34 0 19 17.0 34
Dalton Hilliard* 25 RB 16 16 1 20 0 20 20.0 1796
Brett Perriman 24 14 1 1 10 0 10 10.0 356
Kim Phillips 23 5 0 1 24 0 24 24.0 24
Greg Scales 23 14 4 1 0 0 0 0.0 89
Floyd Turner 23 13 1 1 7 0 7 7.0 294
Team Total 26.2 16 53 428 1 56 8.1 63 1284 1 99 20.4 7311
Opp Total 16 35 0 55 983 0 17.9

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
Morten Andersen 29 K 16 0 8 7 11 10 6 3 4 29 20 69.0% 45 44 97.8%
Tommy Barnhardt 26 P 11 0 55 2179 56 0 39.6
George Winslow 26 5 0 16 595 50 0 37.2
Team Total 26.2 16 8 7 11 10 6 3 4 29 20 69.0% 45 44 97.8% 71 2774 56 0 39.1
Opp Total 16 24 19 79.2% 35 34 97.1% 75 2955 39.4

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Pat Swilling* 25 ROLB 16 15 16.5 1 14 0 14 5 0 1 0 0 56
Frank Warren 30 LDE 16 16 9.5 0 0 1 0 0 50 1
Dalton Hilliard* 25 RB 16 16 7 2 0 0
Rickey Jackson 31 LOLB 14 14 7.5 3 0 0 0 0 47
Dave Waymer 31 FS 16 16 6 66 0 42 0 1 0 0
Jumpy Geathers 29 RDE 15 15 1.0 0 0 5 0 0 23
Toi Cook 25 RCB 16 14 1.0 3 81 1 63 0 1 0 0 0 56
Rod Harris 23 RET 11 0 4 1 0 0
Robert Massey 22 LCB 16 16 5 26 0 22 87
Wayne Martin 24 16 0 2.5 0 0 2 0 0 18
Gene Atkins 25 SS 14 12 1 -2 0 -2 0 1 2 0 0 76
John Fourcade 29 13 3 2 2 0 0
Brett Maxie 27 16 2 3 41 1 26 0 0 1 0 0 41
Sam Mills 30 LILB 16 15 3.0 2 0 1 0 0 95
Floyd Turner 23 13 1 1 3 0 0
Jim Wilks 31 NT 16 15 4.0
Antonio Gibson 27 16 3 1 2 0 0
Craig Heyward 23 fb 16 6 2 1 0 0
Milton Mack 26 16 4 1.0 2 0 0 0 36
Bobby Hebert 29 QB 14 13 2 0 0 0
Joel Hilgenberg 27 C 16 13 1 1 -37 0
Vaughan Johnson* 27 RILB 16 16 1.0 2 0 1 -1 0 83
Eric Martin 28 WR 16 16 1 1 0 0
Hoby Brenner 30 TE 16 16 1 0 0 0
Stan Brock 31 RT 16 16 0 1 0 0
Jim Dombrowski 26 LT/lg 16 16 0 1 0 0
Brian Forde 26 16 1 0 1 0 0 1
Paul Frazier 22 15 0 1 0 0 0
Lonzell Hill 24 WR 16 12 1 0 0 0
Bobby Morse 24 11 0 0 1 0 0
Derrick Shepard 25 4 0 1 0 0 0
John Tice 29 15 2 0 1 0 0
George Winslow 26 5 0 1 0 0 0
Team Total 26.2 16 47.0 21 226 2 63 12 28 33 -38 0 671 2
Opp Total 16 36 35 17

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Dalton Hilliard* 25 RB 16 16 13 5 108
Morten Andersen 29 K 16 0 44 20 104
Eric Martin 28 WR 16 16 8 48
Hoby Brenner 30 TE 16 16 4 24
Lonzell Hill 24 WR 16 12 4 24
Buford Jordan 27 FB 11 7 3 18
Toi Cook 25 RCB 16 14 1 6
John Fourcade 29 13 3 1 6
Paul Frazier 22 15 0 1 6
Craig Heyward 23 fb 16 6 1 6
Brett Maxie 27 16 2 1 6
Bobby Morse 24 11 0 1 6
Derrick Shepard 25 4 0 1 6
John Tice 29 15 2 1 6
Floyd Turner 23 13 1 1 6
Brian Forde 26 16 1 1 2
Frank Warren 30 LDE 16 16 1 2
Team Total 26.2 16 19 23 1 1 2 44 20 2 384
Opp Total 16 10 23 34 19 301