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1990 New Orleans Saints

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Record: 8-8-0, Finished 2nd in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 274 points (17.1/g), 22nd of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 275 points (17.2/g), 8th.
 Differential of -1 points (-0.1/g), 16th.
 Expected W-L: 8.0-8.0.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -12 (-0.8/g), 26th.

Coached by Jim Mora (8-8-0)

1990 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Mon September 10 box L 0-1 San Francisco 49ers 12 13 11 268 180 88 5 17 237 184 53 2
2 Sun September 16 box L 0-2 @ Minnesota Vikings 3 32 11 253 135 118 5 17 310 191 119
3 Sun September 23 box W 1-2 Phoenix Cardinals 28 7 21 297 146 151 1 15 297 186 111 2
4 Bye Week
5 Sun October 7 box L 1-3 @ Atlanta Falcons 27 28 15 293 218 75 1 25 457 366 91 2
6 Sun October 14 box W 2-3 Cleveland Browns 25 20 19 348 259 89 1 20 238 157 81 1
7 Sun October 21 box L 2-4 @ Houston Oilers 10 23 19 320 259 61 3 21 305 202 103 2
8 Sun October 28 box L 2-5 Detroit Lions 10 27 15 269 138 131 8 12 262 214 48 1
9 Sun November 4 box W 3-5 @ Cincinnati Bengals 21 7 21 350 101 249 1 13 261 125 136 1
10 Sun November 11 box W 4-5 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 35 7 17 295 84 211 2 15 199 110 89 3
11 Sun November 18 box L 4-6 @ Washington Redskins 17 31 24 367 274 93 4 24 423 311 112 1
12 Sun November 25 box W 5-6 Atlanta Falcons 10 7 19 258 173 85 1 9 226 167 59 1
13 Sun December 2 box L 5-7 @ Dallas Cowboys 13 17 14 283 170 113 1 17 274 161 113 1
14 Sun December 9 box W 6-7 @ Los Angeles Rams 24 20 9 218 110 108 3 24 444 341 103 4
15 Sun December 16 box L 6-8 Pittsburgh Steelers 6 9 12 195 95 100 1 14 232 154 78 1
16 Sun December 23 box W 7-8 @ San Francisco 49ers 13 10 12 194 110 84 2 20 334 175 159 4
17 Mon December 31 box W 8-8 Los Angeles Rams 20 17 14 268 174 94 16 379 275 104 1
Playoffs
WildCard Sun January 6 box L 8-9 @ Chicago Bears 6 16

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 274 4476 931 4.8 253 226 447 2626 15 23 5.6 133 464 1850 14 4.0 107 39 16 13
Team Defense 275 4878 986 4.9 467 316 534 3319 21 8 5.8 167 410 1559 8 3.8 279 27 19 21
Lg Rank Offense 22 23 24 21 26 21 23 14 11 16 12 15 24 19
Lg Rank Defense 8 15 15 25 19 15 28 15 8 6 4 8 22 2

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS 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%
Steve Walsh 24 QB 12 11 175 327 53.5 1970 12 3.7 13 4.0 58 6.0 4.6 11.3 164.2 67.5 10 76 5.6 4.2 3.0
John Fourcade 30 qb 7 5 50 116 43.1 785 3 2.6 8 6.9 68 6.8 3.9 15.7 112.1 46.1 8 44 6.0 3.3 6.5
Tommy Kramer 35 1 0 1 3 33.3 2 0 0.0 1 33.3 2 0.7 -14.3 2.0 2.0 2.8 2 11 -1.8 -10.8 40.0
Craig Heyward 24 FB 16 15 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0
Team Total 26.5 16 226 447 50.6 2757 15 3.4 23 5.1 68 6.2 4.2 12.2 172.3 59.7 20 131 5.6 3.7 4.3
Opp Total 16 316 534 59.2 3319 21 3.9 8 1.5 6.2 5.9 10.5 207.4 84.2 42 265 5.8 5.0

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
Rueben Mayes 27 RB 15 8 138 510 7 18 3.7 34.0 9.2 12 121 10.1 0 66 0.8 8.1 631 7 1
Craig Heyward 24 FB 16 15 129 599 4 47 4.6 37.4 8.1 18 121 6.7 0 12 1.1 7.6 720 4 3
Dalton Hilliard 26 rb 6 6 90 284 0 17 3.2 47.3 15.0 14 125 8.9 1 20 2.3 20.8 409 1 2
Gill Fenerty 27 RET 15 0 73 355 2 60 4.9 23.7 4.9 18 209 11.6 0 28 1.2 13.9 564 2 4
Steve Walsh 24 QB 12 11 19 25 0 18 1.3 2.1 1.6 25 0 5
John Fourcade 30 qb 7 5 15 77 1 12 5.1 11.0 2.1 77 1 4
Eric Martin 29 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 63 912 14.5 5 58 3.9 57.0 912 5 3
Brett Perriman 25 WR 16 15 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 36 382 10.6 2 29 2.3 23.9 382 2 2
Floyd Turner 24 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 21 396 18.9 4 68 1.3 24.8 396 4 0
Hoby Brenner 31 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 17 213 12.5 2 31 1.1 13.3 213 2 0
John Tice 30 16 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 11 113 10.3 0 19 0.7 7.1 113 0 1
Greg Scales 24 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 64 8.0 1 20 0.5 4.0 64 1 0
Gerald Alphin 26 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 57 14.3 0 17 0.4 5.2 57 0 0
Lonzell Hill 25 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 35 11.7 0 13 0.2 2.7 35 0 0
Joel Hilgenberg 28 C 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.1 0.6 9 0 0
Team Total 26.5 16 464 1850 14 60 4.0 115.6 29.0 226 2757 12.2 15 68 14.1 172.3 4607 29 29
Opp Total 16 410 1559 8 3.8 97.4 25.6 316 3319 10.5 21 19.8 207.4 4878 29 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
Vince Buck 22 RET 16 1 37 305 0 33 8.2 3 38 0 17 12.7 343
Gill Fenerty 27 RET 15 0 28 572 0 58 20.4 1136
Gene Atkins 26 FS 16 16 19 471 0 50 24.8 471
Bobby Morse 25 10 0 8 95 0 18 11.9 4 56 0 18 14.0 151
Rueben Mayes 27 RB 15 8 2 39 0 21 19.5 670
Craig Heyward 24 FB 16 15 1 12 0 12 12.0 732
Milton Mack 27 16 2 1 17 0 17 17.0 17
Team Total 26.5 16 45 400 0 33 8.9 58 1205 0 58 20.8 6212
Opp Total 16 43 0 36 583 0 16.2

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
Tommy Barnhardt 27 P 16 0 70 2990 65 1 42.7
Morten Andersen* 30 K 16 0 5 5 6 5 12 8 4 3 27 21 77.8% 29 29 100.0%
Team Total 26.5 16 5 5 6 5 12 8 4 3 27 21 77.8% 29 29 100.0% 70 2990 65 1 42.7
Opp Total 16 35 21 60.0% 30 30 100.0% 74 3027 40.9

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
Rickey Jackson 32 LOLB 16 16 6.0 4 0 7 0 0 68
Pat Swilling* 26 ROLB 16 16 11.0 4 0 0 0 0 63
Renaldo Turnbull 24 rde 16 6 9.0 1 0 1 0 0 31
Gene Atkins 26 FS 16 16 3.0 2 15 0 15 5 1 3 0 0 66
Steve Walsh 24 QB 12 11 5 2 0 0
Jim Wilks 32 RDE 15 15 5.5
John Fourcade 30 qb 7 5 4 1 0 0
Vince Buck 22 RET 16 1 0 2 2 0 0 38
Gill Fenerty 27 RET 15 0 4 0 0 0
Eric Martin 29 WR 16 16 3 1 2 0
Wayne Martin 25 LDE 11 11 4.0 1 0 0 0 0 30
Toi Cook 26 RCB 16 16 1.0 2 55 0 50 73
Craig Heyward 24 FB 16 15 3 0 0 0
Dalton Hilliard 26 rb 6 6 2 1 0 0
Brett Perriman 25 WR 16 15 2 1 0 0
Vaughan Johnson* 28 RILB 16 16 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 103
Robert Massey 23 LCB 16 16 0 0 2 0 0 78
Brett Maxie 28 SS 16 16 2 88 1 50 73
Michael Simmons 25 16 3 1.0 0 1 0 0
Bennie Thompson 27 16 2 2 0 0 0 37
John Tice 30 16 4 1 1 0 0
Sam Mills 31 LILB 16 14 0.5 2 0 1 0 0 112
Stan Brock 32 RT 16 16 0 1 0 0
Brian Forde 27 16 0 0 1 0 0
Robert Goff 25 NT 15 10 0 0 1 13 0 22
Joel Hilgenberg 28 C 16 16 0 1 0 0
Rueben Mayes 27 RB 15 8 1 0 0 0
Bobby Morse 25 10 0 1 0 0 0
Steve Trapilo 26 RG 16 16 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.5 16 42.0 8 158 1 50 17 29 30 15 0 819
Opp Total 16 20 35 16 1

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
Morten Andersen* 30 K 16 0 29 21 92
Rueben Mayes 27 RB 15 8 7 42
Eric Martin 29 WR 16 16 5 30
Craig Heyward 24 FB 16 15 4 24
Floyd Turner 24 16 0 4 24
Hoby Brenner 31 TE 16 16 2 12
Gill Fenerty 27 RET 15 0 2 12
Brett Perriman 25 WR 16 15 2 12
John Fourcade 30 qb 7 5 1 6
Dalton Hilliard 26 rb 6 6 1 6
Brett Maxie 28 SS 16 16 1 6
Greg Scales 24 16 0 1 6
Team Total 26.5 16 14 15 1 29 21 272
Opp Total 16 8 21 30 21 1 275