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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)
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1990 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Team Games & Schedule
Glossary · CSV · PRE| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||