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Record: 7-9-0, Finished 3rd in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 319 points (19.9/g), 20th of 30 in the NFL.
Allowed 348 points (21.8/g), 18th.
Differential of -29 points (-1.8/g), 20th.
Expected W-L: 7.2-8.8.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +4 (0.2/g), 7th.
Simple Rating System: Total -2.2, Offense: -1.7, Defense: -0.4, SoS: -0.3, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Jim Mora (7-9-0)
Defensive Coordinator: Monte Kiffin
Other Notable Asst.: Jim Haslett (Linebackers) and Jim Mora (Secondary)
Training Camp: UW La Crosse (La Crosse, Wisconsin)
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| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Jim Everett | 32 | 9 | 16 | 345 for 567, 3,970 yards, 26 td, 14 int, & 24 rushes for 42 yards and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 1st / 3rd pick / 1986 |
| RB | Mario Bates | 22 | 1 | 16 | 244 rushes for 951 yards, 7 td, & 18 catches for 114 yards and 0 td | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 44th pick / 1994 |
| FB | Lorenzo Neal | 25 | 2 | 7 | 5 rushes for 3 yards, 0 td, & 12 catches for 123 yards and 1 td | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 89th pick / 1993 |
| WR | Quinn Early | 30 | 7 | 15 | 81 catches for 1,087 yards, 8 td, & 2 rushes for -3 yards and 0 td | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 60th pick / 1988 |
| WR | Michael Haynes | 30 | 7 | 15 | 41 catches for 597 yards, 4 td | Atlanta Falcons / 7th / 166th pick / 1988 |
| TE | Irv Smith | 24 | 2 | 16 | 45 catches for 466 yards, 3 td | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 20th pick / 1993 |
| TE | Wesley Walls | 29 | 6 | 11 | 57 catches for 694 yards, 4 td | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 56th pick / 1989 |
| LT | Willie Roaf*+ | 25 | 2 | 16 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 8th pick / 1993 | |
| LG | Jim Dombrowski | 32 | 9 | 16 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 6th pick / 1986 | |
| C | Jeff Uhlenhake | 29 | 6 | 14 | Miami Dolphins / 5th / 121st pick / 1989 | |
| RG | Andy McCollum | 25 | Rook | 9 | ||
| RG | Chris Port | 28 | 4 | 8 | 1 fumble recovered | New Orleans Saints / 12th / 320th pick / 1990 |
| RT | Richard Cooper | 31 | 5 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Joe Johnson | 23 | 1 | 14 | 5.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 13th pick / 1994 |
| LDT | Willie Broughton | 31 | 10 | 11 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Indianapolis Colts / 4th / 88th pick / 1985 |
| LDT | Robert Goff | 30 | 7 | 6 | 1.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 4th / 83rd pick / 1988 |
| RDT | Wayne Martin | 30 | 6 | 16 | 13.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 19th pick / 1989 |
| RDE | Renaldo Turnbull | 29 | 5 | 15 | 7.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 14th pick / 1990 |
| LLB | Rufus Porter | 30 | 7 | 12 | 3.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| MLB | Brian Jones | 27 | 4 | 7 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Raiders / 8th / 213th pick / 1991 |
| MLB | Ernest Dixon | 24 | 1 | 5 | 4.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| MLB | Winfred Tubbs | 25 | 1 | 6 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 79th pick / 1994 |
| RLB | Richard Harvey | 29 | 5 | 14 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 11th / 305th pick / 1989 |
| LCB | Jimmy Spencer | 26 | 3 | 15 | 0.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Washington Redskins / 8th / 215th pick / 1991 |
| RCB | Eric Allen* | 30 | 7 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 30th pick / 1988 |
| SS | Sean Lumpkin | 25 | 3 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 106th pick / 1992 |
| FS | Vince Buck | 27 | 5 | 13 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 4 fumbles recovered | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 44th pick / 1990 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Doug Brien | 25 | 1 | 0 | 12 of 17 field goals & 16 of 16 extra points | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 85th pick / 1994 |
| P | Klaus Wilmsmeyer | 28 | 3 | 0 | 73 punts for a 40.6 average, 1 blocked | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 12th / 311th pick / 1992 |
| PR | Tyrone Hughes | 25 | 2 | 2 | 28 punt returns for a 9.4 average and 0 td | New Orleans Saints / 5th / 137th pick / 1993 |
| KR | Tyrone Hughes | 25 | 2 | 2 | 66 kick returns for a 24.5 average and 0 td | New Orleans Saints / 5th / 137th pick / 1993 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Eric Allen* | 30 | DB | 16 | 16 | 184 | 5-10 | Arizona St. | 11/22/1965 | 7 | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 30th pick / 1988 |
| 24 | Mario Bates | 22 | RB | 16 | 16 | 217 | 6-1 | Arizona St. | 1/16/1973 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 44th pick / 1994 |
| 86 | Kirk Botkin | 24 | TE | 16 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Arkansas | 3/19/1971 | 1 | |
| 10 | Doug Brien | 25 | K | 8 | 0 | 180 | 6-0 | California | 11/24/1970 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 85th pick / 1994 |
| 99 | Willie Broughton | 31 | DT-NT | 16 | 11 | 285 | 6-5 | Miami (FL) | 9/9/1964 | 10 | Indianapolis Colts / 4th / 88th pick / 1985 |
| 20 | Derek D. Brown | 24 | RB | 16 | 0 | 201 | 5-9 | Nebraska | 4/15/1971 | 2 | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 109th pick / 1993 |
| 26 | Vince Buck | 27 | DB | 13 | 13 | 198 | 6-0 | Central State (OH) | 1/12/1968 | 5 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 44th pick / 1990 |
| 45 | Israel Byrd | 24 | DB | 4 | 0 | 184 | 5-11 | Utah St. | 2/1/1971 | 1 | |
| 51 | Ron Childs | 24 | LB | 9 | 0 | 212 | 5-11 | Washington St. | 9/18/1971 | Rook | |
| 71 | Richard Cooper | 31 | T | 14 | 14 | 290 | 6-5 | Tennessee | 11/1/1964 | 5 | |
| 87 | Lee DeRamus | 23 | WR | 8 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Wisconsin | 8/24/1972 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 6th / 184th pick / 1995 |
| 56 | Ernest Dixon | 24 | LB | 16 | 5 | 243 | 6-1 | South Carolina | 10/17/1971 | 1 | |
| 72 | Jim Dombrowski | 32 | G-T | 16 | 16 | 300 | 6-5 | Virginia | 10/19/1963 | 9 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 6th pick / 1986 |
| 32 | Vaughn Dunbar | 27 | RB | 1 | 0 | 204 | 5-10 | NE State (OK),Indiana | 9/4/1968 | 3 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 21st pick / 1992 |
| 89 | Quinn Early | 30 | WR | 16 | 15 | 190 | 6-0 | Iowa | 4/13/1965 | 7 | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 60th pick / 1988 |
| 79 | Tory Epps | 28 | NT-DT | 12 | 0 | 280 | 6-1 | Memphis | 5/28/1967 | 5 | Atlanta Falcons / 8th / 195th pick / 1990 |
| 17 | Jim Everett | 32 | QB | 16 | 16 | 212 | 6-5 | Purdue | 1/3/1963 | 9 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 3rd pick / 1986 |
| 55 | Mark Fields | 23 | LB | 16 | 3 | 244 | 6-2 | Washington St. | 11/9/1972 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 13th pick / 1995 |
| 91 | Robert Goff | 30 | DE-DT-NT | 11 | 6 | 280 | 6-3 | Auburn | 10/2/1965 | 7 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 4th / 83rd pick / 1988 |
| 52 | Richard Harvey | 29 | LB | 16 | 14 | 235 | 6-1 | Tulane | 9/11/1966 | 5 | Buffalo Bills / 11th / 305th pick / 1989 |
| 81 | Michael Haynes | 30 | WR | 16 | 15 | 184 | 6-0 | Northern Arizona | 12/24/1965 | 7 | Atlanta Falcons / 7th / 166th pick / 1988 |
| 14 | Tom Hodson | 28 | QB | 4 | 0 | 195 | 6-3 | LSU | 1/28/1967 | 5 | New England Patriots / 3rd / 59th pick / 1990 |
| 33 | Tyrone Hughes | 25 | DB | 16 | 2 | 175 | 5-9 | Nebraska | 1/14/1970 | 2 | New Orleans Saints / 5th / 137th pick / 1993 |
| 96 | Dameian Jeffries | 22 | DE | 2 | 0 | 277 | 6-4 | Alabama | 5/7/1973 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 108th pick / 1995 |
| 94 | Joe Johnson | 23 | DE | 14 | 14 | 275 | 6-4 | Louisville | 7/11/1972 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 13th pick / 1994 |
| 50 | John Johnson | 27 | LB | 1 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Clemson | 5/8/1968 | 4 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 53rd pick / 1991 |
| 58 | Brian Jones | 27 | LB | 16 | 7 | 250 | 6-1 | UCLA,Texas | 1/22/1968 | 4 | Los Angeles Raiders / 8th / 213th pick / 1991 |
| 95 | Ernest Jones | 24 | DT-DE | 1 | 0 | 263 | 6-2 | Oregon | 4/1/1971 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 100th pick / 1994 |
| 61 | Ed King | 26 | G-T | 1 | 0 | 300 | 6-4 | Auburn | 12/3/1969 | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 29th pick / 1991 |
| 68 | Alan Kline | 24 | T | 3 | 0 | 290 | 6-5 | Ohio St. | 5/25/1971 | Rook | |
| 43 | Tyrone Legette | 25 | DB | 16 | 1 | 179 | 5-9 | Nebraska | 2/15/1970 | 3 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 72nd pick / 1992 |
| 2 | Chip Lohmiller | 29 | K | 8 | 0 | 213 | 6-3 | Minnesota | 7/16/1966 | 7 | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 55th pick / 1988 |
| 46 | Sean Lumpkin | 25 | DB | 16 | 16 | 206 | 6-0 | Minnesota | 1/4/1970 | 3 | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 106th pick / 1992 |
| 93 | Wayne Martin | 30 | DE-DT | 16 | 16 | 275 | 6-5 | Arkansas | 10/26/1965 | 6 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 19th pick / 1989 |
| 44 | J.J. McCleskey | 25 | DB | 14 | 1 | 180 | 5-8 | Tennessee | 4/10/1970 | 1 | |
| 67 | Andy McCollum | 25 | C-G | 11 | 9 | 300 | 6-4 | Toledo | 6/2/1970 | Rook | |
| 22 | Lorenzo Neal | 25 | FB | 16 | 7 | 255 | 5-11 | Fresno St. | 12/27/1970 | 2 | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 89th pick / 1993 |
| 36 | Derrick Ned | 26 | FB | 12 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Grambling St. | 1/5/1969 | 2 | |
| 30 | Anthony Newman | 30 | DB | 12 | 1 | 203 | 6-0 | Oregon | 11/25/1965 | 7 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 35th pick / 1988 |
| 60 | Craig Novitsky | 24 | G | 16 | 3 | 295 | 6-5 | UCLA | 5/12/1971 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 5th / 143rd pick / 1994 |
| 35 | Shane Pahukoa | 25 | DB | 15 | 2 | 202 | 6-2 | Washington | 11/25/1970 | Rook | |
| 70 | Chris Port | 28 | G-T | 8 | 8 | 295 | 6-5 | Duke | 11/2/1967 | 4 | New Orleans Saints / 12th / 320th pick / 1990 |
| 59 | Rufus Porter | 30 | LB-DE | 14 | 12 | 228 | 6-1 | Southern | 5/18/1965 | 7 | |
| 84 | Steve Rhem | 24 | WR | 8 | 0 | 212 | 6-2 | Minnesota,La-Monroe,Ark-Monticello,Rowan | 11/9/1971 | 1 | |
| 77 | Willie Roaf*+ | 25 | T | 16 | 16 | 320 | 6-5 | Louisiana Tech | 4/18/1970 | 2 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 8th pick / 1993 |
| 83 | Torrance Small | 25 | WR | 16 | 1 | 209 | 6-3 | Alcorn St. | 9/4/1970 | 3 | New Orleans Saints / 5th / 138th pick / 1992 |
| 82 | Irv Smith | 24 | TE | 16 | 16 | 249 | 6-3 | Notre Dame | 10/13/1971 | 2 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 20th pick / 1993 |
| 37 | Jimmy Spencer | 26 | DB | 16 | 15 | 188 | 5-9 | Florida | 3/29/1969 | 3 | Washington Redskins / 8th / 215th pick / 1991 |
| 90 | Israel Stanley | 25 | DT | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-3 | Arizona St. | 4/21/1970 | Rook | |
| 54 | Winfred Tubbs | 25 | LB | 7 | 6 | 250 | 6-4 | Texas | 9/24/1970 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 79th pick / 1994 |
| 97 | Renaldo Turnbull | 29 | DE-LB | 15 | 15 | 250 | 6-4 | West Virginia | 1/5/1966 | 5 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 14th pick / 1990 |
| 62 | Jeff Uhlenhake | 29 | C | 14 | 14 | 285 | 6-3 | Ohio St. | 1/28/1966 | 6 | Miami Dolphins / 5th / 121st pick / 1989 |
| 85 | Wesley Walls | 29 | TE | 16 | 11 | 240 | 6-5 | Mississippi | 2/26/1966 | 6 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 56th pick / 1989 |
| 4 | Klaus Wilmsmeyer | 28 | P | 16 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | Louisville | 12/4/1967 | 3 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 12th / 311th pick / 1992 |
| 34 | Ray Zellars | 22 | RB | 12 | 0 | 233 | 5-11 | Notre Dame | 3/25/1973 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 44th pick / 1995 |
| Team Total | 26.4 | 16 | 236.3 | 6-1.7 | 3.3 |