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1998 New Orleans Saints
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Record: 6-10-0, Finished 3rd in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 305 points (19.1/g), 21st of 30 in the NFL.
Allowed 359 points (22.4/g), 21st.
Differential of -54 points (-3.4/g), 19th.
Expected W-L: 6.5-9.5.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -1 (-0.1/g), 16th.
Coached by Mike Ditka (6-10-0)
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1998 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Kerry Collins | 26 | 3 | 7 | 94 for 191, 1,202 yards, 4 td, 10 int, & 23 rushes for 113 yards and 1 td | Carolina Panthers / 1st / 5th pick / 1995 |
| QB | Billy Joe Tolliver | 32 | 9 | 4 | 110 for 199, 1,427 yards, 8 td, 4 int, & 11 rushes for 43 yards and 0 td | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 51st pick / 1989 |
| RB | Lamar Smith | 28 | 4 | 9 | 138 rushes for 457 yards, 1 td, & 24 catches for 249 yards and 2 td | Seattle Seahawks / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1994 |
| FB | Aaron Craver | 30 | 7 | 10 | 45 rushes for 180 yards, 2 td, & 33 catches for 214 yards and 2 td | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 60th pick / 1991 |
| FB | Ray Zellars | 25 | 3 | 7 | 56 rushes for 162 yards, 1 td, & 10 catches for 50 yards and 0 td | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 44th pick / 1995 |
| WR | Sean Dawkins | 27 | 5 | 15 | 53 catches for 823 yards, 1 td | Indianapolis Colts / 1st / 16th pick / 1993 |
| WR | Andre Hastings | 27 | 5 | 12 | 35 catches for 455 yards, 3 td, & 3 rushes for 32 yards and 0 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 76th pick / 1993 |
| TE | Cam Cleeland | 23 | Rook | 16 | 54 catches for 684 yards, 6 td | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 40th pick / 1998 |
| LT | Willie Roaf* | 28 | 5 | 15 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 8th pick / 1993 |
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| LG | Kyle Turley | 23 | Rook | 15 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 7th pick / 1998 |
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| LG | Andy McCollum | 28 | 3 | 5 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| C | Tom Ackerman | 26 | 2 | 10 | New Orleans Saints / 5th / 145th pick / 1996 |
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| RG | Chris Naeole | 24 | 1 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 10th pick / 1997 |
| RT | Clarence Jones | 30 | 7 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 4th / 111th pick / 1991 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Jared Tomich | 24 | 1 | 11 | 6.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 39th pick / 1997 |
| LDE | Brady Smith | 25 | 2 | 5 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 70th pick / 1996 |
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| LDT | Wayne Martin | 33 | 9 | 16 | 3.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 19th pick / 1989 |
| RDT | La'Roi Glover | 24 | 2 | 15 | 10.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Oakland Raiders / 5th / 166th pick / 1996 |
| RDE | Joe Johnson* | 26 | 4 | 16 | 7.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 13th pick / 1994 |
| LLB | Keith Mitchell | 24 | 1 | 15 | 2.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | |
| MLB | Kevin Mitchell | 27 | 4 | 8 | 2.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 53rd pick / 1994 |
| MLB | Chris Bordano | 24 | Rook | 6 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New Orleans Saints / 6th / 161st pick / 1998 |
| RLB | Mark Fields | 26 | 3 | 15 | 6.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 13th pick / 1995 |
| LCB | Alex Molden | 25 | 2 | 15 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 11th pick / 1996 |
| RCB | Tyronne Drakeford | 27 | 4 | 15 | 0.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 62nd pick / 1994 |
| SS | Chad Cota | 27 | 3 | 16 | 2.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Carolina Panthers / 7th / 209th pick / 1995 |
| FS | Sammy Knight | 23 | 1 | 13 | 0.0 sacks, 6 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Doug Brien | 28 | 4 | 0 | 20 of 22 field goals & 31 of 31 extra points | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 85th pick / 1994 |
| P | Mark Royals | 33 | 11 | 0 | 88 punts for a 45.6 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Andre Hastings | 27 | 5 | 12 | 22 punt returns for a 14.0 average and 0 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 76th pick / 1993 |
| KR | Qadry Ismail | 28 | 5 | 1 | 28 kick returns for a 21.1 average and 0 td | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1993 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Tom Ackerman | 26 | G-C | 15 | 10 | 290 | 6-3 | Eastern Washington | 9/6/1972 | 2 | New Orleans Saints / 5th / 145th pick / 1996 |
| Ink Aleaga | 25 | LB | 15 | 3 | 251 | 6-1 | Washington | 4/27/1973 | 1 | |
| Brett Bech | 27 | WR | 16 | 0 | 184 | 6-1 | LSU | 8/20/1971 | 1 | |
| Chris Bordano | 24 | LB | 16 | 6 | 241 | 6-1 | SMU | 12/30/1974 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 6th / 161st pick / 1998 |
| Doug Brien | 28 | K | 16 | 0 | 180 | 6-0 | California | 11/24/1970 | 4 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 85th pick / 1994 |
| Je'Rod Cherry | 25 | DB | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-1 | California | 5/30/1973 | 2 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 40th pick / 1996 |
| Cam Cleeland | 23 | TE | 16 | 16 | 272 | 6-5 | Washington | 8/15/1975 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 40th pick / 1998 |
| Kerry Collins | 26 | QB | 7 | 7 | 248 | 6-5 | Penn State | 12/30/1972 | 3 | Carolina Panthers / 1st / 5th pick / 1995 |
| Chad Cota | 27 | DB | 16 | 16 | 198 | 6-1 | Oregon | 8/8/1971 | 3 | Carolina Panthers / 7th / 209th pick / 1995 |
| Aaron Craver | 30 | RB | 16 | 10 | 218 | 6-0 | Fresno State | 12/18/1968 | 7 | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 60th pick / 1991 |
| Don Davis | 26 | LB | 4 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | Kansas | 12/17/1972 | 2 | |
| Troy Davis | 23 | RB | 14 | 2 | 191 | 5-7 | Iowa State | 9/14/1975 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 62nd pick / 1997 |
| Sean Dawkins | 27 | WR | 15 | 15 | 215 | 6-4 | California | 2/3/1971 | 5 | Indianapolis Colts / 1st / 16th pick / 1993 |
| Tyronne Drakeford | 27 | DB | 16 | 15 | 185 | 5-11 | Virginia Tech | 6/21/1971 | 4 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 62nd pick / 1994 |
| John Farquhar | 26 | TE | 5 | 0 | 278 | 6-6 | Duke | 3/22/1972 | 2 | |
| Mark Fields | 26 | LB | 15 | 15 | 244 | 6-2 | Washington State | 11/9/1972 | 3 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 13th pick / 1995 |
| Jerry Fontenot | 32 | C-G | 4 | 4 | 300 | 6-3 | Texas A&M | 11/21/1966 | 9 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 65th pick / 1989 |
| Kendall Gammon | 30 | C-TE | 16 | 0 | 255 | 6-4 | Pittsburg State | 10/23/1968 | 6 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 11th / 291st pick / 1992 |
| La'Roi Glover | 24 | DT-NT | 16 | 15 | 285 | 6-2 | San Diego State | 7/4/1974 | 2 | Oakland Raiders / 5th / 166th pick / 1996 |
| Eric Guliford | 29 | WR | 5 | 1 | 170 | 5-8 | Arizona State | 10/25/1969 | 5 | |
| Andre Hastings | 27 | WR | 16 | 12 | 190 | 6-1 | Georgia | 11/7/1971 | 5 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 76th pick / 1993 |
| Chris Hewitt | 24 | DB | 16 | 2 | 210 | 6-0 | Cincinnati | 7/22/1974 | 1 | |
| Keno Hills | 25 | G-T | 12 | 1 | 305 | 6-6 | Kent State,La-Lafayette | 6/13/1973 | 2 | New Orleans Saints / 6th / 179th pick / 1996 |
| Billy Joe Hobert | 27 | QB | 1 | 1 | 230 | 6-3 | Washington | 1/8/1971 | 3 | Los Angeles Raiders / 3rd / 58th pick / 1993 |
| Qadry Ismail | 28 | WR | 10 | 1 | 196 | 6-0 | Syracuse | 11/8/1970 | 5 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1993 |
| Alonzo Johnson | 25 | WR | 1 | 0 | 183 | 5-11 | Central State (OH) | 4/18/1973 | Rook | |
| Joe Johnson* | 26 | DE | 16 | 16 | 275 | 6-4 | Louisville | 7/11/1972 | 4 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 13th pick / 1994 |
| Tony Johnson | 26 | TE | 11 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | Alabama | 2/5/1972 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 197th pick / 1996 |
| Brian Jones | 30 | LB | 1 | 0 | 250 | 6-1 | Texas,UCLA | 1/22/1968 | 7 | Los Angeles Raiders / 8th / 213th pick / 1991 |
| Clarence Jones | 30 | T | 14 | 14 | 300 | 6-6 | Maryland | 5/6/1968 | 7 | New York Giants / 4th / 111th pick / 1991 |
| Rob Kelly | 24 | DB | 16 | 3 | 199 | 6-0 | Ohio State | 6/21/1974 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1997 |
| Sammy Knight | 23 | DB | 14 | 13 | 215 | 6-0 | USC | 9/10/1975 | 1 | |
| Earl Little | 25 | DB | 16 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | Miami (FL),Michigan | 3/10/1973 | Rook | |
| Wayne Martin | 33 | DE-DT | 16 | 16 | 275 | 6-5 | Arkansas | 10/26/1965 | 9 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 19th pick / 1989 |
| Andy McCollum | 28 | C-G | 16 | 5 | 300 | 6-4 | Toledo | 6/2/1970 | 3 | |
| Keith Mitchell | 24 | LB | 16 | 15 | 236 | 6-2 | Texas A&M | 7/24/1974 | 1 | |
| Kevin Mitchell | 27 | LB | 8 | 8 | 258 | 6-1 | Syracuse | 1/1/1971 | 4 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 53rd pick / 1994 |
| Alex Molden | 25 | DB | 16 | 15 | 190 | 5-10 | Oregon | 8/4/1973 | 2 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 11th pick / 1996 |
| Chris Naeole | 24 | G | 16 | 16 | 317 | 6-3 | Colorado | 12/25/1974 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 10th pick / 1997 |
| Wilmont Perry | 23 | RB | 6 | 2 | 230 | 6-1 | Livingstone | 2/24/1975 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 5th / 132nd pick / 1998 |
| Julian Pittman | 23 | DE | 2 | 0 | 286 | 6-4 | Florida State | 4/22/1975 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 99th pick / 1998 |
| Keith Poole | 24 | WR | 15 | 4 | 188 | 6-0 | Arizona State | 6/18/1974 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 116th pick / 1997 |
| Willie Roaf* | 28 | T | 15 | 15 | 320 | 6-5 | Louisiana Tech | 4/18/1970 | 5 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 8th pick / 1993 |
| Austin Robbins | 27 | DT | 16 | 1 | 290 | 6-6 | North Carolina | 3/1/1971 | 4 | Los Angeles Raiders / 4th / 120th pick / 1994 |
| Mark Royals | 33 | P | 16 | 0 | 225 | 6-5 | Appalachian State,Chowan | 6/22/1965 | 11 | |
| Ricky Siglar | 32 | T-G | 1 | 0 | 308 | 6-7 | San Jose State | 6/14/1966 | 8 | |
| Scott Slutzker | 26 | TE | 3 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Iowa | 12/20/1972 | 2 | Indianapolis Colts / 3rd / 82nd pick / 1996 |
| Brady Smith | 25 | DE | 14 | 5 | 274 | 6-5 | Colorado State | 6/5/1973 | 2 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 70th pick / 1996 |
| Lamar Smith | 28 | RB | 14 | 9 | 230 | 5-11 | Houston | 11/29/1970 | 4 | Seattle Seahawks / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1994 |
| Vinson Smith | 33 | LB | 15 | 0 | 243 | 6-2 | East Carolina | 7/3/1965 | 10 | |
| Billy Joe Tolliver | 32 | QB | 7 | 4 | 217 | 6-1 | Texas Tech | 2/7/1966 | 9 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 51st pick / 1989 |
| Jared Tomich | 24 | DE | 16 | 11 | 281 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 4/24/1974 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 39th pick / 1997 |
| Kyle Turley | 23 | T-G | 15 | 15 | 309 | 6-5 | San Diego State | 9/24/1975 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 7th pick / 1998 |
| Ron Warner | 23 | DE | 1 | 0 | 270 | 6-3 | Kansas | 9/26/1975 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 7th / 239th pick / 1998 |
| Fred Weary | 24 | DB | 14 | 1 | 181 | 5-10 | Florida | 4/12/1974 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 97th pick / 1998 |
| Josh Wilcox | 24 | TE | 3 | 1 | 253 | 6-2 | Oregon | 6/5/1974 | Rook | |
| Troy Wilson | 28 | DE | 15 | 0 | 257 | 6-4 | Pittsburg State | 11/22/1970 | 5 | San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 194th pick / 1993 |
| Danny Wuerffel | 24 | QB | 5 | 4 | 212 | 6-1 | Florida | 5/27/1974 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 99th pick / 1997 |
| Ray Zellars | 25 | RB | 11 | 7 | 233 | 5-11 | Notre Dame | 3/25/1973 | 3 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 44th pick / 1995 |
| Team Total | 26.5 | 16 | 242.2 | 6-2.1 | 3.2 |