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Record: 8-8-0, Finished 2nd in NFC South Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 348 points (21.8/g), 14th of 32 in the NFL.
Allowed 405 points (25.3/g), 27th.
Differential of -57 points (-3.6/g), 24th.
Expected W-L: 6.6-9.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +7 (0.4/g), 10th.
Simple Rating System: Total -5.6, Offense: -1.2, Defense: -4.3, SoS: -2.0, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Jim Haslett
Offensive Coordinator: Mike McCarthy
Defensive Coordinator: Rick Venturi
Training Camp: Saints' Training Facility (Metairie, Louisiana)
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| Tot Yds & TO | Passing | Rushing | Average Drive | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | TO | FL | 1stPy | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | #Dr | Sc% | TO% | Start | Time | Plays | Yds | Pts | |||
| Team Offense | 348 | 5193 | 989 | 5.3 | 26 | 10 | 32 | 291 | 309 | 542 | 3587 | 21 | 16 | 6.2 | 177 | 406 | 1606 | 15 | 4.0 | 82 | 193 | 30.1 | 13.0 | Own 30.5 | 2:22 | 5.3 | 26.8 | 1.6 |
| Team Defense | 405 | 6141 | 1067 | 5.8 | 33 | 20 | 32 | 343 | 324 | 545 | 3888 | 24 | 13 | 6.7 | 193 | 485 | 2253 | 16 | 4.6 | 118 | 194 | 36.6 | 12.9 | Own 30.2 | 2:38 | 5.7 | 31.5 | 1.9 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 14 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 26 | 27 | 8 | 21 | 17 | 21 | 10 | 26 | 23 | 20 | 18 | |||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 27 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 30 | 28 | 27 | 19 | 24 | 27 | 25 | 30 | 23 | 31 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 28 | 24 | |||||||
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 12 | boxscore | L | 0-1 | Seattle Seahawks | 7 | 21 | 12 | 281 | 207 | 74 | 3 | 21 | 415 | 246 | 169 | 2 | ||
| 2 | Sun | September 19 | boxscore | W | 1-1 | San Francisco 49ers | 30 | 27 | 17 | 302 | 256 | 46 | 1 | 22 | 370 | 190 | 180 | 3 | ||
| 3 | Sun | September 26 | boxscore | W | OT | 2-1 | @ | St. Louis Rams | 28 | 25 | 27 | 462 | 316 | 146 | 25 | 403 | 325 | 78 | 1 | |
| 4 | Sun | October 3 | boxscore | L | 2-2 | @ | Arizona Cardinals | 10 | 34 | 14 | 279 | 238 | 41 | 2 | 19 | 373 | 162 | 211 | 1 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 10 | boxscore | L | 2-3 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 17 | 20 | 16 | 251 | 106 | 145 | 2 | 16 | 319 | 238 | 81 | 1 | ||
| 6 | Sun | October 17 | boxscore | L | 2-4 | Minnesota Vikings | 31 | 38 | 25 | 385 | 226 | 159 | 1 | 29 | 605 | 417 | 188 | 3 | ||
| 7 | Sun | October 24 | boxscore | W | 3-4 | @ | Oakland Raiders | 31 | 26 | 20 | 322 | 280 | 42 | 20 | 432 | 350 | 82 | 2 | ||
| 8 | Bye Week | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Sun | November 7 | boxscore | L | 3-5 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 17 | 43 | 18 | 220 | 165 | 55 | 2 | 28 | 402 | 250 | 152 | ||
| 10 | Sun | November 14 | boxscore | W | 4-5 | Kansas City Chiefs | 27 | 20 | 20 | 374 | 240 | 134 | 1 | 28 | 497 | 297 | 200 | 4 | ||
| 11 | Sun | November 21 | boxscore | L | 4-6 | Denver Broncos | 13 | 34 | 20 | 411 | 362 | 49 | 4 | 18 | 389 | 224 | 165 | |||
| 12 | Sun | November 28 | boxscore | L | 4-7 | @ | Atlanta Falcons | 21 | 24 | 19 | 306 | 165 | 141 | 2 | 21 | 396 | 210 | 186 | 2 | |
| 13 | Sun | December 5 | boxscore | L | 4-8 | Carolina Panthers | 21 | 32 | 15 | 280 | 250 | 30 | 3 | 25 | 401 | 269 | 132 | |||
| 14 | Sun | December 12 | boxscore | W | 5-8 | @ | Dallas Cowboys | 27 | 13 | 21 | 344 | 239 | 105 | 2 | 18 | 269 | 148 | 121 | 4 | |
| 15 | Sun | December 19 | boxscore | W | 6-8 | @ | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 21 | 17 | 15 | 247 | 132 | 115 | 1 | 17 | 283 | 114 | 169 | 4 | |
| 16 | Sun | December 26 | boxscore | W | 7-8 | Atlanta Falcons | 26 | 13 | 17 | 369 | 209 | 160 | 2 | 15 | 267 | 174 | 93 | 3 | ||
| 17 | Sun | January 2 | boxscore | W | 8-8 | @ | Carolina Panthers | 21 | 18 | 15 | 360 | 196 | 164 | 21 | 320 | 274 | 46 | 3 | ||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Aaron Brooks | 28 | QB | 16 | 16 | 8-8-0 | 309 | 542 | 57.0 | 3810 | 21 | 3.9 | 16 | 3.0 | 57 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 12.3 | 238.1 | 79.5 | 41 | 223 | 6.15 | 5.64 | 7.0 | 3 | 5 | |
| Team Total | 28.1 | 16 | 8-8-0 | 309 | 542 | 57.0 | 3810 | 21 | 3.9 | 16 | 3.0 | 57 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 12.3 | 238.1 | 79.5 | 41 | 223 | 6.15 | 5.64 | 7.0 | 3 | 5 | ||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 324 | 545 | 59.4 | 4095 | 24 | 4.4 | 13 | 2.4 | 7.5 | 7.32 | 12.6 | 255.9 | 87.7 | 37 | 207 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.4 |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| 26 | Deuce McAllister | 26 | RB | 14 | 14 | 269 | 1074 | 9 | 71 | 4.0 | 76.7 | 19.2 | 34 | 228 | 6.7 | 0 | 20 | 2.4 | 16.3 | 1302 | 9 | 5 |
| 27 | Aaron Stecker | 29 | rb | 16 | 3 | 58 | 244 | 2 | 42 | 4.2 | 15.3 | 3.6 | 29 | 174 | 6.0 | 0 | 26 | 1.8 | 10.9 | 418 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Aaron Brooks | 28 | QB | 16 | 16 | 58 | 173 | 4 | 15 | 3.0 | 10.8 | 3.6 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 174 | 4 | 13 |
| 32 | Ki-Jana Carter | 31 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 1.7 | 8.5 | 5.0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 83 | Donte Stallworth | 24 | WR | 16 | 10 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 26 | 6.2 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 58 | 767 | 13.2 | 5 | 45 | 3.6 | 47.9 | 804 | 5 | 0 |
| 44 | Mike Karney | 23 | FB | 16 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 6 | 42 | 7.0 | 0 | 17 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 49 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Fred McAfee | 36 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 54 | 0 | 53 | 27.0 | 4.9 | 0.2 | 54 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 87 | Joe Horn* | 32 | WR | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 94 | 1399 | 14.9 | 11 | 57 | 5.9 | 87.4 | 1399 | 11 | 0 | |
| 80 | Jerome Pathon | 29 | wr | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 34 | 581 | 17.1 | 1 | 38 | 2.3 | 38.7 | 581 | 1 | 1 | |
| 82 | Boo Williams | 25 | te | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33 | 362 | 11.0 | 2 | 22 | 2.1 | 22.6 | 362 | 2 | 2 | |
| 85 | Ernie Conwell | 32 | TE | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10 | 102 | 10.2 | 1 | 28 | 0.6 | 6.4 | 102 | 1 | 0 | |
| 84 | Michael Lewis | 33 | KR/PR | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8 | 127 | 15.9 | 0 | 30 | 0.6 | 9.1 | 127 | 0 | 1 | |
| 88 | Talman Gardner | 24 | wr | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 23 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
| 89 | Lamont Hall | 30 | te | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 1 | 4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 28.1 | 16 | 406 | 1606 | 15 | 71 | 4.0 | 100.4 | 25.4 | 309 | 3810 | 12.3 | 21 | 57 | 19.3 | 238.1 | 5416 | 36 | 23 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 485 | 2253 | 16 | 4.6 | 140.8 | 30.3 | 324 | 3888 | 12.0 | 24 | 20.3 | 243.0 | 6141 | 40 | 31 | ||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 84 | Michael Lewis | 33 | KR/PR | 14 | 1 | 34 | 382 | 0 | 53 | 11.2 | 51 | 1215 | 1 | 96 | 23.8 | 1724 |
| 27 | Aaron Stecker | 29 | rb | 16 | 3 | 18 | 469 | 1 | 98 | 26.1 | 887 | |||||
| 25 | Fred McAfee | 36 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 137 | 0 | 26 | 17.1 | 191 | ||||||
| 83 | Donte Stallworth | 24 | WR | 16 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1.0 | 810 | |||||
| 89 | Lamont Hall | 30 | te | 16 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 6.7 | 24 | |||||
| 56 | Orlando Ruff | 28 | mlb | 14 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | |||||
| 91 | Will Smith | 23 | de | 16 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | |||||
| 98 | Willie Whitehead | 31 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | ||||||
| Team Total | 28.1 | 16 | 40 | 388 | 0 | 53 | 9.7 | 83 | 1879 | 2 | 98 | 22.6 | 7683 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 43 | 1 | 74 | 1710 | 0 | 23.1 | |||||||||
| 0-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| 17 | Mitch Berger* | 32 | P | 16 | 0 | 85 | 3704 | 63 | 0 | 43.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | John Carney | 40 | K | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 22 | 81.5% | 38 | 38 | 100.0% | |||||||
| Team Total | 28.1 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 22 | 81.5% | 38 | 38 | 100.0% | 85 | 3704 | 63 | 0 | 43.6 | |||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 35 | 31 | 88.6% | 42 | 42 | 100.0% | 71 | 2897 | 40.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| 34 | Tebucky Jones | 30 | FS | 16 | 16 | 1 | 55 | 0 | 55 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 23 | ||
| 20 | Jay Bellamy | 32 | SS | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 74 | 18 | ||
| 94 | Charles Grant | 26 | LDE | 16 | 16 | 10.5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 13 | |
| 56 | Orlando Ruff | 28 | mlb | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 21 | |||||||
| 35 | Fakhir Brown | 27 | RCB | 16 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 1 | ||
| 66 | Brian Young | 27 | RDT | 15 | 15 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 19 | ||||||
| 59 | Derrick Rodgers | 33 | RLB | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 11 | ||
| 93 | Darren Howard | 28 | RDE | 13 | 12 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 9 | |
| 22 | Fred Thomas | 31 | rcb | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 2 | ||
| 55 | Courtney Watson | 24 | MLB | 12 | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 17 | ||||||
| 50 | James Allen | 25 | LLB | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 16 | ||
| 91 | Will Smith | 23 | de | 16 | 4 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 32 | 10 | |
| 57 | Colby Bockwoldt | 23 | rlb | 16 | 7 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 6 | |
| 43 | Mike McKenzie | 28 | LCB | 10 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 31 | 2 | |||||||
| 33 | Ashley Ambrose | 34 | lcb | 9 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 23 | 3 | ||
| 40 | Mel Mitchell | 25 | 15 | 0 | 23 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 95 | Howard Green | 25 | LDT | 14 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 10 | |||||||
| 21 | Jason Craft | 28 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | |||
| 52 | Sedrick Hodge | 26 | llb | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 7 | |||||||
| 97 | Johnathan Sullivan | 23 | dt | 7 | 4 | 0.5 | 11 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 92 | Tony Bryant | 28 | 16 | 0 | 2.0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Aaron Brooks | 28 | QB | 16 | 16 | 0 | 13 | 6 | -12 | 0 | |||||||||
| 37 | Steve Gleason | 27 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 98 | Willie Whitehead | 31 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 99 | Shaun Smith | 23 | dt | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 53 | Roger Knight | 26 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 26 | Deuce McAllister | 26 | RB | 14 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 28 | Deveron Harper | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 82 | Boo Williams | 25 | te | 16 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 75 | Rodney Leisle | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 24 | Monty Montgomery | 31 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 85 | Ernie Conwell | 32 | TE | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 84 | Michael Lewis | 33 | KR/PR | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 67 | Jamar Nesbit | 28 | g | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 80 | Jerome Pathon | 29 | wr | 15 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 68 | Victor Riley | 30 | RT | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 83 | Donte Stallworth | 24 | WR | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 27 | Aaron Stecker | 29 | rb | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -14 | 0 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 28.1 | 16 | 37.0 | 13 | 101 | 0 | 55 | 68 | 23 | 23 | 33 | 34 | 1 | 810 | 211 | 1 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 41 | 31 | 11 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | John Carney | 40 | K | 16 | 0 | 38 | 22 | 104 | ||||||||||
| 87 | Joe Horn* | 32 | WR | 16 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 68 | |||||||||
| 26 | Deuce McAllister | 26 | RB | 14 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 54 | ||||||||||
| 83 | Donte Stallworth | 24 | WR | 16 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Aaron Brooks | 28 | QB | 16 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 27 | Aaron Stecker | 29 | rb | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||
| 82 | Boo Williams | 25 | te | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 57 | Colby Bockwoldt | 23 | rlb | 16 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 85 | Ernie Conwell | 32 | TE | 16 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 89 | Lamont Hall | 30 | te | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 84 | Michael Lewis | 33 | KR/PR | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 40 | Mel Mitchell | 25 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 80 | Jerome Pathon | 29 | wr | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 92 | Tony Bryant | 28 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Team Total | 28.1 | 16 | 15 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 38 | 22 | 1 | 348 | |||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 16 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 31 | 1 | 405 |