2006 New Orleans Saints
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Record: 10-6-0, Finished 1st in NFC South Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 413 points (25.8/g), 5th of 32 in the NFL.
Allowed 322 points (20.1/g), 13th.
Differential of 91 points (5.7/g), 6th.
Expected W-L: 10.3-5.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -4 (-0.2/g), 22nd.
Simple Rating System: Total 4.0, Offense: 4.9, Defense: -0.9, SoS: -1.6, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Sean Payton (10-6-0)
Defensive Coordinator: Gary Gibbs
Training Camp: Millsaps College (Jackson, Mississippi)
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Team Games & Schedule
| Score | Offense | Defense | Expected Points | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | Offense | Defense | Sp. Tms | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 10 | boxscore | W | 1-0 | @ | Cleveland Browns | 19 | 14 | 17 | 326 | 170 | 156 | 2 | 15 | 186 | 101 | 85 | 3 | -6.62 | 13.83 | -4.41 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 17 | boxscore | W | 2-0 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 34 | 27 | 20 | 380 | 332 | 48 | 3 | 21 | 385 | 322 | 63 | 2 | 2.24 | 3.30 | 1.19 | |
| 3 | Mon | September 25 | boxscore | W | 3-0 | Atlanta Falcons | 23 | 3 | 19 | 326 | 180 | 146 | 10 | 229 | 112 | 117 | 4.79 | 12.34 | 3.85 | ||||
| 4 | Sun | October 1 | boxscore | L | 3-1 | @ | Carolina Panthers | 18 | 21 | 22 | 407 | 344 | 63 | 1 | 20 | 324 | 157 | 167 | 12.71 | -9.93 | -6.46 | ||
| 5 | Sun | October 8 | boxscore | W | 4-1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 24 | 21 | 15 | 314 | 171 | 143 | 18 | 406 | 219 | 187 | 1 | 0.46 | -1.66 | 6.09 | |||
| 6 | Sun | October 15 | boxscore | W | 5-1 | Philadelphia Eagles | 27 | 24 | 22 | 373 | 275 | 98 | 2 | 20 | 325 | 226 | 99 | 2 | 5.03 | -8.58 | 6.17 | ||
| 7 | Bye Week | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Sun | October 29 | boxscore | L | 5-2 | Baltimore Ravens | 22 | 35 | 17 | 403 | 368 | 35 | 5 | 21 | 293 | 156 | 137 | 1 | -9.29 | -3.37 | -2.12 | ||
| 9 | Sun | November 5 | boxscore | W | 6-2 | @ | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 31 | 14 | 19 | 363 | 314 | 49 | 11 | 226 | 158 | 68 | 1 | 7.79 | 11.86 | -0.67 | ||
| 10 | Sun | November 12 | boxscore | L | 6-3 | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 31 | 38 | 29 | 513 | 393 | 120 | 3 | 19 | 467 | 250 | 217 | 18.07 | -25.58 | -1.46 | ||
| 11 | Sun | November 19 | boxscore | L | 6-4 | Cincinnati Bengals | 16 | 31 | 29 | 595 | 504 | 91 | 4 | 15 | 385 | 266 | 119 | 1 | 0.22 | -7.75 | -4.82 | ||
| 12 | Sun | November 26 | boxscore | W | 7-4 | @ | Atlanta Falcons | 31 | 13 | 20 | 427 | 332 | 95 | 21 | 333 | 52 | 281 | 20.06 | -3.59 | -0.81 | |||
| 13 | Sun | December 3 | boxscore | W | 8-4 | San Francisco 49ers | 34 | 10 | 23 | 375 | 185 | 190 | 10 | 202 | 145 | 57 | 3 | 13.80 | 13.31 | -4.90 | |||
| 14 | Sun | December 10 | boxscore | W | 9-4 | @ | Dallas Cowboys | 42 | 17 | 28 | 536 | 377 | 159 | 16 | 347 | 231 | 116 | 2 | 30.04 | -4.95 | 2.02 | ||
| 15 | Sun | December 17 | boxscore | L | 9-5 | Washington Redskins | 10 | 16 | 15 | 270 | 199 | 71 | 1 | 19 | 354 | 193 | 161 | -4.26 | -2.64 | 0.89 | |||
| 16 | Sun | December 24 | boxscore | W | 10-5 | @ | New York Giants | 30 | 7 | 22 | 359 | 123 | 236 | 6 | 142 | 59 | 83 | 3 | -3.78 | 26.98 | -1.65 | ||
| 17 | Sun | December 31 | boxscore | L | 10-6 | Carolina Panthers | 21 | 31 | 13 | 297 | 236 | 61 | 2 | 20 | 313 | 207 | 106 | -2.55 | -9.71 | 2.69 | |||
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Sat | January 13 | boxscore | W | 11-6 | Philadelphia Eagles | 27 | 24 | 27 | 435 | 227 | 208 | 1 | 14 | 355 | 232 | 123 | 12.41 | -10.79 | -0.50 | |||
| ConfChamp | Sun | January 21 | boxscore | L | 11-7 | @ | Chicago Bears | 14 | 39 | 15 | 375 | 319 | 56 | 4 | 18 | 340 | 144 | 196 | -11.45 | -3.01 | -12.26 | ||