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1991 New Orleans Saints

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Record: 11-5-0, Finished 1st in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 341 points (21.3/g), 8th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 211 points (13.2/g), 1st.
 Differential of 130 points (8.1/g), 5th.
 Expected W-L: 12.1-3.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +18 (1.1/g), 1st.

Coached by Jim Mora (11-5-0)

1991 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 1 box W 1-0 Seattle Seahawks 27 24 13 244 201 43 3 19 348 302 46 4
2 Sun September 8 box W 2-0 @ Kansas City Chiefs 17 10 15 259 187 72 1 17 272 205 67 2
3 Sun September 15 box W 3-0 Los Angeles Rams 24 7 18 334 181 153 1 6 120 43 77 1
4 Sun September 22 box W 4-0 Minnesota Vikings 26 0 16 343 147 196 2 6 151 108 43 3
5 Sun September 29 box W 5-0 @ Atlanta Falcons 27 6 17 367 197 170 1 8 162 129 33 2
6 Bye Week
7 Sun October 13 box W 6-0 @ Philadelphia Eagles 13 6 10 162 98 64 2 11 204 151 53 6
8 Sun October 20 box W 7-0 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23 7 17 284 205 79 2 12 219 173 46 3
9 Sun October 27 box L 7-1 Chicago Bears 17 20 13 313 262 51 3 11 178 36 142 2
10 Sun November 3 box W 8-1 @ Los Angeles Rams 24 17 19 359 269 90 1 16 381 326 55 5
11 Sun November 10 box W 9-1 San Francisco 49ers 10 3 10 191 109 82 1 15 216 102 114 3
12 Sun November 17 box L 9-2 @ San Diego Chargers 21 24 17 285 193 92 4 15 305 159 146 2
13 Sun November 24 box L 9-3 Atlanta Falcons 20 23 20 419 255 164 3 12 331 240 91 4
14 Sun December 1 box L 9-4 @ San Francisco 49ers 24 38 22 415 317 98 3 22 383 343 40 2
15 Sun December 8 box L 9-5 @ Dallas Cowboys 14 23 22 328 229 99 1 20 301 184 117
16 Mon December 16 box W 10-5 Los Angeles Raiders 27 0 26 475 314 161 1 6 117 46 71 2
17 Sun December 22 box W 11-5 @ Phoenix Cardinals 27 3 12 190 95 95 1 18 245 173 72 7
Playoffs
WildCard Sat December 28 box L 11-6 Atlanta Falcons 20 27

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 341 4968 1008 4.9 267 292 506 3259 20 15 6.2 157 483 1709 15 3.5 93 30 15 17
Team Defense 211 3933 875 4.5 365 259 491 2720 12 29 5.0 139 334 1213 6 3.6 214 48 19 12
Lg Rank Offense 8 15 17 11 10 7 10 7 8 14 12 22 11 15
Lg Rank Defense 1 2 2 11 2 1 1 3 1 2 4 6 1 4

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Steve Walsh 25 qb 8 7 3-4-0 141 255 55.3 1638 11 4.3 6 2.4 41 6.4 5.8 11.6 204.8 79.5 3 26 6.2 5.6 1.2
Bobby Hebert 31 QB 9 9 8-1-0 149 248 60.1 1676 9 3.6 8 3.2 65 6.8 5.7 11.2 186.2 79.0 16 134 5.8 4.8 6.1
Mike Buck 24 2 0 1 2 50.0 61 0 0.0 1 50.0 61 30.5 8.0 61.0 30.5 56.2 0 0 30.5 8.0 0.0
Craig Heyward 25 7 4 1 1 100.0 44 0 0.0 0 0.0 44 44.0 44.0 44.0 6.3 118.7 0 0 44.0 44.0 0.0
Team Total 27.1 16 11-5-0 292 506 57.7 3419 20 4.0 15 3.0 65 6.8 5.8 11.7 213.7 79.2 19 160 6.2 5.3 3.6
Opp Total 16 259 491 52.7 2720 12 2.4 29 5.9 5.5 3.1 10.5 170.0 52.7 50 337 5.0 2.2

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Gill Fenerty 28 RB 16 12 139 477 3 54 3.4 29.8 8.7 26 235 9.0 2 50 1.6 14.7 712 5 1
Fred McAfee 23 9 0 109 494 2 34 4.5 54.9 12.1 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.1 0.9 502 2 2
Dalton Hilliard 27 10 3 79 252 4 65 3.2 25.2 7.9 21 127 6.0 1 14 2.1 12.7 379 5 3
Craig Heyward 25 7 4 76 260 4 15 3.4 37.1 10.9 4 34 8.5 1 22 0.6 4.9 294 5 0
Buford Jordan 29 fb 14 6 47 150 2 25 3.2 10.7 3.4 15 92 6.1 1 19 1.1 6.6 242 3 2
Bobby Hebert 31 QB 9 9 18 56 0 16 3.1 6.2 2.0 56 0 5
Steve Walsh 25 qb 8 7 8 0 0 3 0.0 0.0 1.0 0 0 3
Quinn Early 26 WR 15 12 3 13 0 6 4.3 0.9 0.2 32 541 16.9 2 52 2.1 36.1 554 2 2
Bobby Morse 26 6 0 3 7 0 8 2.3 1.2 0.5 7 0 0
Tommy Barnhardt 28 P 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 0
Eric Martin 30 WR 16 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 66 803 12.2 4 30 4.1 50.2 803 4 2
Floyd Turner 25 16 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 64 927 14.5 8 65 4.0 57.9 927 8 1
John Tice 31 TE 15 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 22 230 10.5 0 22 1.5 15.3 230 0 1
Wesley Carroll 24 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 18 184 10.2 1 31 1.5 15.3 184 1 0
Hoby Brenner 32 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 16 179 11.2 0 21 1.0 11.2 179 0 0
Pat Newman 23 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 33 11.0 0 14 0.4 4.7 33 0 0
Greg Scales 25 2 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 23 7.7 0 14 1.5 11.5 23 0 0
Frank Wainright 24 14 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 3 3.0 0 3 0.1 0.2 3 0 0
Team Total 27.1 16 483 1709 15 65 3.5 106.8 30.2 292 3419 11.7 20 65 18.3 213.7 5128 35 24
Opp Total 16 334 1213 6 3.6 75.8 20.9 259 2720 10.5 12 16.2 170.0 3933 18 34

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Vince Buck 23 LCB 13 13 31 260 0 52 8.4 260
Gene Atkins 27 FS 16 16 20 368 0 27 18.4 368
Gill Fenerty 28 RB 16 12 12 55 0 13 4.6 2 28 0 14 14.0 795
Stanford Jennings 29 5 0 12 213 0 24 17.8 213
Quinn Early 26 WR 15 12 9 168 0 34 18.7 722
Bobby Morse 26 6 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 3 60 0 21 20.0 69
Buford Jordan 29 fb 14 6 2 18 0 18 9.0 260
Vencie Glenn 27 16 1 1 10 0 10 10.0 10
Fred McAfee 23 9 0 1 14 0 14 14.0 516
Team Total 27.1 16 44 317 0 52 7.2 50 879 0 34 17.6 6324
Opp Total 16 50 0 35 851 2 24.3

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Tommy Barnhardt 28 P 16 0 86 3743 61 1 43.5
Morten Andersen 31 K 16 0 6 6 13 11 9 6 4 2 32 25 78.1% 38 38 100.0%
Team Total 27.1 16 6 6 13 11 9 6 4 2 32 25 78.1% 38 38 100.0% 86 3743 61 1 43.5
Opp Total 16 21 17 81.0% 23 22 95.7% 88 3722 42.3

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Pat Swilling*+ 27 ROLB 16 16 17.0 1 39 1 39 6 0 1 5 0 60
Rickey Jackson 33 LOLB 16 16 11.5 3 0 4 4 0 59
Gene Atkins 27 FS 16 16 3.0 5 198 0 79 4 0 2 0 0 75
Vince Buck 23 LCB 13 13 5 12 0 12 0 0 3 0 0 45
Bobby Hebert 31 QB 9 9 5 2 -19 0
Frank Warren 32 RDE 16 16 7.0 27
Vencie Glenn 27 16 1 4 35 0 18 1 0 1 0 0 30
Sam Mills* 32 LILB 16 16 1.0 2 13 0 8 2 0 2 0 0 102
Wayne Martin 26 LDE 16 16 3.5 1 0 1 0 0 22
Dalton Hilliard 27 10 3 3 1 0 0
Brett Maxie 29 SS 16 16 3 33 1 31 0 0 1 0 0 58
Steve Walsh 25 qb 8 7 3 1 -20 0
Toi Cook 27 RCB 14 14 3 54 0 22 36
Reggie Jones 22 13 1 3 61 0 51 41
Buford Jordan 29 fb 14 6 2 1 0 0
Bennie Thompson* 28 16 0 1 14 0 14 0 0 2 0 0 9
Quinn Early 26 WR 15 12 2 0 0 0
Robert Goff 26 15 0 2.0 19
Vaughan Johnson* 29 RILB 13 11 1 19 0 19 0 0 1 0 0 50
Eric Martin 30 WR 16 13 2 0 0 0
Fred McAfee 23 9 0 2 0 0 0
Renaldo Turnbull 25 16 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 20
Jim Wilks 33 NT 16 15 2.0
James E. Williams 23 16 4 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 29
Hoby Brenner 32 TE 16 16 0 1 4 0
Richard Cooper 27 LT 15 11 0 1 0 0
Gill Fenerty 28 RB 16 12 1 0 0 0
Joel Hilgenberg 29 C 16 14 1 0 -12 0
Stanford Jennings 29 5 0 1 0 0 0
Les Miller 26 16 0 1.0 13
Stan Petry 25 2 0 1 4 0 4
Joel Smeenge 23 14 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
John Tice 31 TE 15 7 1 0 0 0
Floyd Turner 25 16 4 1 0 0 0
Team Total 27.1 16 50.0 29 482 2 79 18 24 28 -38 0 709
Opp Total 16 19 34 15

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Morten Andersen 31 K 16 0 38 25 113
Floyd Turner 25 16 4 8 48
Gill Fenerty 28 RB 16 12 3 2 30
Craig Heyward 25 7 4 4 1 30
Dalton Hilliard 27 10 3 4 1 30
Eric Martin 30 WR 16 13 4 24
Buford Jordan 29 fb 14 6 2 1 18
Quinn Early 26 WR 15 12 2 12
Fred McAfee 23 9 0 2 12
Wesley Carroll 24 12 0 1 6
Brett Maxie 29 SS 16 16 1 6
Pat Swilling*+ 27 ROLB 16 16 1 6
Frank Warren 32 RDE 16 16 1 6
Team Total 27.1 16 15 20 2 1 38 25 341
Opp Total 16 6 12 2 22 17 211