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1968 New Orleans Saints Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 4-9-1, 3rd in NFL Century Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Tom Fears (4-9-1)

Points For: 246 (17.6/g) 12th of 16

Points Against: 327 (23.4/g) 11th of 16

Expected W-L: 4.7-9.3

SRS: -6.53 (12th of 16), SOS: -0.74

Offensive Coordinator: George Dickson

Defensive Coordinator: Jack Faulkner

Other Notable Asst.: Ed Khayat (Defensive Line) and J.D. Roberts (Linebackers)

Stadium: Tulane Stadium

President/Majority Shareholder: John Mecom Jr.

General Manager: Vic Schwenk

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Cal Western (San Diego, California)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	246	3863	881	4.4	40	11	224	210	439	2336	17	29	4.9	122	409	1527	7	3.7	80	82	843	22
Opp. Stats	327	4291	839	5.1	42	26	228	153	366	2186	25	16	5.5	109	439	2105	13	4.8	97	74	757	22
Lg Rank Offense	12	12			14	1	10		2	8	10	15	14		12	13	12	14
Lg Rank Defense	11	9			3	1	7		9	6	13	12	8		9	13	9	16

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 15		boxscore	L		0-1		Cleveland Browns	10	24	14	208	123	85	3	16	338	185	153	3
2	Sun	September 22		boxscore	W		1-1		Washington Redskins	37	17	17	366	183	183	3	12	228	147	81	3
3	Sun	September 29		boxscore	L		1-2		St. Louis Cardinals	20	21	18	323	227	96	1	14	219	97	122	1
4	Sun	October 6		boxscore	L		1-3	@	New York Giants	21	38	23	314	219	95	4	19	261	166	95	1
5	Sun	October 13		boxscore	W		2-3		Minnesota Vikings	20	17	10	207	86	121	7	15	190	51	139	4
6	Sun	October 20		boxscore	W		3-3	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	12	16	273	170	103	1	16	301	91	210	2
7	Sun	October 27		boxscore	L		3-4	@	St. Louis Cardinals	17	31	16	301	185	116	1	18	392	226	166	2
8	Sun	November 3		boxscore	L		3-5		Dallas Cowboys	3	17	13	243	184	59	4	22	405	220	185	7
9	Sun	November 10		boxscore	L		3-6	@	Cleveland Browns	17	35	18	284	123	161	3	17	467	245	222	6
10	Sun	November 17		boxscore	L		3-7	@	Green Bay Packers	7	29	11	136	62	74	4	18	289	157	132	2
11	Sun	November 24		boxscore	T		3-7-1	@	Detroit Lions	20	20	17	262	136	126	3	15	274	189	85	2
12	Sun	December 1		boxscore	L		3-8-1		Chicago Bears	17	23	17	292	178	114	5	15	259	46	213	3
13	Sun	December 8		boxscore	L		3-9-1	@	Philadelphia Eagles	17	29	21	311	202	109	1	15	318	167	151	2
14	Sun	December 15		boxscore	W		4-9-1		Pittsburgh Steelers	24	14	13	343	258	85		16	350	199	151	4

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Billy Kilmer	29	QB	12	11	4-7-0	167	315	53.0	2060	15	4.8	17	5.4	51	6.5	5.1	12.3	171.7	66.9	26	170	7.62	5.54	4.2	1	1
2	Karl Sweetan	26	QB	5	3	0-2-1	27	78	34.6	318	1	1.3	9	11.5	42	4.1	-0.9	11.8	63.6	12.6	5	29	6.02	3.48	-1.2	0	0
3	Ronnie Lee South	23	QB	4	0		14	38	36.8	129	1	2.6	3	7.9	19	3.4	0.4	9.2	32.3	22.8	2	14	5.00	2.88	0.0	0	0
4	Tom Barrington	24	RB	14	1		2	6	33.3	42	0	0.0	0	0.0	23	7.0	7.0	21.0	3.0	59.0	0	0	0.00	7.00	7.0	0	0
5	Don McCall	24	RB	13	13		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	0	0
6	Dave Parks	27	LE	10	10		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	4-9-1	210	439	47.8	2336	17	3.9	29	6.6	51	5.8	3.6	12.1	166.9	51.5	33	213	6.99	4.95	2.90	1	1

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Danny Abramowicz	23	FL	14	14	2	27	0	18	13.5	1.9	0.1	54	890	16.5	7	47	3.9	63.6	56	16.4	917	7	0
2	Don McCall	24	RB	13	13	155	637	4	48	4.1	49.0	11.9	26	270	10.4	2	25	2.0	20.8	181	5.0	907	6	4
3	Tony Lorick	27	RB	13	8	104	344	0	36	3.3	26.5	8.0	26	272	10.5	3	29	2.0	20.9	130	4.7	616	3	3
4	John Gilliam	23	LE	14	4	2	36	0	29	18.0	2.6	0.1	24	284	11.8	0	39	1.7	20.3	26	12.3	320	0	0
5	Jimmy Hester	24	TE	14	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	17	300	17.6	2	51	1.2	21.4	17	17.6	300	2	0
6	Dave Parks	27	LE	10	10	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	25	258	10.3	0	41	2.5	25.8	25	10.3	258	0	0
7	Monty Stickles	30	TE	13	12	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	15	206	13.7	2	35	1.2	15.8	15	13.7	206	2	0
8	Randy Schultz	25	RB	9	6	43	152	0	15	3.5	16.9	4.8	12	34	2.8	0	14	1.3	3.8	55	3.4	186	0	1
9	Tom Barrington	24	RB	14	1	45	111	0	22	2.5	7.9	3.2	9	33	3.7	1	10	0.6	2.4	54	2.7	144	1	0
10	Billy Kilmer	29	QB	12	11	21	97	2	22	4.6	8.1	1.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	21	4.6	97	2	5
11	Ernie Wheelwright	29	RB	12	0	21	99	1	15	4.7	8.3	1.8	1	-9	-9.0	0	-9	0.1	-0.8	22	4.1	90	1	1
12	Ray Poage	28	FL	10	0	1	22	0	22	22.0	2.2	0.1	1	11	11.0	0	11	0.1	1.1	2	16.5	33	0	0
13	Ronnie Lee South	23	QB	4	0	4	5	0	2	1.3	1.3	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	1.3	5	0	0
14	Tony Baker	23	RB	1	0	4	2	0	3	0.5	2.0	4.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	0.5	2	0	0
15	Tom McNeill	26	P	10	0	2	1	0	15	0.5	0.1	0.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	0.5	1	0	0
16	Dave Whitsell	32	FS	14	14	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-1.0	-1	0	0
17	Karl Sweetan	26	QB	5	3	4	-5	0	2	-1.3	-1.0	0.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	-1.3	-5	0	1
	Team Totals			14	14	409	1527	7	48	3.7	109.1	29.2	210	2549	12.1	17	51	15.0	182.1	619	6.6	4076	24	15

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Ted Davis	26	LLB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
2	Jake Kupp	27	LG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
3	Dave Rowe	23	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.5	0	PB
4	Jerry Sturm	32	LT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
5	Mike Tilleman	24	LDT/LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	7.0	0
6	Joe Wendryhoski	30	C	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
7	Dave Whitsell	32	FS	14	14	6	44	0	32	0	2	6	0	0.0	0
8	Johnny Brewer	31	RLB	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
9	Bo Burris	24	SS	14	13	3	129	1	94	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
10	Don McCall	24	RB	13	13	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Fred Whittingham	29	MLB	13	13	1	16	0	16	0	0	0	0	5.0	0
12	Del Williams	23	RG	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
13	Doug Atkins	38	RDE	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.5	0	AP-2
14	Billy Kilmer	29	QB	12	11	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	0
15	Gene Howard	22	RCB	14	10	3	51	0	35	2	2	0	0	0.0	0
16	Tony Lorick	27	RB	13	8	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	Elbert Kimbrough	30	SS	10	6	1	15	0	15	0	1	3	0	1.0	0
18	Randy Schultz	25	RB	9	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Brian Schweda	25	LDE	10	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	18	0	0.5	0
20	Lou Cordileone	31	DT	13	5	1	7	0	7	1	0	0	0	1.0	0
21	Earl Leggett	35	DT	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.0	0
22	Karl Sweetan	26	QB	5	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Jim Boeke	30	T	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	Bill Cody	24	LB	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.5	0
25	Les Kelley	24	LB	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
26	Elijah Nevett	24	DB	10	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
27	Steve Stonebreaker	30	LB	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
28	Ray Poage	28	FL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
29	Ernie Wheelwright	29	RB	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	16	262	1	94	19	34	27	0	37.0	0

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