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1971 New Orleans Saints Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 4-8-2, 4th in NFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: J.D. Roberts (4-8-2)

Points For: 266 (19.0/g) 15th of 26

Points Against: 347 (24.8/g) 24th of 26

Expected W-L: 4.9-9.1

SRS: -2.74 (15th of 26), SOS: 3.04

Offensive Coordinator: Ken Shipp

Defensive Coordinator: Jim Champion

Stadium: Tulane Stadium

President/Majority Shareholder: John Mecom Jr.

General Manager: Vic Schwenk

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: University of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg, Mississippi)

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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	266	3666	889	4.1	25	11	242	182	387	1955	12	14	4.5	106	452	1711	18	3.8	105	85	869	31
Opp. Stats	347	4438	852	5.2	45	25	260	175	333	2238	20	20	6.3	110	495	2200	18	4.4	129	98	967	21
Lg Rank Offense	15	19			3	2	6		9	20	19	5	24		17	15	5	17
Lg Rank Defense	24	22			3	1	25		3	15	23	15	23		23	22	21	22

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 19	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		Los Angeles Rams	24	20	21	276	154	122	1	11	262	144	118	1
2	Sun	September 26	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1		San Francisco 49ers	20	38	16	263	173	90	2	17	319	125	194	2
3	Sun	October 3	2:00PM ET	boxscore	T		1-1-1	@	Houston Oilers	13	13	16	263	79	184	2	13	263	156	107	3
4	Sun	October 10	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-2-1	@	Chicago Bears	14	35	18	263	188	75	4	26	427	225	202	3
5	Sun	October 17	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-2-1		Dallas Cowboys	24	14	10	157	49	108	2	20	300	204	96	6
6	Sun	October 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-3-1	@	Atlanta Falcons	6	28	15	202	144	58	2	25	364	80	284	1
7	Sun	October 31	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-4-1	@	Washington Redskins	14	24	16	212	106	106	1	21	377	204	173	6
8	Sun	November 7	2:00PM ET	boxscore	T		2-4-2		Oakland Raiders	21	21	26	373	161	212	3	13	240	106	134	2
9	Sun	November 14	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-4-2	@	San Francisco 49ers	26	20	17	338	216	122	1	23	333	190	143	4
10	Sun	November 21	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-5-2		Minnesota Vikings	10	23	11	258	167	91	2	20	267	95	172	2
11	Sun	November 28	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-5-2	@	Green Bay Packers	29	21	18	273	110	163		15	262	167	95	6
12	Sun	December 5	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-6-2	@	Los Angeles Rams	28	45	20	263	207	56	1	22	421	128	293	1
13	Sun	December 12	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-7-2		Cleveland Browns	17	21	18	225	66	159	3	20	284	152	132	7
14	Sun	December 19	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-8-2		Atlanta Falcons	20	24	20	300	135	165	1	14	319	262	57	1

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	Edd Hargett	24	QB	14	4	1-3-0	96	210	45.7	1191	6	2.9	5	2.4	49	5.7	5.2	12.4	85.1	63.4	10	68	4.55	5.10	4.6	2	1
2	Archie Manning	22	QB	12	10	3-5-2	86	177	48.6	1164	6	3.4	9	5.1	63	6.6	5.0	13.5	97.0	60.1	40	332	18.43	3.83	2.5	2	1
	Team Totals			14	14	4-8-2	182	387	47.0	1955	12	3.1	14	3.6	63	6.1	5.1	12.9	139.6	61.9	50	400	11.44	4.47	3.58	4	2

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	26	WR	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	37	657	17.8	5	63	2.6	46.9	37	17.8	657	5	1
2	Bob Gresham	23	RB	13	4	127	383	6	18	3.0	29.5	9.8	17	203	11.9	0	37	1.3	15.6	144	4.1	586	6	3
3	Dave Parks	30	TE	14	13	2	-2	0	10	-1.0	-0.1	0.1	35	568	16.2	5	42	2.5	40.6	37	15.3	566	5	0
4	Jim Strong	25	FB	14	7	95	404	3	39	4.3	28.9	6.8	16	78	4.9	0	14	1.1	5.6	111	4.3	482	3	5
5	James Ford	22	RB	9	7	93	379	2	35	4.1	42.1	10.3	7	54	7.7	0	10	0.8	6.0	100	4.3	433	2	2
6	Bob Newland	23	WR	14	5	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	21	319	15.2	0	44	1.5	22.8	21	15.2	319	0	0
7	Al Dodd	26	WR	10	9	1	7	0	7	7.0	0.7	0.1	15	298	19.9	0	49	1.5	29.8	16	19.1	305	0	2
8	Hoyle Granger	27	RB	14	4	32	139	1	16	4.3	9.9	2.3	12	52	4.3	0	11	0.9	3.7	44	4.3	191	1	1
9	Tony Baker	26	RB	4	3	29	125	0	20	4.3	31.3	7.3	6	44	7.3	1	29	1.5	11.0	35	4.8	169	1	1
10	Archie Manning	22	QB	12	10	33	172	4	17	5.2	14.3	2.8	1	-7	-7.0	0	-7	0.1	-0.6	34	4.9	165	4	7
11	Virgil Robinson	24	RB	11	2	29	96	1	12	3.3	8.7	2.6	12	53	4.4	1	17	1.1	4.8	41	3.6	149	2	2
12	Don Burchfield	22	TE	14	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	36	12.0	0	16	0.2	2.6	3	12.0	36	0	0
13	Edd Hargett	24	QB	14	4	9	24	1	11	2.7	1.7	0.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	9	2.7	24	1	1
14	Billy Harris	25	RB	1	1	1	1	0	1	1.0	1.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	1.0	1	0	0
15	Julian Fagan	23	P	14	0	1	-17	0	-17	-17.0	-1.2	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-17.0	-17	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	452	1711	18	39	3.8	122.2	32.3	182	2355	12.9	12	63	13.0	168.2	634	6.4	4066	30	25

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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	Danny Abramowicz	26	WR	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
2	Wayne Colman	25	RLB	14	14	1	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	2.0	0
3	John Didion	24	C	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Hugo Hollas	26	SS	14	14	5	56	0	25	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
5	Jake Kupp	30	LG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
6	Dave Long	27	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0.5	0
7	Dee Martin	22	LCB	14	14	3	51	0	26	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
8	Don Morrison	22	LT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
9	Bob Pollard	23	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	0
10	Del Williams	26	RG	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
11	Delles Howell	23	RCB	14	13	5	120	0	60	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Richard Neal	24	LDE	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	8.0	0
13	Dave Parks	30	TE	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
14	Jim Flanigan	26	MLB	14	12	1	10	0	10	0	1	15	0	0.0	0
15	Archie Manning	22	QB	12	10	0	0	0	0	7	3	-2	0	0.0	0
16	Joe Owens	25	RDE	14	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	7.5	0
17	Al Dodd	26	WR	10	9	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
18	Doug Wyatt	25	FS	12	8	4	84	1	55	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	James Ford	22	RB	9	7	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	0
20	Jim Strong	25	FB	14	7	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0.0	0
21	Reynaud Moore	22	FS	14	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Bob Newland	23	WR	14	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	0.0	0
23	Hoyle Granger	27	RB	14	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	Bob Gresham	23	RB	13	4	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Edd Hargett	24	QB	14	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
26	Tony Baker	26	RB	4	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
27	Tom Roussel	26	LB	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
28	Virgil Robinson	24	RB	11	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
29	Dick Absher	27	MLB	14	1	1	21	0	21	0	2	0	0	1.0	0
30	Bivian Lee	23	DB	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
31	Ray Hester	22	LLB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.0	0
32	Dave Kopay	29	RB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0.0	0
33	John Shinners	24	G	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	20	342	1	60	29	43	32	0	24.0	0

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