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1972 New Orleans Saints Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 2-11-1, 4th in NFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: J.D. Roberts (2-11-1)

Points For: 215 (15.4/g) 22nd of 26

Points Against: 361 (25.8/g) 23rd of 26

Expected W-L: 3.2-10.8

SRS: -10.25 (23rd of 26), SOS: .18

Offensive Coordinator: Ken Shipp

Defensive Coordinator: Jim Champion

Stadium: Tulane Stadium

General Manager: Richard Gordon

President/Majority Shareholder: John Mecom Jr.

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	215	3664	829	4.4	37	16	226	230	449	2434	18	21	4.9	123	337	1230	5	3.6	83	69	585	20
Opp. Stats	361	4491	873	5.1	27	13	251	213	367	2402	21	14	6.1	129	482	2089	15	4.3	107	78	711	15
Lg Rank Offense	22	20			19	16	19		1	6	10	16	19		26	25	25	23
Lg Rank Defense	23	21			19	17	20		21	22	25	20	19		17	19	17	18

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 17	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1	@	Los Angeles Rams	14	34	20	287	218	69	2	20	393	139	254	1
2	Mon	September 25	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-2		Kansas City Chiefs	17	20	10	152	93	59		20	324	185	139	4
3	Sun	October 1	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-3		San Francisco 49ers	2	37	8	84	77	7	7	14	318	192	126	3
4	Sun	October 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-4	@	New York Giants	21	45	15	286	228	58	6	20	357	149	208	2
5	Sun	October 15	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-5		Atlanta Falcons	14	21	8	121	20	101	3	17	322	175	147	5
6	Sun	October 22	4:00PM ET	boxscore	T		0-5-1	@	San Francisco 49ers	20	20	19	367	273	94	2	14	340	274	66	3
7	Sun	October 29	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-5-1		Philadelphia Eagles	21	3	23	432	284	148	1	13	209	57	152	3
8	Sun	November 5	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-6-1	@	Minnesota Vikings	6	37	16	270	147	123	4	23	381	233	148	1
9	Sun	November 12	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-7-1	@	Atlanta Falcons	20	36	19	264	155	109	2	21	352	163	189	1
10	Sun	November 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-8-1	@	Detroit Lions	14	27	17	319	242	77	3	21	330	207	123
11	Sun	November 26	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-8-1		Los Angeles Rams	19	16	17	260	158	102		17	309	123	186
12	Sun	December 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-9-1	@	New York Jets	17	18	22	333	194	139	1	18	323	259	64	2
13	Sun	December 10	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-10-1		New England Patriots	10	17	20	337	243	94	4	18	289	180	109	2
14	Sun	December 17	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-11-1		Green Bay Packers	20	30	12	152	102	50	2	15	244	66	178

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	Archie Manning	23	QB	14	14	2-11-1	230	448	51.3	2781	18	4.0	21	4.7	66	6.2	4.9	12.1	198.6	64.6	43	347	8.76	4.96	3.8	1	1
2	Bob Gresham	24	RB	14	9		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	2-11-1	230	449	51.2	2434	18	4.0	21	4.7	66	6.2	4.9	12.1	173.9	64.5	43	347	8.74	4.95	3.76	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	27	WR	13	13	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	38	668	17.6	7	51	2.9	51.4	38	17.6	668	7	1
2	Bob Newland	24	WR	14	10	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	47	579	12.3	2	42	3.4	41.4	47	12.3	579	2	1
3	Bob Gresham	24	RB	14	9	121	381	3	23	3.1	27.2	8.6	29	192	6.6	0	54	2.1	13.7	150	3.8	573	3	5
4	Dave Parks	31	TE	12	9	1	-7	0	-7	-7.0	-0.6	0.1	32	542	16.9	6	66	2.7	45.2	33	16.2	535	6	0
5	Bill Butler	22	FB	14	9	54	233	0	27	4.3	16.6	3.9	25	226	9.0	2	21	1.8	16.1	79	5.8	459	2	3
6	Archie Manning	23	QB	14	14	63	351	2	18	5.6	25.1	4.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	63	5.6	351	2	9
7	Jim Strong	26	RB	14	3	37	120	0	9	3.2	8.6	2.6	14	123	8.8	0	16	1.0	8.8	51	4.8	243	0	1
8	Joe Williams	25	RB	14	3	31	72	0	11	2.3	5.1	2.2	16	116	7.3	0	32	1.1	8.3	47	4.0	188	0	4
9	Robert Brown	29	TE	14	5	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	11	175	15.9	1	34	0.8	12.5	11	15.9	175	1	0
10	Arthur Green	25	RB	7	3	14	51	0	14	3.6	7.3	2.0	7	49	7.0	0	15	1.0	7.0	21	4.8	100	0	0
11	Margene Adkins	25	WR	14	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	9	96	10.7	0	38	0.6	6.9	9	10.7	96	0	4
12	James Ford	23	RB	5	1	11	28	0	9	2.5	5.6	2.2	1	9	9.0	0	9	0.2	1.8	12	3.1	37	0	0
13	Creston Whitaker	25	WR	2	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	6	6.0	0	6	0.5	3.0	1	6.0	6	0	0
14	Virgil Robinson	25	RB	3	0	5	1	0	5	0.2	0.3	1.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	5	0.2	1	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	337	1230	5	27	3.6	87.9	24.1	230	2781	12.1	18	66	16.4	198.6	567	7.1	4011	23	28

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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	John Didion	25	C	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	-29	0	0.0	0
2	Archie Manning	23	QB	14	14	0	0	0	0	9	4	0	0	0.0	0
3	Doug Mooers	25	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	0
4	Richard Neal	25	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.0	0
5	Bob Pollard	24	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2.0	0
6	Tom Roussel	27	LLB	14	14	2	15	0	11	0	1	0	0	2.0	0
7	Doug Wyatt	26	SS	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	45	1	0.0	0
8	Danny Abramowicz	27	WR	13	13	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
9	Delles Howell	24	RCB	10	10	1	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Bob Newland	24	WR	14	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Bill Butler	22	FB	14	9	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
12	Bob Gresham	24	RB	14	9	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Hugo Hollas	27	FS	14	9	1	14	0	14	1	3	0	0	1.0	0
14	Bivian Lee	24	LCB/RCB	13	9	4	65	0	32	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Carl Johnson	23	LG	14	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
16	Dave Long	28	RDE	14	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
17	Joe Owens	26	RDE	14	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.0	1
18	Del Williams	27	RG	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	Ernie Jackson	22	LCB	10	5	3	41	0	31	0	1	85	1	0.0	0
20	Tom Myers	22	FS	13	5	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
21	Margene Adkins	25	WR	14	4	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0
22	Arthur Green	25	RB	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	Remi Prudhomme	30	G	5	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Jim Strong	26	RB	14	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Joe Williams	25	RB	14	3	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0.0	0
26	Julian Fagan	24	P	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	-6	0	0.0	0
27	Ray Hester	23	LB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	14	141	0	32	33	28	96	2	24.0	1

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