1998 New Orleans Saints Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 6-10-0, 3rd in NFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Mike Ditka (6-10-0)

Points For: 305 (19.1/g) 21st of 30

Points Against: 359 (22.4/g) 21st of 30

Expected W-L: 6.5-9.5

SRS: .11 (14th of 30), SOS: 3.49

Offensive Coordinator: Danny Abramowicz

Defensive Coordinator: Zaven Yaralian

Other Notable Asst.: Tom Clements (Quarterbacks), Walt Corey (Defensive Line), Jack Del Rio (Strength and Conditioning), Dick Stanfel (Offensive Line) and Rick Venturi (Defensive Backs/AHC)

Stadium: Louisiana Superdome

Owner/President: Tom Benson

General Manager: Bill Kuharich

Offensive Scheme: Smashmouth

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +15000; O/U: 5.5

Training Camp: UW La Crosse (La Crosse, Wisconsin)

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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	305	4463	966	4.6	33	14	258	278	535	3138	19	19	5.3	165	374	1325	6	3.5	67	121	928	26
Opp. Stats	359	5668	1053	5.4	32	11	326	328	539	3968	24	21	6.8	208	467	1700	13	3.6	86	132	1164	32
Lg Rank Offense	21	28			21	19	29		11	18	18	24	24		30	30	29	27
Lg Rank Defense	21	26			10	15	28		19	30	21	4	28		15	16	19	8

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense					Expected Points
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 6	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0	@	St. Louis Rams	24	17	15	232	197	35	1	23	314	267	47	2	-2.98	8.95	0.60
2	Sun	September 13	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0		Carolina Panthers	19	14	18	311	104	207		20	375	238	137	3	-2.73	6.47	1.42
3									Bye Week
4	Sun	September 27	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	3-0	@	Indianapolis Colts	19	13	14	320	137	183	1	16	357	292	65	3	-9.00	12.26	2.34
5	Sun	October 4	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-1		New England Patriots	27	30	19	276	237	39	2	20	388	291	97	4	-7.45	8.24	-2.85
6	Sun	October 11	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-2		San Francisco 49ers	0	31	10	167	135	32	1	30	459	319	140		-21.92	-7.36	6.50
7	Sun	October 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-3	@	Atlanta Falcons	23	31	15	322	255	67	4	19	297	163	134		-6.84	-9.45	3.82
8	Sun	October 25	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-3		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	9	3	12	266	210	56	1	11	238	180	58	3	-17.55	22.85	2.33
9	Sun	November 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-4	@	Carolina Panthers	17	31	21	354	301	53	4	16	216	110	106	2	-8.42	7.56	-11.16
10	Sun	November 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-5	@	Minnesota Vikings	24	31	11	190	138	52	1	23	465	303	162	2	-4.94	-7.41	1.44
11	Sun	November 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-5		St. Louis Rams	24	3	13	237	135	102		17	234	179	55	3	-6.94	28.02	-2.83
12	Sun	November 22	8:20PM ET	boxscore	L		5-6	@	San Francisco 49ers	20	31	23	401	311	90	4	23	443	289	154	3	4.62	-9.56	-10.78
13	Sun	November 29	4:15PM ET	boxscore	L		5-7	@	Miami Dolphins	10	30	11	157	70	87	4	24	375	255	120	1	-21.76	1.60	0.23
14	Sun	December 6	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-7		Dallas Cowboys	22	3	17	328	215	113	2	10	182	174	8		-9.24	15.29	5.36
15	Sun	December 13	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-8		Atlanta Falcons	17	27	15	216	164	52	4	25	504	322	182	3	-11.75	-2.08	1.34
16	Sun	December 20	4:15PM ET	boxscore	L		6-9	@	Arizona Cardinals	17	19	18	320	238	82	1	28	513	394	119	3	-5.15	-3.51	6.66
17	Sun	December 27	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-10		Buffalo Bills	33	45	26	366	291	75	3	21	308	192	116		1.28	-15.86	3.41

Passing

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1	Billy Joe Tolliver	32	QB	7	4	1-3-0	110	199	55.3	1427	8	4.0	4	2.0	66	42.4	82	7.2	7.07	13.0	203.9	83.1	11	88	5.24	6.38	6.28	0	0
2	Kerry Collins	26	QB	7	7	2-5-0	94	191	49.2	1202	4	2.1	10	5.2	57	35.8	89	6.3	4.36	12.8	171.7	54.5	21	140	9.91	5.01	3.26	0	0
3	Danny Wuerffel	24	QB	5	4	2-2-0	62	119	52.1	695	5	4.2	5	4.2	35	31.0	64	5.8	4.79	11.2	139.0	66.3	23	131	16.20	3.97	3.09	2	2
4	Billy Joe Hobert	27	QB	1	1	1-0-0	11	23	47.8	170	1	4.3	0	0.0	8	40.0	35	7.4	8.26	15.5	170.0	87.2	2	17	8.00	6.12	6.92	0	0
5	Lamar Smith	28	RB	14	9		1	2	50.0	20	1	50.0	0	0.0	1	50.0	20	10.0	20.00	20.0	1.4	125.0	0	0	0.00	10.00	20.00	0	0
6	Aaron Craver	30	FB	16	10		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0			0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	6-10-0	278	535	52.0	3138	19	3.6	19	3.6			89	6.6	4.98	12.6	196.1	69.8	57	376	9.63	5.30	4.50	2	2