1972 New Orleans Saints 3-11 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot New Orleans 39 70 61 55 0 225 Opponent 116 140 88 66 0 410 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 225 410 0-1 17 @Los Angeles 27 First Downs 234 267 0-2 13 Kansas City 20 Rush 77 98 0-3 17 San Francisco 34 Pass 150 160 0-4 14 @New York(N) 49 Pen 7 9 0-5 17 Atlanta 36 Penalties 76 70 0-6 10 @San Francisco 31 Yards 650 607 0-7 7 Philadelphia 19 0-8 6 @Minnesota 26 Rushing Att 346 503 1-8 37 @Atlanta 21 Yards 1564 2071 1-9 7 @Detroit 38 Ave 4.5 4.1 2-9 37 Los Angeles 14 TD 4 17 2-10 20 @New York(A) 33 3-10 20 New England 17 Passing Att 493 357 3-11 3 Green Bay 45 Comp 250 214 % 50.7 59.9 Int 22 12 % 4.5 3.4 TD 21 28 % 4.3 7.8 Yards 2990 3054 Sacked 49 20 Punt Return 29 50 Yards 126 383 Ave 4.3 7.7 Kick Return 80 52 Yards 1698 1055 Ave 21.2 20.3 Punts 76 64 Yards 3144 2702 Ave 41.4 42.2 FG Att 25 26 Made 17 21 % 68.0 80.8 Third Downs 195 174 Made 60 64 % 30.8 36.8 Fourth Downs 21 13 Made 8 6 % 38.1 46.2 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 17 15 Lost 9 8 Turnovers 31 20 Net Offense 4233 4989 Per Play 4.8 5.7 1972 New Orleans Saints Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Gresham 134 588 4.4 13 29 17 1 Newland 47 3 564 12.0 4 27 35 3 Manning 74 475 6.4 18 17 17 1 Abramowicz 44 8 712 16.2 7 32 57 5 Butler,B 58 292 5.0 7 18 16 0 Parks 40 2 589 14.7 6 29 70 3 Strong 39 105 2.7 1 6 13 2 Gresham 31 4 236 7.6 0 14 22 4 Williams,J 28 62 2.2 0 3 6 0 Butler,B 25 2 262 10.5 1 14 33 1 Green,A 9 56 6.2 3 4 14 0 Strong 20 5 183 9.2 0 9 24 0 Williams,D 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Williams,J 16 1 133 8.3 1 7 32 2 Hargett 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 0 0 Brown,B 13 3 161 12.4 2 9 29 1 Parks 1 -4 -4.0 0 0 0 0 Adkins 12 0 129 10.8 0 7 22 2 Fagan 1 -9 -9.0 0 0 0 0 Whitaker 1 0 8 8.0 0 0 8 0 346 1564 4.5 42 77 17 4 Green,A 1 0 13 13.0 0 1 13 0 250 28 2990 12.0 21149 70 21 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Manning 493 250 50.7 2990 12.0 70 43 21 22 4.5 49 21 4.3 65.2 493 250 50.7 2990 12.0 70 43 21 22 4.5 49 21 4.3 65.2 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Durkee 1 1 100.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1 Feller 24 23 95.8 25 17 68.0 57.1 0.0 49 74 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Fagan 76 3144 64 8 1 15 50 383 34.2 41.4 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Adkins 51 1217 23.9 43 0 Myers,T 16 16 83 5.2 25 0 Strong 4 81 20.3 27 0 Adkins 13 3 43 3.3 15 0 Green,A 15 300 20.0 35 0 29 19 126 4.3 25 0 Williams,J 8 92 11.5 13 0 Hines 2 6 3.0 6 0 Williams,D 1 2 2.0 2 0 80 1698 21.2 43 0 Fumbles Adkins 5 Butler,B 3 Gresham 3 Manning 3 Williams 2 Fagan 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Owens,J 7 Owens,J 8 Owens,J 11 Jackson, 7 Federspi 2 Neal 3 Pollard 5 Mooers 5 Pollard 11 Colman 5 Hollas 2 Owens,J 2 Neal 4 Pollard 5 Federspi 10 Lee,B 4 Pollard 2 Parks 2 Mooers 3 Neal 2 Neal 9 Myers,T 4 Roussel 2 Pollard 2 Federspi 1 Federspi 1 Roussel 7 Owens,J 4 Whitaker 2 Gresham 1 Mooers 4 Wyatt 4 Long 1 Lee,B 1 Colman 4 Roussel 3 Owens,J 1 Morrison 1 Wyatt 2 Mooers 2 Adkins 1 Abramowi 1 Pollard 2 Hester 1 Adkins 1 Howell 2 Colman 1 Didion 1 Neal 2 Federspi 1 Hayes,B 1 Tackles Colman 95 Wyatt 67 Mooers 42 Hayes,B 18 Howell 15 Stincic 11 Roussel 86 Neal 57 Lee,B 31 Hollas 16 Hobbs 14 Crangle 5 Federspi 84 Pollard 56 Jackson, 31 Hester 15 Long 12 Tillman, 2 Owens,J 68 Myers,T 50 Hall,W 21 Adkins 15 Whitaker 11 Weathers 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Lee,B 3 54 18.0 33 0 Myers,T 3 1 0.3 1 0 Hollas 2 8 4.0 8 0 Jackson,E 2 21 10.5 15 0 Roussel 2 32 16.0 24 0 12 116 9.7 33 0 1972 New Orleans Saints Coach:J. D. Roberts Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy QB Hargett,Edd 5 O 2 1 QB Manning,Archie 5 B 2 2 Offense Bk-R Bk-P Dur Run Sho Bkwy RB Butler,Bill 1 0 5 B 3 3 KR RB Ford,James 1 0 2 B 3 3 RB Green,Arthur 1 0 2 B 3 3 KR RB Gresham,Bob 1 0 5 B 4 2 RB Robinson,Virgil 1 0 2 B 3 3 RB Strong,Jim 1 0 5 B 3 3 KR RB Williams,Joe 1 0 5 B 3 3 KR WR Abramowicz,Danny 0 0 4 O 1 1 WR Adkins,Margene 0 0 5 O 1 1 RET WR Newland,Bob 0 0 5 O 1 1 KR WR Weatherspoon,Cephus 0 0 2 O 1 1 WR Whitaker,Creston 0 0 2 O 1 1 TE Brown,Bob 2 0 5 O 1 1 TE Parks,Dave 2 0 4 O 1 1 Lineman Bk-R Bk-P Dur G Kupp,Jake 4 4 2 G Smith,Royce 4 4 3 G Williams,Del 6 6 3 T Hines,GlenRay 6 6 5 T Morrison,Don 5 5 5 T Robinson,Craig 3 3 2 C Didion,John 5 5 5 C Kuziel,Bob 3 3 2 G-T Johnson,Carl 5 5 5 Defense Total Run Pass Rush Dur DT Mooers,Doug 5 4 0 1 5 DT Pollard,Bob 6 5 0 1 5 DL Long,Dave 4 3 0 1 5 DL Tillman,Faddie 3 2 0 1 2 DE Crangle,Mike 3 2 0 1 4 DE Neal,Richard 5 4 0 1 5 DE Owens,Joe 5 3 0 2 5 ILB Federspiel,Joel 6 3 2 1 5 ILB Hester,Ray 3 2 1 0 2 ILB Stincic,Tom 3 2 1 0 2 OLB Colman,Wayne 5 2 3 0 5 OLB Hall,Willie 3 2 1 0 5 OLB Hobbs,Bill 3 2 1 0 2 OLB Roussel,Tom 5 3 2 0 5 CB Hayes,Billy 3 0 3 0 5 CB Howell,Delles 4 0 4 0 3 CB Jackson,Ernie 6 0 6 0 3 CB Lee,Bivian 6 0 6 0 4 S Hollas,Hugo 5 1 4 0 5 KR S Myers,Tom 6 1 5 0 4 PR S Wyatt,Doug 6 1 5 0 5 Special Teams K Durkee,Charlie P Fagan,Julian K Feller,Happy K Linhart,Toni