1972 New Orleans Saints: 2-11-1
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Home record: 2-5-0 (103 points scored, 144 allowed) Road record: 0-6-1 (104 points scored, 227 allowed) Head Coach: J.D. Roberts
207 points scored (22nd of 26 teams), 371 points allowed (23rd) NFL Averages: 20.3 points/game (283.5 points/team)
Team stats and rankings:
---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL ---
Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers
Offense: 230 449 2,434 ( 6) 4.95 18 21 337 1,230 (25) 3.6 5 3,664 (20) 37
Defense: 213 367 2,402 (22) 6.14 21 14 482 2,089 (19) 4.3 15 4,491 (21) 27
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 7 Toni Linhart K 2 6'0 170 30 1 Austria Tech School 8 Archie Manning QB 14 6'3 204 23 2 Mississippi 9 Happy Feller K 6 5'11 185 23 2 Texas 10 Julian Fagan P 14 6'3 205 24 3 Mississippi 11 Bivian Lee DB 13 6'3 200 24 2 Prairie View A&M 14 Edd Hargett QB 14 5'11 190 25 4 Texas A&M 15 Charlie Durkee K 6 5'11 165 28 4 Oklahoma State 18 Hugo Hollas DB 14 6'1 190 26 3 Rice 20 Delles Howell DB 10 6'3 202 24 3 Grambling 23 Doug Wyatt DB 14 6'1 195 26 3 Tulsa 24 Joe Williams RB 14 6'0 193 25 2 Wyoming 26 Margene Adkins WR 14 5'10 183 25 3 Wichita State 28 James Ford RB 5 6'0 200 23 2 Texas Southern 29 Billie Hayes DB 14 6'1 175 25 1 San Diego State 30 Ernie Jackson DB 10 5'10 173 22 R Duke 35 Bob Gresham RB 14 5'11 195 24 2 West Virginia 36 Bob Brown TE 14 6'3 225 29 4 Alcorn State 37 Tom Myers DB 13 5'11 184 22 R Syracuse 38 Bill Butler RB 14 6'0 218 22 R Kansas State 41 Bob Newland WR 14 6'2 190 24 2 Oregon 42 Jim Strong RB 14 6'1 204 25 3 Houston 45 Arthur Green RB 7 5'11 198 25 1 Albany State 46 Danny Abramowicz WR 13 6'1 195 27 6 Xavier 47 Virgil Robinson RB 3 5'11 195 24 2 Grambling 50 Jake Kupp OG 3 6'3 248 31 9 Washington 51 John Didion C 14 6'4 245 25 4 Oregon State 52 Dick Palmer LB 6 6'2 232 25 2 Kentucky 53 Bill Hobbs LB 6 6'0 220 26 4 Texas A&M 54 Tom Roussel LB 14 6'3 235 27 5 Southern Mississippi 55 Tom Stincic LB 7 6'2 230 25 4 Michigan 56 Willie Hall LB 14 6'2 217 23 R Southern California 58 Joe Federspiel LB 14 6'1 225 22 R Kentucky 59 Wayne Colman LB 14 6'1 230 26 5 Temple 61 Del Williams OG 8 6'2 240 26 6 Florida State 64 Ray Hester LB 7 6'2 215 23 2 Tulane 65 Remi Prudhomme OG 5 6'4 250 30 6 Louisiana State 66 Royce Smith OG 10 6'3 245 23 R Georgia 67 Bob Kuziel C 1 6'4 255 22 R Pittsburgh 68 Wimpy Winther C 5 6'4 260 25 2 Mississippi 70 Craig Robinson OT 8 6'4 250 23 1 Houston 71 Faddie Tillman DT 1 6'5 230 24 1 Boise State 72 Joe Owens DE 14 6'2 245 25 3 Alcorn State 74 Doug Mooers DT 14 6'6 265 25 2 Whittier 75 Mike Crangle DE 13 6'4 243 25 R Tennessee-Martin 76 Don Morrison OT 14 6'5 255 22 2 Texas-Arlington 77 Carl Johnson OG 14 6'3 240 22 R Nebraska 78 Glen Ray Hines OT 14 6'5 265 29 7 Arkansas 82 Bob Pollard DT 14 6'3 245 23 2 Weber State 83 Dave Parks TE 12 6'2 203 30 9 Texas Tech 85 Cephus Weatherspoon WR 1 6'1 182 24 R Fort Lewis 86 Creston Whitaker WR 2 6'2 187 25 1 North Texas State 87 Richard Neal DE 14 6'3 254 25 4 Southern 89 Dave Long DT 14 6'4 245 28 7 Iowa
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Archie Manning 448 230 51.3 2,781 6.21 12.1 18 4.0 21 4.7 43 347 64.6
Bob Gresham 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Bob Newland 47 579 12.3 2 Danny Abramowicz 38 668 17.6 7 Dave Parks 32 542 16.9 6 Bob Gresham 29 192 6.6 0 Bill Butler 25 226 9.0 2 Joe Williams 16 116 7.2 0 Jim Strong 14 123 8.8 0 Bob Brown 11 175 15.9 1 Margene Adkins 9 96 10.7 0 Arthur Green 7 49 7.0 0 James Ford 1 9 9.0 0 Creston Whitaker 1 6 6.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Bob Gresham 121 381 3.1 3 Archie Manning 63 351 5.6 2 Bill Butler 54 233 4.3 0 Jim Strong 37 120 3.2 0 Joe Williams 31 72 2.3 0 Arthur Green 14 51 3.6 0 James Ford 11 28 2.5 0 Virgil Robinson 5 1 0.2 0 Dave Parks 1 -7 -7.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Margene Adkins 43 1,020 23.7 0 Arthur Green 8 187 23.4 0 Jim Strong 4 53 13.2 0 Joe Williams 2 23 11.5 0 Hugo Hollas 2 9 4.5 0 Bill Butler 1 14 14.0 0 Bob Newland 1 6 6.0 0 Remi Prudhomme 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Tom Myers 9 43 4.8 15 0 Margene Adkins 7 0 0.0 2 0 |
1972 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 8 OG Royce Smith 62 Georgia 2 31 LB Willie Hall 67 USC [pick acquired from HOU] 3 60 C Bob Kuziel 90 Pittsburgh 3 74 DB Tom Myers 136 Syracuse [pick acquired from BAL via OAK] 4 85 DE Mike Crangle 13 Tennessee-Martin 4 99 LB Joe Federspiel 141 Kentucky [pick acquired from WAS via LA, PHI] 4 101 DE Mike Coleman Knoxville [pick acquired from KC] 5 111 RB Bill Butler 41 Kansas State [pick acquired from GB] 5 112 OT Carl Johnson 28 Nebraska 5 126 DB Bob Davies South Carolina [pick acquired from BAL] 6 137 OG Wayne Dorton Arkansas State 6 150 RB Curt Watson Tennessee [pick acquired from OAK] 7 164 DB Ernie Jackson 89 Duke 8 189 WR Ron Vinson Abilene Christian 9 216 DT Kent Branstetter 9 Houston 10 241 OG Andy Kupp Idaho 11 267 LB Paul Dongieux Mississippi 12 293 TE Steve Lockhart Arkansas State 13 320 WR Cephus Weatherspoon 1 Fort Lewis 14 345 WR Steve Barrios Tulane 15 372 QB Rusty Lachaussee Tulane 16 397 OG Joe Balthrop Tennessee 17 424 WR Dick Graham Oklahoma State
Traded draft picks: #2 to OAK (Kelvin Korver)
Transactions:
| 01-28-1972 | traded John Shinners and Dallas' #4 pick in the 1972 draft to Colts for Jim Duncan, Baltimore's #5 pick in the 1972 draft and Baltimore's #6 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 01-31-1972 | traded Denver's #4 pick in the 1972 draft to Cowboys for Joe Williams |
| 02-01-1972 | traded New Orleans' #2 pick in the 1972 draft to Raiders for the Jets' #2 pick and Baltimore's #3 pick in the 1972 draft |
| 02-01-1972 | traded Atlanta's #6 pick in the 1972 draft to Falcons for John Mallory |
| 02-01-1972 | traded the Jets' #2 pick in the 1972 draft to Cowboys for Margene Adkins |
| 02-15-1972 | traded Bill Harris to Broncos for a draft pick |
| 06-16-1972 | traded New Orleans' #3 pick in the 1973 draft to Redskins for Bob Grant and Washington's #5, #6 and #8 picks in the 1974 draft |
| 06-29-1972 | traded Jim Flanigan to Patriots for New England's #6 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 07-08-1972 | traded Dave Kopay and Remi Prudhomme to Raiders for an undisclosed draft pick |
| 07-19-1972 | Dick Absher retired |
| 07-23-1972 | traded Houston's #3 pick in the 1973 draft to Cowboys for Tom Stincic |
| 08-24-1972 | traded Larry Estes to Rams for a 1973 draft pick |
| 09-08-1972 | traded Baltimore's #6 pick in the 1973 draft and New Orleans' #4 pick in the 1974 draft to Vikings for Bob Brown |
| 09-13-1972 | placed Al Dodd on injured reserve |
| 09-13-1972 | placed Carlos Bell on injured reserve |
| 09-13-1972 | placed D'Artagnan Martin on injured reserve |
| 09-13-1972 | placed James Ford on injured reserve |
| 09-13-1972 | placed Tom Harrington on injured reserve |
| 09-15-1972 | traded Dick Absher to Eagles for Philadelphia's #4 pick in the 1975 draft |
1972 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/17/72 at Los Angeles Rams L 14-34 0-1-0 09/25/72 vs Kansas City Chiefs L 17-20 0-2-0 10/01/72 vs San Francisco 49ers L 2-37 0-3-0 10/08/72 at New York Giants L 21-45 0-4-0 10/15/72 vs Atlanta Falcons L 14-21 0-5-0 10/22/72 at San Francisco 49ers T 20-20 0-5-1 10/29/72 vs Philadelphia Eagles W 21-3 1-5-1 11/05/72 at Minnesota Vikings L 6-37 1-6-1 11/12/72 at Atlanta Falcons L 20-36 1-7-1 11/19/72 at Detroit Lions L 6-37 1-8-1 11/26/72 vs Los Angeles Rams W 19-16 2-8-1 12/03/72 at New York Jets L 17-18 2-9-1 12/10/72 vs New England Patriots L 10-17 2-10-1 12/17/72 vs Green Bay Packers L 20-30 2-11-1
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