1975 New Orleans Saints: 2-12-0
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Home record: 2-5-0 (80 points scored, 139 allowed) Road record: 0-7-0 (85 points scored, 221 allowed) Head Coaches: John North (1-5-0), Ernie Hefferle (1-7-0)
165 points scored (26th of 26 teams), 360 points allowed (23rd) NFL Averages: 20.6 points/game (288.3 points/team)
Team stats and rankings:
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Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers
Offense: 181 392 1,545 (26) 3.47 8 24 463 1,642 (23) 3.5 9 3,187 (26) 40
Defense: 206 354 2,387 (15) 6.25 25 16 507 1,930 (12) 3.8 15 4,317 (13) 38
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 8 Archie Manning QB 13 6'3 207 26 5 Mississippi 11 Bivian Lee DB 11 6'3 200 27 5 Prairie View A&M 12 Bobby Scott QB 1 6'1 200 26 3 Tennessee 13 Larry Cipa QB 4 6'3 209 24 2 Michigan 15 Rich Szaro K 11 5'11 205 27 1 Harvard 16 Tom Blanchard P 14 6'0 180 27 5 Oregon 19 Bill McClard K 3 5'10 202 26 4 Arkansas 24 Johnny Fuller DB 11 6'0 185 29 8 Lamar 26 Steve Rogers RB 13 6'2 200 22 R Louisiana State 27 Rod McNeill RB 14 6'2 220 24 2 Southern California 28 Alvin Maxson RB 13 5'11 205 23 2 Southern Methodist 29 Mo Spencer DB 14 6'0 175 23 2 North Carolina Central 30 Ernie Jackson DB 13 5'10 175 25 4 Duke 32 Jim DeRatt DB 6 6'0 203 22 R North Carolina 33 Mike Strachan RB 11 6'0 195 22 R Iowa State 36 Andrew Jones RB 13 6'2 213 24 R Washington State 37 Tom Myers DB 9 5'11 184 25 4 Syracuse 39 Morris LaGrand RB 2 6'1 220 22 R Tampa 40 Terry Schmidt DB 13 6'0 177 23 2 Ball State 42 Joel Parker WR 7 6'5 212 23 2 Florida 44 Chuck Crist DB 8 6'2 205 24 4 Penn State 50 Jake Kupp OG 14 6'3 248 34 12 Washington 51 Sylvester Croom C 1 6'0 235 21 R Alabama 51 Rusty Chambers LB 12 6'1 215 21 R Tulane 52 Mike Lemon LB 2 6'2 215 24 R Kansas 53 Rick Kingrea LB 14 6'1 230 26 5 Tulane 54 Rick Middleton LB 14 6'2 228 23 2 Ohio State 55 Don Coleman LB 13 6'2 222 23 2 Michigan 56 Lee Gross C 9 6'3 245 22 R Auburn 58 Joe Federspiel LB 14 6'1 235 25 4 Kentucky 60 Greg Westbrooks LB 14 6'2 215 22 R Colorado 62 John Hill C 14 6'2 245 25 4 Lehigh 63 Steve Baumgartner DE 14 6'7 260 24 3 Purdue 65 Dave Thompson OT 7 6'4 260 26 5 Clemson 66 Tom Wickert OT 1 6'4 246 23 2 Washington State 67 Phil LaPorta OT 14 6'4 256 23 2 Penn State 71 Kurt Schumacher OG 13 6'3 260 22 R Ohio State 72 Joe Owens DE 14 6'2 250 28 6 Alcorn State 74 Derland Moore DT 14 6'4 260 24 3 Oklahoma 75 Elex Price DT 14 6'3 260 25 3 Alcorn State 76 Don Morrison OT 13 6'5 260 25 5 Texas-Arlington 77 Chris Morris OT 6 6'3 250 26 3 Indiana 78 Elois Grooms DE 10 6'4 240 22 R Tennessee Tech 79 Emanuel Zanders OG 14 6'1 260 24 2 Jackson State 80 Larry Burton WR 13 6'1 190 23 R Purdue 82 Bob Pollard DT 14 6'3 250 26 5 Weber State 83 Andy Hamilton WR 9 6'3 190 24 3 Louisiana State 83 Len Garrett TE 1 6'3 230 27 5 New Mexico Highlands 84 Paul Seal TE 14 6'4 222 23 2 Michigan 85 Henry Childs TE 14 6'2 223 24 2 Kansas State 86 Melvin Baker WR 2 6'0 192 25 2 Texas Southern 87 Don Herrmann WR 3 6'2 205 28 7 Waynesburg 88 Andy Dorris DE 13 6'4 240 24 3 New Mexico State 89 Gil Chapman WR 9 5'9 180 22 R Michigan
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Archie Manning 338 159 47.0 1,683 4.98 10.6 7 2.1 20 5.9 49 390 44.3
Larry Cipa 37 14 37.8 182 4.92 13.0 1 2.7 3 8.1 3 14 29.3
Bobby Scott 17 8 47.1 96 5.65 12.0 0 0.0 1 5.9 1 12 40.3
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Alvin Maxson 41 234 5.7 0 Mike Strachan 30 224 7.5 0 Paul Seal 28 414 14.8 1 Rod McNeill 18 138 7.7 2 Larry Burton 16 305 19.1 2 Andy Hamilton 12 210 17.5 0 Henry Childs 10 179 17.9 0 Andrew Jones 10 52 5.2 0 Joel Parker 9 123 13.7 2 Don Herrmann 3 47 15.7 1 Melvin Baker 2 26 13.0 0 Gil Chapman 1 7 7.0 0 Steve Rogers 1 2 2.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Mike Strachan 161 668 4.1 2 Alvin Maxson 139 371 2.7 3 Rod McNeill 61 206 3.4 2 Archie Manning 33 186 5.6 1 Andrew Jones 42 108 2.6 1 Steve Rogers 17 62 3.6 0 Melvin Baker 1 21 21.0 0 Paul Seal 1 10 10.0 0 Larry Burton 2 8 4.0 0 Larry Cipa 6 2 0.3 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Gil Chapman 28 614 21.9 0 Rod McNeill 10 276 27.6 0 Alvin Maxson 6 103 17.2 0 Steve Rogers 6 98 16.3 0 Mike Strachan 5 91 18.2 0 Mo Spencer 5 68 13.6 0 Terry Schmidt 2 54 27.0 0 Rusty Chambers 1 15 15.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Gil Chapman 17 207 12.2 3 0 Terry Schmidt 11 76 6.9 0 0 Tom Myers 10 70 7.0 1 0 Jim DeRatt 2 17 8.5 1 0 Mo Spencer 1 0 0.0 0 0 |
1975 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 7 WR Larry Burton 43 Purdue 1 12 OT Kurt Schumacher 45 Ohio State [pick acquired from NYJ] 2 32 C Lee Gross 48 Auburn 3 60 RB Andrew Jones 15 Washington State 3 63 DE Elois Grooms 138 Tennessee Tech [pick acquired from DET via MIN] 4 92 DB John Starkebaum Nebraska [pick acquired from PHI] 4 99 DE Charlie Hall Tulane [pick acquired from STL] 6 149 LB Mike Lemon 22 Kansas [pick acquired from BUF] 7 163 RB Steve Rogers 14 LSU 9 216 RB Mike Strachan 62 Iowa State 10 241 RB Chuck Heater Michigan 11 266 P Danny Lee N.E. Louisiana 12 294 WR Ron Gustafson North Dakota 13 319 RB Jim Upchurch Arizona 14 344 DB Randy Rhino Georgia Tech 15 372 RB Grant Burget Oklahoma 16 397 LB Mike McDonald 4 Catawba 17 422 LB Greg Westbrooks 66 Colorado
Traded draft picks: #4 to SF (Cleveland Elam), #5 to CHI (Revie Sorey), #6 to DET (Fred Cooper), #8 to STL (John Adams)
Transactions:
| 01-28-1975 | traded Billy Newsome to Jets for the Jets' #1 pick in the 1975 draft |
| 07-31-1975 | traded a #7 pick in the 1976 draft to Patriots for Josh Ashton |
| 08-13-1975 | traded John Didion to Bears for Baltimore's #7 pick in the 1976 draft |
| 08-21-1975 | traded a #8 pick in the 1976 draft to Patriots for Lawrence Williams |
| 09-09-1975 | traded Howard Stevens to Colts for Baltimore's #5 pick in the 1977 draft |
| 09-09-1975 | traded New Orleans' #7 pick in the 1976 draft to Dolphins for Melvin Baker |
1975 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/21/75 at Washington Redskins L 3-41 0-1-0 09/28/75 vs Cincinnati Bengals L 0-21 0-2-0 10/05/75 at Atlanta Falcons L 7-14 0-3-0 10/12/75 vs Green Bay Packers W 20-19 1-3-0 10/19/75 at San Francisco 49ers L 21-35 1-4-0 10/26/75 at Los Angeles Rams L 14-38 1-5-0 11/02/75 vs Atlanta Falcons W 23-7 2-5-0 11/09/75 at Oakland Raiders L 10-48 2-6-0 11/16/75 vs Minnesota Vikings L 7-20 2-7-0 11/23/75 vs San Francisco 49ers L 6-16 2-8-0 11/30/75 at Cleveland Browns L 16-17 2-9-0 12/07/75 vs Los Angeles Rams L 7-14 2-10-0 12/14/75 at New York Giants L 14-28 2-11-0 12/21/75 vs Chicago Bears L 17-42 2-12-0
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