1970 New Orleans Saints: 2-11-1
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 2-5-0 (89 points scored, 164 allowed) Road record: 0-6-1 (83 points scored, 183 allowed) Head Coaches: Tom Fears (1-5-1), J.D. Roberts (1-6-0) 172 points scored (25th of 26 teams), 347 points allowed (24th) NFL Averages: 19.3 points/game (269.6 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: 213 415 2,458 (10) 5.55 11 22 371 1,215 (24) 3.3 4 3,673 (21) 40 Defense: 238 430 3,061 (26) 6.85 19 22 469 1,891 (20) 4.0 15 4,952 (26) 38
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 00 Ken Burrough WR 12 6'4 212 22 R Texas Southern 10 Julian Fagan P 14 6'3 205 22 R Mississippi 14 Edd Hargett QB 10 5'11 185 23 2 Texas A&M 17 Billy Kilmer QB 13 6'0 204 31 8 UCLA 18 Hugo Hollas DB 11 6'1 190 24 1 Rice 19 Tom Dempsey K 14 6'1 264 29 2 Palomar J.C. (CA) 20 Delles Howell DB 13 6'3 195 22 R Grambling 21 Steve Ramsey QB 1 6'2 210 22 R North Texas State 21 Joe Scarpati DB 14 5'10 185 27 7 North Carolina State 22 Gary Lewis RB 1 6'3 230 28 7 Arizona State 22 Elijah Pitts RB 6 6'1 205 32 10 Philander Smith 23 Doug Wyatt DB 14 6'1 195 24 R Tulsa 24 Elijah Nevett DB 11 6'0 185 26 4 Clark Atlanta 25 Al Dodd WR 14 6'0 180 25 3 Northwestern State-Louisiana 29 Gene Howard DB 8 6'0 190 23 3 Langston 30 Bob Shaw WR 4 6'0 194 23 1 Winston-Salem State 32 Tom Barrington RB 12 6'1 213 26 5 Ohio State 35 Jim Otis RB 13 6'0 220 22 R Ohio State 36 Don McCall RB 2 5'11 195 26 4 Southern California 36 Dick Davis RB 4 5'11 215 23 1 Nebraska 36 Vic Nyvall RB 2 5'10 185 22 R Northwestern Louisiana 38 Tony Baker RB 8 5'11 225 25 3 Iowa State 39 Ernie Wheelwright RB 4 6'3 235 30 7 Southern Illinois 40 Earl Gros RB 1 6'3 220 30 9 Louisiana State 42 Claxton Welch RB 1 5'11 203 23 2 Oregon 43 Dicky Lyons DB 4 6'0 190 23 R Kentucky 46 Danny Abramowicz WR 14 6'1 195 25 4 Xavier 47 Bill Dusenberry RB 8 6'2 198 22 R Johnson C. Smith 48 Andy Livingston RB 1 6'0 235 26 6 Phoenix J.C. 49 Major Hazelton DB 3 6'1 185 26 3 Florida A&M 50 Jake Kupp OG 14 6'3 248 29 7 Washington 52 Harry Jacobs LB 10 6'4 226 33 10 Bradley 52 Frank Emanuel LB 3 6'3 225 27 5 Tennessee 53 Dick Absher LB 10 6'4 235 26 4 Maryland 55 Jackie Burkett LB 14 6'4 228 33 10 Auburn 56 Hap Farber LB 5 6'1 220 22 R MIssissippi 57 Mike Morgan LB 9 6'4 242 28 7 Louisiana State 59 Wayne Colman LB 14 6'1 230 24 3 Temple 60 Doug Sutherland OG 10 6'3 250 22 R Wisconsin-Superior 61 Del Williams OG 14 6'2 240 24 4 Florida State 66 Bill Cody LB 14 6'1 230 26 5 Auburn 67 John Shinners OG 9 6'2 254 23 2 Xavier 70 Errol Linden OT 14 6'5 250 33 10 Houston 71 Willie Townes DT 6 6'5 265 27 4 Tulsa 72 Don Talbert OT 14 6'5 255 31 7 Texas 73 Jerry Sturm C 10 6'2 265 33 10 Illinois 74 Mike Tilleman DT 14 6'5 280 26 5 Montana 75 Mike Richey OT 5 6'5 263 23 2 North Carolina 76 Dave Rowe DT 14 6'6 280 25 4 Penn State 77 Mike Taylor OT 11 6'4 245 25 3 Southern California 79 Clovis Swinney DT 14 6'3 240 25 R Arkansas State 82 Johnny Brewer LB 9 6'4 235 33 10 Mississippi 83 Dave Parks TE 13 6'2 203 28 7 Texas Tech 84 Larry Estes DE 14 6'6 260 23 R Alcorn State 85 Ray Poage TE 12 6'4 215 29 7 Texas 87 Richard Neal DE 12 6'3 254 23 2 Southern 89 Dave Long DE 12 6'4 245 26 5 Iowa
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Billy Kilmer 237 135 57.0 1,557 6.57 11.5 6 2.5 17 7.2 19 155 55.5 Edd Hargett 175 78 44.6 1,133 6.47 14.5 5 2.9 5 2.9 9 77 63.8 Steve Ramsey 2 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6 Al Dodd 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Danny Abramowicz 55 906 16.5 5 Al Dodd 28 484 17.3 1 Dave Parks 26 447 17.2 2 Tom Barrington 22 130 5.9 0 Jim Otis 20 124 6.2 0 Ray Poage 15 166 11.1 1 Ken Burrough 13 196 15.1 2 Tony Baker 12 47 3.9 0 Elijah Pitts 7 63 9.0 0 Don McCall 5 43 8.6 0 Dick Davis 4 29 7.2 0 Earl Gros 2 0 0.0 0 Vic Nyvall 2 -1 -0.5 0 Bob Shaw 1 49 49.0 0 Ernie Wheelwright 1 7 7.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Tony Baker 82 337 4.1 1 Tom Barrington 72 228 3.2 2 Jim Otis 71 211 3.0 0 Elijah Pitts 32 96 3.0 0 Dick Davis 27 94 3.5 0 Don McCall 23 63 2.7 1 Ernie Wheelwright 16 45 2.8 0 Billy Kilmer 12 42 3.5 0 Al Dodd 5 31 6.2 0 Andy Livingston 10 29 2.9 0 Ray Poage 1 13 13.0 0 Danny Abramowicz 1 7 7.0 0 Edd Hargett 4 7 1.8 0 Bill Dusenberry 4 6 1.5 0 Vic Nyvall 5 6 1.2 0 Ken Burrough 1 4 4.0 0 Earl Gros 4 2 0.5 0 Julian Fagan 1 -6 -6.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Al Dodd 15 319 21.3 0 Ken Burrough 15 298 19.9 0 Bill Dusenberry 10 183 18.3 0 Tom Barrington 6 129 21.5 0 Jim Otis 2 22 11.0 0 Don McCall 1 26 26.0 0 Elijah Pitts 1 22 22.0 0 Dicky Lyons 1 20 20.0 0 Gary Lewis 1 19 19.0 0 Ray Poage 1 6 6.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Al Dodd 14 129 9.2 3 0 Dicky Lyons 5 34 6.8 3 0 Gene Howard 5 14 2.8 0 0 Hugo Hollas 4 22 5.5 6 0 Doug Wyatt 1 15 15.0 1 0 |
1970 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 10 WR Ken Burrough 156 Texas Southern 3 62 DE Clovis Swinney 18 Arkansas State 4 88 DB Delles Howell 71 Grambling 5 106 DB Glenn Cannon Mississippi [pick acquired from CHI] 5 126 QB Steve Ramsey 54 North Texas [pick acquired from LA] 6 140 DB Mel Easley Oregon State 7 166 DE Lon Woodard San Diego State 8 192 DE Larry Estes 47 Alcorn A&M 9 218 RB Jim Otis 116 Ohio State 10 244 RB Jim Brumfield 14 Indiana State 11 270 LB Gary Klahr Arizona 12 296 DB Willie Davenport Southern 13 322 TE Ralph Miller Alabama State 14 348 DE Doug Sutherland 164 Wisconsin-Superior 15 374 DE Jim Vest Washington State 16 400 DT Cliff Gasper Grambling 17 426 DB Doug Wyatt 58 Tulsa
Traded draft picks: #2 to CLE (Joe Jones), #5 to WAS (Manny Sistrunk)
Transactions:
| 01-20-1970 | traded New Orleans' #17 pick in the 1971 draft to Rams for Frank Marchlewski |
| 03-02-1970 | traded Frank Marchlewski to Bills for Buffalo's #4 pick in the 1971 draft |
| 03-02-1970 | traded Jim Hester and a draft pick to Bears for Loyd Phillips |
| 05-1970 | traded Jerry Jones to Raiders for a draft pick |
| 05-1970 | traded Ted Davis to Raiders for Oakland's #8 pick in the 1971 draft |
| 05-1970 | traded Bob Miller to Chargers for Jim Fetherston |
| 05-03-1970 | traded Joe Owens to Chargers for San Diego's #4 pick in the 1971 draft |
| 05-04-1970 | traded Norman Davis and Bo Burris to Eagles for Joe Scarpati and Philadelphia's #10 pick in the 1971 draft |
| 05-04-1970 | traded a draft pick to Jets for Sam Walton |
| 07-1970 | traded Dave Whitsell and Tom Broadhead to Cowboys for Jackie Burkett |
| 08-19-1970 | claimed John Canale on waivers from Bills |
| 08-26-1970 | traded an undisclosed draft pick to Cowboys for Bobby Thompson |
| 08-27-1970 | claimed Gene Wren on waivers from Lions |
| 09-01-1970 | traded an undisclosed draft pick to Steelers for Earl Gros |
| 09-09-1970 | claimed Harry Jacobs on waivers from Bills |
| 09-09-1970 | traded New Orleans' #4 pick in the 1971 draft to Cowboys for Willie Townes |
| 09-09-1970 | claimed Julian Fagan on waivers from Oilers |
| 10-10-1970 | traded New Orleans' #17 pick in the 1971 draft to Rams for Elijah Pitts |
| 11-27-1970 | claimed John Didion on waivers from Redskins |
| 12-10-1970 | placed Ken Burrough on injured reserve |
| 12-10-1970 | traded New Orleans' #5 pick in the 1971 draft to Steelers for Don McCall |
1970 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/20/70 vs Atlanta Falcons L 3-14 0-1-0 09/27/70 at Minnesota Vikings L 0-26 0-2-0 10/04/70 vs New York Giants W 14-10 1-2-0 10/11/70 at St. Louis Cardinals L 17-24 1-3-0 10/18/70 at San Francisco 49ers T 20-20 1-3-1 10/25/70 at Atlanta Falcons L 14-32 1-4-1 11/01/70 vs Los Angeles Rams L 17-30 1-5-1 11/08/70 vs Detroit Lions W 19-17 2-5-1 11/15/70 at Miami Dolphins L 10-21 2-6-1 11/22/70 vs Denver Broncos L 6-31 2-7-1 11/29/70 at Cincinnati Bengals L 6-26 2-8-1 12/06/70 at Los Angeles Rams L 16-34 2-9-1 12/13/70 vs San Francisco 49ers L 27-38 2-10-1 12/20/70 vs Chicago Bears L 3-24 2-11-1