1971 New Orleans Saints: 4-8-2
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 2-4-1 (136 points scored, 161 allowed) Road record: 2-4-1 (130 points scored, 186 allowed) Head Coach: J.D. Roberts 266 points scored (15th of 26 teams), 347 points allowed (24th) NFL Averages: 19.4 points/game (271.1 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: 182 387 1,955 (20) 4.47 12 14 452 1,711 (15) 3.8 18 3,666 (19) 25 Defense: 175 333 2,238 (15) 6.27 20 20 495 2,200 (22) 4.4 18 4,438 (22) 45
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 3 Skip Butler K 2 6'2 200 24 1 Texas-Arlington 8 Archie Manning QB 12 6'3 204 22 R Mississippi 10 Julian Fagan P 14 6'3 205 23 2 Mississippi 11 Bivian Lee DB 14 6'3 200 23 R Prairie View A&M 14 Edd Hargett QB 14 5'11 185 24 3 Texas A&M 15 Charlie Durkee K 12 5'11 165 27 3 Oklahoma State 18 Hugo Hollas DB 14 6'1 190 25 2 Rice 20 Delles Howell DB 14 6'3 195 23 2 Grambling 21 Reynaud Moore DB 14 6'2 190 22 R UCLA 22 D'Artagnan Martin DB 14 6'1 190 22 R Kentucky State 23 Doug Wyatt DB 12 6'1 195 25 2 Tulsa 25 Al Dodd WR 10 6'0 185 26 4 Northwestern State-Louisiana 26 Richard Harvey DB 3 6'2 190 26 2 Jackson State 28 James Ford RB 9 6'0 205 22 R Texas Southern 30 Billy Harris RB 1 6'0 204 25 3 Colorado 34 Carlos Bell TE 1 6'5 238 24 R Houston 35 Bob Gresham RB 13 5'11 193 23 R West Virginia 36 Don Burchfield TE 14 6'2 227 22 R Ball State 38 Tony Baker RB 4 5'11 225 26 4 Iowa State 40 Hoyle Granger RB 14 6'1 225 27 6 Mississippi State 41 Bob Newland WR 14 6'2 190 23 R Oregon 42 Jim Strong RB 14 6'1 204 24 2 Houston 43 Dave Kopay RB 10 6'2 218 29 8 Washington 46 Danny Abramowicz WR 14 6'1 195 26 5 Xavier 47 Virgil Robinson RB 11 5'11 195 23 R Grambling 50 Jake Kupp OG 14 6'3 248 30 8 Washington 51 John Didion C 14 6'4 245 24 3 Oregon State 52 John Huard LB 1 6'0 228 27 4 Maine 53 Dick Absher LB 14 6'4 235 27 5 Maryland 54 Tom Roussel LB 7 6'3 235 26 4 Southern Mississippi 55 Jim Flanigan LB 14 6'3 240 26 5 Pittsburgh 59 Wayne Colman LB 14 6'1 230 25 4 Temple 60 Carl Cunningham LB 13 6'3 240 27 5 Houston 61 Del Williams OG 14 6'2 240 25 5 Florida State 64 Ray Hester LB 14 6'2 215 22 R Tulane 65 Remi Prudhomme OG 14 6'4 250 29 5 Louisiana State 67 John Shinners OG 14 6'2 254 24 3 Xavier 70 Sam Holden OT 9 6'3 258 24 R Grambling 72 Joe Owens DE 14 6'2 235 24 2 Alcorn State 74 Doug Mooers DE 4 6'6 265 24 1 Whittier 76 Don Morrison OT 14 6'5 255 21 R Texas-Arlington 77 Dan Goich DT 10 6'4 265 27 3 California 78 Glen Ray Hines OT 14 6'5 265 28 6 Arkansas 80 Mike Walker DE 5 6'4 235 21 R Tulane 82 Bob Pollard DT 14 6'3 245 22 R Weber State 83 Dave Parks TE 14 6'2 203 29 8 Texas Tech 84 Larry Estes DE 8 6'6 260 24 2 Alcorn State 87 Richard Neal DE 14 6'3 254 24 3 Southern 89 Dave Long DT 14 6'4 245 27 6 Iowa
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Edd Hargett 210 96 45.7 1,191 5.67 12.4 6 2.9 5 2.4 10 68 63.4 Archie Manning 177 86 48.6 1,164 6.58 13.5 6 3.4 9 5.1 40 332 60.1
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Danny Abramowicz 37 657 17.8 5 Dave Parks 35 568 16.2 5 Bob Newland 21 319 15.2 0 Bob Gresham 17 203 11.9 0 Jim Strong 16 78 4.9 0 Al Dodd 15 298 19.9 0 Virgil Robinson 12 53 4.4 1 Hoyle Granger 12 52 4.3 0 James Ford 7 54 7.7 0 Tony Baker 6 44 7.3 1 Don Burchfield 3 36 12.0 0 Archie Manning 1 -7 -7.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Jim Strong 95 404 4.3 3 Bob Gresham 127 383 3.0 6 James Ford 93 379 4.1 2 Archie Manning 33 172 5.2 4 Hoyle Granger 32 139 4.3 1 Tony Baker 29 125 4.3 0 Virgil Robinson 29 96 3.3 1 Edd Hargett 9 24 2.7 1 Al Dodd 1 7 7.0 0 Billy Harris 1 1 1.0 0 Dave Parks 2 -2 -1.0 0 Julian Fagan 1 -17 -17.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Virgil Robinson 19 443 23.3 0 Al Dodd 12 252 21.0 0 Reynaud Moore 11 246 22.4 0 Jim Strong 9 134 14.9 0 Bob Gresham 3 60 20.0 0 Don Burchfield 1 5 5.0 0 Dick Absher 1 3 3.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Al Dodd 13 88 6.8 4 0 Reynaud Moore 2 12 6.0 1 0 Danny Abramowicz 1 0 0.0 4 0 Hugo Hollas 0 0 ? 7 0 |
1971 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 2 QB Archie Manning 151 Mississippi 2 31 OG Sam Holden 9 Grambling [pick acquired from HOU] 3 54 DB Bivian Lee 65 Prairie View 4 82 RB Carlos Bell 1 Houston [pick acquired from BUF] 4 88 C Wimpy Winther 16 Mississippi [pick acquired from WAS] 4 91 DB D'Artagnan Martin 14 Kentucky State [pick acquired from SD] 4 98 OT Don Morrison 123 Texas-Arlington [pick acquired from LA] 6 132 RB Don Moorhead Michigan 7 158 OG Larry DiNardo Notre Dame 7 172 WR Bob Newland 56 Oregon [pick acquired from KC] 8 194 DB Jimmy Elder Southern [pick acquired from WAS] 8 201 RB Bob Gresham 75 West Virginia [pick acquired from OAK] 9 210 DB Tom Williams Willamette 10 239 RB Rocky Pamplin Hawaii [pick acquired from PHI] 11 262 DE Bob Pollard 154 Weber State 12 288 DB Ron Gathright Morehead State 13 314 TE Don Burchfield 14 Ball State 14 340 QB Bobby Scott 41 Tennessee 15 366 OT Bart Graves Tulane 16 392 OT Craig Robinson 19 Houston 17 428 WR Hermann Eben Oklahoma State [pick acquired from WAS]
Traded draft picks: #2 to CHI (Jim Harrison), #4 to DAL (Joe Carter), #5 to PIT (Larry Brown), #8 to PIT (Larry Crowe), #10 to SF (Ron Cardo), #17 to LA (Randy Vataha)
Transactions:
| 01-1971 | traded Steve Ramsey to Broncos for Denver's #4 pick in the 1972 draft |
| 01-23-1971 | traded Billy Kilmer to Redskins for Tom Roussel and Washington's #4 and #8 picks in the 1971 draft |
| 01-25-1971 | traded Dave Rowe and Ken Burrough to Oilers for Hoyle Granger, Terry Stoepel, Charlie Blossom and Houston's #2 pick in the 1971 draft |
| 01-27-1971 | traded Jim Otis to Chiefs for Kansas City's #7 pick in the 1971 draft |
| 01-29-1971 | traded Mike Taylor to Redskins for Leo Carroll and Washington's #17 pick in the 1971 draft |
| 03-1971 | traded Bill Cody to Vikings for a draft pick |
| 04-12-1971 | traded New Orleans' #5 pick in the 1973 draft to Broncos for John Huard |
| 06-01-1971 | traded Elijah Nevett to Raiders for a draft pick |
| 06-05-1971 | claimed Jim Cox on waivers from Dolphins |
| 06-14-1971 | traded Mike Tilleman to Oilers for Glen Ray Hines, Jess Lewis, Houston's #2 pick in the 1972 draft and #3 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 07-12-1971 | Ken Borries retired |
| 07-13-1971 | Denton Fox retired |
| 07-13-1971 | Wayne McDermand retired |
| 07-14-1971 | Broncos claimed Les Kelley on waivers |
| 07-17-1971 | Rams claimed Tony Guillory on waivers |
| 07-31-1971 | traded Don Talbert to Cowboys for Doug Mooers and Dallas' #4 pick in the 1972 draft |
| 08-03-1971 | traded Ray Poage to Falcons for Atlanta's #6 pick in the 1972 draft |
| 08-04-1971 | traded Tom Barrington and an undisclosed draft pick to Redskins for Bruce Anderson |
| 08-05-1971 | Colts claimed Tom Lloyd on waivers |
| 08-11-1971 | traded Doug Sutherland to Vikings for Bill Harris |
| 08-16-1971 | traded Gene Howard and Clovis Swinney to Rams for Donnie Williams and a draft pick |
| 08-16-1971 | traded New Orleans' #4 pick in the 1973 draft to Broncos for Carl Cunningham |
| 08-20-1971 | traded Wimpy Winther to Packers for Green Bay's #5 pick in the 1972 draft |
| 08-23-1971 | traded Jim Ward to Eagles for Richard Harvey |
| 09-02-1971 | claimed Jim Strong on waivers from 49ers |
| 09-02-1971 | claimed Dave Haverdick on waivers from Lions |
| 09-02-1971 | claimed George Jakowenko on waivers from Cardinals |
| 09-09-1971 | claimed Skip Butler on waivers from Falcons |
| 09-15-1971 | claimed James Ford on waivers from Cowboys |
| 09-15-1971 | claimed Virgil Robinson on waivers from Packers |
| 10-15-1971 | placed Doug Mooers on injured reserve |
| 10-27-1971 | traded Tony Baker to Eagles for Washington's #4 pick in the 1972 draft |
| 12-08-1971 | placed Al Dodd on injured reserve |
1971 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/19/71 vs Los Angeles Rams W 24-20 1-0-0 09/26/71 vs San Francisco 49ers L 20-38 1-1-0 10/03/71 at Houston Oilers T 13-13 1-1-1 10/10/71 at Chicago Bears L 14-35 1-2-1 10/17/71 vs Dallas Cowboys W 24-14 2-2-1 10/24/71 at Atlanta Falcons L 6-28 2-3-1 10/31/71 at Washington Redskins L 14-24 2-4-1 11/07/71 vs Oakland Raiders T 21-21 2-4-2 11/14/71 at San Francisco 49ers W 26-20 3-4-2 11/21/71 vs Minnesota Vikings L 10-23 3-5-2 11/28/71 at Green Bay Packers W 29-21 4-5-2 12/05/71 at Los Angeles Rams L 28-45 4-6-2 12/12/71 vs Cleveland Browns L 17-21 4-7-2 12/19/71 vs Atlanta Falcons L 20-24 4-8-2