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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
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Julian Fagan 71 2,899 40.8 0 0 1 0 0 40.3 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Happy Feller 1/1 1/2 3/4 1/4 0/0 6/11 10/11 28 Charlie Durkee 1/1 0/1 2/3 0/4 0/0 3/ 9 9/ 9 18 Toni Linhart 1/1 1/2 0/0 0/2 0/0 2/ 5 5/ 5 11 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Hugo Hollas 1.0 1 14 0 Delles Howell 1 6 0 Ernie Jackson 3 41 0 Bivian Lee 4 65 0 Dave Long 2.0 Doug Mooers 2.0 Tom Myers 3 0 0 Richard Neal 7.0 Joe Owens 8.0 Bob Pollard 2.0 Tom Roussel 2.0 2 15 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:
01-28-1972traded 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
01-31-1972traded Denver's #4 pick in the 1972 draft to Cowboys for Joe Williams
02-01-1972traded New Orleans' #2 pick in the 1972 draft to Raiders for the Jets' #2 pick and Baltimore's #3 pick in the 1972 draft
02-01-1972traded Atlanta's #6 pick in the 1972 draft to Falcons for John Mallory
02-01-1972traded the Jets' #2 pick in the 1972 draft to Cowboys for Margene Adkins
02-15-1972traded Bill Harris to Broncos for a draft pick
06-16-1972traded 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
06-29-1972traded Jim Flanigan to Patriots for New England's #6 pick in the 1973 draft
07-08-1972traded Dave Kopay and Remi Prudhomme to Raiders for an undisclosed draft pick
07-19-1972Dick Absher retired
07-23-1972traded Houston's #3 pick in the 1973 draft to Cowboys for Tom Stincic
08-24-1972traded Larry Estes to Rams for a 1973 draft pick
09-08-1972traded Baltimore's #6 pick in the 1973 draft and New Orleans' #4 pick in the 1974 draft to Vikings for Bob Brown
09-13-1972placed Al Dodd on injured reserve
09-13-1972placed Carlos Bell on injured reserve
09-13-1972placed D'Artagnan Martin on injured reserve
09-13-1972placed James Ford on injured reserve
09-13-1972placed Tom Harrington on injured reserve
09-15-1972traded 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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