1973 New Orleans Saints: 5-9-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 5-2-0 (109 points scored, 128 allowed) Road record: 0-7-0 (54 points scored, 184 allowed) Head Coach: John North 163 points scored (26th of 26 teams), 312 points allowed (18th) NFL Averages: 19.5 points/game (272.3 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: 163 338 1,659 (20) 4.42 11 17 497 1,842 (17) 3.7 5 3,501 (22) 34 Defense: 176 337 2,178 (19) 6.03 15 16 556 2,402 (22) 4.3 17 4,580 (23) 30
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 8 Archie Manning QB 13 6'3 215 24 3 Mississippi 9 Happy Feller K 6 5'11 185 24 3 Texas 10 Steve O'Neal P 14 6'3 185 27 5 Texas A&M 11 Bivian Lee DB 14 6'3 200 25 3 Prairie View A&M 12 Bobby Scott QB 6 6'1 200 24 1 Tennessee 15 Bob Davis QB 2 6'3 205 28 7 Virginia 17 Speedy Thomas WR 6 6'1 170 26 5 Utah 19 Bill McClard K 8 5'10 202 24 2 Arkansas 20 Ray Jones DB 2 6'0 187 25 4 Southern 21 Nate Ramsey DB 4 6'1 200 32 11 Indiana State 22 Howard Stevens RB 14 5'5 175 23 R Louisville 23 Joe Profit RB 8 6'0 213 24 3 Northeast Louisiana 24 Johnny Fuller DB 13 6'0 185 27 6 Lamar 25 Jerry Moore DB 10 6'3 208 24 3 Arkansas 30 Ernie Jackson DB 14 5'10 175 23 2 Duke 32 Lincoln Minor RB 9 6'2 211 23 1 New Mexico State 34 Jess Phillips RB 14 6'1 210 26 6 Michigan State 35 Henry Matthews RB 6 6'3 203 24 2 Michigan State 36 Bob Brown TE 5 6'3 225 30 5 Alcorn State 37 Tom Myers DB 13 5'11 184 23 2 Syracuse 38 Bill Butler RB 13 6'0 210 23 2 Kansas State 39 Odell Lawson RB 12 6'2 205 24 3 Langston 41 Bob Newland WR 14 6'2 190 25 3 Oregon 44 Mike Fink DB 13 5'11 180 22 R Missouri 46 Danny Abramowicz WR 2 6'1 195 28 7 Xavier 50 Jake Kupp OG 14 6'3 248 32 10 Washington 51 John Didion C 14 6'4 245 26 5 Oregon State 52 Dick Palmer LB 10 6'2 232 26 3 Kentucky 53 Rick Kingrea LB 9 6'1 233 24 3 Tulane 54 Dale Lindsey LB 5 6'3 225 30 9 Western Kentucky 55 Bob Creech LB 2 6'3 228 24 3 Texas Christian 56 Willie Hall LB 7 6'2 225 24 2 Southern California 57 Jim Merlo LB 14 6'1 220 22 R Stanford 58 Joe Federspiel LB 13 6'1 225 23 2 Kentucky 59 Wayne Colman LB 12 6'1 230 27 6 Temple 61 Del Williams OG 14 6'2 240 27 7 Florida State 63 Steve Baumgartner DE 14 6'7 260 22 R Purdue 64 Ray Hester LB 6 6'2 215 24 3 Tulane 66 Royce Smith OG 14 6'3 245 24 2 Georgia 70 Craig Robinson OT 11 6'4 250 24 2 Houston 71 Paul Fersen OT 3 6'5 260 23 R Georgia 72 Joe Owens DE 14 6'2 245 26 4 Alcorn State 73 John Wood DT 2 6'3 249 22 R Louisiana State 74 Derland Moore DT 13 6'4 260 22 R Oklahoma 75 Elex Price DT 14 6'3 260 23 R Alcorn State 76 Don Morrison OT 14 6'5 255 23 3 Texas-Arlington 77 Carl Johnson OT 14 6'3 255 23 2 Nebraska 78 Billy Newsome DE 14 6'4 250 25 4 Grambling 80 Doug Winslow WR 12 5'11 180 22 R Drake 82 Bob Pollard DT 14 6'3 245 24 3 Weber State 83 Len Garrett TE 12 6'3 230 25 3 New Mexico Highlands 84 Preston Riley WR 1 6'0 180 26 4 Memphis 85 John Beasley TE 8 6'3 228 28 6 California 86 Jubilee Dunbar WR 14 6'0 196 24 1 Southern 87 Mike Kelly TE 1 6'4 215 25 4 Davidson 88 Freddie Hyatt WR 1 6'3 200 27 6 Auburn 88 Andy Dorris DE 1 6'4 230 22 R New Mexico State 89 Bert Askson TE 1 6'3 220 27 2 Texas Southern
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Archie Manning 267 140 52.4 1,642 6.15 11.7 10 3.7 12 4.5 28 177 65.2 Bobby Scott 54 18 33.3 245 4.54 13.6 1 1.9 3 5.6 4 29 31.8 Bob Davis 17 5 29.4 14 0.82 2.8 0 0.0 2 11.8 5 36 0.0
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD John Beasley 31 280 9.0 1 Bob Newland 29 489 16.9 4 Jubilee Dunbar 23 447 19.4 4 Jess Phillips 22 169 7.7 0 Bill Butler 19 125 6.6 2 Bob Brown 11 132 12.0 0 Joe Profit 11 108 9.8 0 Doug Winslow 4 45 11.2 0 Howard Stevens 4 39 9.8 0 Len Garrett 2 30 15.0 0 Henry Matthews 2 19 9.5 0 Danny Abramowicz 2 18 9.0 0 Odell Lawson 2 -5 -2.5 0 Lincoln Minor 1 5 5.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Jess Phillips 198 663 3.3 0 Bill Butler 87 348 4.0 1 Archie Manning 63 293 4.7 2 Joe Profit 72 274 3.8 0 Howard Stevens 45 183 4.1 2 Odell Lawson 6 23 3.8 0 Bobby Scott 9 18 2.0 0 Lincoln Minor 3 10 3.3 0 Bob Davis 3 10 3.3 0 Tom Myers 1 8 8.0 0 Bob Newland 1 6 6.0 0 Henry Matthews 4 4 1.0 0 Jubilee Dunbar 3 3 1.0 0 Steve O'Neal 2 -1 -0.5 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Howard Stevens 26 590 22.7 0 Joe Profit 7 144 20.6 0 Odell Lawson 7 118 16.9 0 Mike Fink 5 81 16.2 0 Derland Moore 1 14 14.0 0 Ernie Jackson 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Howard Stevens 17 171 10.1 15 0 Doug Winslow 5 47 9.4 3 0 Tom Myers 0 0 ? 4 0 |
1973 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 2 29 DE Derland Moore 171 Oklahoma 2 51 DE Steve Barmgartner 95 Purdue [pick acquired from WAS via NYJ] 3 66 RB Pete Van Valkenburg 24 Brigham Young [pick acquired from NYJ] 4 86 LB Jim Merlo 88 Stanford [pick acquired from BAL] 6 134 RB Marty Shuford Arizona [pick acquired from NE] 7 158 DB Bill Cahill 19 Washington 8 185 OG Bob Peterson Utah 8 207 WR Doug Winslow 17 Drake [pick acquired from WAS] 9 210 DB Mike Fink 13 Missouri 10 237 RB Jeff Horsley North Carolina Central 11 262 RB James Owens Auburn 12 289 RB Paul Orndorff Tampa 13 314 DT Richard Watkins Weber State 14 341 OT Paul Fersen 4 Georgia 15 366 C Mike Evenson North Dakota State 16 393 RB Howard Stevens 66 Louisville 17 418 TE Bobby Garner Winston-Salem
Traded draft picks: #1 to BAL (Bert Jones), #3 to DEN via WAS, CLE (Paul Howard), #4 to DET (Mike Hennigan), #5 to PIT via WAS (Dave Reavis), #6 to LA via WAS (Jim Peterson)
Transactions:
| 01-29-1973 | traded Richard Neal and Delles Howell to Jets for Washington's #2 pick and the Jets' #3 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 01-29-1973 | traded New Orleans' #1 pick in the 1973 draft to Colts for Billy Newsome and Baltimore's #4 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 03-21-1973 | traded Edd Hargett, Dave Parks and Tom Stincic to Oilers for Kent Nix and Ron Billingsley |
| 04-09-1973 | traded New Orleans' #6 pick in the 1974 draft to Lions for Adrian Young |
| 04-10-1973 | traded Washington's #6 pick in the 1974 draft to Bengals for Mike Kelly |
| 04-16-1973 | traded a draft pick to 49ers for Preston Riley |
| 04-25-1973 | claimed Richard Ciemny on waivers from Jets |
| 06-1973 | traded Al Dodd and Tom Roussel to Falcons for Atlanta's #5 and #8 picks in the 1974 draft |
| 06-05-1973 | traded Julian Fagan, Margene Adkins and New Orleans' #8 pick in the 1974 draft to Jets for Bob Davis, Steve O'Neal and the Jets' #4 pick in the 1974 draft |
| 06-05-1973 | traded ? to Bengals for Drew Buie |
| 06-19-1973 | Rams claimed Joe Williams on waivers |
| 07-09-1973 | traded an undisclosed draft pick to 49ers for Johnny Fuller |
| 07-13-1973 | traded Doug Mooers to Cardinals for an undisclosed draft pick |
| 08-01-1973 | traded James Ford to Oilers for Houston's #6 and #10 picks in the 1974 draft |
| 08-06-1973 | traded an undisclosed draft pick to Jets for Gary Arthur |
| 08-20-1973 | traded Bob Gresham to Oilers for Leo Brooks |
| 08-24-1973 | traded Glen Ray Hines to Raiders for Oakland's #3 and #8 picks in the 1974 draft (?) |
| 08-29-1973 | traded Dave Long to Bills for Buffalo's #6 pick in the 1975 draft |
| 08-29-1973 | traded Washington's #5 pick in the 1974 draft to Patriots for Henry Matthews |
| 08-29-1973 | traded New Orleans' #7 pick in the 1974 draft to Dolphins for Jeff White |
| 08-30-1973 | claimed Charlie Brown on waivers from Redskins |
| 09-03-1973 | traded an undisclosed 1974 draft pick to 49ers for Jubilee Dunbar |
| 09-07-1973 | traded New Orleans' #3 and #5 picks in the 1974 draft to Bengals for Jess Phillips |
| 09-12-1973 | traded New Orleans' #5 pick in the 1975 draft to Bears for Jerry Moore |
| 09-14-1973 | Bills claimed Pete Van Valkenburg on waivers |
| 09-25-1973 | traded Danny Abramowicz to 49ers for San Francisco's #4 and #5 picks in the 1974 draft |
| 09-25-1973 | traded Atlanta's #8 pick in the 1974 draft to Packers for Len Garrett |
| 10-10-1973 | traded New Orleans' #8 pick in the 1975 draft to Cardinals for Andy Dorris |
| 10-23-1973 | traded Oakland's #3 pick in the 1974 draft to Falcons for Joe Profit |
| 11-20-1973 | placed Bob Brown on injured reserve |
| 11-28-1973 | claimed Bob Creech on waivers from Eagles |
1973 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/16/73 vs Atlanta Falcons L 7-62 0-1-0 09/24/73 at Dallas Cowboys L 3-40 0-2-0 09/30/73 at Baltimore Colts L 10-14 0-3-0 10/07/73 vs Chicago Bears W 21-16 1-3-0 10/14/73 vs Detroit Lions W 20-13 2-3-0 10/21/73 at San Francisco 49ers L 0-40 2-4-0 10/28/73 vs Washington Redskins W 19-3 3-4-0 11/04/73 vs Buffalo Bills W 13-0 4-4-0 11/11/73 at Los Angeles Rams L 7-29 4-5-0 11/18/73 at San Diego Chargers L 14-17 4-6-0 11/25/73 vs Los Angeles Rams L 13-24 4-7-0 12/02/73 at Green Bay Packers L 10-30 4-8-0 12/09/73 vs San Francisco 49ers W 16-10 5-8-0 12/16/73 at Atlanta Falcons L 10-14 5-9-0