1997 New Orleans Saints Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 6-10-0, 4th in NFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Mike Ditka (6-10-0)

Points For: 237 (14.8/g) 30th of 30

Points Against: 327 (20.4/g) 16th of 30

Expected W-L: 5.1-10.9

SRS: -7.39 (28th of 30), SOS: -1.76

Offensive Coordinator: Danny Abramowicz

Defensive Coordinator: Zaven Yaralian

Other Notable Asst.: Tom Clements (Quarterbacks), Walt Corey (Defensive Line), Jack Del Rio (Strength and Conditioning), Tom Moore (Running Backs), John Pagano (Defensive Assistant), Willie Shaw (Defensive Backs), Dick Stanfel (Offensive Line) and Rick Venturi (Linebackers/AHC)

Stadium: Louisiana Superdome

Owner/President: Tom Benson

General Manager: Bill Kuharich

Offensive Scheme: Smashmouth

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +10000; O/U: 6.0

Training Camp: UW La Crosse (La Crosse, Wisconsin)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	237	4045	925	4.4	55	22	229	228	458	2584	13	33	5.1	127	417	1461	9	3.5	78	101	811	24
Opp. Stats	327	4645	1073	4.3	31	15	280	293	518	2881	21	16	5.0	168	496	1764	11	3.6	95	110	895	17
Lg Rank Offense	30	30			30	30	30		27	27	29	30	24		25	27	22	26
Lg Rank Defense	16	4			9	7	8		14	6	15	13	4		24	14	10	4

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense					Expected Points
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	Offense	Defense	Sp. Tms
1	Sun	August 31	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1	@	St. Louis Rams	24	38	13	241	159	82	5	20	403	214	189	1	-14.22	-8.40	7.10
2	Sun	September 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-2		San Diego Chargers	6	20	14	243	178	65	6	11	230	171	59	2	-25.51	16.95	-3.44
3	Sun	September 14	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-3	@	San Francisco 49ers	7	33	12	260	176	84	8	17	304	213	91	1	-25.54	1.20	-3.66
4	Sun	September 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-3		Detroit Lions	35	17	21	385	213	172		22	355	237	118	4	20.07	4.01	-7.50
5	Sun	September 28	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-4	@	New York Giants	9	14	14	266	193	73	2	18	264	159	105	2	-13.06	5.44	3.72
6	Sun	October 5	8:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-4	@	Chicago Bears	20	17	11	322	185	137	3	19	266	165	101		-16.79	12.60	3.99
7	Sun	October 12	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-5		Atlanta Falcons	17	23	13	179	99	80	4	14	166	77	89	2	-23.14	11.36	5.08
8	Sun	October 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-6		Carolina Panthers	0	13	15	200	89	111	2	15	269	196	73	1	-17.96	3.41	-0.22
9	Sun	October 26	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-7		San Francisco 49ers	0	23	6	142	87	55	2	21	347	210	137		-22.12	-3.90	4.26
10									Bye Week
11	Sun	November 9	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-7	@	Oakland Raiders	13	10	17	213	154	59	1	12	221	189	32	2	-13.56	15.51	2.72
12	Sun	November 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	4-7		Seattle Seahawks	20	17	14	177	102	75	5	19	340	229	111	4	-27.52	13.86	15.67
13	Sun	November 23	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-8	@	Atlanta Falcons	3	20	11	173	118	55	5	16	269	177	92	1	-29.68	7.76	3.54
14	Sun	November 30	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-8	@	Carolina Panthers	16	13	18	326	190	136	2	21	427	241	186	4	-1.76	12.77	-8.87
15	Sun	December 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-9		St. Louis Rams	27	34	16	284	240	44	4	23	343	229	114	3	-18.15	24.99	-12.90
16	Sun	December 14	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-9		Arizona Cardinals	27	10	17	382	252	130	1	18	265	154	111	4	-0.53	23.45	-6.21
17	Sun	December 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-10	@	Kansas City Chiefs	13	25	17	252	149	103	5	14	176	20	156		-10.88	28.79	-28.51

Passing

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1	Heath Shuler	26	QB	10	9	4-5-0	106	203	52.2	1288	2	1.0	14	6.9	54	33.9	89	6.3	3.44	12.2	128.8	46.6	21	132	9.38	5.16	2.53	3	2
2	Billy Joe Hobert	26	QB	5	4	2-2-0	61	131	46.6	891	6	4.6	8	6.1	39	37.8	49	6.8	4.97	14.6	178.2	59.0	4	29	2.96	6.39	4.61	0	2
3	Danny Wuerffel	23	QB	7	2	0-2-0	42	91	46.2	518	4	4.4	8	8.8	21	29.4	47	5.7	2.62	12.3	74.0	42.3	18	116	16.51	3.69	1.12	0	0
4	Doug Nussmeier	27	QB	3	1	0-1-0	18	32	56.3	183	0	0.0	3	9.4	8	34.2	24	5.7	1.50	10.2	61.0	33.7	6	32	15.79	3.97	0.42	0	0
5	Mario Bates	24	RB	12	7		1	1	100.0	21	1	100.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	21	21.0	41.00	21.0	1.8	158.3	0	0	0.00	21.00	41.00	0	0
6	Randal Hill	28	WR	15	15		0	0		0	0		0		0						0.0		1	8	100.00	-8.00	-8.00	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	6-10-0	228	458	49.8	2584	13	2.8	33	7.2	127	34.1	89	6.3	2.97	12.7	161.5	49.4	50	317	9.84	5.09	2.68	3	4

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Ray Zellars	24	FB	16	16	156	552	4	30	40.4	27	3.5	34.5	9.8	43	31	263	8.5	0	6	37.2	38	1.9	16.4	72.1	6.1	187	4.4	815	4	6
2	Randal Hill	28	WR	15	15	1	11	0	1	100.0	11	11.0	0.7	0.1	95	55	761	13.8	2	30	47.4	89	3.7	50.7	57.9	8.0	56	13.8	772	2	0
3	Andre Hastings	27	WR	16	16	4	35	0	1	25.0	27	8.8	2.2	0.3	118	48	722	15.0	5	34	36.4	39	3.0	45.1	40.7	6.1	52	14.6	757	5	1
4	Mario Bates	24	RB	12	7	119	440	4	24	40.3	74	3.7	36.7	9.9	11	5	42	8.4	0	2	27.3	15	0.4	3.5	45.5	3.8	124	3.9	482	4	2
5	Eric Guliford	28	WR	16	2	1	-2	0	0	0.0	-2	-2.0	-0.1	0.1	56	27	362	13.4	1	19	39.3	47	1.7	22.6	48.2	6.5	28	12.9	360	1	2
6	Troy Davis	22	RB	16	7	75	271	0	11	40.0	20	3.6	16.9	4.7	18	13	85	6.5	0	4	33.3	18	0.8	5.3	72.2	4.7	88	4.0	356	0	3
7	John Farquhar	25	TE	11	8	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	26	17	253	14.9	1	10	53.8	42	1.5	23.0	65.4	9.7	17	14.9	253	1	0
8	Irv Smith	26	TE	11	8	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	36	17	180	10.6	1	7	33.3	25	1.5	16.4	47.2	5.0	17	10.6	180	1	1
9	Keith Poole	23	WR	3	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	6	4	98	24.5	2	4	66.7	49	1.3	32.7	66.7	16.3	4	24.5	98	2	0
10	Brett Bech	26	WR	10	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	10	3	50	16.7	0	2	20.0	22	0.3	5.0	30.0	5.0	3	16.7	50	0	0
11	Daryl Hobbs	29	WR	4	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	8	2	41	20.5	1	2	25.0	21	0.5	10.3	25.0	5.1	2	20.5	41	1	0
12	Heath Shuler	26	QB	10	9	22	38	1	4	31.8	8	1.7	3.8	2.2	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			22	1.7	38	1	8
13	Billy Joe Hobert	26	QB	5	4	12	36	0	3	33.3	15	3.0	7.2	2.4	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			12	3.0	36	0	2
14	Fred McCrary	25	FB	7	0	8	15	0	0	37.5	8	1.9	2.1	1.1	4	4	17	4.3	0	2	50.0	11	0.6	2.4	100.0	4.3	12	2.7	32	0	0
15	Doug Nussmeier	27	QB	3	1	8	30	0	4	50.0	15	3.8	10.0	2.7	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			8	3.8	30	0	1
16	Danny Wuerffel	23	QB	7	2	6	26	0	1	50.0	10	4.3	3.7	0.9	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			6	4.3	26	0	2
17	Nick Savoie	24	TE	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0	1	14	14.0	0	0		14	1.0	14.0			1	14.0	14	0	0
18	Tony Johnson	25	TE	7	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	13	13.0	0	0	0.0	13	0.1	1.9	100.0	13.0	1	13.0	13	0	1
19	Wes Bender	27	RB	11	0	5	9	0	0	0.0	6	1.8	0.8	0.5	4	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5	1.8	9	0	1
20	Mercury Hayes	24	WR	4	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	417	1461	9	78	39.3	74	3.5	91.3	26.1	437	228	2901	12.7	13	122	39.1	89	14.3	181.3	52.2	6.6	645	6.8	4362	22	34

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Eric Allen	32	RCB	16	16	2	27	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	50	45	5	0
2	Jerry Fontenot	31	C	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
3	Andre Hastings	27	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
4	Joe Johnson	25	RDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	8.5	46	39	7	0
5	Wayne Martin	32	LDT	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	10.5	63	54	9	0
6	Winfred Tubbs	27	MLB	16	16	2	21	0	15	2	0	2	0	0	2.5	160	116	44	0	AP-2
7	Ray Zellars	24	FB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
8	Mark Fields	25	RLB	16	15	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	28	1	8.0	108	88	20	0
9	Randal Hill	28	WR	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
10	Clarence Jones	29	RT	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
11	Alex Molden	24	LCB	16	15	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	4.0	68	57	11	0
12	Richard Harvey	31	LLB	14	13	1	7	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	3.0	50	43	7	0
13	Darren Mickell	27	LDE	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	0	3.5	33	20	13	0
14	Pio Sagapolutele	28	RDT	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	35	24	11	0
15	Sammy Knight	22	FS	16	12	5	75	0	39	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	84	67	17	0	AP DRoY-2
16	Anthony Newman	32	SS	12	12	3	19	0	17	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	63	53	10	0
17	Heath Shuler	26	QB	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	8	3	-20	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
18	Irv Smith	26	TE	11	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
19	Mario Bates	24	RB	12	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
20	Troy Davis	22	RB	16	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Vashone Adams	24	DB	5	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	21	17	4	0
22	Billy Joe Hobert	26	QB	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
23	La'Roi Glover	23	DT	15	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	6.5	33	24	9	0
24	Eric Guliford	28	WR	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	Chris Hewitt	23	DB	11	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	16	12	4	0
26	Rob Kelly	23	DB	16	2	1	15	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	19	14	5	0
27	Keith Mitchell	23	LB	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	24	20	4	0
28	Brady Smith	24	DE	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	30	22	8	0
29	Mickey Washington	29	DB	16	2	2	30	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	45	40	5	0
30	Danny Wuerffel	23	QB	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
31	Donovan Greer	23	DB	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0
32	Tony Johnson	25	TE	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
33	Doug Nussmeier	27	QB	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-4	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
34	Jared Tomich	23	DE	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.0	12	11	1	0
35	Brett Bech	26	WR	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
36	Wes Bender	27	RB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
37	Je'Rod Cherry	24	DB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	6	6	0	0
38	Ernest Dixon	26	LB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	4	2	2	0
39	Austin Robbins	26	DT	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	6	6	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	16	0	0			34	12	15	1	59				0