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1998 New Orleans Saints Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 6-10-0, 3rd in NFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Mike Ditka (6-10-0)

Points For: 305 (19.1/g) 21st of 30

Points Against: 359 (22.4/g) 21st of 30

Expected W-L: 6.5-9.5

SRS: .11 (14th of 30), SOS: 3.49

Offensive Coordinator: Danny Abramowicz

Defensive Coordinator: Zaven Yaralian

Other Notable Asst.: Tom Clements (Quarterbacks), Walt Corey (Defensive Line), Jack Del Rio (Strength and Conditioning), Dick Stanfel (Offensive Line) and Rick Venturi (Defensive Backs/AHC)

Stadium: Louisiana Superdome

Owner/President: Tom Benson

General Manager: Bill Kuharich

Offensive Scheme: Smashmouth

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +15000; O/U: 5.5

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	305	4463	966	4.6	33	14	258	278	535	3138	19	19	5.3	165	374	1325	6	3.5	67	121	928	26
Opp. Stats	359	5668	1053	5.4	32	11	326	328	539	3968	24	21	6.8	208	467	1700	13	3.6	86	132	1164	32
Lg Rank Offense	21	28			21	19	29		11	18	18	24	24		30	30	29	27
Lg Rank Defense	21	26			10	15	28		19	30	21	4	28		15	16	19	8

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	September 6	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0	@	St. Louis Rams	24	17	15	232	197	35	1	23	314	267	47	2	-2.98	8.95	0.60
2	Sun	September 13	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0		Carolina Panthers	19	14	18	311	104	207		20	375	238	137	3	-2.73	6.47	1.42
3									Bye Week
4	Sun	September 27	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	3-0	@	Indianapolis Colts	19	13	14	320	137	183	1	16	357	292	65	3	-9.00	12.26	2.34
5	Sun	October 4	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-1		New England Patriots	27	30	19	276	237	39	2	20	388	291	97	4	-7.45	8.24	-2.85
6	Sun	October 11	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-2		San Francisco 49ers	0	31	10	167	135	32	1	30	459	319	140		-21.92	-7.36	6.50
7	Sun	October 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-3	@	Atlanta Falcons	23	31	15	322	255	67	4	19	297	163	134		-6.84	-9.45	3.82
8	Sun	October 25	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-3		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	9	3	12	266	210	56	1	11	238	180	58	3	-17.55	22.85	2.33
9	Sun	November 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-4	@	Carolina Panthers	17	31	21	354	301	53	4	16	216	110	106	2	-8.42	7.56	-11.16
10	Sun	November 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-5	@	Minnesota Vikings	24	31	11	190	138	52	1	23	465	303	162	2	-4.94	-7.41	1.44
11	Sun	November 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-5		St. Louis Rams	24	3	13	237	135	102		17	234	179	55	3	-6.94	28.02	-2.83
12	Sun	November 22	8:20PM ET	boxscore	L		5-6	@	San Francisco 49ers	20	31	23	401	311	90	4	23	443	289	154	3	4.62	-9.56	-10.78
13	Sun	November 29	4:15PM ET	boxscore	L		5-7	@	Miami Dolphins	10	30	11	157	70	87	4	24	375	255	120	1	-21.76	1.60	0.23
14	Sun	December 6	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-7		Dallas Cowboys	22	3	17	328	215	113	2	10	182	174	8		-9.24	15.29	5.36
15	Sun	December 13	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-8		Atlanta Falcons	17	27	15	216	164	52	4	25	504	322	182	3	-11.75	-2.08	1.34
16	Sun	December 20	4:15PM ET	boxscore	L		6-9	@	Arizona Cardinals	17	19	18	320	238	82	1	28	513	394	119	3	-5.15	-3.51	6.66
17	Sun	December 27	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-10		Buffalo Bills	33	45	26	366	291	75	3	21	308	192	116		1.28	-15.86	3.41

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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	Billy Joe Tolliver	32	QB	7	4	1-3-0	110	199	55.3	1427	8	4.0	4	2.0	66	42.4	82	7.2	7.07	13.0	203.9	83.1	11	88	5.24	6.38	6.28	0	0
2	Kerry Collins	26	QB	7	7	2-5-0	94	191	49.2	1202	4	2.1	10	5.2	57	35.8	89	6.3	4.36	12.8	171.7	54.5	21	140	9.91	5.01	3.26	0	0
3	Danny Wuerffel	24	QB	5	4	2-2-0	62	119	52.1	695	5	4.2	5	4.2	35	31.0	64	5.8	4.79	11.2	139.0	66.3	23	131	16.20	3.97	3.09	2	2
4	Billy Joe Hobert	27	QB	1	1	1-0-0	11	23	47.8	170	1	4.3	0	0.0	8	40.0	35	7.4	8.26	15.5	170.0	87.2	2	17	8.00	6.12	6.92	0	0
5	Lamar Smith	28	RB	14	9		1	2	50.0	20	1	50.0	0	0.0	1	50.0	20	10.0	20.00	20.0	1.4	125.0	0	0	0.00	10.00	20.00	0	0
6	Aaron Craver	30	FB	16	10		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0			0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	6-10-0	278	535	52.0	3138	19	3.6	19	3.6	165	37.2	89	6.6	4.98	12.6	196.1	69.8	57	376	9.63	5.30	4.50	2	2

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	Sean Dawkins	27	WR	15	15	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	106	53	823	15.5	1	40	46.2	64	3.5	54.9	50.0	7.8	53	15.5	823	1	2
2	Lamar Smith	28	RB	14	9	138	457	1	21	29.7	33	3.3	32.6	9.9	36	24	249	10.4	2	12	41.7	35	1.7	17.8	66.7	6.9	162	4.4	706	3	4
3	Cam Cleeland	23	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	88	54	684	12.7	6	37	52.3	53	3.4	42.8	61.4	7.8	54	12.7	684	6	1
4	Keith Poole	24	WR	15	4	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	51	24	509	21.2	2	20	43.1	82	1.6	33.9	47.1	10.0	24	21.2	509	2	0
5	Andre Hastings	28	WR	16	12	3	32	0	2	66.7	16	10.7	2.0	0.2	87	35	455	13.0	3	23	36.8	89	2.2	28.4	40.2	5.2	38	12.8	487	3	0
6	Aaron Craver	30	FB	16	10	45	180	2	11	51.1	25	4.0	11.3	2.8	47	33	214	6.5	2	9	38.3	49	2.1	13.4	70.2	4.6	78	5.1	394	4	2
7	Brett Bech	27	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	24	14	264	18.9	3	12	54.2	72	0.9	16.5	58.3	11.0	14	18.9	264	3	0
8	Troy Davis	23	RB	14	2	55	143	1	6	30.9	14	2.6	10.2	3.9	21	16	99	6.2	0	3	38.1	19	1.1	7.1	76.2	4.7	71	3.4	242	1	1
9	Ray Zellars	25	FB	11	7	56	162	1	7	33.9	15	2.9	14.7	5.1	16	10	50	5.0	0	1	37.5	14	0.9	4.5	62.5	3.1	66	3.2	212	1	2
10	Eric Guliford	29	WR	5	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	19	10	124	12.4	0	6	36.8	24	2.0	24.8	52.6	6.5	10	12.4	124	0	1
11	Wilmont Perry	23	RB	6	2	30	122	0	10	60.0	19	4.1	20.3	5.0	6	1	2	2.0	0	0	0.0	2	0.2	0.3	16.7	0.3	31	4.0	124	0	1
12	Kerry Collins	26	QB	7	7	23	113	1	5	43.5	20	4.9	16.1	3.3	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			23	4.9	113	1	8
13	Danny Wuerffel	24	QB	5	4	11	60	0	3	36.4	18	5.5	12.0	2.2	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			11	5.5	60	0	1
14	Billy Joe Tolliver	32	QB	7	4	11	43	0	4	63.6	16	3.9	6.1	1.6	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			11	3.9	43	0	3
15	John Farquhar	26	TE	5	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	5	1	13	13.0	0	1	20.0	13	0.2	2.6	20.0	2.6	1	13.0	13	0	0
16	Billy Joe Hobert	27	QB	1	1	2	13	0	1	50.0	14	6.5	13.0	2.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			2	6.5	13	0	0
17	Scott Slutzker	26	TE	3	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	10	10.0	0	1	100.0	10	0.3	3.3	100.0	10.0	1	10.0	10	0	0
18	Josh Wilcox	24	TE	3	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	10	10.0	0	1	100.0	10	0.3	3.3	100.0	10.0	1	10.0	10	0	0
19	Tony Johnson	26	TE	11	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	4	1	8	8.0	0	1	25.0	8	0.1	0.7	25.0	2.0	1	8.0	8	0	0
20	Qadry Ismail	28	WR	10	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	4	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	2
21	Alonzo Johnson	25	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	374	1325	6	67	38.0	33	3.5	82.8	23.4	518	278	3514	12.6	19	167	42.5	89	17.4	219.6	53.7	6.8	652	7.4	4839	25	28

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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	Cam Cleeland	23	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
2	Chad Cota	27	SS	16	16	4	16	0	9	1	0	1	0	0	2.0	96	71	25	0
3	Joe Johnson	26	RDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	1	7.0	70	54	16	0	PB
4	Wayne Martin	33	LDT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.0	46	38	8	1
5	Chris Naeole	24	RG	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
6	Sean Dawkins	27	WR	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
7	Tyronne Drakeford	27	RCB	16	15	4	76	1	32	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	76	65	11	0
8	Mark Fields	26	RLB	15	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	36	1	6.0	109	82	27	0
9	La'Roi Glover	24	RDT	16	15	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	10.0	67	59	8	0	AP-2
10	Keith Mitchell	24	LLB	16	15	0	0	0	0	4	0	3	63	1	2.5	66	42	24	0
11	Alex Molden	25	LCB	16	15	2	35	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	62	54	8	0
12	Clarence Jones	30	RT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
13	Sammy Knight	23	FS	14	13	6	171	2	91	0	0	2	3	0	0.0	75	62	13	0
14	Andre Hastings	28	WR	16	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
15	Jared Tomich	24	LDE	16	11	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	6.0	26	21	5	0
16	Aaron Craver	30	FB	16	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
17	Lamar Smith	28	RB	14	9	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
18	Kevin Mitchell	27	MLB	8	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2.5	56	31	25	0
19	Kerry Collins	26	QB	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	8	2	-8	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
20	Ray Zellars	25	FB	11	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Chris Bordano	24	MLB	16	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	62	46	16	0
22	Andy McCollum	28	LG	16	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
23	Brady Smith	25	LDE	14	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	12	10	2	0
24	Billy Joe Tolliver	32	QB	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	-13	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	Danny Wuerffel	24	QB	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	Ink Aleaga	25	LB	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	13	8	5	0
27	Rob Kelly	24	DB	16	3	2	104	1	79	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	31	22	9	0
28	Troy Davis	23	RB	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
29	Chris Hewitt	24	DB	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	11	9	2	0
30	Wilmont Perry	23	RB	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
31	Eric Guliford	29	WR	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
32	Qadry Ismail	28	WR	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
33	Austin Robbins	27	DT	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.0	11	6	5	0
34	Fred Weary	24	DB	14	1	2	64	1	63	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	34	28	6	0
35	Je'Rod Cherry	25	DB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	27	23	4	0
36	Don Davis	26	LB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	2	2	0
37	Julian Pittman	23	DE	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	0	2	0
38	Vinson Smith	33	LB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	4	0	0
39	Troy Wilson	28	DE	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	12	9	3	0
	Team Totals			16	16	21	0	5			28	14	93	4	47				2