1971 New Orleans Saints Statistics
Team Record: 4-8-2
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: J.D. Roberts (4-8-2)
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
1971 New Orleans Saints Results
The New Orleans Saints of the National Football League ended the 1971 season with a record of 4 wins and 8 losses and 2 ties, finishing fourth in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference.
The Saints racked up 266 points, but the shaky defensive squad conceded 347. Jim Strong carried the ball for a team-leading 404 yards for New Orleans, while Bob Gresham and James Ford additionally contributed to the rushing attack.
Edd Hargett tossed for 1,191 yards, and Archie Manning took a significant amount of snaps also. Danny Abramowicz grabbed 37 passes for 657 yards, while Dave Parks contributed to the receiving game, too.
The opportunistic defense pounced on 45 turnovers. Delles Howell and Hugo Hollas each seized 5 opponent throws.
J.D. Roberts coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edd Hargett | 210 | 96 | 45.7 | 1191 | 5.7 | 6 | 2.9 | 5 | 2.4 | 49 | 10 | 68 | 63.4 |
| Archie Manning | 177 | 86 | 48.6 | 1164 | 6.6 | 6 | 3.4 | 9 | 5.1 | 63 | 40 | 332 | 60.1 |
| Totals | 387 | 182 | 47.0 | 2355 | 6.1 | 12 | 3.1 | 14 | 3.6 | 63 | 50 | 400 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Strong | 95 | 404 | 4.3 | 39 | 3 |
| Bob Gresham | 127 | 383 | 3.0 | 18 | 6 |
| James Ford | 93 | 379 | 4.1 | 35 | 2 |
| Archie Manning | 33 | 172 | 5.2 | 17 | 4 |
| Hoyle Granger | 32 | 139 | 4.3 | 16 | 1 |
| Tony Baker | 29 | 125 | 4.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Virgil Robinson | 29 | 96 | 3.3 | 12 | 1 |
| Edd Hargett | 9 | 24 | 2.7 | 11 | 1 |
| Al Dodd | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Billy Harris | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dave Parks | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Julian Fagan | 1 | -17 | -17.0 | -17 | 0 |
| Totals | 452 | 1711 | 3.8 | 39 | 18 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Abramowicz | 37 | 657 | 17.8 | 63 | 5 |
| Dave Parks | 35 | 568 | 16.2 | 42 | 5 |
| Bob Newland | 21 | 319 | 15.2 | 44 | 0 |
| Bob Gresham | 17 | 203 | 11.9 | 37 | 0 |
| Jim Strong | 16 | 78 | 4.9 | 14 | 0 |
| Al Dodd | 15 | 298 | 19.9 | 49 | 0 |
| Virgil Robinson | 12 | 53 | 4.4 | 17 | 1 |
| Hoyle Granger | 12 | 52 | 4.3 | 11 | 0 |
| James Ford | 7 | 54 | 7.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Tony Baker | 6 | 44 | 7.3 | 29 | 1 |
| Don Burchfield | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Archie Manning | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| Totals | 182 | 2355 | 12.9 | 63 | 12 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Durkee | 25 | 24 | 96.0 | 23 | 16 | 69.6 | 72 |
| Skip Butler | 6 | 5 | 83.3 | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 8 |
| Totals | 31 | 29 | 93.5 | 28 | 17 | 60.7 | 80 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julian Fagan | 77 | 3188 | 41.4 | 64 |
| Totals | 77 | 3188 | 41.4 | 64 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Dodd | 13 | 88 | 6.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Reynaud Moore | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Danny Abramowicz | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 16 | 100 | 6.2 | 14 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virgil Robinson | 19 | 443 | 23.3 | 51 | 0 |
| Al Dodd | 12 | 252 | 21.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Reynaud Moore | 11 | 246 | 22.4 | 31 | 0 |
| Jim Strong | 9 | 134 | 14.9 | 20 | 0 |
| Bob Gresham | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Don Burchfield | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dick Absher | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 56 | 1143 | 20.4 | 51 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delles Howell | 5 | 120 | 24.0 | 60 | 0 |
| Hugo Hollas | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 25 | 0 |
| Doug Wyatt | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 55 | 1 |
| Dee Martin | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Dick Absher | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Jim Flanigan | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Wayne Colman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 20 | 342 | 17.1 | 60 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Long | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Neal | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Archie Manning | 7 | 3 | -2 | 0 | |||
| Ray Hester | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Edd Hargett | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dee Martin | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wayne Colman | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Owens | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Absher | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Strong | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| James Ford | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Pollard | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Shinners | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Dodd | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bivian Lee | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Del Williams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Danny Abramowicz | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jake Kupp | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Parks | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Hoyle Granger | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Flanigan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Virgil Robinson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dave Kopay | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Gresham | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Newland | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Morrison | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Reynaud Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tony Baker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Didion | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 29 | 43 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Charlie Durkee | 16 | 24 | 0 | 72 | ||||||||||
| Bob Gresham | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
| Dave Parks | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Danny Abramowicz | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Archie Manning | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Jim Strong | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Virgil Robinson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| James Ford | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Skip Butler | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Edd Hargett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Tony Baker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Hoyle Granger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Doug Wyatt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 18 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 266 |
