
1972 New Orleans Saints Statistics
Team Record: 2-11-1
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: J.D. Roberts (2-11-1)
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
1972 New Orleans Saints Results
The New Orleans Saints of the National Football League ended the 1972 season with a record of 2 wins and 11 losses and 1 ties, finishing fourth in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference.
New Orleans chalked up 215 points, while the shaky defensive squad allowed 361. Archie Manning tossed for 2,781 yards. Bob Newland grabbed 47 passes, while Danny Abramowicz added 668 receiving yards, while Dave Parks was targeted regularly, too.
Bob Gresham carried the ball for a team-leading 381 yards for the Saints, while Archie Manning also buoyed the ground attack.
Bivian Lee picked off 4 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Archie Manning | 448 | 230 | 51.3 | 2781 | 6.2 | 18 | 4.0 | 21 | 4.7 | 66 | 43 | 347 | 64.6 |
Bob Gresham | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Totals | 449 | 230 | 51.2 | 2781 | 6.2 | 18 | 4.0 | 21 | 4.7 | 66 | 43 | 347 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Gresham | 121 | 381 | 3.1 | 23 | 3 |
Archie Manning | 63 | 351 | 5.6 | 18 | 2 |
Bill Butler | 54 | 233 | 4.3 | 27 | 0 |
Jim Strong | 37 | 120 | 3.2 | 9 | 0 |
Joe Williams | 31 | 72 | 2.3 | 11 | 0 |
Arthur Green | 14 | 51 | 3.6 | 14 | 0 |
James Ford | 11 | 28 | 2.5 | 9 | 0 |
Virgil Robinson | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 5 | 0 |
Dave Parks | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
Totals | 337 | 1230 | 3.6 | 27 | 5 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Newland | 47 | 579 | 12.3 | 42 | 2 |
Danny Abramowicz | 38 | 668 | 17.6 | 51 | 7 |
Dave Parks | 32 | 542 | 16.9 | 66 | 6 |
Bob Gresham | 29 | 192 | 6.6 | 54 | 0 |
Bill Butler | 25 | 226 | 9.0 | 21 | 2 |
Joe Williams | 16 | 116 | 7.2 | 32 | 0 |
Jim Strong | 14 | 123 | 8.8 | 16 | 0 |
Robert Brown | 11 | 175 | 15.9 | 34 | 1 |
Margene Adkins | 9 | 96 | 10.7 | 38 | 0 |
Arthur Green | 7 | 49 | 7.0 | 15 | 0 |
James Ford | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Creston Whitaker | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Totals | 230 | 2781 | 12.1 | 66 | 18 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Happy Feller | 11 | 10 | 90.9 | 11 | 6 | 54.5 | 28 |
Charlie Durkee | 9 | 9 | 100.0 | 9 | 3 | 33.3 | 18 |
Toni Linhart | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 11 |
Totals | 25 | 24 | 96.0 | 25 | 11 | 44.0 | 57 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Julian Fagan | 71 | 2899 | 40.8 | 71 |
Totals | 71 | 2899 | 40.8 | 71 |
Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Margene Adkins | 43 | 1020 | 23.7 | 61 | 0 |
Arthur Green | 8 | 187 | 23.4 | 58 | 0 |
Jim Strong | 4 | 53 | 13.2 | 22 | 0 |
Joe Williams | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 15 | 0 |
Bill Butler | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Hugo Hollas | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
Bob Newland | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Remi Prudhomme | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 62 | 1312 | 21.2 | 61 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bivian Lee | 4 | 65 | 16.2 | 32 | 0 |
Ernie Jackson | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 31 | 0 |
Tom Myers | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Roussel | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 11 | 0 |
Hugo Hollas | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Delles Howell | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Totals | 14 | 141 | 10.1 | 32 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Archie Manning | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
Hugo Hollas | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Julian Fagan | 1 | 2 | -6 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joe Williams | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Pollard | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ray Hester | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Doug Wyatt | 0 | 2 | 45 | 1 | 0 | ||
Tom Myers | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Margene Adkins | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bill Butler | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Carl Johnson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Richard Neal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ernie Jackson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 1 | 0 | |
Arthur Green | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Doug Mooers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tom Roussel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Danny Abramowicz | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Del Williams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Gresham | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jim Strong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Didion | 1 | 0 | -29 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Newland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Remi Prudhomme | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 33 | 28 | 96 | 2 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Danny Abramowicz | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||||
Dave Parks | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
Happy Feller | 6 | 10 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||||
Bob Gresham | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Charlie Durkee | 3 | 9 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
Bill Butler | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
Bob Newland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Archie Manning | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Toni Linhart | 2 | 5 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
Ernie Jackson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Doug Wyatt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Robert Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Richard Neal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Joe Owens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
Totals | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 215 |