
1973 New Orleans Saints Statistics
Team Record: 5-9
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: John North (5-9)
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
1973 New Orleans Saints Results
The New Orleans Saints of the National Football League ended the 1973 season with a record of 5 wins and 9 losses, finishing third in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference.
The Saints managed just 163 points, worst in the league, and the defense allowed 312. Jess Phillips carried the ball for a team-leading 663 yards for New Orleans.
Archie Manning passed for 1,642 yards. John Beasley topped pass catchers, grabbing 31 passes, while Bob Newland added 489 receiving yards, while Jubilee Dunbar contributed to the receiving game also.
Bivian Lee, Ernie Jackson, Jim Merlo and Tom Myers each picked off 3 opponent throws.
John North 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 | 267 | 140 | 52.4 | 1642 | 6.1 | 10 | 3.7 | 12 | 4.5 | 65 | 28 | 177 | 65.2 |
Bobby Scott | 54 | 18 | 33.3 | 245 | 4.5 | 1 | 1.9 | 3 | 5.6 | 42 | 4 | 29 | 31.8 |
Bob Davis | 17 | 5 | 29.4 | 14 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 11.8 | 14 | 5 | 36 | 0.0 |
Totals | 338 | 163 | 48.2 | 1901 | 5.6 | 11 | 3.3 | 17 | 5.0 | 65 | 37 | 242 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jess Phillips | 198 | 663 | 3.3 | 20 | 0 |
Bill Butler | 87 | 348 | 4.0 | 19 | 1 |
Archie Manning | 63 | 293 | 4.7 | 23 | 2 |
Joe Profit | 72 | 274 | 3.8 | 22 | 0 |
Howard Stevens | 45 | 183 | 4.1 | 15 | 2 |
Odell Lawson | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 11 | 0 |
Bobby Scott | 9 | 18 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
Bob Davis | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
Lincoln Minor | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 8 | 0 |
Tom Myers | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Bob Newland | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Henry Matthews | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
Jubilee Dunbar | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 13 | 0 |
Steve O'Neal | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 6 | 0 |
Totals | 497 | 1842 | 3.7 | 23 | 5 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Beasley | 31 | 280 | 9.0 | 15 | 1 |
Bob Newland | 29 | 489 | 16.9 | 42 | 4 |
Jubilee Dunbar | 23 | 447 | 19.4 | 65 | 4 |
Jess Phillips | 22 | 169 | 7.7 | 34 | 0 |
Bill Butler | 19 | 125 | 6.6 | 16 | 2 |
Robert Brown | 11 | 132 | 12.0 | 26 | 0 |
Joe Profit | 11 | 108 | 9.8 | 26 | 0 |
Doug Winslow | 4 | 45 | 11.2 | 14 | 0 |
Howard Stevens | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 14 | 0 |
Len Garrett | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 22 | 0 |
Henry Matthews | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 12 | 0 |
Danny Abramowicz | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 |
Odell Lawson | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 4 | 0 |
Lincoln Minor | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Totals | 163 | 1901 | 11.7 | 65 | 11 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill McClard | 9 | 9 | 100.0 | 24 | 13 | 54.2 | 48 |
Happy Feller | 7 | 7 | 100.0 | 12 | 4 | 33.3 | 19 |
Totals | 16 | 16 | 100.0 | 36 | 17 | 47.2 | 67 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Steve O'Neal | 81 | 3375 | 41.7 | 71 |
Totals | 81 | 3375 | 41.7 | 71 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Howard Stevens | 17 | 171 | 10.1 | 37 | 0 |
Doug Winslow | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 17 | 0 |
Totals | 22 | 218 | 9.9 | 37 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Howard Stevens | 26 | 590 | 22.7 | 48 | 0 |
Joe Profit | 7 | 144 | 20.6 | 26 | 0 |
Odell Lawson | 7 | 118 | 16.9 | 27 | 0 |
Mike Fink | 5 | 81 | 16.2 | 24 | 0 |
Derland Moore | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Ernie Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 47 | 947 | 20.1 | 48 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ernie Jackson | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 23 | 0 |
Tom Myers | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 20 | 0 |
Jim Merlo | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 16 | 0 |
Bivian Lee | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 12 | 0 |
Joe Owens | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Billy Newsome | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Joe Federspiel | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Derland Moore | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 16 | 126 | 7.9 | 23 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jess Phillips | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jake Kupp | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ernie Jackson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Howard Stevens | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bivian Lee | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Merlo | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
Archie Manning | 9 | 2 | -15 | 0 | |||
Wayne Colman | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Don Morrison | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Carl Johnson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tom Myers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
Willie Hall | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joe Federspiel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Derland Moore | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Royce Smith | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Henry Matthews | 0 | 1 | 55 | 0 | 0 | ||
Elex Price | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
Billy Newsome | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve O'Neal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Pollard | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Davis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joe Profit | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jubilee Dunbar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bill Butler | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
John Didion | 1 | 0 | -23 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 34 | 29 | 54 | 0 | 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 |
Bill McClard | 13 | 9 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||||
Bob Newland | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
Jubilee Dunbar | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
Happy Feller | 4 | 7 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
Bill Butler | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Howard Stevens | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
Archie Manning | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
John Beasley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Totals | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163 |