1996 New Orleans Saints Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 3-13
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Rick Venturi (1-7)
Coach: Jim Mora (2-6)
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana

1996 New Orleans Saints Roster
1996 New Orleans Saints Results

The New Orleans Saints of the National Football League ended the 1996 season with a record of 3 wins and 13 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference.

New Orleans stumbled, scoring only 229 points, while the defense gave up 339. Jim Everett threw for 2,797 yards. Torrance Small grabbed 50 passes, while Michael Haynes added 786 receiving yards.

Mario Bates carried the ball for a team-leading 584 yards for the Saints, while Ray Zellars also contributed to the rushing attack.

Anthony Newman and Greg Jackson each picked off 3 opponent throws. Wayne Martin topped the defensive unit with 11 quarterback sacks, leading the way for a team which created 41 sacks.

Rick Venturi and Jim Mora coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Jim Everett	464	267	57.5	2797	6.0	12	2.6	16	3.4	51	19	154	69.4
Doug Nussmeier	50	28	56.0	272	5.4	1	2.0	1	2.0	57	3	17	69.8
Earnest Hunter	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Totals	515	295	57.3	3069	6.0	13	2.5	17	3.3	57	22	171

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Mario Bates	164	584	3.6	33	4
Ray Zellars	120	475	4.0	63	4
Lorenzo Neal	21	58	2.8	11	1
Ricky Whittle	20	52	2.6	15	0
Torrance Small	4	51	12.8	22	1
Earnest Hunter	14	44	3.1	9	0
Derek Brown	13	30	2.3	12	0
Mercury Hayes	2	7	3.5	5	0
Doug Nussmeier	3	6	2.0	6	0
Jim Everett	22	3	0.1	3	0
Lee DeRamus	1	2	2.0	2	0
Terry Guess	2	-4	-2.0	-1	0
Totals	386	1308	3.4	63	10

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Torrance Small	50	558	11.2	41	2
Michael Haynes	44	786	17.9	51	4
Lorenzo Neal	31	194	6.3	23	1
Henry Lusk	27	210	7.8	24	0
Ricky Whittle	26	162	6.2	28	0
Haywood Jeffires	20	215	10.8	27	3
Earnest Hunter	17	138	8.1	22	0
Lee DeRamus	15	182	12.1	28	1
Irv Smith	15	144	9.6	37	0
Mario Bates	13	44	3.4	15	0
Ray Zellars	9	45	5.0	12	0
Derek Brown	8	54	6.8	18	0
Paul Green	7	91	13.0	23	0
Tony Johnson	7	76	10.9	17	1
Mercury Hayes	4	101	25.2	50	0
Terry Guess	2	69	34.5	57	1
Totals	295	3069	10.4	57	13

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Doug Brien	18	18	100.0	25	21	84.0	81
Totals	18	18	100.0	25	21	84.0	81

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Klaus Wilmsmeyer	87	3551	40.8	63
Totals	87	3551	40.8	63

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Tyrone Hughes	30	152	5.1	16
Terry Guess	1	7	7.0	7
Totals	31	159	5.1	16

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Tyrone Hughes	70	1791	25.6	58
Mercury Hayes	2	30	15.0	17
Earnest Hunter	1	20	20.0	20
J.J. McCleskey	1	18	18.0	18
Henry Lusk	1	16	16.0	16
Brady Smith	2	14	7.0	8
Derek Brown	1	10	10.0	10
Totals	78	1899	24.3	58

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Anthony Newman	3	40	13.3	21
Greg Jackson	3	24	8.0	10
Mark McMillian	2	4	2.0	4
Alex Molden	2	2	1.0	2
Eric Allen	1	33	33.0	33
Winfred Tubbs	1	11	11.0	11
Totals	12	114	9.5	33

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Wayne Martin	11.0
Joe Johnson	7.5
Renaldo Turnbull	6.5
Darren Mickell	3.0
Brady Smith	2.0
Mark Fields	2.0
Willie Broughton	2.0
Alex Molden	2.0
Richard Harvey	2.0
Fred Stokes	1.0
Austin Robbins	1.0
Winfred Tubbs	1.0
Totals	41.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Mark Fields	96	85	22		0	1	20	0	1
Winfred Tubbs	98	84	28	0	0	1	0	0	1
Wayne Martin	80.5	73	15		0	1	0	0	3
Greg Jackson	82	72	20	0	1	0	0	0	1
Mark McMillian	64.5	62	5	0	0	1	-6	0	0
Anthony Newman	70.5	60	21	0	0	2	0	0	1
Joe Johnson	55	50	10		0	0	0	0	3
Eric Allen	49.5	48	3	0
Richard Harvey	40.5	37	7		0	0	0	0	2
Rufus Porter	38.5	34	9
Darren Mickell	29.5	26	7		0	0	0	0	1
Austin Robbins	24.5	21	7
Alex Molden	19	17	4	0
Willie Broughton	19	16	6
Brady Smith	16	15	2
Renaldo Turnbull	12	11	2		0	1	0	0	0
Brian Jones	11.5	10	3		0	1	11	1	0
Tyrone Hughes	11.5	10	3		2	0	0	0	0
Je'Rod Cherry	7	6	2		0	1	0	0	0
Fred Stokes	6.5	6	1		0	0	0	0	1
Ernest Dixon	1.5	1	1		0	1	22	0	0
Sean Lumpkin	1	1	0
William Strong	1	1	0
Lorenzo Neal					1	2	0		0
Earnest Hunter					2	1	0	0	0
Ed King					0	1	0	0	0
Jim Everett					10	1	-9	0	0
Andy McCollum					0	1	0	0	0
Don Davis					0	1	0	0	0
Willie Roaf					0	1	0	0	0
Haywood Jeffires					1	0	0		0
Henry Lusk					1	0	0	0	0
Michael Haynes					1	0	0		0
Mario Bates					4	0	0		0
Ray Zellars					2	0	0		0
Ricky Whittle					1	0	0	0	0
Doug Nussmeier					2	0	0	0	0
Mercury Hayes					1	0	0	0	0
Torrance Small					1	0	0		0
Totals	835	746	178	0	30	18	38	1	14

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Doug Brien									21	18	0			81
Michael Haynes		4							0	0	0	1		26
Mario Bates	4	0							0	0	0			24
Ray Zellars	4	0							0	0	0			24
Haywood Jeffires		3							0	0	0			18
Torrance Small	1	2							0	0	0			18
Lorenzo Neal	1	1							0	0	0			12
Terry Guess	0	1	0						0	0	0			6
Brian Jones							1		0	0	0			6
Lee DeRamus	0	1							0	0	0			6
Tony Johnson		1							0	0	0			6
Klaus Wilmsmeyer									0	0	0	1		2
Totals	10	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	21	18	0	2	0	229