1998 New Orleans Saints Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-10
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Mike Ditka (6-10)
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana

1998 New Orleans Saints Roster
1998 New Orleans Saints Results

The New Orleans Saints of the National Football League ended the 1998 season with a record of 6 wins and 10 losses, finishing third in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference.

The Saints chalked up 305 points, but the defensive squad gave up 359. Billy Tolliver threw for 1,427 yards, and Kerry Collins played quarterback, too. Cam Cleeland grabbed 54 passes, while Sean Dawkins added 823 receiving yards.

Lamar Smith carried the ball for a team-leading 457 yards for New Orleans.

Sammy Knight picked off 6 opponent throws. La'Roi Glover topped the defensive unit with 10 quarterback sacks, topping a defense credited with 47 sacks.

Mike Ditka coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Billy Tolliver	199	110	55.3	1427	7.2	8	4.0	4	2.0	82	11	88	83.1
Kerry Collins	191	94	49.2	1202	6.3	4	2.1	10	5.2	89	21	140	54.5
Danny Wuerffel	119	62	52.1	695	5.8	5	4.2	5	4.2	64	23	131	66.3
Billy Hobert	23	11	47.8	170	7.4	1	4.3	0	0.0	35	2	17	87.2
Lamar Smith	2	1	50.0	20	10.0	1	50.0	0	0.0	20	0	0	125.0
Aaron Craver	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Totals	535	278	52.0	3514	6.6	19	3.6	19	3.6	89	57	376

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Lamar Smith	138	457	3.3	33	1
Aaron Craver	45	180	4.0	25	2
Ray Zellars	56	162	2.9	15	1
Troy Davis	55	143	2.6	14	1
Wilmont Perry	30	122	4.1	19	0
Kerry Collins	23	113	4.9	20	1
Danny Wuerffel	11	60	5.5	18	0
Billy Tolliver	11	43	3.9	16	0
Andre Hastings	3	32	10.7	4	0
Billy Hobert	2	13	6.5	14	0
Totals	374	1325	3.5	33	6

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Cam Cleeland	54	684	12.7	53	6
Sean Dawkins	53	823	15.5	64	1
Andre Hastings	35	455	13.0	89	3
Aaron Craver	33	214	6.5	49	2
Keith Poole	24	509	21.2	82	2
Lamar Smith	24	249	10.4	35	2
Troy Davis	16	99	6.2	19	0
Brett Bech	14	264	18.9	72	3
Eric Guliford	10	124	12.4	24	0
Ray Zellars	10	50	5.0	14	0
John Farquhar	1	13	13.0	13	0
Josh Wilcox	1	10	10.0	10	0
Scott Slutzker	1	10	10.0	10	0
Tony Johnson	1	8	8.0	8	0
Wilmont Perry	1	2	2.0	2	0
Totals	278	3514	12.6	89	19

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Doug Brien	31	31	100.0	22	20	90.9	91
Totals	31	31	100.0	22	20	90.9	91

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Mark Royals	88	4017	45.6	64
Doug Brien	2	72	36.0	37
Totals	90	4089	45.4	64

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Andre Hastings	22	307	14.0	76
Eric Guliford	10	101	10.1	40
Totals	32	408	12.8	76

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Qadry Ismail	28	590	21.1	39	0
Eric Guliford	18	431	23.9	34	0
Aaron Craver	7	212	30.3	100	1
Earl Little	4	64	16.0	20	0
Troy Davis	2	21	10.5	19	0
Brett Bech	1	20	20.0	20	0
Andre Hastings	1	16	16.0	16	0
Jared Tomich	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	62	1354	21.8	100	1

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Sammy Knight	6	171	28.5	91	2
Tyronne Drakeford	4	76	19.0	32	1
Chad Cota	4	16	4.0	9	0
Rob Kelly	2	104	52.0	79	1
Fred Weary	2	64	32.0	63	1
Alex Molden	2	35	17.5	24	0
La'Roi Glover	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	21	466	22.2	91	5

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
La'Roi Glover	10.0
Joe Johnson	7.0
Jared Tomich	6.0
Mark Fields	6.0
Wayne Martin	3.0
Kevin Mitchell	2.5
Keith Mitchell	2.5
Chris Hewitt	2.0
Je'Rod Cherry	2.0
Chad Cota	2.0
Austin Robbins	1.0
Chris Bordano	1.0
Ink Aleaga	1.0
Troy Wilson	1.0
Totals	47.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Mark Fields	95.5	82	27		0	1	36	1	1
Chad Cota	83.5	71	25	0	0	1	0	0	1
Tyronne Drakeford	70.5	65	11	0
Sammy Knight	68.5	62	13	0	0	2	3		0
La'Roi Glover	63	59	8	0	0	0	0	0	3
Joe Johnson	62	54	16		0	1	5	1	1
Alex Molden	58	54	8	0	0	0	0	0	2
Chris Bordano	54	46	16
Keith Mitchell	54	42	24		0	3	63	1	4
Wayne Martin	42	38	8		0	1	0		0
Kevin Mitchell	43.5	31	25		0	0	0	0	2
Fred Weary	31	28	6	0
Je'Rod Cherry	25	23	4
Rob Kelly	26.5	22	9	0
Jared Tomich	23.5	21	5		0	1	0	0	2
Brady Smith	11	10	2
Troy Wilson	10.5	9	3
Chris Hewitt	10	9	2
Ink Aleaga	10.5	8	5
Austin Robbins	8.5	6	5		0	1	0	1	0
Vinson Smith	4	4	0
Don Davis	3	2	2
Julian Pittman	1	0	2
Kerry Collins					8	2	-8		0
Cam Cleeland					1	2	7		0
Chris Naeole					0	1	0	0	0
Clarence Jones					0	1	0	0	0
Andre Hastings					0	1	0		0
Aaron Craver					2	1	0		0
Eric Guliford					1	1	0	0	0
Danny Wuerffel					1	1	0	0	0
Andy McCollum					0	1	0	0	0
Sean Dawkins					2	0	0		0
Billy Tolliver					3	0	-13	0	0
Wilmont Perry					1	0	0	0	0
Troy Davis					1	0	0		0
Ray Zellars					2	0	0		0
Qadry Ismail					2	0	0	0	0
Lamar Smith					4	0	0		0
Totals	859	746	226	0	28	22	93	4	16

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Doug Brien									20	31	0			91
Cam Cleeland		6							0	0	0			36
Aaron Craver	2	2		1					0	0	0			30
Lamar Smith	1	2							0	0	0			18
Brett Bech		3		0					0	0	0			18
Andre Hastings	0	3	0	0					0	0	0			18
Keith Poole		2							0	0	0			12
Sammy Knight						2			0	0	0			12
Keith Mitchell							1		0	0	0			6
Troy Davis	1	0		0					0	0	0			6
Ray Zellars	1	0							0	0	0			6
Kerry Collins	1								0	0	0			6
Rob Kelly						1			0	0	0			6
Sean Dawkins		1							0	0	0			6
Mark Fields							1		0	0	0			6
Joe Johnson							1		0	0	0			6
Austin Robbins							1		0	0	0			6
Fred Weary						1			0	0	0			6
Tyronne Drakeford						1			0	0	0			6
Wayne Martin									0	0	0		1	2
Totals	6	19	0	1	0	5	4	0	20	31	0	0	1	303