2012 New Orleans Saints Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-9
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's South Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Joe Vitt (5-5)
Coach: Aaron Kromer (7-9)
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
2012 New Orleans Saints RosterTeam Record: 7-9
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's South Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Joe Vitt (5-5)
Coach: Aaron Kromer (7-9)
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
2012 New Orleans Saints Results
The New Orleans Saints of the National Football League ended the 2012 season with a record of 7 wins and 9 losses, finishing second in the NFL's South Division of the National Football Conference.
New Orleans moved the ball well, scoring 461 points, while the shaky defensive squad surrendered 454. Drew Brees triggered the aerial attack, slinging for 5,177 yards. Jimmy Graham topped all receivers, grabbing 85 passes, while Marques Colston added 1,154 receiving yards. Lance Moore and Darren Sproles were targeted regularly, too.
Mark Ingram carried the pigskin for a team-leading 602 yards for the Saints, while Pierre Thomas also contributed to the rushing attack.
Jabari Greer and Patrick Robinson each intercepted 3 opponent throws. Cameron Jordan dropped opposing passers 8 times.
Joe Vitt and Aaron Kromer coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 670 | 422 | 63.0 | 5177 | 7.7 | 43 | 6.4 | 19 | 2.8 | 80 | 26 | 190 | 96.3 |
| Chase Daniel | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 108.3 |
| Totals | 671 | 423 | 63.0 | 5187 | 7.7 | 43 | 6.4 | 19 | 2.8 | 80 | 26 | 190 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Ingram | 156 | 602 | 3.9 | 31 | 5 |
| Pierre Thomas | 105 | 473 | 4.5 | 48 | 1 |
| Darren Sproles | 48 | 244 | 5.1 | 47 | 1 |
| Chris Ivory | 40 | 217 | 5.4 | 56 | 2 |
| Chase Daniel | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Devery Henderson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Travaris Cadet | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Drew Brees | 15 | 5 | 0.3 | 11 | 1 |
| Joe Morgan | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 370 | 1577 | 4.3 | 56 | 10 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Graham | 85 | 982 | 11.6 | 46 | 9 |
| Marques Colston | 83 | 1154 | 13.9 | 60 | 10 |
| Darren Sproles | 75 | 667 | 8.9 | 44 | 7 |
| Lance Moore | 65 | 1041 | 16.0 | 51 | 6 |
| Pierre Thomas | 39 | 354 | 9.1 | 36 | 1 |
| Devery Henderson | 22 | 316 | 14.4 | 41 | 1 |
| Jed Collins | 14 | 70 | 5.0 | 12 | 2 |
| David Thomas | 11 | 86 | 7.8 | 20 | 4 |
| Joe Morgan | 10 | 379 | 37.9 | 80 | 3 |
| Mark Ingram | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Travaris Cadet | 5 | 44 | 8.8 | 17 | 0 |
| Greg Camarillo | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Chris Ivory | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Courtney Roby | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Michael Higgins | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Totals | 423 | 5187 | 12.3 | 80 | 43 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garrett Hartley | 57 | 57 | 100.0 | 22 | 18 | 81.8 | 111 |
| Totals | 57 | 57 | 100.0 | 22 | 18 | 81.8 | 111 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Morstead | 74 | 3707 | 50.1 | 70 |
| Totals | 74 | 3707 | 50.1 | 70 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Sproles | 23 | 183 | 8.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Lance Moore | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Travaris Cadet | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 25 | 190 | 7.6 | 37 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travaris Cadet | 26 | 690 | 26.5 | 75 | 0 |
| Darren Sproles | 18 | 483 | 26.8 | 48 | 0 |
| Pierre Thomas | 5 | 91 | 18.2 | 38 | 0 |
| Junior Galette | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jed Collins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 51 | 1266 | 24.8 | 75 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Robinson | 3 | 99 | 33.0 | 99 | 1 |
| Jabari Greer | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Roman Harper | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 41 | 0 |
| Isa Abdul-Quddus | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Elbert Mack | 1 | 73 | 73.0 | 73 | 1 |
| Malcolm Jenkins | 1 | 55 | 55.0 | 55 | 1 |
| Rafael Bush | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Jonathan Vilma | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 1 |
| Corey White | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 15 | 369 | 24.6 | 99 | 4 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron Jordan | 8.0 | 0.0 | |
| Will Smith | 6.0 | 0.0 | |
| Junior Galette | 5.0 | 0.0 | |
| Martez Wilson | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
| Brodrick Bunkley | 2.5 | 0.0 | |
| Tom Johnson | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Patrick Robinson | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Curtis Lofton | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Jonathan Vilma | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Scott Shanle | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 30.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roman Harper | 102.5 | 89 | 27 | 11 | |||||
| Curtis Lofton | 102.5 | 82 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Malcolm Jenkins | 79.5 | 65 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patrick Robinson | 57.5 | 52 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cameron Jordan | 53 | 40 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jabari Greer | 43.5 | 36 | 15 | 13 | |||||
| Will Smith | 45.5 | 33 | 25 | 2 | |||||
| Isa Abdul-Quddus | 33 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey White | 25 | 22 | 6 | 3 | |||||
| David Hawthorne | 29 | 21 | 16 | 1 | |||||
| Jonathan Vilma | 28.5 | 20 | 17 | 2 | |||||
| Tom Johnson | 24 | 19 | 10 | ||||||
| Johnny Patrick | 20.5 | 19 | 3 | 2 | |||||
| Jonathan Casillas | 21 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Junior Galette | 16.5 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sedrick Ellis | 24.5 | 13 | 23 | 1 | |||||
| Scott Shanle | 15.5 | 11 | 9 | 1 | |||||
| Brodrick Bunkley | 16.5 | 10 | 13 | 2 | |||||
| Akiem Hicks | 15 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Martez Wilson | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rafael Bush | 9.5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Elbert Mack | 9.5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | |||||
| Turk McBride | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Will Herring | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jerome Murphy | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Jimmy Graham | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Drew Brees | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Pierre Thomas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Mark Ingram | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Marques Colston | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Jed Collins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Devery Henderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Travaris Cadet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 794.5 | 636 | 317 | 92 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Garrett Hartley | 18 | 57 | 0 | 111 | ||||||||||
| Marques Colston | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |||||||||
| Jimmy Graham | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | |||||||||
| Darren Sproles | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50 | |||||
| Lance Moore | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Mark Ingram | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| David Thomas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Joe Morgan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Pierre Thomas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Jed Collins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Chris Ivory | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Devery Henderson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Elbert Mack | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Malcolm Jenkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Patrick Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Drew Brees | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Jonathan Vilma | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Courtney Roby | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 10 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 461 |
