2016 New Orleans Saints Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-9
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's South Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Sean Payton (7-9)
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
2016 New Orleans Saints RosterTeam Record: 7-9
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's South Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Sean Payton (7-9)
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
2016 New Orleans Saints Results
The New Orleans Saints of the National Football League ended the 2016 season with a record of 7 wins and 9 losses, finishing third in the NFL's South Division of the National Football Conference.
The Saints piled up points with 469 points, and the leaky defense surrendered 454. Drew Brees directed the offense, slinging for 5,208 yards. Michael Thomas grabbed 92 passes, while Brandin Cooks added 1,173 receiving yards. Willie Snead contributed to the receiving game, too.
Mark Ingram carried the ball for a team-leading 1,043 yards for New Orleans.
Jairus Byrd, Kenny Vaccaro and Sterling Moore each intercepted 2 opponent throws. Cameron Jordan sacked opposing passers 7.5 times.
Sean Payton 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 | 673 | 471 | 70.0 | 5208 | 7.7 | 37 | 5.5 | 15 | 2.2 | 98 | 27 | 184 | 101.7 |
| Willie Snead | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 50 | 50.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
| Totals | 674 | 472 | 70.0 | 5258 | 7.8 | 38 | 5.6 | 15 | 2.2 | 98 | 27 | 184 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Ingram | 205 | 1043 | 5.1 | 75 | 6 |
| Tim Hightower | 133 | 548 | 4.1 | 30 | 4 |
| John Kuhn | 18 | 37 | 2.1 | 4 | 4 |
| Daniel Lasco | 11 | 32 | 2.9 | 6 | 0 |
| Brandin Cooks | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Drew Brees | 23 | 20 | 0.9 | 7 | 2 |
| Travaris Cadet | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Tommylee Lewis | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Coby Fleener | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 |
| Totals | 404 | 1742 | 4.3 | 75 | 17 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Thomas | 92 | 1137 | 12.4 | 46 | 9 |
| Brandin Cooks | 78 | 1173 | 15.0 | 98 | 8 |
| Willie Snead | 72 | 895 | 12.4 | 49 | 4 |
| Coby Fleener | 50 | 631 | 12.6 | 50 | 3 |
| Mark Ingram | 46 | 319 | 6.9 | 22 | 4 |
| Travaris Cadet | 40 | 281 | 7.0 | 25 | 4 |
| Brandon Coleman | 26 | 281 | 10.8 | 38 | 3 |
| Tim Hightower | 22 | 200 | 9.1 | 50 | 1 |
| John Kuhn | 16 | 70 | 4.4 | 11 | 1 |
| Josh Hill | 15 | 149 | 9.9 | 35 | 1 |
| Tommylee Lewis | 7 | 76 | 10.9 | 26 | 0 |
| John Phillips | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 10 | 0 |
| Daniel Lasco | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Marcus Murphy | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 472 | 5258 | 11.1 | 98 | 38 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Morstead | 57 | 2751 | 48.3 | 66 |
| Totals | 57 | 2751 | 48.3 | 66 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommylee Lewis | 14 | 160 | 11.4 | 59 | 0 |
| Marcus Murphy | 6 | 57 | 9.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Brandin Cooks | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jairus Byrd | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| De'Vante Harris | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23 | 221 | 9.6 | 59 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommylee Lewis | 8 | 152 | 19.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Travaris Cadet | 10 | 144 | 14.4 | 25 | 0 |
| Marcus Murphy | 7 | 105 | 15.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Tim Hightower | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 31 | 0 |
| Totals | 28 | 462 | 16.5 | 31 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jairus Byrd | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Kenny Vaccaro | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Sterling Moore | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Craig Robertson | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| B.W. Webb | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Nathan Stupar | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 9 | 109 | 12.1 | 30 | 0 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron Jordan | 7.5 | 0.0 | |
| Nick Fairley | 6.5 | 0.0 | |
| Sheldon Rankins | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
| Dannell Ellerbe | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
| Paul Kruger | 1.5 | 0.0 | |
| Nathan Stupar | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Kasim Edebali | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Craig Robertson | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Michael Mauti | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Kenny Vaccaro | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Vonn Bell | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Darryl Tapp | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 30.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | PD | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Robertson | 92 | 70 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vonn Bell | 70.5 | 58 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Jairus Byrd | 69 | 56 | 26 | 3 | ||||||
| Kenny Vaccaro | 58.5 | 50 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Sterling Moore | 50 | 44 | 12 | 13 | ||||||
| Cameron Jordan | 49 | 40 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ken Crawley | 41.5 | 40 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Nathan Stupar | 43.5 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dannell Ellerbe | 39 | 34 | 10 | 2 | ||||||
| Nick Fairley | 36 | 29 | 14 | |||||||
| B.W. Webb | 25.5 | 24 | 3 | 11 | ||||||
| Roman Harper | 23.5 | 22 | 3 | |||||||
| Paul Kruger | 22.5 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Delvin Breaux | 19.5 | 18 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| Sheldon Rankins | 17.5 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Darryl Tapp | 14.5 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stephone Anthony | 13.5 | 12 | 3 | |||||||
| David Onyemata | 14.5 | 11 | 7 | |||||||
| Tyeler Davison | 16 | 9 | 14 | 2 | ||||||
| James Laurinaitis | 13 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| De'Vante Harris | 8.5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Jenkins | 8 | 6 | 4 | |||||||
| Michael Mauti | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Kasim Edebali | 6.5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| P.J. Williams | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Brian Dixon | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| Michael Thomas | 2 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Coby Fleener | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Shiloh Keo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Drew Brees | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Tommylee Lewis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Willie Snead | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Brandin Cooks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Mark Ingram | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 765 | 643 | 244 | 0 | 67 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 11 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Wil Lutz | 0 | 28 | 49 | 0 | 133 | |||||||||
| Mark Ingram | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 64 | |||||
| Michael Thomas | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||
| Brandin Cooks | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||
| John Kuhn | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| Tim Hightower | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| Coby Fleener | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Willie Snead | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Travaris Cadet | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Brandon Coleman | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Drew Brees | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Josh Hill | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Paul Kruger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Totals | 17 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 49 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 469 |
