1970 New Orleans Saints Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 2-11-1
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Tom Fears (1-5-1)
Coach: J.D. Roberts (1-6)
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
1970 New Orleans Saints RosterTeam Record: 2-11-1
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Tom Fears (1-5-1)
Coach: J.D. Roberts (1-6)
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
1970 New Orleans Saints Results
The New Orleans Saints of the National Football League ended the 1970 season with a record of 2 wins and 11 losses and 1 ties, finishing fourth in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference.
The Saints stumbled, scoring only 172 points, and the leaky defense conceded 347. Billy Kilmer threw for 1,557 yards, and Edd Hargett played quarterback, too. Danny Abramowicz topped the receiving corps, grabbing 55 passes for 906 yards.
Tony Baker carried the ball for a team-leading 337 yards for New Orleans.
Hugo Hollas picked off 5 opponent throws.
Tom Fears and J.D. Roberts 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 Kilmer | 237 | 135 | 57.0 | 1557 | 6.6 | 6 | 2.5 | 17 | 7.2 | 46 | 19 | 155 | 55.5 |
| Edd Hargett | 175 | 78 | 44.6 | 1133 | 6.5 | 5 | 2.9 | 5 | 2.9 | 49 | 9 | 77 | 63.8 |
| Al Dodd | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Steve Ramsey | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 415 | 213 | 51.3 | 2690 | 6.5 | 11 | 2.7 | 22 | 5.3 | 49 | 28 | 232 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Baker | 82 | 337 | 4.1 | 29 | 1 |
| Tom Barrington | 72 | 228 | 3.2 | 16 | 2 |
| Jim Otis | 71 | 211 | 3.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Elijah Pitts | 32 | 96 | 3.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Dick Davis | 27 | 94 | 3.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Don McCall | 23 | 63 | 2.7 | 11 | 1 |
| Ernie Wheelwright | 16 | 45 | 2.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Billy Kilmer | 12 | 42 | 3.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Al Dodd | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Andy Livingston | 10 | 29 | 2.9 | 10 | 0 |
| Ray Poage | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Danny Abramowicz | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Edd Hargett | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 7 | 0 |
| Bill Dusenbery | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Vic Nyvall | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 6 | 0 |
| Ken Burrough | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Earl Gros | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Julian Fagan | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Totals | 371 | 1215 | 3.3 | 29 | 4 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Abramowicz | 55 | 906 | 16.5 | 48 | 5 |
| Al Dodd | 28 | 484 | 17.3 | 45 | 1 |
| Dave Parks | 26 | 447 | 17.2 | 38 | 2 |
| Tom Barrington | 22 | 130 | 5.9 | 20 | 0 |
| Jim Otis | 20 | 124 | 6.2 | 22 | 0 |
| Ray Poage | 15 | 166 | 11.1 | 36 | 1 |
| Ken Burrough | 13 | 196 | 15.1 | 35 | 2 |
| Tony Baker | 12 | 47 | 3.9 | 11 | 0 |
| Elijah Pitts | 7 | 63 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Don McCall | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 17 | 0 |
| Dick Davis | 4 | 29 | 7.2 | 13 | 0 |
| Earl Gros | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Vic Nyvall | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Shaw | 1 | 49 | 49.0 | 49 | 0 |
| Ernie Wheelwright | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 213 | 2690 | 12.6 | 49 | 11 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julian Fagan | 77 | 3269 | 42.5 | 64 |
| Totals | 77 | 3269 | 42.5 | 64 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Dodd | 14 | 129 | 9.2 | 41 | 0 |
| Dicky Lyons | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 27 | 0 |
| Hugo Hollas | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Doug Wyatt | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Gene Howard | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 29 | 214 | 7.4 | 41 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Dodd | 15 | 319 | 21.3 | 32 | 0 |
| Ken Burrough | 15 | 298 | 19.9 | 38 | 0 |
| Bill Dusenbery | 10 | 183 | 18.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Tom Barrington | 6 | 129 | 21.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Don McCall | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Elijah Pitts | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Jim Otis | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Dicky Lyons | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Gary Lewis | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Ray Poage | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 53 | 1044 | 19.7 | 38 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugo Hollas | 5 | 79 | 15.8 | 29 | 0 |
| Doug Wyatt | 4 | 45 | 11.2 | 25 | 0 |
| Jackie Burkett | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Elijah Nevett | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 47 | 0 |
| Delles Howell | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Dicky Lyons | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Mike Morgan | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Joe Scarpati | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 22 | 260 | 11.8 | 47 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Dodd | 1 | 4 | 33 | 0 | |||
| Mike Morgan | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mike Tilleman | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tony Baker | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dick Absher | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Elijah Nevett | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Elijah Pitts | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willie Townes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Wyatt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Kilmer | 4 | 1 | -10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clovis Swinney | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Long | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hugo Hollas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Talbert | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ernie Wheelwright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Julian Fagan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dicky Lyons | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Otis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Barrington | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Edd Hargett | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Danny Abramowicz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ken Burrough | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Don McCall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 27 | 24 | 56 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Tom Dempsey | 18 | 16 | 0 | 70 | ||||||||||
| Danny Abramowicz | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Tom Barrington | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Al Dodd | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| Ken Burrough | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Dave Parks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Ray Poage | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Mike Morgan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Don McCall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Tony Baker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172 |
