1991 New Orleans Saints Statistics
Team Record: 11-5
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Wild Card
Coach: Jim Mora (11-5)
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
1991 New Orleans Saints Results
The New Orleans Saints of the National Football League ended the 1991 season with a record of 11 wins and 5 losses, finishing first in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
The defense proved to be a force, as the Saints led the league with just 211 points allowed. New Orleans scored 341 points. Bobby Hebert threw for 1,676 yards, and Steve Walsh played quarterback, too. Eric Martin topped pass catchers, grabbing 66 passes, while Floyd Turner added 927 receiving yards.
Fred McAfee carried the ball for a team-leading 494 yards, while Gill Fenerty also contributed to the rushing attack.
The larcenous defense led the way with 48 turnovers, topping in the league. Gene Atkins and Vince Buck each snatched 5 opponent throws. Pat Swilling paced the defensive unit with 17 quarterback sacks, leading the way for a team which created 50 sacks.
Jim Mora coached the team. The 1991 New Orleans Saints lost in the Wild Card.
Click on column headings to sort.
Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Hebert | 248 | 149 | 60.1 | 1676 | 6.8 | 9 | 3.6 | 8 | 3.2 | 65 | 16 | 134 | 79.0 |
| Steve Walsh | 255 | 141 | 55.3 | 1638 | 6.4 | 11 | 4.3 | 6 | 2.4 | 41 | 3 | 26 | 79.5 |
| Mike Buck | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 61 | 30.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 56.3 |
| Craig Heyward | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 44 | 44.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Totals | 506 | 292 | 57.7 | 3419 | 6.8 | 20 | 4.0 | 15 | 3.0 | 65 | 19 | 160 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred McAfee | 109 | 494 | 4.5 | 34 | 2 |
| Gill Fenerty | 139 | 477 | 3.4 | 54 | 3 |
| Craig Heyward | 76 | 260 | 3.4 | 15 | 4 |
| Dalton Hilliard | 79 | 252 | 3.2 | 65 | 4 |
| Buford Jordan | 47 | 150 | 3.2 | 25 | 2 |
| Bobby Hebert | 18 | 56 | 3.1 | 16 | 0 |
| Quinn Early | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Bobby Morse | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Tommy Barnhardt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Walsh | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 483 | 1709 | 3.5 | 65 | 15 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Martin | 66 | 803 | 12.2 | 30 | 4 |
| Floyd Turner | 64 | 927 | 14.5 | 65 | 8 |
| Quinn Early | 32 | 541 | 16.9 | 52 | 2 |
| Gill Fenerty | 26 | 235 | 9.0 | 50 | 2 |
| John Tice | 22 | 230 | 10.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Dalton Hilliard | 21 | 127 | 6.0 | 14 | 1 |
| Wesley Carroll | 18 | 184 | 10.2 | 31 | 1 |
| Hoby Brenner | 16 | 179 | 11.2 | 21 | 0 |
| Buford Jordan | 15 | 92 | 6.1 | 19 | 1 |
| Craig Heyward | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 22 | 1 |
| Pat Newman | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Greg Scales | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Fred McAfee | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Frank Wainright | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 292 | 3419 | 11.7 | 65 | 20 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morten Andersen | 38 | 38 | 100.0 | 32 | 25 | 78.1 | 113 |
| Totals | 38 | 38 | 100.0 | 32 | 25 | 78.1 | 113 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Barnhardt | 86 | 3743 | 43.5 | 61 |
| Totals | 86 | 3743 | 43.5 | 61 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vince Buck | 31 | 260 | 8.4 | 52 | 0 |
| Gill Fenerty | 12 | 55 | 4.6 | 13 | 0 |
| Bobby Morse | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 44 | 317 | 7.2 | 52 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Atkins | 20 | 368 | 18.4 | 27 | 0 |
| Stanford Jennings | 12 | 213 | 17.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Quinn Early | 9 | 168 | 18.7 | 34 | 0 |
| Bobby Morse | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Gill Fenerty | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Buford Jordan | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Fred McAfee | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Vencie Glenn | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Totals | 50 | 879 | 17.6 | 34 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Atkins | 5 | 198 | 39.6 | 79 | 0 |
| Vince Buck | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 12 | 0 |
| Vencie Glenn | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Reggie Jones | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 51 | 0 |
| Toi Cook | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Brett Maxie | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 31 | 1 |
| Sam Mills | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Pat Swilling | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 1 |
| Vaughan Johnson | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Bennie Thompson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Stan Petry | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 29 | 482 | 16.6 | 79 | 2 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Swilling | 17.0 | 0.0 | |
| Rickey Jackson | 11.5 | 0.0 | |
| Frank Warren | 7.0 | 0.0 | |
| Wayne Martin | 3.5 | 0.0 | |
| Gene Atkins | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
| Jim Wilks | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Robert Goff | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| James Williams | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Sam Mills | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Les Miller | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Renaldo Turnbull | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Mills | 102 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gene Atkins | 75 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Pat Swilling | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| Rickey Jackson | 59 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| Brett Maxie | 58 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vaughan Johnson | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vince Buck | 45 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reggie Jones | 41 | 41 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Toi Cook | 36 | 36 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Vencie Glenn | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| James Williams | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Warren | 27 | 27 | 0 | ||||||
| Wayne Martin | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Renaldo Turnbull | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Robert Goff | 19 | 19 | 0 | ||||||
| Les Miller | 13 | 13 | 0 | ||||||
| Milton Mack | 12 | 12 | 0 | ||||||
| Bennie Thompson | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Smeenge | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Hebert | 5 | 2 | -19 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Steve Walsh | 3 | 1 | -20 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Hoby Brenner | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dalton Hilliard | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Buford Jordan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Richard Cooper | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Stanford Jennings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Floyd Turner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Gill Fenerty | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Eric Martin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Quinn Early | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Fred McAfee | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| John Tice | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Joel Hilgenberg | 1 | 0 | -12 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 709 | 709 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 28 | -38 | 0 | 18 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Morten Andersen | 25 | 38 | 0 | 113 | ||||||||||
| Floyd Turner | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||||
| Gill Fenerty | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| Dalton Hilliard | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Craig Heyward | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Eric Martin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Buford Jordan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Fred McAfee | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Quinn Early | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Wesley Carroll | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Pat Swilling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Frank Warren | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Brett Maxie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 15 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 341 |
