1968N New Orleans Saints Season Summary - Thru Week 4 Injuries
Record (2-2)
Wk Result Opponent
1 W 17-13 Cleveland
2 L 26-27 Washington
3 W 31-9 St Louis
4 L 13-20 at NY Giants
5 Minnesota
6 at Pittsburgh
7 at St Louis
8 Dallas
9 at Cleveland
10 at Green Bay
11 at Detroit
12 Chicago
13 at Philadelphia
14 Pittsburgh
Team Statistics
Saints Opp.
Total First Downs 64 65
Rushing 23 26
Passing 34 35
Penalty 7 4
Third Down: Made/Att 20-60 15-52
Third Down Pct. 33.3 28.8
Fourth Down: Made/Att 0-1 2-4
Fourth Down Pct. 0.0 50.0
Rez Zone: Made/Att 9-11 8-10
Red Zone Pct. 81.8 80.0
Total Net Yards 1276 1153
Avg.Per Game 319.0 288.2
Total Plays 251 256
Avg.Per Play 5.1 4.5
Net Yards Rushing 589 498
Avg.Per Game 147.2 124.5
Total Rushes 129 121
Net Yards Passing 687 655
Avg.Per Game 171.8 163.8
Sacked-Yds Lost 8-53 13-81
Gross Yards 1329 1234
Att-Completions 114-64 122-57
Completion Pct. 56.1 46.7
Had Intercepted 3 4
Punts-Avg. 26-41.0 24-43.8
Net Punting Avg. 35.9 40.3
Penalties-Yards Lost 19-153 17-155
Fumbles-Ball Lost 4-3 10-9
Touchdowns 9 6
Rushing 0 3
Passing 9 2
Returns 0 1
Total Pts. 87 69
Avg. Time of Poss. 32:02 27:58
PASSING Att Cmp Pct Yds Lng TD Int Sk SkY Rate
B.Kilmer 112 64 57.1 740 48 9 3 8 53 92.9
T.Barrington 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39.6
Saints 114 64 56.1 740 48 9 3 8 53 91.3
Opponents 122 57 46.7 736 56 2 4 13 81 58.0
SCORING R P Ret PAT FG Saf Pts
C.Durkee 0 0 0 9/9 8/12 0 33
T.Lorick 0 4 0 0/0 0/0 0 24
D.Abramowicz 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
J.Hester 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
M.Stickles 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Saints 0 9 0 9/9 8/13 0 87
Opponents 3 2 1 6/6 9/9 0 69
FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50
C.Durkee 2/2 2/4 2/4 2/3 0/0
Saints 2/2 2/4 2/4 2/3 0/0
Opponents 2/2 3/3 2/2 1/1 1/1
RUSHING Att Yards Avg Long TD
D.McCall 59 236 4.0 40 0
T.Lorick 35 153 4.4 34 0
E.Wheelwright 8 62 7.8 17 0
T.Barrington 16 54 3.4 13 0
D.Parks 1 49 49.0 49 0
D.Abramowicz 1 19 19.0 19 0
R.Schultz 6 10 1.7 13 0
B.Kilmer 3 6 2.0 3 0
Saints 129 589 4.6 49 0
Opponents 121 498 4.1 22 3
RECEIVING Rec Yards Avg Long TD
D.Abramowicz 16 265 16.6 48 2
T.Lorick 13 114 8.8 24 4
D.McCall 10 101 10.1 28 0
J.Hester 7 101 14.4 46 2
D.Parks 5 66 13.2 23 0
T.Barrington 4 1 0.2 4 0
M.Stickles 4 58 14.5 35 1
J.R.Gilliam 3 32 10.7 19 0
E.Wheelwright 2 2 1.0 2 0
Saints 64 740 11.6 48 9
Opponents 57 736 12.9 56 2
PUNT RETURNS No FC Yds Avg Lng TD
J.R.Gilliam 4 1 14 3.5 8 0
G.Howard 6 6 9 1.5 6 0
Saints 10 7 23 2.3 8 0
Opponents 12 8 113 9.4 28 0
KO RETURNS No Yds Avg Long TD
G.Howard 5 118 23.6 32 0
J.R.Gilliam 6 122 20.3 39 0
Saints 11 240 21.8 39 0
Opponents 19 404 21.3 33 0
PUNTING Att Yds GAvg In20 Long
T.McNeill 17 702 41.3 3 56
R.South 9 365 40.6 0 52
Saints 26 1,067 41.0 3 56
Opponents 24 1,050 43.8 7 61
INTERCEPTIONS No Yds Avg Long TD
D.Whitsell 2 25 12.5 13 0
L.Cordileone 1 6 6.0 6 0
F.Whittingham 1 13 13.0 13 0
Saints 4 44 11.0 13 0
Opponents 3 15 5.0 7 0
SACKS No Yds Avg SAF
D.Atkins 4 30 7.5 0
M.Tilleman 2 13 6.5 0
J.Brewer 2 9 4.5 0
T.Davis 2 9 4.5 0
B.Schweda 1 4 4.0 0
D.Rowe 1 10 10.0 0
B.Cody 1 6 6.0 0
Saints 13 81 6.2 0
Opponents 8 53 6.6 0