1972 New Orleans Saints Individual Offensive Player Statistics
Passing Stats
Attempts | Completions | % | Yards | Yds./Att | Longest | Tds | Int | Rating | Sacked/Yards Lost | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Archie Manning | 448 | 230 | 51.3% | 2781 | 6.2 | 66 | 18 | 21 | 64.6 | 43/-347 |
Bob Gresham | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | 0/0 |
Totals | 449 | 230 | 51.2% | 2781 | 6.2 | 66 | 18 | 21 | 64.5 | 43/-347 |
Rushing Statistics
Attempts | Yards | Average | Longest | TDs | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Gresham | 121 | 381 | 3.1 | 23 | 3 |
Archie Manning | 63 | 351 | 5.6 | 18 | 2 |
Bill Butler | 54 | 233 | 4.3 | 27 | 0 |
Jim Strong | 37 | 120 | 3.2 | 9 | 0 |
Joe Williams | 31 | 72 | 2.3 | 11 | 0 |
Arthur Green | 14 | 51 | 3.6 | 14 | 0 |
James Ford | 11 | 28 | 2.5 | 9 | 0 |
Virgil Robinson | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 5 | 0 |
Dave Parks | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
Totals | 337 | 1230 | 3.6 | 27 | 5 |
Receiving Statistics
Catches | Yards | Average | Longest | TDs | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Newland | 47 | 579 | 12.3 | 42 | 2 |
Danny Abramowicz | 38 | 668 | 17.5 | 51 | 7 |
Dave Parks | 32 | 542 | 16.9 | 66 | 6 |
Bob Gresham | 29 | 192 | 6.6 | 54 | 0 |
Bill Butler | 25 | 226 | 9.0 | 21 | 2 |
Joe Williams | 16 | 116 | 7.2 | 32 | 0 |
Jim Strong | 14 | 123 | 8.7 | 16 | 0 |
Bob Brown | 11 | 175 | 15.9 | 34 | 1 |
Margene Adkins | 9 | 96 | 10.6 | 38 | 0 |
Arthur Green | 7 | 49 | 7.0 | 15 | 0 |
James Ford | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Creston Whitaker | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Punting Stats
Number | Average | Longest | |
---|---|---|---|
Julian Fagan | 71 | 40.8 | 71 |
Kicking Stats
XP | XPA | % | FG | Attempts | % | Longest | Points | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Happy Feller | 10 | 11 | 91% | 6 | 11 | 55% | 46 | 28 |
Charlie Durkee | 9 | 9 | 100% | 3 | 9 | 33% | 36 | 18 |
Toni Linhart | 5 | 5 | 100% | 2 | 5 | 40% | 20 | 11 |
Totals | 24 | 25 | 96% | 11 | 25 | 44% | 46 | 57 |
1972 Total Offense Statistics
Points | Avg PPG | Yards | Avg YPG | Plays | Avg | 1st Downs | Turnovers | NFL Rank | NFC Rank | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Totals | 215 | 15.35 | 3664 | 261.71 | 829 | 4.4 | 226 | 37 | 20† | 9† |
†Offensive Rankings based on Total Yards gained. |
Individual Defensive Statistics
Interceptions
NO | Yards | Average | Longest | TDs | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bivian Lee | 4 | 65 | 16.2 | 32 | 0 |
Tom Myers | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Ernie Jackson | 3 | 14 | 13.6 | 31 | 0 |
Tom Roussel | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 11 | 0 |
Hugo Hollas | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Delles Howell | 1 | 6 | 6.6 | 6 | 0 |
Totals | 14 | 141 | 10.0 | 32 | 0 |
1972 New Orleans Saints Total Defense
Points | Avg PPG | Yards | Avg YPG | Plays | Avg | 1st Downs | Turnovers | NFL Rank | NFC Rank | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Totals | 361 | 25.78 | 4491 | 280.68 | 873 | 5.1 | 251 | 27 | 21† | 11† |
†Defensive Rankings based on Total Yards given up. |
Defensive Notes for the Saints 1972 NFL Season
- The Saints Defense of 1972 was credited with 24 Sacks. (Sacks were not kept as an individual statistic until 1982)