1971 New Orleans Saints season

NFL team season August 2023 March 2026 New Orleans Saints 1971 4–8–2 4th NFC West John W. Mecom Jr. Vic Schwenk J. D. Roberts Tulane Stadium Did not qualify None Saints seasons The 1971 New Orleans Saints season was the Saints' fifth season. The Saints drafted Archie Manning with their first round pick, the second overall. Manning led the Saints to their first opening day victory in franchise history, scoring a touchdown run on a rollout on the final play of a 24–20 victory over the Los Angeles Rams, New Orleans' first over Los Angeles following four consecutive losses, including the Saints' inaugural game in 1967. Four weeks later, Manning engineered a 24–14 victory over the Dallas Cowboys, who would return to Tulane Stadium in January and win Super Bowl VI over the Miami Dolphins. Offseason NFL draft 1971 NFL draft 1971 New Orleans Saints 1 2 Archie Manning Quarterback Mississippi yes yes no https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/nor/1971_draft.htm 1971 New Orleans Saints draftees Pro-Football-Reference.com November 10, 2014 Personnel Staff 1971 New Orleans Saints President – John W. Mecom Jr. General manager – Vic Schwenk Head coach – J. D. Roberts Offensive Coordinator – Ken Shipp Offensive Backfield – Charlie Tate Offensive Line – Jim Royer Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line – Jim Champion Linebackers – Marv Matuszak Defensive Backfield – Bud Whitehead All-Time Roster http://www.neworleanssaints.com/team/history/all-time-roster.html NewOrleansSaints.com June 24, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120618110940/http://www.neworleanssaints.com/team/history/all-time-roster.html 2012-06-18 dead https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/42632841/ Scouting Report ... New Orleans Saints October 14, 1971 Corsicana Daily Sun 27 November 4, 2014 Corsicana, Texas Roster 1971 New Orleans Saints 14 Edd Hargett  8 Archie Manning y 40 Hoyle Granger 35 Bob Gresham y 43 David Kopay 42 Jim Strong running back 47 Virgil Robinson y 46 Danny Abramowicz 41 Bob Newland 34 Carlos Bell 36 Don Burchfield y 83 Dave Parks 51 John Didion C 78 Glen Ray Hines T 70 Sam Holden y T 50 Jake Kupp G 76 Don Morrison American football y T 65 Remi Prudhomme C 67 John Shinners G 61 Del Williams G 77 Dan Goich DT 89 Dave Long American football DT 87 Richard Neal American football DE 72 Joe Owens DE 82 Bob Pollard y DT 80 Mike Walker no y DE 53 Dick Absher MLB 59 Wayne Colman OLB 60 Carl Cunningham OLB 55 Jim Flanigan Sr. MLB 64 Ray Hester y OLB 54 Tom Roussel OLB 18 Hugo Hollas FS 20 Delles Howell CB 11 Bivian Lee y CB 22 Dee Martin y CB 21 Reynaud Moore y SS 23 Doug Wyatt SS 15 Charlie Durkee K 10 Julian Fagan P 88 Leo Carroll American football DE IR 25 Al Dodd WR IR 84 Larry Estes DE IR 28 James Ford American football y RB IR -- Bart Graves no DE IR 52 John Huard LB IR 74 Doug Mooers DT/DE IR 57 Mike Morgan linebacker, born 1942 LB IR 29 Richard Harvey no CB 12 Bobby Scott American football y QB 86 Creston Whitaker WR Regular season Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 19 Los Angeles Rams W 24–20 1–0 Tulane Stadium 70,915 2 September 26 San Francisco 49ers L 20–38 1–1 Tulane Stadium 81,595 3 October 3 at Houston Oilers T 13–13 1–1–1 Astrodome 47,966 4 October 10 at Chicago Bears L 14–35 1–2–1 Soldier Field 55,049 5 October 17 Dallas Cowboys W 24–14 2–2–1 Tulane Stadium 83,088 6 October 24 at Atlanta Falcons L 6–28 2–3–1 Atlanta Stadium 58,850 7 October 31 at Washington Redskins L 14–24 2–4–1 RFK Stadium 53,041 8 November 7 Oakland Raiders T 21–21 2–4–2 Tulane Stadium 83,102 9 November 14 at San Francisco 49ers W 26–20 3–4–2 Candlestick Park 45,138 10 November 21 Minnesota Vikings L 10–23 3–5–2 Tulane Stadium 83,130 11 November 28 at Green Bay Packers W 29–21 4–5–2 Milwaukee County Stadium 48,035 12 December 5 at Los Angeles Rams L 28–45 4–6–2 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 73,610 13 December 12 Cleveland Browns L 17–21 4-7-2 Tulane Stadium 72,794 14 December 19 Atlanta Falcons L 20–24 4-8-2 Tulane Stadium 75,954 Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. Game summaries Week 1 Rams 0 3 3 14 Saints 0 3 14 7 September 19 Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana 1:00 p.m. CDT 86 F • Wind 6 mph on S Bob Frederic yes 2 NO Skip Butler 32 yard field goal Saints 3–0 2 LA David Ray 31 yard field goal Tie 3–3 3 NO Dave Parks 6 yard pass from Archie Manning (Skip Butler kick) Saints 10–3 3 NO Bob Gresham 2 yard run (Skip Butler kick) Saints 17–3 3 LA David Ray 27 yard field goal Saints 17–6 4 LA Les Josephson 29 yard pass from Roman Gabriel (David Ray kick) Saints 17–13 4 LA Les Josephson 1 yard run (David Ray kick) Rams 20–17 4 NO Archie Manning 1 yard run (Skip Butler kick) Saints 24–20 yes Pro-Football-Reference.com Standings References External links 1971 New Orleans Saints at JT-SW.com 1971 New Orleans Saints at Pro-Football-Reference.com New Orleans Saints Category:New Orleans Saints seasons New Orl Category:1970s in New Orleans