1975 New Orleans Saints season explained

Team:New Orleans Saints
Year:1975
Record:2–12
Division Place:4th NFC West
Playoffs:Did not qualify
Pro Bowlers:None
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The 1975 New Orleans Saints season was the Saints ninth season and their first in the newly opened Louisiana Superdome. Despite the new stadium, they failed to match their 1974 output of 5–9, winning only two games and tying the San Diego Chargers for the league’s worst record.

Coach John North, who was hired four games into the 1973 exhibition season, was fired following a 38–14 road loss to the Los Angeles Rams in the sixth game. Director of Player Personnel Ernie Hefferle took over for the final eight games. His only win was his first game in charge, a 23–7 victory at home over the hated Atlanta Falcons.

The Saints were winless on the road for the fourth time in six seasons, leaving them 3–36–3 away from New Orleans since 1970.

The Saints wore white pants for the first time after wearing old gold pants for their first eight seasons. After 1975, New Orleans did not wear white jerseys and white pants again until introducing their Color Rush set in 2016.

Offseason

NFL draft

See main article: 1975 NFL draft. [1]

Personnel

Staff

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Roster

Regular season

Schedule

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendance
1September 21at Washington RedskinsL 3–410–1RFK Stadium54,414
2September 28Cincinnati BengalsL 0–210–2Louisiana Superdome52,531
3October 5at Atlanta FalconsL 7–140–3Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium29,444
4October 12Green Bay PackersW 20–191–3Louisiana Superdome51,371
5October 19at San Francisco 49ersL 21–351–4Candlestick Park39,990
6October 26at Los Angeles RamsL 14–381–5Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum54,723
7November 2Atlanta FalconsW 23–72–5Louisiana Superdome49,342
8November 9at Oakland RaidersL 10–482–6Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum51,267
9November 16Minnesota VikingsL 7–202–7Louisiana Superdome52,765
10November 23San Francisco 49ersL 6–162–8Louisiana Superdome40,328
11November 30at Cleveland BrownsL 16–172–9Cleveland Municipal Stadium44,753
12December 7Los Angeles RamsL 7–142–10Louisiana Superdome39,958
13December 14at New York GiantsL 14–282–11Shea Stadium40,150
14December 21Chicago BearsL 17–422–12Louisiana Superdome33,371
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1975 New Orleans Saints draftees . Pro-Football-Reference.com . November 10, 2014 .
  2. Web site: All-Time Roster . NewOrleansSaints.com . November 4, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120618110940/http://www.neworleanssaints.com/team/history/all-time-roster.html . 2012-06-18 . dead .