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1 Offseason  


1.1  NFL Draft  






2 Personnel  


2.1  Staff  




2.2  Roster  






3 Preseason  




4 Regular season  


4.1  Schedule  




4.2  Playoffs  




4.3  Standings  






5 Regular season  


5.1  Week 3  






6 Playoffs  


6.1  NFC Wild Card Game  






7 Awards and records  


7.1  Milestones  






8 References  




9 External links  













1991 New Orleans Saints season






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1991 New Orleans Saints season
OwnerTom Benson
General managerJim Finks
Head coachJim Mora
Home fieldLouisiana Superdome
Results
Record11–5
Division place1st NFC West
Playoff finishLost Wild Card Playoffs
(vs. Falcons) 20–27
Pro BowlersLBPat Swilling
LBSam Mills
LBRickey Jackson
LBVaughan Johnson
STBennie Thompson
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    • The 1991 New Orleans Saints season was the team's 25th season in the National Football League. The Saints won their first-ever division title, and reached the postseason for the second consecutive year. However, they lost their playoff opener at home in the wild card round to their bitter division rival, the Atlanta Falcons, and would have to wait another nine years before winning their first playoff game in franchise history.

    The 1991 Saints had 48 defensive takeaways, tied for the most for any team in a single season in the 1990s.[1] Statistics site Football Outsiders calculates that the 1991 Saints had the second-best defense in the NFL (behind the Philadelphia Eagles), and one of the top-ten defenses of all time, in terms of efficiency.[2] This was also the first season where four linebackers from the same team made the pro bowl, which the Saints would do again the next season. Says Football Outsiders,

    The Saints were led by their linebackers, with Sam Mills, Vaughan Johnson, and Pat Swilling all making the Pro Bowl and Rickey Jackson being awesome without getting a trip to Hawaii. It wasn't really the easiest year to find space on the NFC Pro Bowl defense, was it?

    The season saw the adoption of the Cha-Ching slogan from a Rally's advertising campaign.[3]

    Offseason

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    NFL Draft

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    Main article: 1991 NFL Draft
    1991 New Orleans Saints draft
    Round Pick Player Position College Notes
    2 42 Wesley Carroll  Wide receiver Miami (FL)
    5 126 Reggie Jones  Cornerback Memphis
    6 154 Fred McAfee  Running back Mississippi College
    7 182 Hayward Haynes  Guard Florida State
    8 210 Frank Wainright  Tight end Northern Colorado
    9 237 Anthony Wallace  Running back California
    11 293 Scott Ross  Linebacker USC
    12 321 Mark Drabczak  Guard Minnesota
          Made roster  

    [4]

    Personnel

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    Staff

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    1991 New Orleans Saints staff

    Front office

    • Owner/general partner – Tom Benson
    • President/general manager – Jim Finks
    • Vice-president of administration – Jim Miller
    • Director of player personnel – Bill Kuharich

    Head coaches

    Offensive coaches

    		Defensive coaches

    Special teams coaches

    Strength and conditioning

    • Strength and conditioning – Russell Paternostro

    [5]

    Roster

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    1991 New Orleans Saints roster
    Quarterbacks

    Running backs

    Wide receivers

    Tight ends

    		Offensive linemen

    Defensive linemen

    		Linebackers

    Defensive backs

    Special teams

    		Reserve lists


    Practice squad

    47 active, 10 inactive, 3 practice squad


    Rookies in italics

    [6]

    Preseason

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    Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
    1 August 3 Minnesota Vikings W 18–3 1–0 Louisiana Superdome 58,593
    2 August 10 Green Bay Packers W 31–20 2–0 Louisiana Superdome 55,730
    3 August 17 atIndianapolis Colts L 28–34 2–1 Hoosier Dome 45,963
    4 August 24 atMiami Dolphins L 24–28 2–2 Joe Robbie Stadium 44,099

    [7]

    Regular season

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    Schedule

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    Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
    1 September 1 Seattle Seahawks W 27–24 1–0 Louisiana Superdome 68,492
    2 September 8 atKansas City Chiefs W 17–10 2–0 Arrowhead Stadium 74,816
    3 September 15 Los Angeles Rams W 24–7 3–0 Louisiana Superdome 68,583
    4 September 22 Minnesota Vikings W 26–0 4–0 Louisiana Superdome 68,591
    5 September 29 atAtlanta Falcons W 27–6 5–0 Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium 56,556
    6 Bye
    7 October 13 atPhiladelphia Eagles W 13–6 6–0 Veterans Stadium 64,224
    8 October 20 Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 23–7 7–0 Louisiana Superdome 68,591
    9 October 27 Chicago Bears L 17–20 7–1 Louisiana Superdome 68,591
    10 November 3 atLos Angeles Rams W 24–17 8–1 Anaheim Stadium 58,713
    11 November 10 San Francisco 49ers W 10–3 9–1 Louisiana Superdome 68,591
    12 November 17 atSan Diego Chargers L 21–24 9–2 Jack Murphy Stadium 48,420
    13 November 24 Atlanta Falcons L 20–23 (OT) 9–3 Louisiana Superdome 68,591
    14 December 1 atSan Francisco 49ers L 24–38 9–4 Candlestick Park 62,092
    15 December 8 atDallas Cowboys L 14–23 9–5 Texas Stadium 64,530
    16 December 16 Los Angeles Raiders W 27–0 10–5 Louisiana Superdome 68,625
    17 December 22 atPhoenix Cardinals W 27–3 11–5 Sun Devil Stadium 30,928
    Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

    Playoffs

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    Main article: 1991–92 NFL playoffs
    Round Date Opponent (seed) Result Record Venue Attendance
    Wildcard December 28 Atlanta Falcons (6) L 20–27 0–1 Louisiana Superdome 68,794

    Standings

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    NFC West
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    		•  W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
    (3) New Orleans Saints 11 5 0 .688 4–2 8–4 341 211 W2
    (6) Atlanta Falcons 10 6 0 .625 5–1 7–5 361 338 L1
    San Francisco 49ers 10 6 0 .625 3–3 7–5 393 239 W6
    Los Angeles Rams 3 13 0 .188 0–6 2–10 234 390 L10

    Regular season

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    Week 3

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    New Orleans Saints 24, Los Angeles Rams 7
    Period 1 2 34Total
    Rams 0 0 707
    Saints 7 0 71024

    atLouisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana

    Rams Jim Everett completed only 6 passes against the Saints defense, while Craig Heyward scored 2 touchdowns to send the Saints to a 3-0 record.

    Playoffs

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    NFC Wild Card Game

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    Atlanta Falcons 27, New Orleans Saints 20
    Period 1 2 34Total
    Falcons 0 10 71027
    Saints 7 6 0720

    atLouisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana

    Falcons quarterback Chris Miller completed the game-winning 61-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Michael Haynes with 2:41 left in the contest. Miller completed 18 out of 30 passes for 291 yards and 3 touchdowns.

    Awards and records

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    Milestones

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    References

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    1. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com: In a single season, from 1990 to 1999, in the regular season, sorted by descending Takeaways, tied with the 1991 Philadelphia Eagles.
  • ^ Football Outsiders: 1991 DVOA Ratings and Commentary
  • ^ Scott, Mike (July 21, 2016). "The 1991 New Orleans Saints, and the season of 'cha-ching'". NOLA.com. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
  • ^ "1991 New Orleans Saints Draftees". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  • ^ "All-Time Roster". NewOrleansSaints.com. Archived from the original on June 18, 2012. Retrieved February 28, 2011.
  • ^ "1991 New Orleans Saints starters and roster". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  • ^ "1991 New Orleans Saints season". Pro Football Archives. Retrieved October 28, 2023.
  • ^ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book. Workman Publishing Company. 2001. p. 457. ISBN 0-7611-2480-2.
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