After many years of waiting football fans in the Deep South would finally have an NFL team to support as the New Orleans Saints began play September 17, 1967 against the Los Angeles Rams in a sold-out Tulane Stadium.Â
This clip includes a little background info going on during the off season as well as a few sound bytes from that historical opening day in 1967.
I've been following the Saints since a kid in the 70s watching the likes of Archie Manning and Tommy Myers.
We may not have as grandiose a history as some NFL teams, but there are scores of memories the New Orleans Saints have given to their fans and I have done my best to record them here at New Orleans Saints History.
An write-up on the first players of the New Orleans Saints – a little bit of info on who they were and what happened to many of them. Thanks to Sports writer Rene Nadeau at SportsNola.com for the article.
In an effort to bring professional football to New Orleans both the AFL scheduled the 1965 All Star game to be played in Tulane Stadium – but things get racially ugly.
Billy Kilmer gets off a pass amid a Dallas Cowboy pass rush in 1967 New Orleans Saints action.
Danny Abramowicz makes a diving catch against the Eagles in 1967.
The Saints are born as New Orleans is awarded a Professional franchise from the NFL & John Mecom Jr is named as the new owner.
The 1967 New Orleans Saints Offensive and Defensive Regular Season Statistics