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.
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 Audio clip of Some New Orleans History – pre-Saints days and the efforts that were being made to bring a Pro Football team to the Crescent City.
Danny Abramowicz makes a diving catch against the Eagles in 1967.
Jim Taylor scores against the Steelers during the Saints-Steelers game in 1967.
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.
A water-color painting of the original New Orleans Saints team uniform of 1967. Thanks to Heritage Sports Arts for permission to share it.
Old Film Footage of the 1967 New Orleans Saints.