Another audio file, this one from the Fleur di Lis at 40 radio show by William Taylor. In it, Taylor touches on the years before New Orleans had a Professional Football team and businessman Dave Dixon’s unsuccessful attempts to get New Orleans into the then new American Football League as well as a few other tidbits of early NFL football trivia.
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.
Something a little different. A re-post of an article by Tee Word at Canal Street Chronicles explaining today’s defensivebacks and their job duties in the modern day defensive backfield.
Snapshot from 1986 with Saints Rookie Offensive Tackle and Offensive line coach Jim Erkenbeck
Edd Hargett, the Saints “other” quarterback, under heavy pressure from Ram rookie Isiah Robertson Ed Hargett – the Saints “Other” Quarterback in Action Edd Hargett joined the Saints as a 16th round draft pick out of Texas A&M in 1969 and remained on the team until 1972. During his time he was almost exclusively in…
Allen Ulrich gives an excellent summary of Bum Phillips and the New Orleans Saints seasons of 1984 and 1985.
Archie Manning in 1973
New Orleans Saints Top-25 List of the All Time Most Games Played in a Career