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.
A glimpse from the 1988 upset of the Rams – fullback Buford Jordan carries the ball for positive yardage.
In 1979, after an 8-8 record and almost making the playoffs, the New Orleans Saints had 5 players named to the NFL Pro Bowl.
The hero of the 2009 NFC Championship game, Garrett Hartley has been cut by the New Orleans Saints.
From the 13-3 Saints win over the Falcons in 1974. Tommy Myers and Jim Merlo close in on Falcons runner Art Malone
1971 New Orleans Saints Action! Joe Owens (#72) and Richard Neal (#87) put the heat on Packer Hall of Fame quarterback Bart Starr.
New Orleans Saints Quarterback Bobby Hebert on the cover of Game Day Magazine in 1989