1996-97 New Orleans Saints Stats

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	1996-97 New Orleans Saints Stats
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Team Statistics	Saints	Opponents
Total 1st Downs	2911	287
1st Downs (Rushing - Passing - By Penalty)	972 - 1690 - 249	104 - 152 - 31
3rd Down Conversions	816 / 2598	85 / 232
4th Down Conversions	75 / 237	9 / 16
Total Offensive Yards	4206	4910
Offense (Plays - Average Yards)	923 - 4.6	1027 - 4.8
Total Rushing Yards	1308	2076
Rushing (Plays - Average Yards)	386 - 3.4	521 - 4
Total Passing Yards	3069	2834
Passing (Completions - Attempts - Interceptions - Average)	295 - 515 - 17 - 6	267 - 465 - 12 - 6.1
Sacks	22	41
Field Goals	21 / 25	33 / 42
Touchdowns	23	34
Touchdowns (Rushing - Passing - Returns - Defensive)	10 - 13 - 0 - 1	11 - 22 - 1 - 0
Turnover Ratio	-15

1996-97 Saints Passing Stats

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Player	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp%	Yds/Att	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	Long	Sck	Sack/Lost	Rating
Jim Everett	464	267	2797	57.50%	6.00	12	2.60%	16	3.40%	51	19	154	69.4
Doug Nussmeier	50	28	272	56.00%	5.40	1	2.00%	1	2.00%	57	3	17	69.8
Earnest Hunter	1	0	0	0.00%	0.00	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0	0	39.6

1996-97 Saints Rushing Stats

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Player	Att	Yds	Yds/Att	Long	TD
Mario Bates	164	584	3.6	33	4
Ray Zellars	120	475	4.0	63	4
Lorenzo Neal	21	58	2.8	11	1
Ricky Whittle	20	52	2.6	15	0
Torrance Small	4	51	12.8	22	1
Earnest Hunter	14	44	3.1	9	0
Derek Brown	13	30	2.3	12	0
Mercury Hayes	2	7	3.5	5	0
Doug Nussmeier	3	6	2.0	6	0
Jim Everett	22	3	0.1	3	0
Lee DeRamus	1	2	2.0	2	0
Michael Haynes	0	0	0.0	0	0
Klaus Wilmsmeyer	0	0	0.0	0	0
Terry Guess	2	-4	-2.0	-1	0

1996-97 Saints Receiving Stats

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Player	Rec	Yds	Yds/Rec	Long	TD
Michael Haynes	44	786	17.9	51	4
Torrance Small	50	558	11.2	41	2
Haywood Jeffires	20	215	10.8	27	3
Henry Lusk	27	210	7.8	24	0
Lorenzo Neal	31	194	6.3	23	1
Lee DeRamus	15	182	12.1	28	1
Ricky Whittle	26	162	6.2	28	0
Irv Smith	15	144	9.6	37	0
Earnest Hunter	17	138	8.1	22	0
Mercury Hayes	4	101	25.2	50	0
Paul Green	7	91	13.0	23	0
Tony Johnson	7	76	10.9	17	1
Terry Guess	2	69	34.5	57	1
Derek Brown	8	54	6.8	18	0
Ray Zellars	9	45	5.0	12	0
Mario Bates	13	44	3.4	15	0

1996-97 Saints Field Goal Stats

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Player	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	60+
Doug Brien	0-0	4-4	9-10	5-7	0-0	0-0

1996-97 Saints Punting Stats

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Player	Punts	Yards	Long	Avg	Blk	Ret	RetY	IN 20	Net Avg
Klaus Wilmsmeyer	87	3551	63	40.8	0	43	546	16	32.5

1996-97 Saints Punt Return Stats

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Player	Returns	FC	Yds	Long	TD
Tyrone Hughes	30	20	5.1	16	0
Terry Guess	1	0	7.0	7	0

1996-97 Saints Kick Return Stats

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Player	Returns	FC	Yds	Yds/Ret	Long	TD
Tyrone Hughes	70	0	1791	25.6	58	58
Mercury Hayes	2	0	30	15.0	17	17
Brady Smith	2	0	14	7.0	8	8
Derek Brown	1	0	10	10.0	10	10
Earnest Hunter	1	0	20	20.0	20	20
Henry Lusk	1	0	16	16.0	16	16
J.J. McCleskey	1	0	18	18.0	18	18

1996-97 Saints Defensive Stats

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Player	Total	Solo	Assist	Sck	Sfty	Fumb
Winfred Tubbs	114	86	28	1.0	0	1
Mark Fields	112	90	22	2.0	0	1
Greg Jackson	90	70	20	0.0	0	2
Wayne Martin	86	70	16	11.0	0	3
Anthony Newman	83	62	21	0.0	0	1
Mark McMillian	67	62	5	0.0	0	0
Joe Johnson	58	48	10	7.5	0	3
Eric Allen	52	49	3	0.0	0	0
Richard Harvey	45	37	8	2.0	0	2
Rufus Porter	44	35	9	0.0	0	0
Darren Mickell	33	26	7	3.0	0	1
Brian Jones	31	26	5	0.0	0	2
Austin Robbins	27	21	6	1.0	0	0
Alex Molden	23	19	4	2.0	0	0
Willie Broughton	22	16	6	2.0	0	0
Brady Smith	22	20	2	2.0	0	0
Tyrone Hughes	19	16	3	0.0	0	0
Je'Rod Cherry	16	14	2	0.0	0	0
Renaldo Turnbull	13	11	2	6.5	0	0
Don Davis	12	9	3	0.0	0	0

1996-97 Saints Interception Stats

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Player	Int	Yds	Yds/Int	Long	TD
Anthony Newman	3	40	13.3	21	0
Eric Allen	1	33	33.0	33	0
Greg Jackson	3	24	8.0	10	0
Winfred Tubbs	1	11	11.0	11	0
Mark McMillian	2	4	2.0	4	0
Alex Molden	2	2	1.0	2	0

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