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| 1967 New Orleans Saints season |
| Head Coach |
Tom Fears |
| Home Field |
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| Results |
| Record |
3-11 |
| Place |
4th, Capitol Division |
| Playoff Finish |
Did not qualify |
| Timeline |
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| Previous Season |
Next Season |
| None |
1968 |
The 1967 New Orleans Saints season was the Saints inaugural season.
[edit] Offseason
[edit] Expansion Draft
The Saints made a splash in the expansion draft by selecting Green Bay Packers running back Paul Hornung. Lombardi was distraught when the Saints selected Hornung in the draft. [1] In later years, Hornung revealed that he spoke to Saints coach Tom Fears prior to the draft. Fears was a former assistant in Green Bay and Fears felt that Hornung would help sell tickets in New Orleans. [2] Several weeks later, the Saints also signed Packers running back Jim Taylor. Taylor had felt underpaid and underappreciated under Lombardi. [3] An examination at the Scripps Clinic in California found the severing of the fifth, sixth, and seventh verterbrae, and damaged nerve roots in the spinal cord of Hornung. It was decided that Hornung would retire and he would never play a game for the Saints. [4]
[edit] NFL Draft
[edit] Regular Season
[edit] Season Standings
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[edit] Season Schedule
[edit] Roster
[edit] Awards and records
[edit] Milestones
[edit] References
- ^ When Pride Still Mattered, David Maraniss,p. 407, Simon & Schuster, 1999, ISBN 978-0-684-84418-3
- ^ When Pride Still Mattered, David Maraniss,p. 407, Simon & Schuster, 1999, ISBN 978-0-684-84418-3
- ^ When Pride Still Mattered, David Maraniss,p. 408, Simon & Schuster, 1999, ISBN 978-0-684-84418-3
- ^ When Pride Still Mattered, David Maraniss,p. 408, Simon & Schuster, 1999, ISBN 978-0-684-84418-3
- ^ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 298
