1991 New Orleans Saints season

1991 New Orleans Saints season
Head coach Jim Mora
Home field Louisiana Superdome
Results
Record 11–5
Division Place 1st NFC West
Playoff finish Lost NFC Wild Card
Timeline
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The 1991 New Orleans Saints season saw the Saints win their first ever division title.

Contents

Offseason

NFL Draft

Round Pick Player Position School
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Personnel

Staff

1991 New Orleans Saints staff
Front Office

Head Coaches

Offensive Coaches

  • Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks – Carl Smith
  • Running Backs – Jim Skipper
  • Wide Receivers – Steve Walters
  • Tight Ends – Joe Marciano
  • Offensive Line – Paul Boudreau
   Defensive Coaches

Special Teams Coaches

  • Special Teams – Joe Marciano

Strength and Conditioning

  • Strength and Conditioning – Russell Paternostro

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Roster

1991 New Orleans Saints roster
Quarterbacks

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

Tight Ends

 Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

 Linebackers

Defensive Backs

Special Teams

 Reserve Lists


Practice Squad


Rookies in italics
 Active, Inactive, Practice Squad

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Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Attendance
1 September 1, 1991 Seattle Seahawks W 27-24 1-0
68,492
2 September 8, 1991 at Kansas City Chiefs W 17-10 2-0
74,816
3 September 15, 1991 Los Angeles Rams W 24-7 3-0
68,583
4 September 22, 1991 Minnesota Vikings W 26-0 4-0
68,591
5 September 29, 1991 at Atlanta Falcons W 27-6 5-0
56,556
6 Bye
7 October 13, 1991 at Philadelphia Eagles W 13-6 6-0
64,224
8 October 20, 1991 Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 23-7 7-0
68,591
9 October 27, 1991 Chicago Bears L 20-17 7-1
68,591
10 November 3, 1991 at Los Angeles Rams W 24-17 8-1
58,713
11 November 10, 1991 San Francisco 49ers W 10-3 9-1
68,591
12 November 17, 1991 at San Diego Chargers L 24-21 9-2
48,420
13 November 24, 1991 Atlanta Falcons L 23-20 9-3
68,591
14 December 1, 1991 at San Francisco 49ers L 38-24 9-4
62,092
15 December 8, 1991 at Dallas Cowboys L 23-14 9-5
64,530
16 December 16, 1991 Los Angeles Raiders W 27-0 10-5
68,625
17 December 22, 1991 at Phoenix Cardinals W 27-3 11-5
30,928

Playoffs

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 December 28, 1991 Atlanta Falcons L 27-20
68,794

Standings

NFC West
W L T PCT PF PA
New Orleans Saints 11 5 0 .688 341 211
Atlanta Falcons 10 6 0 .625 361 338
San Francisco 49ers 10 6 0 .625 393 239
Los Angeles Rams 3 13 0 .188 234 390

Playoffs

NFC Wild Card Game

Atlanta Falcons 27, New Orleans Saints 20
1 2 3 4 Total
Falcons 0 10 7 10 27
Saints 7 6 0 7 20

at Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana

Falcons quarterback Chris Miller completed the game-winning 61-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Michael Haynes with 2:41 left in the contest. Miller completed 18 out of 30 passes for 291 yards and 3 touchdowns.

Awards and records

Milestones

References

  1. ^ a b "All-Time Roster". NewOrleansSaints.com. http://www.neworleanssaints.com/team/history/all-time-roster.html. Retrieved February 28, 2011. 
  2. ^ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book. Workman Publishing Company. p. 457. ISBN 0-7611-2480-2. 

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