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This day in football · September 16, 1923: Ironwood Legion visited the Duluth Kelleys at Duluth Athletic Park. Duluth Kelleys 7, Ironwood Legion 0. W1923 NFL season↗

From the vault · December 26, 1964 · 1964 AFL Championship Game: The Buffalo Bills beat the San Diego Chargers 20–7 at War Memorial Stadium to win the 1964 AFL championship. Box score

2005 New Orleans SaintsW2005 New Orleans Saints↗

NFL · NFC South · 3–13 (.188) · 4th in division · PF 235 · PA 398 · Coach Jim Haslett

◀ 2004 2006 ▶

Team leaders

Passing (yds)

1. 2882Aaron Brooks
2. 722Todd Bouman

Rushing (yds)

1. 659Antowain Smith
2. 363Aaron Stecker
3. 335Deuce McAllister

Receiving (yds)

1. 945Donte' Stallworth
2. 654Joe Horn
3. 489Az-Zahir Hakim

Sacks

1. 8.5Will Smith
2. 4.5Darren Howard
3. 4Tony Bryant

Interceptions

1. 3Jason Craft
2. 2Fred Thomas
3. 2Dwight Smith

Efficiency (EPA)

	Offense	Defense
Plays	1007	931
EPA per play	-0.12	+0.03
Pass EPA per play	-0.10	+0.06
Rush EPA per play	-0.14	+0.01
Success rate	39.8%	40.1%
Pass rate	58.6%

Regular season, pass and run plays only. League average that year: EPA per play -0.03, success rate 41.4%. For the defense, lower is better.

Schedule (16 games)

Date	Wk	Opponent	Result	Record	Stadium	Att.
2005-09-11	1	@ Carolina Panthers	W 23–20	1–0	Bank of America Stadium
2005-09-19	2	vs New York Giants	L 10–27	1–1	Giants Stadium
2005-09-25	3	@ Minnesota Vikings	L 16–33	1–2	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
2005-10-02	4	vs Buffalo Bills	W 19–7	2–2	Alamo Dome
2005-10-09	5	@ Green Bay Packers	L 3–52	2–3	Lambeau Field
2005-10-16	6	vs Atlanta Falcons	L 31–34	2–4	Alamo Dome
2005-10-23	7	@ St. Louis Rams	L 17–28	2–5	Edward Jones Dome
2005-10-30	8	vs Miami Dolphins	L 6–21	2–6	Tiger Stadium (LSU)
2005-11-06	9	vs Chicago Bears	L 17–20	2–7	Tiger Stadium (LSU)
2005-11-20	11	@ New England Patriots	L 17–24	2–8	Gillette Stadium
2005-11-27	12	@ New York Jets	W 21–19	3–8	Giants Stadium
2005-12-04	13	vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 3–10	3–9	Tiger Stadium (LSU)
2005-12-12	14	@ Atlanta Falcons	L 17–36	3–10	Georgia Dome
2005-12-18	15	vs Carolina Panthers	L 10–27	3–11	Tiger Stadium (LSU)
2005-12-24	16	vs Detroit Lions	L 12–13	3–12	Alamo Dome
2006-01-01	17	@ Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 13–27	3–13	Raymond James Stadium

Roster (65)

#	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	College	Exp	Status
2	Aaron Brooks	QB	6-4	220	Virginia	6	ACT
4	Todd Bouman	QB	6-2	236	St. Cloud State University; South Dakota State	8	ACT
5	Adrian McPherson	QB	6-3	218	Florida State	0	ACT
44	Mike Karney	FB	5-11	260	Arizona State	1	ACT
25	Fred McAfee	RB	5-10	197	Mississippi College	14	ACT
26	Deuce McAllister	RB	6-1	232	Mississippi	4	RES
27	Aaron Stecker	RB	5-10	213	Western Illinois; Wisconsin	6	ACT
28	Anthony Thomas	RB	6-2	221	Michigan	4	ACT
32	Antowain Smith	RB	6-2	232	Houston; East Mississippi JC	8	ACT
33	Jesse Chatman	RB	5-8	225	Eastern Washington	3	CUT
14	Levon Thomas	WR	6-0	195	Georgia Tech	0	CUT
16	Lance Moore	WR	5-9	187	Toledo	0	CUT
19	Devery Henderson	WR	5-11	200	LSU	1	ACT
81	Az-Zahir Hakim	WR	5-10	185	San Diego State	7	ACT
83	Donte' Stallworth	WR	6-0	220	Tennessee	3	ACT
84	Michael L. Lewis	WR	5-8	173		5	RES
87	Joe Horn	WR	6-1	208	Itawamba JC	9	ACT
88	Nate Poole	WR	6-2	204	Marshall	4	RES
80	Shad Meier	TE	6-4	255	Kansas State	4	ACT
82	Nate Lawrie	TE	6-6	255	Yale	1	ACT
85	Ernie Conwell	TE	6-2	255	Washington	9	RES
86	Zach Hilton	TE	6-8	268	North Carolina	2	ACT
89	Lamont Hall	TE	6-4	260	Clemson	7	ACT
65	LeCharles Bentley	C	6-2	309	Ohio State	3	RES
21	Jason Craft	CB	5-10	187	Colorado State; Denver	6	ACT
22	Fred Thomas	CB	5-9	185	Tennessee-Martin; Mississippi; Mississippi Valley State University; Northwest Mississippi CC	9	ACT
33	Joey Thomas	CB	6-1	190	Montana State	1	ACT
34	Mike McKenzie	CB	6-0	194	Memphis	6	ACT
35	Fakhir Brown	CB	5-11	195	Grambling State	6	ACT
23	Fred Booker	DB	5-9	188	LSU	4	ACT
79	Jimmy Verdon	DE	6-3	280	Arizona State	0	ACT
91	Will Smith	DE	6-3	282	Ohio State	1	ACT
92	Tony Bryant	DE	6-6	282	Florida State; Copiah-Lincoln Junior College	6	ACT
93	Darren Howard	DE	6-3	260	Kansas State	5	ACT
94	Charles Grant	DE	6-3	285	Georgia	3	ACT
66	Brian Young	DT	6-2	298	Texas-El Paso	5	ACT
95	Cedric Woodard	DT	6-2	310	Texas	5	ACT
97	Johnathan Sullivan	DT	6-3	315	Georgia	2	ACT
98	Willie Whitehead	DT	6-3	300	Auburn	10	ACT
24	Dwight Smith	FS	5-10	201	Akron	4	ACT
29	Josh Bullocks	FS	6-0	207	Nebraska	0	ACT
61	Montrae Holland	G	6-2	340	Florida State	2	ACT
63	Chad Setterstrom	G	6-3	310	Northern Iowa	2	ACT
64	Kendyl Jacox	G	6-2	325	Kansas State	7	ACT
67	Jamar Nesbit	G	6-4	328	South Carolina	6	ACT
75	Jermane Mayberry	G	6-4	325	Texas A&M University-Kingsville	9	ACT
3	John Carney	K	5-11	185	Notre Dame	18	ACT
47	Kevin Houser	LS	6-2	252	Ohio State	5	ACT
55	Courtney Watson	MLB	6-1	246	Notre Dame	1	RES
56	Alfred Fincher	MLB	6-1	238	Connecticut	0	ACT
59	Ronald McKinnon	MLB	6-0	246	North Alabama	9	ACT
77	Rodney Leisle	NT	6-3	315	UCLA	1	ACT
50	James Allen	OLB	6-2	245	Oregon State	3	RES
51	Terrence Melton	OLB	6-1	235	Rice	1	ACT
52	Sedrick Hodge	OLB	6-4	246	North Carolina	4	ACT
53	T.J. Slaughter	OLB	6-0	233	Southern Mississippi	5	ACT
57	Colby Bockwoldt	OLB	6-1	237	BYU	1	ACT
17	Mitch Berger	P	6-4	228	Colorado; Tyler JC	11	ACT
20	Jay Bellamy	SS	5-11	200	Rutgers	11	RES
28	Siddeeq Shabazz	SS	5-11	200	New Mexico State	2	CUT
37	Steve Gleason	SS	5-11	212	Washington State	5	ACT
40	Mel Mitchell	SS	6-1	225	Western Kentucky	3	ACT
60	Ben Archibald	T	6-3	320	BYU	2	ACT
70	Jammal Brown	T	6-6	317	Oklahoma	0	ACT
72	Wayne Gandy	T	6-5	315	Auburn	11	ACT

Depth chart, week 17

Offense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
RB	Antowain Smith	Aaron Stecker	Fred McAfee
TE	Zach Hilton	Lamont Hall	Nate Lawrie
C	Kendyl Jacox	Jamar Nesbit
FB	Mike Karney
LG	Kendyl Jacox	Montrae Holland
LT	Wayne Gandy	Ben Archibald
QB	Todd Bouman	Aaron Brooks	Adrian McPherson
RG	Montrae Holland	Jermane Mayberry
RT	Jammal Brown	Jamar Nesbit	Ben Archibald
WR	Joe Horn	Donte' Stallworth	Az-Zahir Hakim

Defense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
DT	Brian Young	Willie Whitehead	Johnathan Sullivan
FS	Josh Bullocks	Mel Mitchell
LCB	Mike McKenzie	Jason Craft	Joey Thomas
LDE	Will Smith	Jimmy Verdon	Darren Howard
MLB	Ronald McKinnon	Alfred Fincher
RCB	Fred Thomas	Fakhir Brown	Fred Booker
RDE	Charles Grant	Tony Bryant
SLB	Terrence Melton	Sedrick Hodge
SS	Dwight Smith	Steve Gleason
WLB	Colby Bockwoldt	T.J. Slaughter

Special Teams

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
H	Todd Bouman	Mitch Berger
K	John Carney
KO	Mitch Berger	John Carney
KR	Aaron Stecker	Fred McAfee	Az-Zahir Hakim
LS	Kevin Houser
P	Mitch Berger
PR	Az-Zahir Hakim	Donte' Stallworth

Biggest contracts on the books in 2005

Player	Pos	Signed	Yrs	Value	Per year	Guaranteed	Cap%
Will Smith	ED	2004	5	$8.8M	$1.8M	$6.4M	2.2%
Lance Moore	WR	2005	2	$540,000	$270,000	$0	0.3%
Lance Moore	WR	2005	1	$79,900	$79,900	$0	0.1%

Contracts whose term covers this season (Over The Cap, via nflverse). Cap% is against the cap of the signing year.

Trades in 2005 (2)

Date	Trade
2005-04-23	HST → NOR: 2005 round 1 pick 13 NOR → HST: 2005 round 1 pick 16, 2006 round 3 pick 66
2005-10-11	MIA → NOR: Jesse Chatman NOR → MIA: 2005 round None