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

2008 New Orleans SaintsW2008 New Orleans Saints↗

NFL · NFC South · 8–8 (.500) · 4th in division · PF 463 · PA 393 · Coach Sean Payton

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Team leaders

Passing (yds)

5069Drew Brees

Rushing (yds)

Receiving (yds)

Sacks

Interceptions

Efficiency (EPA)

	Offense	Defense
Plays	1034	991
EPA per play	+0.12	+0.03
Pass EPA per play	+0.23	+0.04
Rush EPA per play	-0.06	+0.02
Success rate	48.4%	43.3%
Pass rate	62.3%

Regular season, pass and run plays only. League average that year: EPA per play -0.01, success rate 42.7%. For the defense, lower is better.

Schedule (16 games)

Date	Wk	Opponent	Result	Record	Stadium
2008-09-07	1	vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 24–20	1–0	Louisiana Superdome
2008-09-14	2	@ Washington Redskins	L 24–29	1–1	FedExField
2008-09-21	3	@ Denver Broncos	L 32–34	1–2	Invesco Field at Mile High
2008-09-28	4	vs San Francisco 49ers	W 31–17	2–2	Louisiana Superdome
2008-10-06	5	vs Minnesota Vikings	L 27–30	2–3	Louisiana Superdome
2008-10-12	6	vs Oakland Raiders	W 34–3	3–3	Louisiana Superdome
2008-10-19	7	@ Carolina Panthers	L 7–30	3–4	Bank of America Stadium
2008-10-26	8	vs San Diego Chargers	W 37–32	4–4	Wembley Stadium
2008-11-09	10	@ Atlanta Falcons	L 20–34	4–5	Georgia Dome
2008-11-16	11	@ Kansas City Chiefs	W 30–20	5–5	Arrowhead Stadium
2008-11-24	12	vs Green Bay Packers	W 51–29	6–5	Louisiana Superdome
2008-11-30	13	@ Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 20–23	6–6	Raymond James Stadium
2008-12-07	14	vs Atlanta Falcons	W 29–25	7–6	Louisiana Superdome
2008-12-11	15	@ Chicago Bears	L 24–27 OT	7–7	Soldier Field
2008-12-21	16	@ Detroit Lions	W 42–7	8–7	Ford Field
2008-12-28	17	vs Carolina Panthers	L 31–33	8–8	Louisiana Superdome

Roster (78)

#	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	College	Exp	Status
3	Joey Harrington	QB	6-4	210	Oregon	6	ACT
9	Drew Brees	QB	6-0	209	Purdue	7	ACT
11	Mark Brunell	QB	6-1	215	Washington	15	ACT
36	Darian Barnes	FB	6-2	240	Hampton; Rutgers	6	CUT
40	Mike Bell	FB	6-0	225	Arizona	2	ACT
44	Mike Karney	FB	5-11	260	Arizona State	4	ACT
23	Pierre Thomas	RB	5-11	215	Illinois	1	ACT
25	Reggie Bush	RB	6-0	205	USC	2	RES
26	Deuce McAllister	RB	6-1	232	Mississippi	7	ACT
27	Aaron Stecker	RB	5-10	213	Western Illinois; Wisconsin	9	RES
30	Lynell Hamilton	RB	6-0	235	San Diego State	0	ACT
33	Olaniyi Sobomehin	RB	6-1	230	Portland State; Oregon State	0	RES
10	Skyler Green	WR	5-9	190	LSU	2	ACT
12	Marques Colston	WR	6-4	225	Hofstra	2	ACT
15	Courtney Roby	WR	6-0	189	Indiana	3	RES
16	Lance Moore	WR	5-9	187	Toledo	3	ACT
17	Robert Meachem	WR	6-2	215	Tennessee	1	ACT
18	Terrance Copper	WR	6-0	207	East Carolina	4	ACT
19	Devery Henderson	WR	5-11	200	LSU	4	ACT
81	David Patten	WR	5-10	190	Western Carolina	11	ACT
80	Mark Campbell	TE	6-6	260	Michigan	9	RES
83	Billy Miller	TE	6-3	252	USC	9	ACT
86	Buck Ortega	TE	6-4	250	Miami	2	ACT
88	Jeremy Shockey	TE	6-5	251	Miami; Northeast Oklahoma	6	ACT
89	Sean Ryan	TE	6-5	260	Boston College	4	ACT
68	Matt Lehr	C	6-2	304	Virginia Tech	7	ACT
76	Jonathan Goodwin	C	6-3	318	Michigan; Ohio	6	ACT
20	Randall Gay	CB	5-11	190	LSU	4	ACT
21	Jason Craft	CB	5-10	187	Colorado State; Denver	9	ACT
22	Tracy Porter	CB	5-11	200	Indiana	0	RES
24	Leigh Torrence	CB	5-11	179	Stanford	3	ACT
28	Usama Young	CB	5-11	195	Kent State	1	ACT
31	Aaron Glenn	CB	5-9	183	Texas A&M; Navarro	14	RES
34	Mike McKenzie	CB	6-0	194	Memphis	9	RES
35	Michael Lehan	CB	6-0	200	Minnesota	5	ACT
35	David Pittman	CB	5-11	185	Northwestern State (LA)	2	ACT
42	Jason David	CB	5-8	180	Washington State	4	ACT
79	Rob Ninkovich	DE	6-2	260	Purdue; Joliet Junior College	2	ACT
91	Will Smith	DE	6-3	282	Ohio State	4	ACT
93	Bobby McCray	DE	6-6	260	Florida	4	ACT
94	Charles Grant	DE	6-3	285	Georgia	6	RES
95	Josh Savage	DE	6-4	276	Utah	4	DEV
97	Jeff Charleston	DE	6-4	265	Idaho State; Western Oregon	2	ACT
99	Hollis Thomas	DE	6-0	335	Northern Illinois	12	ACT
72	Montavious Stanley	DT	6-2	302	Louisville	2	RES
92	Remi Ayodele	DT	6-2	318	Oklahoma; Northeast Oklahoma	2	ACT
96	Antwan Lake	DT	6-4	308	West Virginia	6	ACT
97	Alvin McKinley	DT	6-3	294	Mississippi State; Holmes County JC	8	CUT
98	Sedrick Ellis	DT	6-1	307	USC	0	ACT
21	Terrence Holt	FS	6-2	204	N.C. State	5	ACT
29	Josh Bullocks	FS	6-0	207	Nebraska	3	ACT
43	Kevin Kaesviharn	FS	6-1	200	Augustana (SD)	7	RES
67	Jamar Nesbit	G	6-4	328	South Carolina	9	ACT
73	Jahri Evans	G	6-4	318	Bloomsburg	2	ACT
77	Carl Nicks	G	6-5	349	Nebraska; New Mexico State; Hartnell College	0	ACT
1	Martin Gramatica	K	5-8	170	Kansas State	9	RES
5	Garrett Hartley	K	5-8	195	Oklahoma	0	ACT
5	Taylor Mehlhaff	K	5-10	184	Wisconsin	0	CUT
56	Jo-Lonn Dunbar	LB	6-0	235	Boston College	0	ACT
60	Tearrius George	LB	6-4	258	Kansas State	2	CUT
47	Kevin Houser	LS	6-2	252	Ohio State	8	ACT
50	Marvin Mitchell	MLB	6-3	249	Tennessee	1	ACT
51	Jonathan Vilma	MLB	6-1	230	Miami	4	ACT
53	Mark Simoneau	MLB	6-0	245	Kansas State	8	RES
66	Brian Young	NT	6-2	298	Texas-El Paso	8	RES
71	Kendrick Clancy	NT	6-1	305	Mississippi; East Central JC	8	ACT
54	Troy Evans	OLB	6-3	238	Cincinnati	7	ACT
55	Scott Fujita	OLB	6-5	250	California	6	ACT
58	Scott Shanle	OLB	6-2	245	Nebraska	5	ACT
4	Glenn Pakulak	P	6-3	220	Kentucky	5	ACT
7	Ben Graham	P	6-5	236	Deakin College (Australia)	3	ACT
7	Steve Weatherford	P	6-2	210	Illinois	2	ACT
39	Chris Reis	SS	6-1	215	Georgia Tech	2	ACT
41	Roman Harper	SS	6-1	205	Alabama	2	ACT
64	Zach Strief	T	6-7	320	Northwestern	2	ACT
70	Jammal Brown	T	6-6	317	Oklahoma	3	ACT
74	Jermon Bushrod	T	6-5	318	Towson State	1	ACT
78	Jonathan Stinchcomb	T	6-5	315	Georgia	5	ACT

Depth chart, week 18

Offense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
C	Jonathan Goodwin	Matt Lehr
FB	Mike Karney
LG	Carl Nicks	Jamar Nesbit
LT	Jammal Brown	Jermon Bushrod
QB	Drew Brees	Mark Brunell	Joey Harrington
RB	Pierre Thomas	Deuce McAllister	Mike Bell
RG	Jahri Evans
RT	Jonathan Stinchcomb	Zach Strief
TE	Jeremy Shockey	Billy Miller	Buck Ortega
WR	Marques Colston	Devery Henderson	David Patten

Defense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
DT	Kendrick Clancy	Sedrick Ellis	Hollis Thomas
FS	Josh Bullocks	Terrence Holt
LCB	Randall Gay	Leigh Torrence	Michael Lehan
LE	Bobby McCray	Jeff Charleston	Rob Ninkovich
MLB	Jonathan Vilma	Marvin Mitchell
RCB	Jason David	Usama Young
RE	Will Smith
SLB	Scott Fujita	Troy Evans
SS	Roman Harper	Chris Reis
WLB	Scott Shanle	Jo-Lonn Dunbar

Special Teams

Pos	Starter	2nd
H	Glenn Pakulak	Glenn Pakulak
KR	Pierre Thomas	Lance Moore
LS	Kevin Houser
P	Glenn Pakulak
PK	Garrett Hartley
PR	Lance Moore

Biggest contracts on the books in 2008

Player	Pos	Signed	Yrs	Value	Per year	Guaranteed	Cap%
Will Smith	ED	2008	6	$62.1M	$10.4M	$14.0M	8.9%
Drew Brees	QB	2006	5	$60.0M	$10.0M	$8.0M	9.8%
Reggie Bush	RB	2006	6	$52.5M	$8.8M	$26.3M	8.6%
Marques Colston	WR	2008	3	$14.6M	$4.9M	$10.8M	4.2%
Jonathan Goodwin	C	2008	3	$8.2M	$2.8M	$2.8M	2.4%
Mark Brunell	QB	2008	2	$3.6M	$1.8M	$500,000	1.6%
Will Smith	ED	2004	5	$8.8M	$1.8M	$6.4M	2.2%
Tracy Porter	CB	2008	4	$4.3M	$1.1M	$2.4M	0.9%
Roman Harper	S	2006	4	$3.5M	$883,625	$1.9M	0.9%
Lance Moore	WR	2007	2	$955,000	$477,500	$0	0.4%
Jahri Evans	RG	2006	3	$1.4M	$475,433	$346,300	0.5%
Jermon Bushrod	LT	2007	3	$1.4M	$475,287	$310,860	0.4%
Carl Nicks	LG	2008	3	$1.3M	$422,583	$117,750	0.4%
Zach Strief	RT	2006	3	$1.1M	$375,310	$45,930	0.4%
Pierre Thomas	RB	2007	3	$1.1M	$373,333	$5,000	0.3%
Marques Colston	WR	2006	3	$1.1M	$368,200	$24,600	0.4%

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

Trades in 2008 (5)

Date	Trade
2008-02-29	NOR → NYJ: 2008 round 4 pick 113 NYJ → NOR: Jonathan Vilma
2008-04-26	NWE → NOR: 2008 round 1 pick 7, 2008 round 5 pick 164 NOR → NWE: 2008 round 1 pick 10, 2008 round 3 pick 78
2008-04-27	DET → NOR: 2008 round 5 pick 144 NOR → DET: 2008 round 5 pick 146, 2008 round 7 pick 218
2008-04-27	GNB → NOR: 2008 round 7 pick 237 NOR → GNB: 2009 round 6 pick 187
2008-07-21	NOR → NY: 2008 round None NY → NOR: Jeremy Shockey

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