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1972 New Orleans Saints season

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Owner
  
John W. Mecom, Jr.

Division place
  
4th NFC West

Start date
  
1972

Home field
  
Tulane Stadium

Record
  
2–11–1

Playoff finish
  
did not qualify

Head coach
  
J. D. Roberts

Similar
  
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The 1972 New Orleans Saints season was the team's sixth as a member of the National Football League (NFL). They failed to improve on their previous season's output of 4–8–2, winning only two games. The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season.

The Saints suffered through their second 2-11-1 season in three years. It would be their worst until they went 2-12 in 1975.

Notable events

  • In their third game against the 49ers, the Saints became the thirty-second NFL team and the first since the 1970 Cleveland Browns, to score only a safety in a full game. This occurred again in the last week of the regular season, but after that has occurred only by the 1980 Buffalo Bills, the 1983 Minnesota Vikings and the 1993 Cincinnati Bengals.

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    1972 New Orleans Saints season Wikipedia
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