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2000 New Orleans Saints season

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Record
  
10–6

Pro Bowlers
  
5

Start date
  
2000

Division place
  
1st NFC West

Head coach
  
Jim Haslett

Home field
  
Mercedes-Benz Superdome

Playoff finish
  
Won Wild Card Playoffs (Rams) 31–28 Lost NFC Divisional Playoffs (Vikings) 34–16

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The 2000 New Orleans Saints season was the team's thirty-fourth in the National Football League (NFL). The Saints were looking to improve on their 3–13 finish from a year earlier under new head coach Jim Haslett. Not only did the Saints do so, finishing with a 10–6 record to win the NFC West and advance to the playoffs for the first time since 1992, they also won their first ever playoff game by defeating the defending Super Bowl champion St. Louis Rams in the Wild Card round. The Saints went no further, though, as they lost to the Minnesota Vikings in the next round.

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The Saints did not return to the playoffs until 2006.

Awards and records

  • La’Roi Glover, NFC Pro Bowl Selection,
  • Jim Haslett, AP Coach of the Year,
  • Jim Haslett, College and Pro Football Newsweekly Coach of the Year,
  • Jim Haslett, Football Digest Coach of the Year,
  • Jim Haslett, Football News Coach of the Year,
  • Jim Haslett, Pro Football Writers Association Coach of the Year,
  • Jim Haslett, Sports Illustrated Coach of the Year
  • Jim Haslett, USA Today NFC Coach of the Year,
  • Joe Horn, NFC Pro Bowl Selection,
  • Joe Johnson, NFC Pro Bowl Selection,
  • Keith Mitchell, NFC Pro Bowl Selection,
  • William Roaf, NFC Pro Bowl Selection,
  • Mark Fields, NFC Pro Bowl Selection,

    • Milestones

  • Ricky Williams, 1st 1000 rushing yards season

    • References

    2000 New Orleans Saints season Wikipedia
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