What’s your must obscure, random Saints fact? (2 Viewers)

[Deuuuuce]

In 2003 the saints had the biggest roller coaster sequence in the history of football that i can remember...river city relay.

 

[Madmarsha]

In 2003 the saints had the biggest roller coaster sequence in the history of football that i can remember...river city relay.

I know exactly where I was.

 

[Swamprat]

Saints should certainly have the highest attendance of any SuperBowl victory parade ever...(maybe somebody can fact check this)..

.. And probably the ONLY team to ever do it in Mardi Gras floats!!!

 

[SouthRider]

Grover Klemmer's "inadvertent flag" stopped the clock from running out on the last play of the game, and the Falcons beat us on the added play on the first "hail Mary" pass, called "Big Ben".

The following year the exact same thing happened on an "inadvertent whistle", on "Big Ben Left".

 

[SoggyBottomBoy]

The year that the Cowboys won their first Super Bowl, they lost to the Saints (4-8-2) during the regular season. The year the Saints won their first Super Bowl, they lost to the Cowboys (11-5) during the regular season.

 

[SoggyBottomBoy]

Has anyone mentioned the cannon misfiring in the endzone and injuring the crew? That was surreal.

 

[Dan in Lafayette]

Has anyone mentioned the cannon misfiring in the endzone and injuring the crew? That was surreal.

You just did, but please add the details for those that haven't heard about it.

 

[HouseCall]

The 1990 Saints finished 8-8.

They never won more than 2 in a row.

They also never lost more than 2 in a row.

They scored 274 points.

They gave up 275 points.

They were a maddeningly average team.

However, they managed to beat the then 13-1 , defending 2-time Super Bowl champion 49ers in Candlestick.

They also made the playoffs.

 

[Saint Kamara]

Shiner was Pittsburgh QB that Doug Atkins sacked on his last play in Tulane Stadium.

Of course Dick Shiner was sacked.

 

[Green-Ghost]

Former Super Bowl 3 champion, Kansas City Chiefs coach Hank Stram became coach of the Saints. He coached the Saints to an even 8 & 8 season while Mecham was still the owner.

 

[NatureBoy]

It helped that Louisiana Senator Russell Long (Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee) and Louisiana Representative Hale Boggs (House Majority Whip) were on the job in D.C.

At that time the bill to merge the NFL and AFL was in congress. On its own, it would have to go through the Senate Judiciary Committee where it was unlikely to get out because it would have required an antitrust exemption which would have been opposed.

Hale Boggs came up with a plan and attached the merger bill to a tax bill heavily supported by LBJ. It included the antitrust exemption. Since it was primarily a tax bill, it would get routed to Long's Finance Committee, where he could steer it towards a vote.

Before the vote occurred, NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle told Boggs that he didn't know how to thank him for helping out the NFL-AFL merger. Boggs essentially told him New Orleans gets a franchise immediately. That's the deal. The bill passed and New Orleans got its franchise.


And what a helmet it was. It accompanied him into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.



The Falcons were led that day by a journeyman QB named Dick Shiner.

In the late 60s/early 70s the Browns had a WR named Fair Hooker.

 

[HobBeh]

I thought the 1992 Saints defense would have the best DSRS of the 1990s, but it was actually the 1999 Bills

 

[Dan in Lafayette]

In the late 60s/early 70s the Browns had a WR named Fair Hooker.

I remember him. And since he was a junior, he was also the son of a Fair Hooker.

 

[HobBeh]

Former Super Bowl 3 champion, Kansas City Chiefs coach Hank Stram became coach of the Saints. He coached the Saints to an even 8 & 8 season while Mecham was still the owner.

No...only after he was gone. Dick Nolan 1979 was first 8-8 season.

 

[Outbackjack]

Saints in October .....

Since 2017........

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