1975 New Orleans Saints season

1975 New Orleans Saints season
Head coach	Ernie Hefferle and John North
Home field	Louisiana Superdome
Results
Record	2-12
Division place	4th NFC West
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Timeline
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The 1975 New Orleans Saints season was the Saints ninth season and their first in the newly opened Louisiana Superdome.

Despite the new stadium, they failed to match their output of 5-9, winning only two games and tying the San Diego Chargers for the league’s worst record.

Offseason

NFL Draft

7 | | Larry Burton | |WR | |Purdue|

12 | | Kurt Schumacher | | G | |Ohio State|

216 | | Mike Stratchan | | RB | |Iowa State|

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 21, 1975	at Washington Redskins	L 3-41	54,414
2	September 28, 1975	Cincinnati Bengals	L 0-21	52,531
3	October 5, 1975	at Atlanta Falcons	L 7-14	29,444
4	October 12, 1975	Green Bay Packers	W 20-19	51,371
5	October 19, 1975	at San Francisco 49ers	L 21-35	39,990
6	October 26, 1975	at Los Angeles Rams	L 14-38	54,723
7	November 2, 1975	Atlanta Falcons	W 23-7	49,342
8	November 9, 1975	at Oakland Raiders	L 10-48	51,267
9	November 16, 1975	Minnesota Vikings	L 7-20	52,765
10	November 23, 1975	San Francisco 49ers	L 6-16	40,328
11	November 30, 1975	at Cleveland Browns	L 16-17	44,753
12	December 7, 1975	Los Angeles Rams	L 7-14	39,958
13	December 14, 1975	at New York Giants	L 14-28	40,150
14	December 21, 1975	Chicago Bears	L 17-42	33,371

Standings

NFC West
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA
Los Angeles Rams(2)	12	2	0	.857	5–1	9–2	312	135
San Francisco 49ers	5	9	0	.357	3–3	4–7	255	286
Atlanta Falcons	4	10	0	.286	3–3	3–8	240	289
New Orleans Saints	2	12	0	.143	1–5	2–9	165	360

References

• Saints on Pro Football Reference
• Saints on jt-sw.com