1968 New Orleans Saints season

1968 New Orleans Saints season
Owner	John W. Mecom, Jr.
General manager	Vic Schwenk
Head coach	Tom Fears
Home field	Tulane Stadium
Results
Record	4–9–1
Division place	3rd Century
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1968 New Orleans Saints season was the team's second as a member of the National Football League (NFL). They improved on their previous season's output of 3–11, winning four games. The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive season, and finished third in the Century Division of the NFL Eastern Conference.

Offseason

NFL draft

Main article: 1968 NFL draft

1968 New Orleans Saints draft
Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
1	7	Kevin Hardy	Defensive tackle	Notre Dame
Made roster

Personnel

Staff

1968 New Orleans Saints staff

Front office President – John W. Mecom, Jr. General Manager – Vic Schwenk Head coaches Head Coach – Tom Fears Offensive coaches Chief Offensive – George Dickson Receivers – Bob Shaw Offensive Line – Brad Ecklund Offensive Line – Walt Yowarsky

Defensive coaches Chief Defensive – Jack Faulkner Defensive Line – Ed Khayat Linebackers – J. D. Roberts

Roster

1968 New Orleans Saints roster

Quarterbacks (QB) 17 Billy Kilmer 14 Karl Sweetan 11 Ronnie Lee South Running backs (RB) 38 Tony Baker 32 Tom Barrington 22 Charlie Brown 34 Tony Lorick FB 36 Don McCall 33 Randy Schultz 39 Ernie Wheelwright Wide receivers (WR) 46 Danny Abramowicz 42 John Gilliam 85 Ray Poage 88 Dave Szymanski Tight ends (TE) 84 Jimmy Hester 83 Dave Parks 85 Monty Stickles

Offensive linemen (OL) 77 Jim Boeke T 78 Jerry Jones T 50 Jake Kupp G 73 Jerry Sturm T 54 Joe Wendryhoski C 61 Del Williams G Defensive linemen (DL) 81 Doug Atkins DE 79 Lou Cordileone DE 72 Earl Leggett DT 76 Dave Rowe DT 60 Brian Schweda DE 74 Mike Tilleman DT

Linebackers (LB) 82 Johnny Brewer 66 Bill Cody 35 Ted Davis 51 Jim Fraser 30 Les Kelley 37 Steve Stonebreaker 59 Fred Whittingham Defensive backs (DB) {{{defensive_back}}} Special teams 10 Charlie Durkee K 12 Tom McNeill P

Rookies in italics

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 15, 1968	Cleveland Browns	L 10–24	74,215
2	September 22, 1968	Washington Redskins	W 37–17	65,941
3	September 29, 1968	St. Louis Cardinals	L 20–21	79,021
4	October 6, 1968	at New York Giants	L 21–38	60,967
5	October 13, 1968	Minnesota Vikings	W 20–17	71,105
6	October 20, 1968	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 16–12	32,303
7	October 27, 1968	at St. Louis Cardinals	L 17–31	45,476
8	November 3, 1968	Dallas Cowboys	L 3–17	84,728
9	November 10, 1968	at Cleveland Browns	L 17–35	71,025
10	November 17, 1968	at Green Bay Packers	L 7–29	49,644
11	November 24, 1968	at Detroit Lions	T 20–20	46,152
12	December 1, 1968	Chicago Bears	L 17–23	78,285
13	December 8, 1968	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 17–29	57,128
14	December 15, 1968	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 24–14	66,131

Standings

NFL Century
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Cleveland Browns	10	4	0	.714	4–2	7–3	394	273	L1
St. Louis Cardinals	9	4	1	.692	5–0–1	8–1–1	325	289	W4
New Orleans Saints	4	9	1	.308	2–4	3–7	246	327	W1
Pittsburgh Steelers	2	11	1	.154	0–5–1	1–8–1	244	397	L5

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.