9thWardDesire

It has been 20 years since the Saints did what we Orleanians we hoping for: a winner.

Here were the starters from that Miracle Season (if I stand corrected)

OFFENSE
WR 84 Eric Martin
LT 72 Jim Dombrowski
LG 63 Brad Edelman
C 61 Joel Hilgenberg
RG 65 Steve Trapilo (RIP)
RT 67 Stan Brock
TE 85 Hoby Brenner
WR 86 Mike Jones (not the rapper or the dude who stopped Kevin Dyson one yard from the endzone)
QB 3 Bobby Hebert
HB 36 Rueben Mayes
FB 23 Buford Jordan

DEFENSE
LE 94 Jim Wilks
NT 99 Tony Elliott
RE 75 Bruce Clark
LOLB 57 Rickey "City Champ" Jackson
LILB 51 Sam "General" Mills (RIP "Keep Pounding")
RILB 53 Vaughan "Meat" Johnson
ROLB 56 Pat "Sackman" Swilling
LCB 44 David Benjamin Waymer (RIP)
SS 39 Brett Maxie
FS 27 Antonio Gibson
RCB 25 Johnnie Poe

SPECIALISTS
P 10 Brian Hansen
K 7 Morten Andersen ("Ol' Morty" still in the league??)
KR 37 Mel Gray

COACHES
HC Jim Mora ("Playoffs? Are you kidding me?.....Ooops, I mean "Coulda-Woulda-Shoulda!!")
OC/QBs Carl Smith (Bozo without the make-up)
RBs Jim Skipper
WRs Steve Walters
OL/TEs Paul Boudreaux
DC Steve Sidwell
DL John Pease
LBs Vic Fangio
DBs Dom Capers
ST Joe Marciano
Strength Coach Russell Patternostro
Trainer Dean Kleinschmidt

SONG/SLOGAN: "I Believe!"

RIP : Dave Waymer, Jim Finks & Frank Warren