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First team to go 3-13 to the conference title game in one year.

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great work THIS IS GREAT
Made to 50 items!!!!!

Here are some events ...add to it.....
1.Kickoff return on first play in team history
2.Ditka gives away draft for Ricky Williams
3.With all respect to those it effected---Katrina
4.Home game in Giants stadium? LSU Tiger and Alamo Dome also.
5.Jacksonville lateral play--then missed extra point.
6.Aaron Brooks backwards pass to a lineman
7.Tampa Bay get first franchise win ever versus Siants-so did expansion Browns on hail mary pass.
8. How about the biggest (at the time) come from behind win by the 49ers. We were winless at 0 - 13 December 7, 1980. Joe Montana losing 35-7 at halftime rallies them back to win in overtime 38-35.
9.1978 Steve Bartkowski heaves a Hail Mary pass to Alfred Jenkins Pass interference, ball on the one. Falcons win 20-17
10.Rams FG kick in 1983 to boot the Saints out of the playoffs
11.Houston Texans select Mario Williams with #1 pick- we get Reggie Bush.
12.Have 2 QB's named 'Billy Joe' on the team at the same time
13.How about whe we were up by 5 on GB & could have killed the clock & TOlliver threw a pass(Ditka about killed him)< I believe this game was The Browns and Couch at QB.
14.Finally made Superbowl and end up playing Archie's son.
15.With 12 wins only earned a wildcard because SF had 13 wins.
16.2 points conversion successful after Culpepper fumbles the ball to keep us out of the playoffs after we only had to beat one of three last-place teams to get into the playoffs. 2002
17.We fired the tee-fetching dog when cleaning house,ended in 2000
18.we were one of two NFL teams (Chiefs) with a conventional cheerleading squad--- college type outfits, guys on the squad, and acrobatics.
19.lost 21 point lead in 4th Quarter on (special Sunday night edition of) Monday night football in 1984, in a game that ended shortly before 1am, due to presidential debate. Lost to Cowboys 30-27 in OT
20.Kyle Turley throwing the Jets helmet
21.When the fans pelted the refs with bottles, in the endzone, at the end of the game.
22.When the voodoo priestess came out, and did the hex dance, before we played the Rams in 2000 Wildcard game
...and it worked!!!
23.I remember once against the Falcons a few years ago we got a defensive holding penalty on a Falcons FG attempt. I don't think I've seen that since...one of those penalties that could ONLY happen to us...
24.How about the Abramowicz running into to sideline camera headfirst? For 10 years it was the only Saints highlight you ever saw
25.Tom Dempsey's 63 yard field goal November 8, 1970!!!!
26.Archies attempt to QB sneak into the Endzone vs. the Bears that turned into a bouncing bumbling stumbling 40 yard fumble
27.Drafting a kicker 11th pick overall...Russell Erxleben...and it doesn't work out???
28.Players named.....Guido Merkins,Jubilee Dunbar,Happy Feller, running back Joe Don Looney. Who lived up to his name
29.It was either 1987 or 88, during the time instant replay took a hiatus, playing the Whiners in the Dome, Montana to Rice, Rice was all alone at the Saints 15, started jogging towards the endzone, and somehow loses control of the ball around the 3, the ball rolls out the endzone, and the line judge still calls a TD for Rice. The reaction to the replay was epic.
30.The Dome crowd getting the first ever "too much crowd noise" 15 yard penalty
31.The back judge's pass interference, tackling Joe Horn on what would've been a 40-50 yard TD (same dude that botched that OT coin flip
32.Ditka challenging a critical play against the Browns, losing the challenge, then before the play resumes, a different angle being shown on the big monitor which showed the Saints were right, a play being run, then Ed Hoculi addressing the booing crowd with "at the time we reviewed the play, we did not have THAT view. The Saints could've challenged again, as there's no rule against challenging the same play twice
33.1976, Archie Manning was ejected from a game vs the Houston Oilers (before they were the Tennessee Titans) for bumping an official while responding to a scuffle when Oilers CB Zeke Moore deliberately poked Saints receiver Tinker Owens in the eye. The thing was that Arch was ejected from a game that he never played in. He was inactive.
34.A woman tossed beer at Bum Phillips after Saints loss in 1985, just before he resigned and his son, "Cuddly Wade", took over.
.........Ditka also flipped off the crowd.
35.We were playing the Redskins, on the second to last game and were down by less than a TD and driving late in the 4th quarter. We come up with this big play that puts us down near the goal line, but wait...there's a flag.
It seems that Dexter Manley spit on Jim Dombrowski, and when "Dumbo" retaliates, we draw a 15 yd. unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, negating the big play and the chance to win the game and advance...1988, you'll see a description of the incident and it turned out that it negated a 37 yd. FG attempt by Morten Andersen that would have tied the game and turned it into a 53 yarder...which he missed. The Redskins ended up winning the game by 3...27-24. Anyway, it was 1988 and we finished 10-6 along with 2 other teams in our division, but somehow did not even go to the playoffs. If we would have won that game with the Manley incident, we would have won our division and gone to the playoffs.
36.1974..a 22 minute delay at Tulane stadium .Versus the Eagles with Roman Gabriel the Saints fans were incensed about two unsportsmanlike penalties that set up the Eagles inside the ten yd. line. Gabriel tried 11 times but could not hear as to the fans booing. We held them and forced a short field goal eventually winning the game 14-10.
37.The Danny Weurfel "Backwards Helmet" play. That was HILARIOUS!!!
38.Superdome crowd cheers QB Dave Wilson's knee injury....and at press conference Jim Mora calls them sick!!
39.Othello Henderson called for pass interference against the 49ers on Moras Saints, giving them a fresh set of downs at the one (it was first and goal already and we had them stopped) and then another crap penalty to give them FOUR more fresh downs
12 downs at the one to score...
40.Archie's scores on a roll-out in his first career start against Rams to win the game in the final seconds. If they would've had replay back then, I think it is overturned
41.Last second FG victory in Carolina right after Katrina hit the Gulf coast. High Emotion win.
42.Buddy D gets kicked off the plane for throwing the team under the bus.
43.Walter Thomas guy. 6'5, runs a 4.9 and did a standing backflip.?????
44.1979-The NFL had gone as far as informing the Saints front office to start printing playoff tickets if they won.
Unfortunately, the offense that had exploded in the first half, imploded the second. Manning and company could only muster 81 yards of offense as the only score for the Saints was a Kenny Bordeleon 19 yard interception return. NFL legend Kenny Stabler threw 3 fourth quarter Tds. One was a 5 yard hitch to Cliff Branch that turned into a 66 yard score. Branch later caught the go-ahead score as the Raiders came back 42-35, and the Saints missed the playoffs.
45.Saints change the color of the helmets to black. (Their natural color and had to be painted gold, saving the team millions of dollars in black paint costs lol)
46.Saints sign QB Karl Sweetan who promptly gets cut and tries to sell the Saints Playbook to the L.A. Rams
47.Saints/49ers games flip-flopped due to the '89 earthquake. Saints losing the first game that was supposed to be played out west, played @ home, when Jerry Rice and John Taylor scored 'phantom' touchdowns and they had replay back then.
48.Joe Horn makes cell phone call after TD.
49.First team to go 3-13 to the conference title game in one year.
50.Roof of Superdome catches fire and falls to the fifth yd.line

exiled

I hate to remember it - Carney missing the extra point after the river city relay.

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Also: The opening curse - the Vince Lombardi/ Paul Horning debacle.

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Jacksonville play was #5.......

SOUNDCHASER

great work THIS IS GREAT
Made to 52 items!!!!!

Here are some events ...add to it.....
1.Kickoff return on first play in team history
2.Ditka gives away draft for Ricky Williams
3.With all respect to those it effected---Katrina
4.Home game in Giants stadium? LSU Tiger and Alamo Dome also.
5.Jacksonville lateral play--then missed extra point.
6.Aaron Brooks backwards pass to a lineman
7.Tampa Bay get first franchise win ever versus Siants-so did expansion Browns on hail mary pass.
8. How about the biggest (at the time) come from behind win by the 49ers. We were winless at 0 - 13 December 7, 1980. Joe Montana losing 35-7 at halftime rallies them back to win in overtime 38-35.
9.1978 Steve Bartkowski heaves a Hail Mary pass to Alfred Jenkins Pass interference, ball on the one. Falcons win 20-17
10.Rams FG kick in 1983 to boot the Saints out of the playoffs
11.Houston Texans select Mario Williams with #1 pick- we get Reggie Bush.
12.Have 2 QB's named 'Billy Joe' on the team at the same time
13.How about whe we were up by 5 on GB & could have killed the clock & TOlliver threw a pass(Ditka about killed him)< I believe this game was The Browns and Couch at QB.
14.Finally made Superbowl and end up playing Archie's son.
15.With 12 wins only earned a wildcard because SF had 13 wins.
16.2 points conversion successful after Culpepper fumbles the ball to keep us out of the playoffs after we only had to beat one of three last-place teams to get into the playoffs. 2002
17.We fired the tee-fetching dog when cleaning house,ended in 2000
18.we were one of two NFL teams (Chiefs) with a conventional cheerleading squad--- college type outfits, guys on the squad, and acrobatics.
19.lost 21 point lead in 4th Quarter on (special Sunday night edition of) Monday night football in 1984, in a game that ended shortly before 1am, due to presidential debate. Lost to Cowboys 30-27 in OT
20.Kyle Turley throwing the Jets helmet
21.When the fans pelted the refs with bottles, in the endzone, at the end of the game.
22.When the voodoo priestess came out, and did the hex dance, before we played the Rams in 2000 Wildcard game
...and it worked!!!
23.I remember once against the Falcons a few years ago we got a defensive holding penalty on a Falcons FG attempt. I don't think I've seen that since...one of those penalties that could ONLY happen to us...
24.How about the Abramowicz running into to sideline camera headfirst? For 10 years it was the only Saints highlight you ever saw
25.Tom Dempsey's 63 yard field goal November 8, 1970!!!!
26.Archies attempt to QB sneak into the Endzone vs. the Bears that turned into a bouncing bumbling stumbling 40 yard fumble
27.Drafting a kicker 11th pick overall...Russell Erxleben...and it doesn't work out???
28.Players named.....Guido Merkins,Jubilee Dunbar,Happy Feller, running back Joe Don Looney. Who lived up to his name
29.It was either 1987 or 88, during the time instant replay took a hiatus, playing the Whiners in the Dome, Montana to Rice, Rice was all alone at the Saints 15, started jogging towards the endzone, and somehow loses control of the ball around the 3, the ball rolls out the endzone, and the line judge still calls a TD for Rice. The reaction to the replay was epic.
30.The Dome crowd getting the first ever "too much crowd noise" 15 yard penalty
31.The back judge's pass interference, tackling Joe Horn on what would've been a 40-50 yard TD (same dude that botched that OT coin flip
32.Ditka challenging a critical play against the Browns, losing the challenge, then before the play resumes, a different angle being shown on the big monitor which showed the Saints were right, a play being run, then Ed Hoculi addressing the booing crowd with "at the time we reviewed the play, we did not have THAT view. The Saints could've challenged again, as there's no rule against challenging the same play twice
33.1976, Archie Manning was ejected from a game vs the Houston Oilers (before they were the Tennessee Titans) for bumping an official while responding to a scuffle when Oilers CB Zeke Moore deliberately poked Saints receiver Tinker Owens in the eye. The thing was that Arch was ejected from a game that he never played in. He was inactive.
34.A woman tossed beer at Bum Phillips after Saints loss in 1985, just before he resigned and his son, "Cuddly Wade", took over.
.........Ditka also flipped off the crowd.
35.We were playing the Redskins, on the second to last game and were down by less than a TD and driving late in the 4th quarter. We come up with this big play that puts us down near the goal line, but wait...there's a flag.
It seems that Dexter Manley spit on Jim Dombrowski, and when "Dumbo" retaliates, we draw a 15 yd. unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, negating the big play and the chance to win the game and advance...1988, you'll see a description of the incident and it turned out that it negated a 37 yd. FG attempt by Morten Andersen that would have tied the game and turned it into a 53 yarder...which he missed. The Redskins ended up winning the game by 3...27-24. Anyway, it was 1988 and we finished 10-6 along with 2 other teams in our division, but somehow did not even go to the playoffs. If we would have won that game with the Manley incident, we would have won our division and gone to the playoffs.
36.1974..a 22 minute delay at Tulane stadium .Versus the Eagles with Roman Gabriel the Saints fans were incensed about two unsportsmanlike penalties that set up the Eagles inside the ten yd. line. Gabriel tried 11 times but could not hear as to the fans booing. We held them and forced a short field goal eventually winning the game 14-10.
37.The Danny Weurfel "Backwards Helmet" play. That was HILARIOUS!!!
38.Superdome crowd cheers QB Dave Wilson's knee injury....and at press conference Jim Mora calls them sick!!
39.Othello Henderson called for pass interference against the 49ers on Moras Saints, giving them a fresh set of downs at the one (it was first and goal already and we had them stopped) and then another crap penalty to give them FOUR more fresh downs
12 downs at the one to score...
40.Archie's scores on a roll-out in his first career start against Rams to win the game in the final seconds. If they would've had replay back then, I think it is overturned
41.Last second FG victory in Carolina right after Katrina hit the Gulf coast. High Emotion win.
42.Buddy D gets kicked off the plane for throwing the team under the bus.
43.Walter Thomas guy. 6'5, runs a 4.9 and did a standing backflip.?????
44.1979-The NFL had gone as far as informing the Saints front office to start printing playoff tickets if they won.
Unfortunately, the offense that had exploded in the first half, imploded the second. Manning and company could only muster 81 yards of offense as the only score for the Saints was a Kenny Bordeleon 19 yard interception return. NFL legend Kenny Stabler threw 3 fourth quarter Tds. One was a 5 yard hitch to Cliff Branch that turned into a 66 yard score. Branch later caught the go-ahead score as the Raiders came back 42-35, and the Saints missed the playoffs.
45.Saints change the color of the helmets to black. (Their natural color and had to be painted gold, saving the team millions of dollars in black paint costs lol)
46.Saints sign QB Karl Sweetan who promptly gets cut and tries to sell the Saints Playbook to the L.A. Rams
47.Saints/49ers games flip-flopped due to the '89 earthquake. Saints losing the first game that was supposed to be played out west, played @ home, when Jerry Rice and John Taylor scored 'phantom' touchdowns and they had replay back then.
48.Joe Horn makes cell phone call after TD.
49.First team to go 3-13 to the conference title game in one year.
50.Roof of Superdome catches fire and falls to the fifth yd.line
51.How about the fact that the Saints never had a winning season until after the Pope visited New Orleans and held a Catholic Mass in the Super Dome?
52.What about head coach John North allegedly placing the whole team on waivers after the opening season 62-7 loss to Atlanta in 1973