New Orleans Saints played their first season in 1967 and were the brainchild of local sports entrepreneur Dave Dixon who would go on to build the team's current stadium Louisiana Superdome and founder of the United States Football League.

In their early years, the Saints were not successful and in 1980, they lost their first 14 games to which local sportscaster Bernard 'Buddy' Dilibertoadvised its supporters to wear paper bags and many started nicknaming the team the 'Aints'. Despite recent successful seasons, the Saints won Super Bowl XLIV following the 2009 season.

Saints was chosen as the team name after the jazz song most identified with New Orleans - "When the Saints Go Marching In", and it was no coincidence that the franchise's official birth was announced on November 1, which is the Catholic All Saints' Day.

In 2005, due to Hurricane Katrina devastating New Orleans and much of the Gulf Coast region, the Saints' stadium was used as an emergency, temporary shelter for displaced residents and therefore the team could not use it for their games. Therefore the team used various stadiums and at one point, owner Tom Benson thought that the Superdome might become unusable post-Katrina and was considering relocating the team to San Antonio,TX. However, at a cost of $185m for repairs and renovation, the Saints returned to the Superdome for the 2006 season.

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NAMES

New Orleans Saints(1967-PRESENT)

LOCATION

New Orleans,LA(1967-PRESENT)
San Antonio,TX(2005)
East Rutherford,NJ(2005)
Baton Rouge,LA(2005)

AFFILIATIONS

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE(1967-)
Eastern Conference(1967-1969)
Capitol Division(1967;1969)
Central Division(1968)
NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE(1970-)
NFC West(1970-2001)
South Division(2002-)

SEASONS

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Franchise records according to Pro-Football-Reference.com

SEASON LEAGUE CONF DIVISION FINISH W L T PLAYOFFS
1967 NFL EASTERN CAPITOL 4TH 3 11 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1968 NFL EASTERN CENTURY 3RD 4 9 1 DID NOT QUALIFY
1969 NFL EASTERN CAPITOL 3RD 5 9 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1970 NFL NFC WEST 4TH 2 11 1 DID NOT QUALIFY
1971 NFL NFC WEST 4TH 4 8 2 DID NOT QUALIFY
1972 NFL NFC WEST 4TH 2 11 1 DID NOT QUALIFY
1973 NFL NFC WEST 4TH 5 9 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1974 NFL NFC WEST 3RD 5 9 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1975 NFL NFC WEST 4TH 2 12 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1976 NFL NFC WEST 3RD 4 10 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1977 NFL NFC WEST 4TH 3 11 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1978 NFL NFC WEST 3RD 7 9 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1979 NFL NFC WEST 2ND 8 8 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1980 NFL NFC WEST 4TH 1 15 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1981 NFL NFC WEST 4TH 4 12 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1982 NFL NFC 9TH 4 5 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1983 NFL NFC WEST 3RD 8 8 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1984 NFL NFC WEST 3RD 7 9 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1985 NFL NFC WEST 4TH 5 11 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1986 NFL NFC WEST 4TH 7 9 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1987 NFL NFC WEST 2ND 12 3 0 LOST WILD CARD PLAYOFFS (VIKINGS) 10-44
1988 NFL NFC WEST 3RD 10 6 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1989 NFL NFC WEST 3RD 9 7 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1990 NFL NFC WEST 2ND 8 8 0 LOST WILD CARD PLAYOFFS (BEARS) 6-16
1991 NFL NFC WEST 1ST 11 5 0 LOST WILD CARD PLAYOFFS (Falcons) 20-27
1992 NFL NFC WEST 2ND 12 4 0 LOST WILD CARD PLAYOFFS (Eagles) 20-36
1993 NFL NFC WEST 2ND 8 8 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1994 NFL NFC WEST 2ND 7 9 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1995 NFL NFC WEST 5th 7 9 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1996 NFL NFC WEST 5th 3 13 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1997 NFL NFC WEST 3RD 6 10 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1998 NFL NFC WEST 3RD 6 10 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1999 NFL NFC WEST 5th 3 13 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
2000 NFL NFC WEST 1ST 10 6 0 WON WILD CARD PLAYOFFS  (Rams) 31-28
LOST DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS  (VIKINGS) 16-34
2001 NFL NFC WEST 3RD 7 9 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
2002 NFL NFC SOUTH 3RD 9 7 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
2003 NFL NFC SOUTH 2ND 8 8 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
2004 NFL NFC SOUTH 2ND 8 8 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
2005 NFL NFC SOUTH 4TH 3 13 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
2006 NFL NFC SOUTH 1ST 10 6 0 WON DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS  (Eagles) 27-24
LOST NFC CHAMPIONSHIP (BEARS) 14-39
2007 NFL NFC SOUTH 3RD 7 9 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
2008 NFL NFC SOUTH 4TH 8 8 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
2009 NFL NFC SOUTH 1ST 13 3 0 WON DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS  (CARDINALS) 45-14
WON NFC CHAMPIONSHIP (VIKINGS) 31-28 (OT)
WON SUPER BOWL XLIV (1) (Colts) 31-17
2010 NFL NFC SOUTH 2ND 11 5 0 LOST WILD CARD PLAYOFFS (SEAHAWKS) 36-41
2011 NFL NFC SOUTH 1ST 13 3 0 WON WILD CARD PLAYOFFS  (LIONS) 45-28
LOST DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS  (49ERS) 32-36
2012 NFL NFC SOUTH 3RD 7 9 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
2013 NFL NFC SOUTH 2ND 11 5 0 WON WILD CARD PLAYOFFS  (Eagles) 26-24
LOST DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS  (SEAHAWKS) 15-23
2014 NFL NFC SOUTH 2ND 7 9 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
2015 NFL NFC SOUTH 3RD 7 9 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
2016 NFL NFC SOUTH 3RD 7 9 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
2017 NFL NFC SOUTH 1ST 11 5 0 WON WILD CARD PLAYOFFS  (PANTHERS) 31-26
LOST DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS  (VIKINGS) 24-29
2018 NFL NFC SOUTH 1ST 13 3 0 WON DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS  (Eagles) 20-14
LOST NFC CHAMPIONSHIP (Rams) 23-26 (OT)
2019 NFL NFC SOUTH 1ST 13 3 0 LOST WILD CARD PLAYOFFS (VIKINGS) 20-26 (OT)
2020 NFL NFC SOUTH 1ST 12 4 0 WON WILD CARD PLAYOFFS  (BEARS) 21-9
LOST DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS  (BUCCANEERS) 20-30
2021 NFL NFC SOUTH 2ND 9 8 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
2022 NFL NFC SOUTH 3RD 7 10 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
2023 NFL NFC SOUTH 2nd 9 8 0 DID NOT QUALIFY

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS

1
2009

SUPER BOWL APPEARANCES

SUPER BOWL SEASON W/L OPPONENT SCORE HOST CITY VICTORY APP
XLIV 2009 W
INDIANAPOLIS
COLTS		 31-17 MIAMI GARDENS 1 1

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS

NFC12009
DIVISION TITLES (9)
9
NFC WEST21991, 2000
NFC SOUTH72006, 2009, 2011, 2017-2020

PLAYOFFS APPEARANCES

241987, 1990-1992, 2000, 2006, 2009-2011, 2013, 2017-2020
LOGOS
(1967-1999) (2000-2001) (2002-2011) (2012-2016)
(2017-)

HELMETS

(1967)
LAST 12 GAMES		 (1967-1968(FIRST 2 GAMES))
1969-1975		 (1976-1999) (2000-)

STADIUMS

TULANE STADIUM
(NEW ORLEANS, LA)
(1967-1974)
 CAESARS SUPERDOME
(NEW ORLEANS, LA)
(1975-)

TEMPORARY STADIUMS DUE TO 2005 HURRICANE KATRINA
ALAMODOME
(SAN ANTONIO, TX)
(3 GAMES)
 GIANTS STADIUM
(EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ)
(1 GAME)
 TIGER STADIUM
(BATON ROUGE, LA)
(4 GAMES)