New Orleans Saints

PHOTO: STADIUMS OF PRO FOOTBALL

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.

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-)

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS

1
2009

SUPER BOWL APPEARANCES

SEASON SUPER BOWL W/L OPPONENT SCORE HOST CITY VICTORY APP
2009 XLIV 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)