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Wednesday, January 4, 2012

So many reasons to be proud to be a part of the Who Dat Nation!

What an awesome football season the 2011 regular season was for the New Orleans Saints! And, we were so excited to be a part of the history. The Saints ended their season with a record breaking game on New Year's Day.  What a way to start the new year!
Here's the low down on the records. Hope we covered them all!
(PS....there were so many!)

Let's start with the team:

NFL Records
  • Total yards – 7,474
  • Passing yards - 5,347
  • Home points – 329
  • Completion percentage – 71.3%
  • Completions – 472
  • First downs – 416
  • Passing first downs – 280
  • Fumbles – 6
Franchise Records
  • Wins – 13 (tied 2009)
  • Home record – 8-0
  • Points – 547 (510 in 2009)
  • Touchdowns – 66
  • Point After Touchdowns – 63
  • Yards per play – 6.7
  • Yards per rush – 4.9
  • Pass attempts – 662
  • Fumbles lost – 5
  • Turnovers – 19
  • Punting average – 46.9
  • Third down conversion – 118


Now for individual records!

Darren Sproles
 Combined yards 2,696 -  NFL Records (Individual)

 Jimmy Graham
99 receptions; 1,310 receiving yards by a tight end - Franchise Records (Individual)

John Kasay
144 points; 63 PATs - Franchise Records (Individual)

And of course Drew Brees
Passing yards 5,476 ; Completions 468; Completion percentage 71.2 percent; 300-yard games 13; Consecutive 300-yard games 7; Games with 20-plus completions 35 straight - NFL Records (Individual)
46 touchdowns; 110.6 QB rating - Franchise Records (Individual)

We are so proud to be part of the Who Dat Nation that we show off like this!


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Congratulations to the New Orleans Saints for a great 2011 regular season. Here's to the run for Superbowl XLVI!

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