History In The Making

43 Years of New Orleans Saints football and the Saints have the opportunity to play in and potentially win their first Super Bowl. It has been a long and troubled road for this team that means so much to the City of New Orleans and the State of Louisiana. What can you say other than.....

"Who Dat !"

1967 3-11-0 (First season played in Tulane Stadium)

1968 4-9-1

1969 5-9-0

1970 2-11-1

1971 4-8-2 (Archie Manning drafted)

1972 2-11-1

1973 5-9-0

1974 5-9-0

1975 2-12-0 (The Louisiana Superdome opens.)

1976 4-10-0

1977 3-11-0

1978 7-9-0 (My family moved to River Ridge, La)

1979 8-8-0 (First non-losing season)

1980 1-15-0 (The "Aints", fans wore paperbags over their heads.)

1981 4-12-0 (I graduated from East Jefferson High School)

1982 4-5-0 (Strike canceled 7 games)

1983 8-8-0

1984 7-9-0 (Baltimore Colts move to Indianapolis)

1985 5-11-0

1986 7-8-1 (I graduated from LSU & married Tammy - Geaux Tigers!)

1987 12-4-0 (First winning season)

1988 10-6-0 (I was stationed at Barksdale AFB. Amanda was born.)

1989 9-7-0

1990 8-8-0 (Ashley was born.)

1991 11-5-0 (Saints win first division title)

1992 12-4-0 (Tammy, the girls and I moved back to Metairie, La)

1993 8-8-0

1994 7-9-0

1995 7-9-0

1996 3-13-0 (Tammy, the girls and I move Florida)

1997 6-10-0

1998 6-10-0

1999 3-13-0 (Mike Ditka & Ricky Williams fiasco)

2000 10-6-0

2001 7-9-0

2002 9-7-0

2003 8-8-0

2004 8-8-0

2005 3-13-0 (Hurricane Katrina)

2006 10-6-0

2007 7-9-0

2008 8-8-0

2009 13-3-0 (The Saints are in the Super Bowl!)

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Pretty amazing to consider all the history that has unfolded these past 43 years.

Nine presidencies

Lyndon N Johnson

Richard M Nixon

Gerald R Ford

James Carter

Ronald Reagan

George H.W. Bush

William J Clinton

George W. Bush

Barack H. Obama

US Military Actions

Vietnam

Tehran hostage crisis

Grenada

Beirut

Gulf War

Somalia

Yugoslavia

Global War on Terror (GWOT)