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The Saints did not have their first winning season until 1987, their twenty-first season in the league. [11] That same season, the Saints made their first playoff appearance. [2] During the team's worst season in 1980 (in terms of win-loss percentage) the fans began to wear paper bags over their heads to games and started to call the team the ...
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers maintain the lowest regular season win–loss percentage (.406), holding a 308–450–1 record through 2023. [6] Being the most-recently founded franchise in the NFL, the Houston Texans have recorded the fewest games played (338) and wins (142). [ 7 ]
The Saints were 4–1 and in control of the NFC South. A week later, the Saints upset the favored Philadelphia Eagles in New Orleans, 27–24, and the Saints were taken seriously heading into their bye week. New Orleans entered a midseason slump, losing three of four by Week 10 before going on a three-game win streak.
The Falcons dropped to 6–4 with the loss, but still hold first place in the NFC South with a two-game lead over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who also lost on Sunday to the San Francisco 49ers.
The 0–6 Saints got their first win of the season, in a contest that featured 6 touchdowns passes by each quarterback, the Saints' Billy Kilmer and the Cardinals' Charley Johnson, who threw three in the 4th quarter with his team down 21–51. It's one of only two such games in NFL history, together with the 2015 Saints-Giants game above.
The 16-point 4th quarter comeback was the largest 4th quarter comeback in New Orleans Saints history. Prior to the game, the Saints had a win-loss record of 0–208 when facing a deficit of at least 16 points in the 4th quarter. [24] On January 7, 2024, the final game of the 2023 season ended in controversy.
The 2005 season was the New Orleans Saints' 39th in the National Football League (NFL) and the sixth and final under head coach Jim Haslett.. The season began with the team trying to improve from their 8–8 record from 2004.
The Rams, Saints, and Vikings all were 8–8, with the Rams having a 7–5 conference record, Saints 6–6, and the Vikings 5–7. The Rams received the number 1 wild-card due to having the best conference record out of the three, followed by the Vikings due to the 38–31 loss handed to the Saints in Week 6.