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[1] [5] On March 6, 1967, the Colts traded Cuozzo to the expansion New Orleans Saints, as part of a deal that also sent offensive lineman Butch Allison to the Saints in exchange for a 1967 first round draft pick (#1-Bubba Smith), a 1967 third round pick (#54-Norman Davis), a 1969 seventh round pick (#163-Gary Fleming) and center Bill Curry. [7]
The Saints committed a colossal blunder by trading the first overall selection to the Baltimore Colts for Gary Cuozzo, the backup quarterback to Johnny Unitas. Cuozzo began the season as the Saints' starter, but lost the job to expansion draftee Billy Kilmer. Cuozzo was traded to the Minnesota Vikings early in 1968.
The Falcons–Saints rivalry is a National Football League (NFL) rivalry between the Atlanta Falcons and the New Orleans Saints.. The rivalry began in 1967 when the Saints entered the NFL as an expansion team; the Falcons had joined the league a year earlier.
These quarterbacks have started at least one game for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League. They are listed in order of the date of each player's first start at quarterback for the Saints. Aaron Brooks (2000–2005) Archie Manning (1971–1975, 1977–1981) The number of games they started during the season is listed to the right:
New Orleans Saints: W 14–7 1–2 Atlanta Stadium 29,444 Recap: 4 October 12 at San Francisco 49ers: W 17–3 2–2 Candlestick Park: 44,043 Recap: 5 October 19 at Los Angeles Rams: L 7–22 2–3 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum: 64,843 Recap: 6 October 26 Cincinnati Bengals: L 14–21 2–4 Atlanta Stadium 45,811 Recap: 7 November 2 at New ...
New Orleans still outgained the Falcons 444-396 as Derek Carr passed for 304 yards, but the Saints had to settle for five field goals by Blake Grupe. The Falcons (5-6) ran for 228 yards.
The New Orleans Saints finished their season Sunday with a 48-17 win over the Atlanta Falcons punctuated by an extra dig at their biggest rival. After the game, Falcons head coach Arthur Smith was ...
Younghoe Koo's 58-yard field goal with two seconds remaining in the game gave the Atlanta Falcons a 26–24 victory over the New Orleans Saints in Week 4. With the win, the Falcons and Saints are ...