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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:
The Falcons would enter their final game of the season in New Orleans on December 19 with a 6–6–1 record, needing to beat the Saints to have their first winning record. The Falcons beat New Orleans, 24–20, with 40 seconds left in the game. The victory gave the Falcons a then-franchise best 7–6–1 record. In 1972, the Falcons finished 7-7.
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.
He played for the Vikings until 1967, when he was traded to the New York Giants, [5] and Joe Kapp took his place as the Vikings' starting quarterback . [6] Kapp led the Vikings to their first playoff appearance in 1968, [7] but he was traded to the Boston Patriots in 1970 and Gary Cuozzo stepped up to replace him.
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