Team Facts

Firsts, Records, Odds & Ends

Franchise Granted:

November 1, 1966

First Season:

1967

Super Bowl Championships:

XLIV

NFC Championships:

2009

NFC West Division Championships:

1991, 2000

NFC South Division Championships:

2006, 2009, 2011, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020

All-Time Record:

(At Start of 2025 Season)

417-480-5

Retired Uniform Numbers:

#31 Jim Taylor

#81 Doug Atkins

• First Draft Choice: Les Kelley, FB, Alabama, 1967.

• First Regular-Season Game: A 27-13 loss to the Los Angeles Rams, 9/17/67.

• First Regular-Season Touchdown: A 94-yard kickoff return by John Gilliam, on the opening play of the Saints' first game, 9/17/67.

• First Regular-Season Win: A 31-24 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles, 11/5/67.

• First Winning Season: 1987 (12-3).

• First Playoff Appearance: A 44-10 loss to the Minnesota Vikings in the 1987 NFC Wild Card Playoff game.

• First Pro Bowl Selection: S Dave Whitsell, 1967.

• First to Rush For 100 Yards in a Game: Don McCall, 127 yards vs. the Washington Redskins, 9/22/68.

• First 1,000-Yard Rusher: Chuck Muncie, 1,198 yards (1979).

• First to Pass For 300 Yards in a Game: Billy Kilmer, 345 yards vs. the St. Louis Cardinals, 11/2/69.

• Most Yards Rushing, Career: Alvin Kamara, 6,779 yards (2017- present).

• Most Yards Passing, Career: Drew Brees, 68,010 yards (2006-2020).

• Most Receptions, Career: Marques Colston, 711 receptions (2006-2015).

• All-Time Leading Scorer: Morten Andersen, 1,318 points (1982-1994).