Английская Википедия:1970 New Orleans Saints season

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The 1970 New Orleans Saints season was the team's fourth as a member of the National Football League. After spending their first three seasons in the NFL's Eastern Conference, the Saints moved in 1970 to the West Division of the new National Football Conference. They failed to improve on their previous season's output Шаблон:Nowrap winning only two games. The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season.

Following a 1–5–1 start, coach Tom Fears was fired by owner John W. Mecom Jr. and replaced by J.D. Roberts, whose first game was a Шаблон:Nowrap victory over the Detroit Lions at Tulane Stadium in which Tom Dempsey set an NFL record with a 63-yard field goal on the final play; it broke the record held by Bert Rechichar of the Baltimore Colts by seven yards, set seventeen years Шаблон:Nowrap Dempsey's record was tied by three: Jason Elam (Denver Broncos, Шаблон:Nfly), Sebastian Janikowski (Oakland Raiders, Шаблон:Nfly), and David Akers (San Francisco 49ers, Шаблон:Nfly). Шаблон:Nowrap broken by Matt Prater of the Broncos in Шаблон:Nfly, at 64 yards at elevation in Colorado (Prater's record was broken in Шаблон:Nfly by Justin Tucker of the Baltimore Ravens, who kicked a 66-yard game winner vs. the Lions).

The victory over the Lions was last of the season for the Saints, but both victories came over teams in the thick of the NFC playoff race. The other, a Шаблон:Nowrap triumph over the New York Giants in week three, cost the Giants the NFC East division championship. The Lions qualified for the playoffs as the wild card from the NFC, but were nearly forced into a coin toss with the Dallas Cowboys, a situation which was only averted when the Giants lost their season finale to the Los Angeles Rams.

Schedule

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1	September 20	Atlanta Falcons	L 3–14	0–1	Tulane Stadium	77,042
2	September 27	at Minnesota Vikings	L 0–26	0–2	Metropolitan Stadium	47,900
3	October 4	New York Giants	W 14–10	1–2	Tulane Stadium	69,126
4	October 11	at St. Louis Cardinals	L 17–24	1–3	Busch Memorial Stadium	45,294
5	October 18	at San Francisco 49ers	T 20–20	1–3–1	Kezar Stadium	39,446
6	October 25	at Atlanta Falcons	L 14–32	1–4–1	Atlanta Stadium	58,850
7	November 1	Los Angeles Rams	L 17–30	1–5–1	Tulane Stadium	77,861
8	November 8	Detroit Lions	W 19–17	2–5–1	Tulane Stadium	66,910
9	November 15	at Miami Dolphins	L 10–21	2–6–1	Miami Orange Bowl	42,866
10	November 22	Denver Broncos	L 6–31	2–7–1	Tulane Stadium	66,837
11	November 29	at Cincinnati Bengals	L 6–26	2–8–1	Riverfront Stadium	59,342
12	December 6	at Los Angeles Rams	L 16–34	2–9–1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	66,410
13	December 13	San Francisco 49ers	L 27–38	2–10–1	Tulane Stadium	61,940
14	December 20	Chicago Bears	L 3–24	2–11–1	Tulane Stadium	63,518
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Quotes

Al Wester of WWL Radio describes Tom Dempsey's 63-yard field goal against the Detroit Lions.

Don Criqui describing the same play for CBS:

References

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