New Orleans Saints Tickets

New Orleans has been one of the NFL's favorite sites for the Super Bowl. Nine of the title games have been staged there, probably because the city offers New Orleans Saints Tickets and the perfect environment for the week-long party that precedes the big game.

They've never had to worry about inadvertently giving the Saints a home-field advantage by holding the Super Bowl in New Orleans. The team, which began play in 1967, has never even advanced to the conference championship game.
New Orleans Saints Tickets at Superdome is available and The Saints didn't even finish with a winning record until 1987, their 21st season. Coach Jim Mora led the team to its greatest success after he'd built a reputation as a winner in the USFL. Under Mora, the Saints went to the playoffs four times in six years and won their first divisional championship in 1991.

The coaches who preceded Mora had some good players. They just didn't have enough of them. Quarterback Archie Manning (1971-82) was one of the Saints' early stars. George Rogers had a short but productive stay in New Orleans, gaining more than 4,000 yards from 1981-84.

But New Orleans proved too tough a challenge for coaches who had enjoyed success elsewhere. Hank Stram, Dick Nolan and Bum Phillips were among those who did damage to their career records by trying to coach the Saints. The most celebrated flop was Mike Ditka, who took over the season after Mora was fired. Ditka was brought in to win and create interest. He only accomplished one of those goals. The fiery Ditka got the Saints plenty of publicity but he left with a 15-33 record. His approach made the job more difficult but Jim Haslett, who had been the Pittsburgh Steelers' defensive coordinator, aggressively attacked his first head coaching job.

Haslett has the Saints on the right track, offering hope that the Super Bowl may yet be a home game for the Saints.

The Football Saints have missed the playoffs for three consecutive seasons. As ticket brokers, we have Saint Tickets. They nearly kept their 2003 hopes alive with an improbable, last-minute, lateral-laden touchdown, but kicker John Carney missed the game-tying extra point.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS FACTS AND INFORMATION

1966 - New Orleans was awarded an NFL expansion franchise on November 1, which is All Saints Day.
1967 - John Gilliam returned a kickoff 94 yards for a touchdown on the opening play of the Saints' first game on September 17.
1967 - The Saints won for the first time, beating Philadelphia 31-24 on November 5. 1968 - Don McCall became the first Saints player to run for 100 yards, gaining 127 yards against Washington on September 22.
1970 - Tom Dempsey kicked a game-winning 63-yard field goal against Detroit on November 8, setting an NFL record.
1971 - New Orleans chose Mississippi quarterback Archie Manning in the first round of the draft.
1975 - The Saints moved indoors to the new Superdome after eight years in Tulane Stadium. Check out Saints Schedule for this years playoffs.
1979 - Chuck Muncie became the first Saints running back with a 1,000-yard season, rushing for 1,198 yards.
1987- Football Saints played a postseason game for the first time, losing 44-10 to Minnesota in a wild card game.
1996 - Jim Mora, the most successful coach in franchise history, resigned and was replaced by Rick Venturi eight games into the season.
1997 - Mike Ditka became head coach.
2000 - Jim Haslett became the Saints' 13th head coach on February 3.