2005 New Orleans Saints season
General managerMickey Loomis
Head coachJim Haslett
Home fieldAlamodome
Tiger Stadium
Giants Stadium
Results
Record3–13
Division place4th NFC South
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Pro BowlersC LeCharles Bentley

The 2005 season was the New Orleans Saints' 39th in the National Football League.

The season began with the team trying to improve from their 8–8 record from 2004. The Saints played two preseason games in the Louisiana Superdome before being forced to evacuate New Orleans due to Hurricane Katrina. They were forced to play the rest of the season on the road, splitting their games between their temporary headquarters at San Antonio’s Alamodome, and LSU’s Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, and even playing their first home game at Giants Stadium.

The season ended with a 3–13 record, their equal-worst record alongside 1996 and 1999 since their 1–15 1980 season, and the firing of Jim Haslett. He was replaced by Sean Payton the following 2006 season.

This was also Aaron Brooks' last quarterback season as he was released during the offseason, thus being replaced by Drew Brees in the same season Sean Payton was hired.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Main article: 2005 NFL Draft
2005 New Orleans Saints draft
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 13 Jammal Brown *  Offensive tackle Oklahoma
2 40 Josh Bullocks  Defensive back Nebraska
3 82 Alfred Fincher  Linebacker Connecticut
4 118 Chase Lyman  Wide receiver California
5 152 Adrian McPherson  Quarterback Florida State
6 193 Jason Jefferson  Defensive tackle Wisconsin
7 232 Jimmy Verdon  Defensive end Arizona State
      Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

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Personnel

Staff

2005 New Orleans Saints staff

Front office

  • Owner – Tom Benson
  • Executive vice president/general manager – Mickey Loomis
  • Senior football administrator – Russ Ball
  • Director of player personnel – Rick Mueller
  • Director of college scouting – Rick Reiprish
  • College scouting coordinator – Rick Thompson

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams coordinator – Al Everest

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and conditioning – Rock Gullickson
  • Assistant strength and conditioning – Adam Bailey

Roster

2005 New Orleans Saints final roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists


Practice squad


Rookies in italics
 53 active, 11 inactive, 7 practice squad

Preseason

Week Date Opponent Result Record Game site Recap
1 August 12 Seattle Seahawks L 15–34 0–1 Louisiana Superdome Recap
2 August 18 at New England Patriots W 37–27 1–1 Gillette Stadium Recap
3 August 26 Baltimore Ravens L 6–21 1–2 Louisiana Superdome Recap
4 September 1 at Oakland Raiders L 6–13 1–3 McAfee Coliseum Recap

Regular season

Schedule

Louisiana State's Tiger Stadium during one of the Saints' home games in 2005
Quarterback Aaron Brooks against the Chicago Bears
Week Date Opponent Result Record Game site Recap
1 September 11 at Carolina Panthers W 23–20 1–0 Bank of America Stadium Recap
2 September 19 New York Giants L 10–27 1–1 Giants Stadium Recap
3 September 25 at Minnesota Vikings L 16–33 1–2 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Recap
4 October 2 Buffalo Bills W 19–7 2–2 Alamodome Recap
5 October 9 at Green Bay Packers L 3–52 2–3 Lambeau Field Recap
6 October 16 Atlanta Falcons L 31–34 2–4 Alamodome Recap
7 October 23 at St. Louis Rams L 17–28 2–5 Edward Jones Dome Recap
8 October 30 Miami Dolphins L 6–21 2–6 Tiger Stadium Recap
9 November 6 Chicago Bears L 17–20 2–7 Tiger Stadium Recap
10 Bye
11 November 20 at New England Patriots L 17–24 2–8 Gillette Stadium Recap
12 November 27 at New York Jets W 21–19 3–8 Giants Stadium Recap
13 December 4 Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 3–10 3–9 Tiger Stadium Recap
14 December 12 at Atlanta Falcons L 17–36 3–10 Georgia Dome Recap
15 December 18 Carolina Panthers L 10–27 3–11 Tiger Stadium Recap
16 December 24 Detroit Lions L 12–13 3–12 Alamodome Recap
17 January 1 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 13–27 3–13 Raymond James Stadium Recap

Standings

NFC South
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
(3) Tampa Bay Buccaneers 11 5 0 .688 5–1 9–3 300 274 W2
(5) Carolina Panthers 11 5 0 .688 4–2 8–4 391 259 W1
Atlanta Falcons 8 8 0 .500 2–4 5–7 351 341 L3
New Orleans Saints 3 13 0 .188 1–5 1–11 235 398 L5

See also

References

  1. ^ "2005 New Orleans Saints Draftees". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved January 5, 2014.

External links

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