9. 1964 AFL CHAMPION BUFFALO BILLS at 8. 2020 NEW ORLEANS SAINTS
8. 2020 NEW ORLEANS SAINTS
Record: 12-4
Pythag: 11-5
Off: 5th
Def: 5th
1st NFC South
d. Bears WC 21-9
Lost Bucs Div Rnd 30-20
HC Sean Payton OC Pete Carmichael DC Dennis Allen
Superdome
Zach Strief/Deuce McAllister
Offense
QB Drew Brees (41 Purdue)
RB Alvin Kamara (25 Tenn)
WR Emmanuel Sanders (33 SMU)
WR Tre'Quan Smith (24 C Florida)
WR Michael Thomas (27 Ohio St)
TE Jared Cook (33 S Carolina)
LT Terron Armstead (29 Ark PB)
LG Andrus Peat (27 Stanford)
C Erik McCoy (23 Tex A&M)
RG Cesar Ruiz (21-R Mich)
RT Ryan Ramczyk (26 Wisc)
Defense
LDE Cameron Jordan (31 Cal)
LDT David Onyemata (28 Manitoba)
RDT Malcom Brown (26 Tex)
RDE Trey Hendrickson (26 FAU)
LLB Kwon Alexander (26 LSU)
MLB Demario Davis (31 Ark St)
LCB Jackrabbit Jenkins (32 Florida)
RCB Marshon Lattimore (24 Ohio St)
SS Malcolm Jenkins (33 Ohio St)
FS Marcus Williams (24 Utah)
DB Chauncey Gardner Johnson (23 Florida)
K Wil Lutz (26 Geo St)
P Thomas Morstead (34 SMU)
KR/PR Deonte Harris (23 Assumption)
The '19 Saints have advanced, the '17 Saints went down, here's another Brees squad, the 2020 Saints, 5th in both offense and defense. Brees is 41, 26 scores and 6 picks; Alvin Kamara's 25 and kept scoring TDs, 21 total. The front 4 can get to the QB, 31 year old Cameron Jordan, 26 year old Trey Hendrickson combine for 21 sacks.
9. 1964 AFL CHAMPION BUFFALO BILLS
Record: 12-2
Pythag 11-3
Off: 1st
Def: 1st
1st AFL East
d. Chargers AFL Title 20-7
HC: Lou Saban
Offense
QB Jack Kemp (29)
RB Bobby Smith (22-R)
RB Cookie Gilchrist (29 All Pro)
WR Elbert Dubenion (31)
WR Glenn Bass (25)
TE Ernie Warlick (32)
LT Stew Barber (25 All Pro)
LG Billy Shaw (26 All Pro)
C Wally Cudzik (32)
RG Al Bemiller (26)
RT Dick Hudson (24)
Defense
LDE Ron McDole (25)
LDT Jim Dunaway (23)
RDT Tom Stesak (28 All Pro)
RDE Tom Day (29)
LLB John Tracey (31)
MLB Harry Jacobs (27)
RLB Mike Stratton (23 All Pro)
LCB Booker Edgerson (25)
RCB Butch Byrd (25-R)
LS Hagood Clarke (22-R)
RS George Saimes (23All Pro)
K Pete Gogolak (22)
P Paul Maguire (26)
KR Ed Rutkowski (23)
PR Hagood Clarke (22)
The best team in the AFL in 1964 was the Bills; first in offense and defense and they won the title. We'll see how they compete with a Saints team from 60 years in the future that wasn't nearly as accomplished. 29 year old Jack Kemp had a combined 18 scores, 26 picks. 3 All Pros on offense, 29 year old Cookie Gilchrist, 25 year old Stew Barber. 26 year old Billy Shaw. 3 All Pros on defense, 28 year old Tom Stesak, 23 year old Mike Stratton, 23 year old George Saimes.
We head to the Superdome for the kick.
1st Qtr
Saints start at the 26.
1/10 - Alvin Kamara goes for 4.
2/6 - Drew Brees goes to Kamara, it's 16 yards.
That's it - 3 plays net 4 yards and the Saints punt - it's a good one, Bills start at the 9
The first two plays lose 7 yards - on third and 17 from their own 2 - Marshon Lattimore picks Jack Kemp - and the Saints take over at the 23.
3 plays net 8 yards. Nice job by the Bills defense and the short Lutz FG makes it 3-0.
Bills deep in their own end at the 10. 3 and out including a Cameron Jordan sack of Kemp.
Saints start at the Bills 46.
1/10 - Brees to Emmanuel Sanders for 14.
1/10 - Michael Burton for 2
2/8 - Kamara loses a yrd.
3/9- Brees hits Jared Cook, 17 yards and the Saints reach the 14 yard line.
And that's it - 3 plays net 3 yards, a second short FG and its 6-0.
Bills at the 19.
1/10 - Cookie Gilchrist for 1.
2/9 - Kemp finds Ernie Warlick - big play, 29 yards.
1/10 - Gilchrist for 1
2/9 - Gilchrist for 2
3/7 - Kemp picks it up - 7 yards Elbert Dubenion, Bills at the Saints 41 as the qtr ends.
2nd qtr
Saints defense dominating so far, but they just have 6 points to show for it and the Bills now have a 1st at the NO 41.
1/10 - Bobby Smith gets a yard.
2/9 - Cookie Gilchrist busts for 20 -- Bills now at the NO Saints 20 yard line.
That's it - like the Saints, the Bills drive ends here - Gogolak makes it 6-3.
Great runback for Deonte Harris, Saints at the Bills 41.
1/10 - Alvin Kamara is stopped at the line.
2/10 - Brees finds Cook for 21, Saints at the Buffalo 20.
1/10 - Brees to Latavius Murray, 16 yards and the Saints have a first and goal at the 4 yard line.
1/goal - Murray loses 1
2/goal - Kamara gets 2.
3/goal - Murray gets to the goal line.
Payton doesn't hesitate - he's going for it. 4th and a couple feet.
4/goal - give to Kamara -- and he is Drilled by Tom Stesak - it's a goal line stand for the Buffalo Bills - they take over at the 1 yard line.
They get a first down on a Bobby Smith 17 yard run, but that's it - and a really excellent punt drives the Saints back to their 39.
3 and out. Bills at their own 20.
3 and out. Saints at their own 49.
3 and out - Bills will run the ball a couple times and go to the locker room.
3rd Qtr
Big goal line stand for the Bills and they trail 6-3 as we head back out for the second half. Defense really standing up here in the first half.
Bills will start at their own 26.
1/10 - Bobby Smith goes for 13.
1/10 - Cookie Gilchrist for 5.
2/5 - Gilchrist for 2.
3/3 - Smith picks it up, Bills come out running here and they're into Saint territory.
1/10 - Kemp throwing - finds Gilchrist for 17 - the Bills are driving right down the field, at the 32 yard line.
But that's it - the next 3 plays lose 5 yards, Saban decides to punt - it's a touchback and New Orleans will start at the 20.
They get a first down on a 14 yard Kamara run, but that's all.
Bills start at the 33.
1/10 - Kemp throws - Dubenion for 10.
1/10 - Gilchrist gets 4
2/6 - Kemp scrambling - breaks contain - Kemp is across midfield - Kemp all the way down to the Saints 38 yars line. Bills again moving the ball.
1/10 - Incomplete
2/10 - Incomplete
3/10 - Kemp picks it up - Glenn Bass for a big 25 yard gain - the Bills are at the Saints 13 yard line.
That's it. 3 plays net 3 yards. The short FG ties the score at 6.
Saints at the 36.
2 runs net 5 yards as the quarter ends.
4th Qtr
A real defensive struggle here in New Orleans - all tied up at 6. Saints now have third and 5 at the 41.
They don't pick it up - Hagood Clarke has a terrific runback - Bills start at the NO 48.
The Bills get 1 first down, Dubenion 7 yard end around the big play - but they're left with a 49 yard Gogolak FG attempt.....
....it's good. Bills take the 9-6 lead. Saints will start at the 23 with a little over 10 minutes to go.
1/10 - Kamara for 3.
2/7 - Dwayne Washington's first carry of the day, 9 yards to the 35.
1/10 - Michael Burton goes for 11 - Saints at the 46, about 8:30 left. 9-6 Bills.
1/10 - Murray for 2.
2/8 - Kamara for 1 - would you have ever expected the Saints to run 5 straight times in the middle of the field?
3/7 - Brees finds Michael Thomas - that's his first catch of the game - and it's 13 yards, it's a first down - under 7 minutes left and the Saints are at the 38.
1/10 - Murray for 2.
2/8 - Incomplete. Another third and long, maybe FG range from here but it would be a long one.
3/8 - Brees finds Sanders - it's a huge first down all the way to the 24 yard line - and now the Saints are in FG range at the 24.
That's as far as it goes - 3 plays net 9 yards -- at a little over 3 minutes left, Payton takes the points, short Lutz FG. 9-9. The Bills will take over at their own 24, there are 3 minutes left in the game.
3 and out. Saints defense just stones the Bills here - and with a minute to go in the game, the Saints have good field position after a good return by Clarke, they are at the 41 yard line.
So, 9-9, Saints just need a FG and they have all 3 timeouts with a minute to go.
1/10 - A give to Latavius Murray -- and he busts one. Latavius Murray finds a seam - Murray romps all the way down to the Bill 3 yard line. Murray with a monster 56 yard run - the Saints crowd explodes - the Saints are going to win this game.
1/goal - Play action - Brees finds a wide open Sanders in the endzone -- TOUCHDOWN SAINTS - the only TD of the day - Murray with a 56 yard gainer, the easy Brees TD score - and now with less than 30 seconds left the Bills get the ball back at the 24 yard line, 16-9 Saints.
The Bills don't go anywhere, a Trey Hendrickson sack ends the game.
Final: Saints 16 Bills 9
Tight, tight, tight all the way - one big play, the Murray 56 yard run - and the Saints advance to round 2.
Brees: 12 for 17, 120 yds, 1 TD
Kemp: 7 for 20, 116 yds 1 INT
Murray: 10 for 75
Gilchrist 17 for 43
Sanders: 4 for 29, 1 TD
Bass: 2 for 41
Lutz: 4 FG
Player of the Game: Latavius Murray
