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The New Orleans Saints beat the Detroit Lions in the 2011 NFC wild-card playoff game 45–28. [50] New Orleans also tied the NFL's postseason mark for team first downs in a game (34), and broke the record for total yards with 626, eclipsing the yardage record set 49 years ago.
A local journalist and radio/TV personality, Buddy Diliberto, wore a paper grocery bag over his head to promote the brown bag special of Sonic, the Saints' sponsor at the time. Many fans took to wearing bags over their heads when attending games. The moniker "Aints" was also born due to the ineptitude of the 1980 Saints.
The 1980 team lost fourteen games to start the year, and fans started to wear paper bags over their heads with "Aints" on it before one idea to respond to the team "laying an egg" saw the team building and Mecom's apartment bombarded with eggs for a week. [10] In late 1984, he announced that the team was up for sale.
As the league approaches Week 18 and the dreaded "Black Monday" for staffs everywhere, three teams – the New York Jets, New Orleans Saints and Chicago Bears – already have created vacancies by ...
Here's where to eat before or after a New Orleans Saints game around the Dome, aka the Caesars Superdome. Seafood Nachos, Po’boys, and Gumbo Are Football Fan Favorites in New Orleans Skip to ...
The New Orleans Saints have pledged to donate $1 million to relief efforts for the victims of the ... The stadium was filled with heightened security, but that did not stop fans from packing the ...
The November 24 game was the one where New Orleans Saints fans, watching what would become a dreadful 1–15 campaign that season, began wearing paper bags over their heads and referring to the team as the "Aints". One night later, Sugar Ray Leonard defeated Roberto Duran in the famous 'No Mas' bout for the welterweight world boxing championship.
at New Orleans Saints Overall series Notes 1980: Rams 2–0: Rams 45–31: Rams 27–7: Rams 18–6 Saints' infamous 1–15 season, fans wear paper bags to the game against the Rams on November 24, 1980 in New Orleans. First series matchup at Anaheim Stadium. The game in New Orleans was the last for Saints head coach Dick Nolan before he was ...