Personnel
Staff
Front office
Head coaches
Offensive coaches
| Defensive coaches
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Strength and conditioning
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| 2005 New Orleans Saints season | |
|---|---|
| General manager | Mickey Loomis |
| Head coach | Jim Haslett |
| Home field | Alamodome Tiger Stadium Giants Stadium |
| Results | |
| Record | 3–13 |
| Division place | 4th NFC South |
| Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
| Pro Bowlers | C 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.
| 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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| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Game site | Recap |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
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