Did you know that the New Orleans Saints is one of the most popular franchises in the NFL’s history? One of the reasons is that New Orleans is a big city with lots of people. To add to that the people are very loyal to the New Orleans Saints because it is one of the main things to do in New Orleans. Also the Saints have done a lot of things for the city of New Orleans. Like in 2005, they helped the city after Hurricane Katrina. This is how the Saint became a NFL team and franchise in 1966.In 1966 New Orleans got a call from the NFL offering the sixteenth NFL francise. They got offered the franchise because New Orleans had so much black tourism and culture. Things to do like Jazz food and the Mississippi River. Also there's a lot of people …show more content…
At first the NFL game the Saints kicker Paige cothren. He was from Old Miss. Later on the Saints picked up 42 more players including Archie Manning , Jim Taylor and joe wendryhoski. This ain't finished 13th in one month. Cleaned the Superdome as the Saints time for football. Afterwards and started practicing for the Saints first game. The Saints first game is a NFL team was not good day is Saint rocke schedule their first game was against the LA Rams the Superdome. Saint started selling tickets on March 8th 1967 is a sold 20000 tickets the first day. They broke a NFL record at that time. The game was two weeks later. The Saints lost to the rams 16 - 7. The first season was difficult for the Saints. They lost their first game to the LA Rams. One week later they went to play the st. Louis Cardinals. That day they had their first Victory 23 to 14 against the Cardinals. And I am Archie Manning has over 100 passing yards. At the end of the season they were 3 and 12. The Saints lost the Superdome in August of 2005. The SuperJam was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. The Saints had to play in San Antonio rest of the 2005 and 2006 season how the city working on the Superdome. One day in December 8th 2006 they put millions of dollars towards the Superdome. They got it done in 2006 in the middle of the saint 20016