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Contents A Winning Team 4 League Play 6 Kicking Off 8 Highlight Reel 10 Halftime Stat Break 14 Coaches Corner 16 Star Players 18 The Superdome 22 Who Dat 24 Final Call 26 Through the Years 28 Postgame Recap 30 Glossary 31 Websites 31 Index 32
A Winning Team from New Orleans Louisiana They have played in the National Football League NFL for more than 45 years The New Orleans Saints are a football team The Saints have had good seasons and bad But over the years they’ve proven themselves Let’s see what makes the Saints one of the NFL’s greatest teams 4
