The 1986 New Orleans Saints season was the team's 20th as a member of the
National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...
. They improved upon their
previous season's output of 5–11, winning seven games.
Offseason
Organizational changes
On January 14, owner
Tom Benson
Thomas Milton Benson (July 12, 1927 – March 15, 2018) was an American businessman, philanthropist and sports franchise owner. He was the owner of several automobile dealerships before buying the New Orleans Saints of the National Football Leagu ...
hired
Jim Finks
James Edward Finks (August 31, 1927 – May 8, 1994) was an American football and Canadian football player, coach, and executive.
Early life and playing career
Finks was born in St. Louis, Missouri, attended high school in Salem, Illinois, and a ...
as the franchise's general manager, and turned over the entire football operation to the veteran operative who previously built championship clubs with
the Minnesota Vikings and
Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago. The Bears compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) North division. The Bears have won nine NF ...
. Two weeks later, Finks hired
Jim Mora as the new head coach. Mora was the most successful coach in the history of the
United States Football League
The United States Football League (USFL) was a professional American football league that played for three seasons, 1983 through 1985. The league played a spring/summer schedule in each of its active seasons. The 1986 season was scheduled to be ...
, leading the
Philadelphia/Baltimore Stars
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to two USFL championships and a runner-up finish.
NFL Draft
Personnel
Staff
Roster
Schedule
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Week 1
Week 2
Standings
References
New Orleans Saints seasons
New
New is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created.
New or NEW may refer to:
Music
* New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz
Albums and EPs
* ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013
* ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, ...
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