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== History ==
== History ==
''1966,''
''1966''
Nov. 1 - National Football League awarded 16th franchise to New Orleans as NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle made the announcement at New Orleans' Ponchartrain Hotel. As November 1 is All Saints' Day in Catholicism, and New Orleans (and south Louisiana) is strongly Catholic, the Saints became the team name.
Nov. 1 - National Football League awarded 16th franchise to New Orleans as NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle made the announcement at New Orleans' Ponchartrain Hotel. As November 1 is All Saints' Day in Catholicism, and New Orleans (and south Louisiana) is strongly Catholic, the Saints became the team name.