Preseason Regular season :
Note: Intra-division opponents are in
bold text.
Game summaries Week 1: vs. Washington Redskins With the loss, the Saints started their season 0–1.
Week 2: at Carolina Panthers With the loss, the Saints fell to 0–2.
Week 3: vs. Kansas City Chiefs With the close loss, the Saints fell to 0–3.
Week 4: at Green Bay Packers With the loss, the Saints faced their first 0–4 start since 2007.
Week 5: vs. San Diego Chargers Drew Brees broke
Johnny Unitas' record of consecutive games with a touchdown in the first quarter. The record touchdown was witnessed by Unitas' son Joe. Head coach
Sean Payton, interim head coach
Joe Vitt and general manager
Mickey Loomis were granted permission to attend the game, despite their suspensions. Brees specifically requested for the three to be in attendance at the Superdome. With the surprising win, the Saints go into their bye week at 1–4.
Week 7: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers With the win, the Saints improved to 2–4. Also, QB Drew Brees increased his number of consecutive games with a touchdown pass to 49.
Week 8: at Denver Broncos With the loss, the Saints fell to 2–5. However, despite the loss, QB Drew Brees increased his record of consecutive games with a touchdown pass to 50.
Week 9: vs. Philadelphia Eagles With the win, the Saints improved to 3–5. Also, QB Drew Brees increased his streak of games with at least one passing touchdown to 51.
Week 10: vs. Atlanta Falcons After their huge win over the Eagles, the Saints stayed home for a game against their heated rival Falcons. Sitting at 3–5, the Falcons came into this game at 8–0. The Saints surprisingly won their 4th-straight game against the Falcons and improved their record to 4–5 while the Falcons dropped to 8–1. Drew Brees brought his total of games with a passing touchdown to 52.
Week 11: at Oakland Raiders After 2 straight dominant home wins, the Saints traveled to Oakland to take on the Raiders. The Saints again dominated this game after the Raiders took the first points of the game. The Saints would win and improve to 5–5 on the season keeping their playoff hopes alive. Also Drew Brees brought his streak of at least 1 passing touchdown in a single game to 53.
Week 12: vs. San Francisco 49ers The loss dropped the team to 5–6, but Brees's record of games with at least 1 passing touchdown stood at 54. This loss was brought up by the ejection of nose tackle Brodrick Bunkley.
Week 13: at Atlanta Falcons After the tough home loss to the Niners, the Saints traveled to take on the Falcons in a TNF matchup. The Saints' 4-game winning streak against the Falcons would be snapped as the team dropped to 5–7. Also, QB Drew Brees's streak of consecutive games with at least 1 passing touchdown would come to an end as he threw a career-high 5 interceptions in one game on the night. Regardless, his total passing touchdowns at this point was 31 bringing him his 5th straight season with 30+ passing touchdowns.
Week 14: at New York Giants The Saints were dominated by the defending Super Bowl Champion New York Giants. They fell to 5-8 with the loss.
Week 15: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers With the win, the Saints improved to 6–8 and swept the Buccaneers for the first time since 2006 and posted their first shutout win since 1995 to the New York Jets 12–0. The Saints did not post another shutout until 2021, when they beat the Buccaneers 9-0. This is also the Saints' largest margin of victory over the Buccaneers in franchise history.
Week 16: at Dallas Cowboys With the win, the Saints improved to 7–8. However, the Saints were eliminated from postseason contention, thus rendering them unable to play
Super Bowl XLVII on their own home turf.
Week 17: vs. Carolina Panthers With the loss, the Saints finished with their first losing season since 2007 at 7–9. Also, the team was swept by the Panthers for the first time since 2008. ==Standings==