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1981 Saints vs 2019 LSU
Posted on 11/22/25 at 7:49 pm
Posted on 11/22/25 at 7:49 pm
Who wins?
I think saints still dominate
35-10 Saints
I think saints still dominate
35-10 Saints
This post was edited on 11/22/25 at 7:51 pm
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Posted on 11/22/25 at 7:51 pm to Mushroom1968
Bum Phillips used to chew tobacco and spit on the Superdome turf. 
Posted on 11/22/25 at 7:52 pm to Mushroom1968
Really ya think?
Posted on 11/22/25 at 7:53 pm to ljhog
Not this again 
Posted on 11/22/25 at 7:55 pm to sledgehammer
Link to this exact thread. Nobody has started a 1981 saints vs 2019 lsu
Posted on 11/22/25 at 7:55 pm to Mushroom1968
1989 Phoenix Cardinals
Posted on 11/22/25 at 7:57 pm to Mushroom1968
Some on the 1981 Saints are dead...so it wouldn't be a fair matchup.
Posted on 11/22/25 at 7:57 pm to Mushroom1968
1981 rules? Saints
Posted on 11/22/25 at 9:43 pm to Mushroom1968
This is an interesting question. Athletes are bigger, faster and stronger now, but professional talent is almost always far superior.
I wonder what year you’d have to go back to for a college team to really have an advantage.
I wonder what year you’d have to go back to for a college team to really have an advantage.
Posted on 11/22/25 at 10:33 pm to Mushroom1968
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1981 Saints
I know yall know NFL teams around this time were amateur operations compared to what we have today… like specifically the Saints then were ran from an old JPRD building.
and with the population of our country increasing it just increases the talent pool for current teams
Pretty much everything favors LSU in this matchup except that the Saints were a little older
Posted on 11/23/25 at 6:13 am to TheDeathValley
quote:
I wonder what year you’d have to go back to for a college team to really have an advantage.
The 1985 Bears offensive line averaged 265 lbs. They also would be 40 years behind the times in scheme and technique development.
The 1981 Saints would not beat 2019 LSU.
Posted on 11/23/25 at 6:34 am to Globetrotter747
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The 1985 Bears offensive line averaged 265 lbs. They also would be 40 years behind the times in scheme and technique development. The 1981 Saints would not beat 2019 LSU.
This.
These dudes are built different now.
Les Miles was a lineman and weighed like 250.
They had a 300+ lb TE from the Steelers rag dolling people this week.
2019 LSU would wreck the 1981 Saints.
Posted on 11/23/25 at 7:27 am to sledgehammer
quote:
Not this again
I know. “How many pros were on the 81 Saints? All of them.”
But that being said, basically every single starter on that 2019 team got drafted. And Chase went the next year.
Posted on 11/23/25 at 8:09 am to Mushroom1968
You mean 1980 saints
Posted on 11/23/25 at 8:42 am to Mushroom1968
Archie Manning, George Rogers (rookie year, led NFL in rushing)
Wes Chandler (elite receiver)
Rickey Jackson (rookie season – Hall of Famer)
Frank Warren, Jim Kovach, etc.
That’s multiple future Pro Bowlers and a Hall of Fame linebacker.
A roster full of 22-year-olds cannot keep up with full-grown, violent pros.
Wes Chandler (elite receiver)
Rickey Jackson (rookie season – Hall of Famer)
Frank Warren, Jim Kovach, etc.
That’s multiple future Pro Bowlers and a Hall of Fame linebacker.
A roster full of 22-year-olds cannot keep up with full-grown, violent pros.
Posted on 11/23/25 at 9:08 am to Mushroom1968
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A roster full of 22-year-olds cannot keep up with full-grown, violent pros.
1981 Saints OL:
LT: J.T. Taylor, 6’4” 265 lbs.
LG: Fred Sturt, 6’5, 255 lbs.
C: John Hill, 6’2” 249 lbs.
RG: Sam Adams, 6’3” 256 lbs.
RT: Stan Brock 6’6” 295 lbs.
A team with an offensive line that averages 264 lbs. and uses schemes and techniques from 1981 would not beat a great college team from the modern era.
Posted on 11/23/25 at 9:28 am to Globetrotter747
quote:LSU could barely beat WKY and Ark... they are not a great team, I wouldn't say they are a good team.
A team with an offensive line that averages 264 lbs. and uses schemes and techniques from 1981 would not beat a great college team from the modern era.
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