Most Embarrassing New Orleans Saints Losses Ever

Watching the New Orleans Saints play the Seattle Seahawks in Week 3 of the 2025 NFL season was tough. The Saints traveled all the way up to the Pacific Northwest, roughly 2,000 miles, to get one of the biggest beatdowns in recent memory.

While the final score won't reflect how bad it was, the box score doesn't lie. Seahawks Beat The Saints 44-13 In Week 3 Of The 2025 NFL Season

The 31 point loss stings, but it's not even in the top 20 biggest Saints losses ever (by point differential). When we peel back the layers of the loss though, there's something that is pretty devastating in the numbers.

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At the end of the first quarter, the Saints were down 21-0. The Seahawks scored more against the Saints in the first quarter than 14 teams scored in their entire Week 3 games. They also scored three different ways in the first frame; a rushing touchdown, a passing touchdown, and a punt return touchdown.

Was This The Worst Saints Loss Of All Time?

There are a few ways you can look at "worst" losses. As we mentioned already, this wasn't the biggest loss by point differential. This wasn't the loss that had the most riding on the line when it comes to the playoffs or Super Bowl. It was just a Week 3 game.

But it was the third game under new Head Coach Kellen Moore, and his first road test. Which has some people backing off some of the praise they started throwing his way after the first two weeks. In their first two games, the Saints still lost, but they didn't look as horrible as they did in Week 3.

Worst New Orleans Saints Losses In History

If you ask a Saints fan about the worst loss in team history, will they pull out the 55 points loss in 1973? The game where the Saints lost 62-7 against the Atlanta Falcons?

Probably not.

There are three games that float to the top of the trash pile for Saints fans. The order of them can be argued, but it will be one of these three.

1. Beast Quake: The 2010 NFC Wild Card Game

This is the Saints vs Seahawks game fans of the black and gold hate. Marshawn Lynch took a 67 yard run into the endzone with Saints players falling all around him, and the crowd going so crazy it registered an earthquake on seismographs. It wasn't the final play of the game, but it really felt like it.

2. The NOLA No-Call: The 2018 NFC Championship Game

This game ended in overtime, with the visiting Los Angeles Rams taking the 26-23 win. But most NFL fans will agree, the game probably shouldn't have gotten to OT.

With less than 2 minutes on the clock, the Saints marched down the field, and had the ball on the Rams 13 yard line. On a third down, the Saints caught Rams DB Nickell Robey-Coleman out of position at the snap. His coverage assignment was Tommylee Edwards, and the Saints knew it. Drew Brees threw a pass towards the sidelines for Edwards, and before he could even attempt to catch the ball, Robey-Coleman launched his helmet into Edwards facemask, and knocked him down hard. Robey-Coleman never even looked at the ball, and was clearly just trying to makeup for being out of position.

Everyone watching, including the Fox broadcast team, knew it was a Pass Interference penalty (if not more for the hit to the head/neck area). But no flag was thrown. No penalty was called.

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If the correct call was made, the Saints get a first down with 1:45 left on the clock. They would have ran some short plays to line the ball up on the field for a last second field goal, and likely would have walked the game off with a very close, straightforward, field goal.

3. Minneapolis Miracle: The 2017 NFC Divisional Game

While the NOLA No-Call would have sent them to the Super Bowl, that finish was full of obvious anger. The blown call was very obvious. But this one, this walkoff was just stunning.

The New Orleans Saints led the Minnesota Vikings 24-23 with :10 left on the clock. The Vikings had the ball on their own 39-yard line. They needed a "chunk play" to get enough yards to be close enough to try a field goal, while not wasting time or letting the clock run out. So they ran a play to try and hit wide receiver Stefon Diggs on the sidelines so he could get out of bounds to stop the clock. The play worked, Diggs caught it for a 27-yard gain, which would have been reasonable field goal range.

But what happened next couldn't be duplicated if you tried.

Saints DB Marcus Williams dove at Diggs' legs while he was in the air, and missed. He did make contact with another Saints player, Ken Crawley, which kept him from tackling Diggs as well. With those Saints down, Diggs had a clear path to the endzone. He sprinted across the goal line with time expiring, and walked the game off with a 29-24 score.