Sean Payton (suspended 16 games) Joe Vitt (Interim, games 7–16) Aaron Kromer (Interim, games 1–6)
Home field
Mercedes-Benz Superdome
Results
Record
7–9
Division place
3rd NFC South
Playoff finish
Did not qualify
Pro Bowlers
QB Drew Brees OT Jermon Bushrod G Jahri Evans P Thomas Morstead
AP All-Pros
Jahri Evans (1st team) Thomas Morstead
Uniform
← 2011
Saints seasons
2013 →
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The 2012 season was the New Orleans Saints' 46th in the National Football League (NFL) and their 37th playing home games at the Superdome. The Saints head coach was Sean Payton, but he was suspended by the NFL for the entire season as part of the punishment for the team's bounty scandal. On April 12, 2012, linebackers coach Joe Vitt was named interim head coach to replace Payton while he was suspended.[1] On August 22, 2012, it was announced that Aaron Kromer would take over while Vitt himself served a six-game suspension to start the regular season.[2] The Saints attempted to make history as the first host team to play the Super Bowl on their own home field, but they were eliminated from post-season contention for the first time since 2008 in Week 16. The Saints set an NFL record for most yards given up by a defense, 7,042 yards, surpassing the 1981 Baltimore Colts record of 6,793 yards.
^"Joe Vitt took over as Saints coach on Monday". NFL.com.
^"Aaron Kromer will take over head coaching duties for New Orleans Saints during Joe Vitt's suspension".
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