HISTORY OF THE TOUCHDOWN CLUB

     The Touchdown Club was formed in 1967 as an outgrowth of a “near riot altercation” in Giants Stadium after the first game between the Saints and the New York Giants, when a Giants player in the game made a flagrant out of bounds “cheap shot” on a Saints player. Immediately, Steve Stonebreaker, a Saints linebacker, challenged the offending Giant player saying “After the game, you’re mine.” Steve was fined $1000.00 by then commissioner Pete Rozelle. A small group of Saints fans attempted to pay Steve’s**fine, calling themselves The Enforcers Club, as “Enforcer” had become Steve’s nickname. Very soon, the small group became quite large and became known and highly respected in all of the NFL as THE TOUCHDOWN CLUB of NEW ORLEANS.

     Today, the club functions as a registered non-profit organization. Profits from our yearly events are returned to the community. Through the years our efforts have yielded donations to various non-profit organizations, including the Ray Hester Cancer Research Fund through the Ochsner Clinic Foundation, as well as a significant scholarship to the University of New Orleans.

     The aims and objectives of the club are “to be the best fan club and social organization that promotes and creates spirit and enthusiasm among friends, family and the community connected to the New Orleans Saints; “Football, Family, Fun.” In order to achieve our goals we promote various functions during the year, but are mostly active during the pro football season.

     Our yearly functions include the “SUPERBOIL”, typically held after the draft, THE MEET THE SAINTS LUNCHEON and the AWARDS BANQUET. The Awards banquet, held in mid June, grew out of the Pete Rozelle Award presentation formerly conducted at this Luncheon. It was expanded to include collegiate, high school and media awards as well as the prestigious Pete Rozelle Award for distinguished contributions at the NFL level.

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