(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 1967 1970 1985 2005 2009 New Orleans Saints Team Formation First the brainchild of local sports entrepreneur Dave Dixon, who also founded the Louisiana Superdome and the USFL, the Saints were actually secretly born in a backroom deal brought about by Congressman Hale Boggs, Senator Russell Long, and NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle. The NFL needed …