The 2002 New Orleans Saints season was the team's 36th as a member of the National Football League (NFL).
 They improved upon their previous season's performance of 7–9, winning nine games.
 Despite the winning season, and ranking third in total offense in 2002, the team failed to qualify for the playoffs.
 A bright moment during the season for the Saints was sweeping eventual champion Tampa Bay.
 The 2 wins were almost guaranteed to make New Orleans a playoff team.
 However, 3 consecutive losses, including one to 1-13 Cincinnati, knocked New Orleans out of playoff contention.
The 2010 New Orleans Saints season was the 44th season for the franchise in the National Football League (NFL) and city of New Orleans, Louisiana, and was the 35th to host home games in the Louisiana Superdome.
 The Saints were coming off their first Super Bowl winning season.
 The franchise attempted to better their most successful season in franchise history from 2009, which they began undefeated for 13 consecutive games only to lose their last three games at the end of the season to finish 13–3.
 They also attempted to win the NFC South Division title for the third time in history, earn their first second-consecutive playoff berth since 1991, and successfully defend their conference and league championships.
 The Saints qualified for the playoffs as a wild card team, but were eliminated in the first round by the Seattle Seahawks, who were the first team with a losing record (7–9) to qualify for the playoffs and win a division title.
 Sean Payton served his fifth year as head coach.
The 1979 New Orleans Saints season was the team's 13th season in the National Football League.
 The Saints finished the season at 8–8, the franchise's first non-losing season.
 New Orleans was tied for first place with the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC West with three weeks to play, but the season unraveled in a Monday Night Football contest at home vs. the Oakland Raiders, when the Saints squandered a 35–14 lead and lost, 42–35.
The 2011 New Orleans Saints season was the franchise's 45th season in the National Football League, the 36th to host home at the Louisiana Superdome and the sixth under head coach Sean Payton.
 During Week 16, Drew Brees broke the single season passing record set by Dan Marino.
 Brees ended the season with 5,476 passing yards, an NFL record.
 The team also broke the record for offensive yards from scrimmage with 7,474 and Darren Sproles broke the record for all purpose yards, with 2,696.
 The Saints also finished second in scoring for total points with 547, and finished second for points per game with 34.2 points and sacks with 24.
The 1990 New Orleans Saints season was the franchise's 24th season in the National Football League, the 15th to host games at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome and the fifth under head coach Jim Mora.
 The team looked to improve on its 9-7 record from 1989 and make the playoffs for the second time in franchise history.
 The Saints did not improve on their 9-7 record, as they finished the season 8-8.
 However, the Saints would unexpectedly make the postseason as the final seed in the NFC Playoff Picture.
 No other non-playoff teams in the NFL had a record above or below .500 during the season, and thus the Saints were awarded the final seed in the playoffs.
 The Saints became the 5th team in NFL history and first since the merger to finish the season with a .500 record or lower and make the playoffs.
 They were also the first team to do it since the NFL schedule extended to 16 games.
 This would later on be accomplished by the 1991 Jets and 2011 Broncos.
 However, the 2010 Seahawks would break this record, as they finished the 2010 season at 7-9 and clinched their division, becoming the first team in NFL history to win their division despite having a losing record.
 Ironically, the Saints during that same season saw Seattle in that season's NFC Wild Card game, a game in which they were upset 41-36 on Marshawn Lynch's famous Beastquake play.
 In the postseason, they would lose to the Chicago Bears 16-6.
The 1981 New Orleans Saints season was the Saints' 15th season.
 Hoping past success would bring a bright future to New Orleans the Saints hired Bum Phillips to be their new head coach.
 With the first pick overall the Saints draft Heisman Trophy winner George Rogers out of South Carolina.
 Rogers won the Offensive Rookie of the Year, as he rushed all-time rookie record of 1,674 yards.
 However, the Saints would continue to struggle finishing with a 4-12 record.
 Despite the team finishing with a bad record, they did have one special moment of the season when they upset the Cincinnati Bengals, who would go to the Super Bowl during the season.
The 2015 New Orleans Saints season was the franchise's 49th season in the National Football League, the 40th to host games at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome and the ninth under head coach Sean Payton.
 On November 16, 2015, the Saints hired Dennis Allen to replace the fired Rob Ryan.
 However, the Saints still missed the playoffs for the 2nd consecutive season.
 The Saints set a new league record for the most passing touchdowns allowed with 45.
The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana.
 They are a member of the South Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL).
 The NFL awarded the city of New Orleans the 16th franchise in the league in November 1, 1966, All Saints Day, five months after the 89th United States Congress approved the merger of the NFL with the American Football League (AFL) in June of that year.
 In January 1967, the team was given the current "New Orleans Saints" name, and began playing in their first season in September of that year.
 Since the franchise's creation, it has been based in New Orleans.
 The team's home games were originally played at Tulane Stadium from 1967 to 1974, it was demolished in 1979, when the team relocated its home games to its current stadium, the Mercedes-Benz Superdome (formerly Louisiana Superdome from 1975 to 2011).
Drew Christopher Brees ( ;) (born January 15, 1979) is an American football quarterback for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL).
 After a prolific college football career at Purdue University, he was chosen by the San Diego Chargers with the first pick in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft.
 He left college as one of the most-decorated players in Purdue and Big Ten Conference history, establishing two NCAA records, 13 Big Ten Conference records and 19 Purdue University records.
 As of 2016, he remains the Big Ten record-holder in virtually every passing category, including completions (1,026), yards (11,792), and touchdowns (90).
The 1987 New Orleans Saints season was the team's 21st year in the National Football League (NFL).
 The strike-shortened year was the Saints' first-ever winning season.
 The Saints also qualified for the postseason for the first time, riding largely on a nine-game winning streak to close the season.
 However, they were soundly defeated at home by the Minnesota Vikings in the Wild Card round of the playoffs, by a score of 44–10.
 The Vikings entered the playoffs with an 8–7 record and needed the Dallas Cowboys to defeat the St. Louis Cardinals on the final day of the season to qualify.
 The Saints' first winning season would be followed by another six consecutive non-losing seasons.
 Before the 1987 season, the Saints' non-losing seasons had consisted of only two 8–8 seasons, in 1979 and 1983.
 Head coach Jim Mora was named NFL Coach of the Year.

Question: Which member of the 2011 New Orleans Saints season hails from Purdue University and broke the single season passing record set by Dan Marino?
Answer: Drew Brees