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RALLYING POINTS
Down three touchdowns late in the first half Sunday, it appeared the Saints' perfect start to the season was ticking to a slow and painful halt, about to be buried beneath an avalanche of blitzing Dolphins.
It would not have been a surprise if some Saints fans considered hitting the power button on their televisions, calling it a day.
Those who continued to tune in witnessed one of the most remarkable comebacks in Saints history.
The Saints scored 43 points in the final 30:02 for an improbable 46-34 victory against the Dolphins at Land Shark Stadium.
The win matched the Saints' largest comeback in franchise history, tying their 21-point turnarounds in a 41-24 victory against Cincinnati on Dec. 20, 1987, and their 43-38 win against the San Francisco 49ers on Nov. 23, 1969, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
Several former Saints players said the latest comeback ranks higher than any of the others in franchise history, though.
"When we played it was usually the other teams that had the greatest comebacks against us," said former Saints receiver Rich Mauti, who was a member of the 1980 Saints team that blew a 28-point lead to the 49ers, who engineered the biggest come-from-behind victory in NFL regular-season history with a 38-35 decision in overtime.
"I don't recall anything quite as great as what they did on Sunday. What made it so great is the tremendous expectations going into the game. We were never in a situation where we were 5-0 going into a game like this with the anticipation and expectation so great and then to get smacked in the face in the first half. The resolve that these guys had was great. They never wavered."
Former Saints quarterback Bobby Hebert, who was on the team that overcame a 24-3 lead to defeat the Bengals in 1987, agreed.
"This was the greatest comeback simply because what was on the line as far as the expectations," said Hebert, who was injured early in the game against the Bengals and watched as his backup Dave Wilson directed the comeback. "This was the biggest comeback in Saints history no matter what the year.
