{"id":50258,"date":"2018-06-18T03:52:38","date_gmt":"2018-06-18T07:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utnews.utoledo.edu\/?p=50258"},"modified":"2018-06-17T20:56:02","modified_gmt":"2018-06-18T00:56:02","slug":"former-rocket-named-to-new-orleans-saints-hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/06_18_2018\/former-rocket-named-to-new-orleans-saints-hall-of-fame","title":{"rendered":"Former Rocket named to New Orleans Saints Hall of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New Orleans Saints announced that former Rocket wide receiver Lance Moore will be inducted into their Hall of Fame in a ceremony Friday, Sept. 14. \u2028\u2028<\/p>\n

Moore played 11 seasons in the NFL (2005 to 2015), nine of them with the Saints. He caught 360 passes in his pro career, including a career-high of 78 in 2008. <\/p>\n

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Former Rocket Lance Moore made this spectacular catch for a two-point conversion in Super Bowl XLIV. The photo appeared in Sports Illustrated.<\/p><\/div>He battled injuries throughout most of 2009, but came back in time to help New Orleans win Super Bowl XLIV. His acrobatic snag of a two-point conversion was key in the Saints’ 31-17 victory over the Indianapolis Colts. \u2028\u2028<\/p>\n

Moore played for the Rockets from 2000 to 2003, earning first-team All-Mid-American Conference honors in his junior and senior seasons. <\/p>\n

As a junior, he set then-UT records for receptions (103), receiving yards (1,194) and TD receptions (9). His biggest game came in a 35-31 win over No. 9 Pittsburgh in which he caught the game-winner in the corner of the end zone in the waning moments of the contest. <\/p>\n

As a senior, Moore caught 90 passes for 1,189 yards, setting the school mark for TD receptions with 15, including three scores in Toledo’s 35-27 win over Miami in the 2004 MAC Championship Game. <\/p>\n

He also was an excellent student, earning Academic All-America honors as a senior in 2004.<\/p>\n

Moore was inducted into the Varsity T Hall of Fame in 2011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former UT wide receiver Lance Moore will be inducted into the New Orleans Saints Hall of Fame Friday, Sept. 14. \u2028\u2028<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,5,1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50258"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50258"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50262,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50258\/revisions\/50262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}