| New Orleans Saints at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 20, 1968 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Pitt Stadium Attendance: 32303 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 63 F Humidty: 32% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans Saints | Charlie Durkee 23 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | New Orleans Saints | Ernie Wheelwright 1 run (Charlie Durkee kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Earl Gros 2 run (Booth Lusteg kick failed) | 10 | 6 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Dick Hoak 71 run (Booth Lusteg kick failed) | 10 | 12 |
| 3 | New Orleans Saints | Charlie Durkee 37 FG | 13 | 12 |
| 4 | New Orleans Saints | Charlie Durkee 31 FG | 16 | 12 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Don McCall | 15 | 38 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Randy Schultz | 8 | 27 | 3.4 | 0 | |
| Tony Lorick | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Billy Kilmer | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Ernie Wheelwright | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 1 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Dick Hoak | 16 | 166 | 10.4 | 1 | |
| Earl Gros | 18 | 45 | 2.5 | 1 | |
| Rocky Bleier | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kent Nix | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Walden | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Shiner | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Billy Kilmer | 24 | 12 | 50.0 | 0 | 178 | 7.4 | 0 | 74.7 | |||
| Tom Barrington | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Dick Shiner | 15 | 4 | 26.7 | 1 | 46 | 3.1 | 0 | 12.1 | |||
| Dick Hoak | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 48 | 16.0 | 0 | 109.7 | |||
| Kent Nix | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 85.4 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| John Gilliam | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 0 | |
| Danny Abramowicz | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 0 | |
| Monty Stickles | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Randy Schultz | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Tom Barrington | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Dick Compton | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | |
| Jon Henderson | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Hillebrand | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Earl Gros | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| John Hilton | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Lou Cordileone | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tom McNeill | 4 | 177 | 44.3 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bobby Walden | 4 | 186 | 46.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| John Gilliam | 2 | -20 | -10.0 | 0 | ||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Rocky Bleier | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | ||
| Lou Harris | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Gene Howard | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| John Gilliam | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Elijah Nevett | 0 | 20 | 0 | |||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Don Shy | 4 | 96 | 24.0 | 0 | ||
| Jon Henderson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
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