| New Orleans Saints at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: December 3, 1972 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 62496 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 56 F Humidty: 45% Wind: 21 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| New York Jets | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York Jets | Bobby Howfield 30 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | New Orleans Saints | Happy Feller 31 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | New Orleans Saints | Bob Gresham 3 run (Happy Feller kick) | 10 | 3 |
| 2 | New York Jets | Bobby Howfield 39 FG | 10 | 6 |
| 3 | New York Jets | Bobby Howfield 31 FG | 10 | 9 |
| 4 | New Orleans Saints | Bill Butler 8 pass from Archie Manning (Happy Feller kick) | 17 | 9 |
| 4 | New York Jets | Bobby Howfield 23 FG | 17 | 12 |
| 4 | New York Jets | Bobby Howfield 33 FG | 17 | 15 |
| 4 | New York Jets | Bobby Howfield 42 FG | 17 | 18 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NO | Bob Gresham | 14 | 59 | 4.2 | 1 | |
| NO | Jim Strong | 9 | 33 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| NO | Bill Butler | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 0 | |
| NO | Archie Manning | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| NYJ | Cliff McClain | 9 | 38 | 4.2 | 0 | |
| NYJ | John Riggins | 9 | 20 | 2.2 | 7 | 0 |
| NYJ | Steve Harkey | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| NO | Archie Manning | 31 | 20 | 64.5 | 1 | 204 | 6.6 | 1 | 80.6 | |||
| NYJ | Joe Namath | 40 | 21 | 52.5 | 2 | 259 | 6.5 | 0 | 52.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NO | Bob Newland | 7 | 67 | 9.6 | 0 | |
| NO | Bill Butler | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 1 | |
| NO | Dave Parks | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 0 | |
| NO | Bob Gresham | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| NO | Jim Strong | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| NO | Danny Abramowicz | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| NYJ | Eddie Bell | 6 | 61 | 10.2 | 0 | |
| NYJ | Rich Caster | 5 | 83 | 16.6 | 0 | |
| NYJ | Don Maynard | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 0 | |
| NYJ | John Riggins | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 18 | 0 |
| NYJ | Cliff McClain | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NO | Ernie Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| NO | Tommy Myers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| NYJ | Earlie Thomas | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| NO | Julian Fagan | 5 | 208 | 41.6 | 0 | |
| NYJ | Steve O'Neal | 2 | 92 | 46.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NO | Tommy Myers | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| NYJ | Rocky Turner | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| NYJ | Chris Farasopoulos | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NO | Margene Adkins | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | |
| NYJ | Chris Farasopoulos | 3 | 87 | 29.0 | 0 | |
| NYJ | Hank Bjorklund | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
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