| Cleveland Browns at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: October 8, 1978 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 50158 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| New Orleans Saints | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland Browns | Cleo Miller 1 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Cleveland Browns | Larry Collins 3 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | New Orleans Saints | Rich Mauti 16 pass from Archie Manning (Tony Galbreath kick failed) | 14 | 6 |
| 2 | New Orleans Saints | Rich Szaro 20 FG | 14 | 9 |
| 3 | Cleveland Browns | Ozzie Newsome 14 pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick) | 21 | 9 |
| 4 | Cleveland Browns | Don Cockroft 40 FG | 24 | 9 |
| 4 | New Orleans Saints | Archie Manning 1 run (Rich Szaro kick) | 24 | 16 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| CLE | Cleo Miller | 21 | 93 | 4.4 | 14 | 1 |
| CLE | Calvin Hill | 13 | 53 | 4.1 | 11 | 0 |
| CLE | Mike Pruitt | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| CLE | Larry Collins | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 10 | 1 |
| CLE | Mark Miller | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| CLE | Ozzie Newsome | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| CLE | Brian Sipe | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| NO | Mike Strachan | 9 | 38 | 4.2 | 11 | 0 |
| NO | Archie Manning | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 15 | 1 |
| NO | Tony Galbreath | 8 | 11 | 1.4 | 8 | 0 |
| NO | Jack Holmes | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| CLE | Brian Sipe | 17 | 11 | 64.7 | 1 | 103 | 6.1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 76.3 |
| NO | Archie Manning | 39 | 24 | 61.5 | 1 | 249 | 6.4 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 77.8 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| CLE | Calvin Hill | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 |
| CLE | Ozzie Newsome | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 14t | 1 |
| CLE | Dave Logan | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| CLE | Reggie Rucker | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| CLE | Cleo Miller | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| NO | Henry Childs | 7 | 86 | 12.3 | 27 | 0 |
| NO | Tony Galbreath | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 18 | 0 |
| NO | Wes Chandler | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 20 | 0 |
| NO | Ike Harris | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 12 | 0 |
| NO | Rich Mauti | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 16t | 1 |
| NO | Tinker Owens | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| NO | Mike Strachan | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| CLE | Tony Peters | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| NO | Pat Hughes | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| CLE | Johnny Evans | 3 | 154 | 51.3 | 56 | 0 |
| NO | Tom Blanchard | 5 | 213 | 42.6 | 54 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| CLE | Keith Wright | 4 | 0 | 39 | 9.8 | 15 | 0 |
| NO | Wes Chandler | 2 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 | 13 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| CLE | Keith Wright | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 25 | 0 |
| CLE | Reggie Rucker | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| NO | Wes Chandler | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 27 | 0 |
| NO | Don Schwartz | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| NO | Clarence Chapman | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| CLE | Tony Peters | 1.0 |
| CLE | Jerry Sherk | 1.0 |
| NO | Ray Brown | 1.0 |
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