| San Diego Chargers at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: September 7, 1997 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 65760 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| New Orleans Saints | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans Saints | Doug Brien 37 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | San Diego Chargers | Rodney Harrison EZ opponents fumble recovery (John Carney kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | New Orleans Saints | Doug Brien 31 FG | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | San Diego Chargers | John Carney 37 FG | 10 | 6 |
| 3 | San Diego Chargers | John Carney 34 FG | 13 | 6 |
| 4 | San Diego Chargers | Freddie Jones 21 pass from Jim Everett (John Carney kick) | 20 | 6 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Gary Brown | 21 | 46 | 2.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Charlie Jones | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Terrell Fletcher | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Aaron Craver | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Erric Pegram | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jim Everett | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Troy Davis | 10 | 34 | 3.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Ray Zellars | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Heath Shuler | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Mario Bates | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Jim Everett | 29 | 17 | 58.6 | 1 | 195 | 6.7 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 76.1 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Heath Shuler | 38 | 20 | 52.6 | 3 | 194 | 5.1 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 34.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Eric Metcalf | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Terrell Fletcher | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Bryan Still | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 36 | 0 |
| Freddie Jones | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 21t | 1 |
| Charlie Jones | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Frank Hartley | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Tony Martin | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Randal Hill | 7 | 63 | 9.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Andre Hastings | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 8 | 0 |
| Troy Davis | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Daryl Hobbs | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Eric Guliford | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Irv Smith | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Ray Zellars | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Marco Coleman | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| William Fuller | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kurt Gouveia | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Winfred Tubbs | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Darren Bennett | 7 | 274 | 39.1 | 58 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Mark Royals | 5 | 229 | 45.8 | 55 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Eric Metcalf | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 7 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Eric Guliford | 3 | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 14 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||
| John Carney | 5 | 356 | 71.2 | 2 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||
| Doug Brien | 3 | 164 | 54.7 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Latario Rachal | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Eric Metcalf | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Eric Guliford | 3 | 0 | 67 | 22.3 | 30 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |
| John Parrella | 1.5 |
| Junior Seau | 1.0 |
| Marco Coleman | 0.5 |
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Mark Fields | 1.0 |
| Brady Smith | 1.0 |
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