| Washington Redskins at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: September 22, 1968 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Tulane Stadium Attendance: 65941 |
| Weather: Partly Cloudy Temp: 85 F Humidty: 63% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 14 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 37 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | WAS | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Dave Whitsell 4 blocked punt recovery (Charlie Durkee kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Don McCall 8 run (Charlie Durkee kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Charlie Gogolak 14 FG | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Charlie Durkee 17 FG | 3 | 17 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Charlie Durkee 28 FG | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Don McCall 4 pass from Billy Kilmer (Charlie Durkee kick) | 3 | 27 |
| 3 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Jerry Smith 23 pass from Sonny Jurgensen (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 10 | 27 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Danny Abramowicz 43 pass from Billy Kilmer (Charlie Durkee kick) | 10 | 34 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Pat Richter 12 pass from Sonny Jurgensen (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 17 | 34 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Charlie Durkee 40 FG | 17 | 37 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 42 | SE | Charley Taylor |
| 62 | LOT | Ray Schoenke |
| 67 | LOG | John Wooten |
| 56 | C | Len Hauss |
| 65 | ROG | Vin Promuto |
| 74 | ROT | Jim Snowden |
| 88 | TE | Pat Richter |
| 9 | QB | Sonny Jurgensen |
| 20 | HB | Gerry Allen |
| 87 | FL | Jerry Smith |
| 44 | FB | Steve Thurlow |
| Defense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Spain Musgrove |
| 79 | LDT | Dennis Crane |
| 73 | RDT | Frank Bosch |
| 66 | RDE | Carl Kammerer |
| 54 | LLB | Tom Roussel |
| 63 | MLB | Ed Breding |
| 55 | RLB | Chris Hanburger |
| 37 | LCB | Pat Fischer |
| 23 | LS | Brig Owens |
| 28 | RS | Dick Smith |
| 46 | RCB | Rickie Harris |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | SE | Dave Parks |
| 73 | LOT | Jerry Sturm |
| 50 | LOG | Jake Kupp |
| 54 | C | Joe Wendryhoski |
| 61 | ROG | Del Williams |
| 78 | ROT | Jerry Jones |
| 87 | TE | Monty Stickles |
| 17 | QB | Billy Kilmer |
| 36 | HB | Don McCall |
| 46 | FL | Danny Abramowicz |
| 33 | FB | Randy Schultz |
| Defense | ||
| 60 | LDE | Brian Schweda |
| 74 | LDT | Mike Tilleman |
| 76 | RDT | Dave Rowe |
| 81 | RDE | Doug Atkins |
| 35 | LLB | Ted Davis |
| 59 | MLB | Fred Whittingham |
| 82 | RLB | Johnny Brewer |
| 21 | LCB | John Douglas |
| 45 | LS | Elbert Kimbrough |
| 16 | RS | Bo Burris |
| 23 | RCB | Dave Whitsell |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Gerry Allen | 11 | 58 | 5.3 | 17 | 0 |
| A.D. Whitfield | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Steve Thurlow | 6 | 10 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Pete Larson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sonny Jurgensen | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Don McCall | 16 | 127 | 7.9 | 48 | 1 |
| Randy Schultz | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Tom McNeill | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Tom Barrington | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Ernie Wheelwright | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Tony Lorick | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Billy Kilmer | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Sonny Jurgensen | 24 | 13 | 54.2 | 1 | 172 | 7.2 | 56 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 87.5 |
| Jim Ninowski | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 12 | 4.0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 46.5 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Billy Kilmer | 21 | 13 | 61.9 | 1 | 183 | 8.7 | 43t | 2 | 2 | 7 | 101.9 |
| Karl Sweetan | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 7 | 2.3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70.1 |
| Tom Barrington | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Jerry Smith | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 23t | 1 |
| Pat Richter | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 12t | 1 |
| Gerry Allen | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Charley Taylor | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Steve Thurlow | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 56 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Danny Abramowicz | 4 | 86 | 21.5 | 43t | 1 |
| John Gilliam | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Don McCall | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 17 | 1 |
| Monty Stickles | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Tony Lorick | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Randy Schultz | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Dave Parks | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Tom Barrington | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ernie Wheelwright | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Mike Morgan | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Dave Whitsell | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Mike Bragg | 6 | 233 | 38.8 | 61 | 1 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tom McNeill | 3 | 127 | 42.3 | 43 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Aaron Martin | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Rickie Harris | 1 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| John Gilliam | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Gene Howard | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Aaron Martin | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 28 | 0 | |
| Jim Smith | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 26 | 0 | |
| Walt Rock | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Gene Howard | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 25 | 0 | |
| John Douglas | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
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