| Detroit Lions at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: November 8, 1970 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Tulane Stadium Attendance: 66910 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 75 F Humidty: 64% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Tom Dempsey 29 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Mel Farr 10 run (Errol Mann kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Tom Dempsey 27 FG | 7 | 6 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Charlie Sanders 2 pass from Bill Munson (Errol Mann kick) | 14 | 6 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Tom Dempsey 8 FG | 14 | 9 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Tom Barrington 4 run (Tom Dempsey kick) | 14 | 16 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Errol Mann 18 FG | 17 | 16 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Tom Dempsey 63 FG | 17 | 19 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Earl McCullouch |
| 49 | WR | Larry Walton |
| 73 | LOT | Roger Shoals |
| 63 | LOG | Chuck Walton |
| 54 | C | Ed Flanagan |
| 68 | ROG | Frank Gallagher |
| 76 | ROT | Rocky Freitas |
| 88 | TE | Charlie Sanders |
| 19 | QB | Bill Munson |
| 24 | RB | Mel Farr |
| 42 | RB | Altie Taylor |
| Defense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Jim Mitchell |
| 71 | LDT | Alex Karras |
| 82 | RDT | Jerry Rush |
| 74 | RDE | Larry Hand |
| 50 | LLB | Paul Naumoff |
| 53 | MLB | Mike Lucci |
| 55 | RLB | Wayne Walker |
| 20 | LCB | Lem Barney |
| 28 | LS | Mike Weger |
| 47 | RS | Wayne Rasmussen |
| 44 | RCB | Dick LeBeau |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 46 | WR | Danny Abramowicz |
| 25 | WR | Al Dodd |
| 72 | LOT | Don Talbert |
| 50 | LOG | Jake Kupp |
| 73 | C | Jerry Sturm |
| 61 | ROG | Del Williams |
| 70 | ROT | Errol Linden |
| 85 | TE | Ray Poage |
| 17 | QB | Billy Kilmer |
| 32 | RB | Tom Barrington |
| 35 | RB | Jim Otis |
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Richard Neal |
| 74 | LDT | Mike Tilleman |
| 76 | RDT | Dave Rowe |
| 89 | RDE | Dave Long |
| 57 | LLB | Mike Morgan |
| 53 | MLB | Dick Absher |
| 55 | RLB | Jackie Burkett |
| 23 | LCB | Doug Wyatt |
| 24 | LS | Elijah Nevett |
| 18 | RS | Hugo Hollas |
| 20 | RCB | Delles Howell |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Altie Taylor | 16 | 55 | 3.4 | 12 | 0 |
| Mel Farr | 15 | 55 | 3.7 | 16 | 1 |
| Greg Landry | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Bill Munson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Jim Otis | 18 | 70 | 3.9 | 7 | 0 |
| Tom Barrington | 15 | 61 | 4.1 | 16 | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bill Munson | 19 | 10 | 52.6 | 3 | 122 | 6.4 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 50.7 |
| Greg Landry | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 36 | 6.0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68.7 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Billy Kilmer | 28 | 16 | 57.1 | 0 | 141 | 5.0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Charlie Sanders | 6 | 88 | 14.7 | 29 | 1 |
| Larry Walton | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Earl McCullouch | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Altie Taylor | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Danny Abramowicz | 6 | 77 | 12.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Tom Barrington | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Otis | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Ray Poage | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Al Dodd | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Jackie Burkett | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Joe Scarpati | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Herman Weaver | 3 | 94 | 31.3 | 46 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Julian Fagan | 6 | 261 | 43.5 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Nick Eddy | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Larry Walton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Al Dodd | 1 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Bobby Ray Williams | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 21 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Al Dodd | 2 | 36 | 13.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Ken Burrough | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| New Orleans Saints | |
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