| New Orleans Saints at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: October 8, 1972 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 62507 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 64 F Humidty: 45% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 17 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 45 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Charlie Evans 10 pass from Norm Snead (Pete Gogolak kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Pete Gogolak 17 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Charlie Evans 24 run (Pete Gogolak kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Ron Johnson 3 run (Pete Gogolak kick) | 0 | 24 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Charlie Evans 8 run (Pete Gogolak kick) | 0 | 31 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Dave Parks 66 pass from Archie Manning (Charlie Durkee kick) | 7 | 31 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Don Herrmann 14 pass from Norm Snead (Pete Gogolak kick) | 7 | 38 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Bob Grim 15 pass from Norm Snead (Pete Gogolak kick) | 7 | 45 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Danny Abramowicz 16 pass from Archie Manning (Charlie Durkee kick) | 14 | 45 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Dave Parks 25 pass from Archie Manning (Charlie Durkee kick) | 21 | 45 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 46 | WR | Danny Abramowicz |
| 26 | WR | Margene Adkins |
| 76 | LOT | Don Morrison |
| 65 | LOG | Remi Prudhomme |
| 51 | C | John Didion |
| 66 | ROG | Royce Smith |
| 78 | ROT | Glen Ray Hines |
| 83 | TE | Dave Parks |
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning |
| 35 | RB | Bob Gresham |
| 42 | RB | Jim Strong |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Richard Neal |
| 82 | LDT | Bob Pollard |
| 74 | RDT | Doug Mooers |
| 89 | RDE | Dave Long |
| 54 | LLB | Tom Roussel |
| 55 | MLB | Tom Stincic |
| 56 | RLB | Willie Hall |
| 11 | LCB | Bivian Lee |
| 23 | LS | Doug Wyatt |
| 18 | RS | Hugo Hollas |
| 20 | RCB | Delles Howell |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Don Herrmann |
| 84 | WR | Rich Houston |
| 69 | LOT | Willie Young |
| 62 | LOG | Dick Enderle |
| 53 | C | Greg Larson |
| 63 | ROG | Doug Van Horn |
| 72 | ROT | Joe Taffoni |
| 38 | TE | Bob Tucker |
| 16 | QB | Norm Snead |
| 31 | RB | Charlie Evans |
| 30 | RB | Ron Johnson |
| Offense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Henry Reed |
| 71 | LDT | Dave Tipton |
| 64 | RDT | John Mendenhall |
| 81 | RDE | Jack Gregory |
| 58 | LLB | Jimmy Files |
| 67 | MLB | Ron Hornsby |
| 56 | RLB | Pat Hughes |
| 45 | LCB | Pete Athas |
| 44 | LS | Richmond Flowers |
| 43 | RS | Carl Lockhart |
| 41 | RCB | Willie Williams |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Bob Gresham | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Archie Manning | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Art Green | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Joe Williams | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Charlie Evans | 17 | 87 | 5.1 | 2 | |
| Joe Morrison | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | |
| Ron Johnson | 12 | 43 | 3.6 | 1 | |
| Bobby Duhon | 9 | 23 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| Randy Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 31 | 18 | 58.1 | 4 | 276 | 8.9 | 3 | 80.2 | |||
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Norm Snead | 17 | 12 | 70.6 | 0 | 149 | 8.8 | 3 | 137.0 | |||
| Randy Johnson | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 | 20.8 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Dave Parks | 4 | 120 | 30.0 | 2 | |
| Joe Williams | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 0 | |
| Bob Newland | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Art Green | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | |
| Danny Abramowicz | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 1 | |
| Bob Gresham | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Charlie Evans | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 1 | |
| Don Herrmann | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 33 | 1 |
| Ron Johnson | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Grim | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 1 | |
| Bob Tucker | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Duhon | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Rich Houston | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Bivian Lee | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Willie Williams | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Chuck Crist | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Carl Lockhart | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Richmond Flowers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Julian Fagan | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 3 | 90 | 30.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Margene Adkins | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Tommy Myers | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Bob Grim | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Margene Adkins | 5 | 152 | 30.4 | 0 | ||
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Rocky Thompson | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | ||
| Eldridge Small | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| John Douglas | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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