| New Orleans Saints at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: November 19, 1972 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Tiger Stadium Attendance: 53752 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 38 F Humidty: 79% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Altie Taylor 13 pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Larry Walton 14 pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Errol Mann 35 FG | 0 | 17 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Errol Mann 33 FG | 0 | 20 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Danny Abramowicz 13 pass from Archie Manning (Happy Feller kick) | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Mel Farr 1 run (Errol Mann kick) | 7 | 27 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Danny Abramowicz 48 pass from Archie Manning (Happy Feller kick) | 14 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 46 | WR | Danny Abramowicz |
| 41 | WR | Bob Newland |
| 76 | LOT | Don Morrison |
| 61 | LOG | Del Williams |
| 51 | C | John Didion |
| 66 | ROG | Royce Smith |
| 78 | ROT | Glen Ray Hines |
| 36 | TE | Bob Brown |
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning |
| 38 | RB | Bill Butler |
| 35 | RB | Bob Gresham |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Richard Neal |
| 82 | LDT | Bob Pollard |
| 74 | RDT | Doug Mooers |
| 72 | RDE | Joe Owens |
| 54 | LLB | Tom Roussel |
| 58 | MLB | Joe Federspiel |
| 59 | RLB | Wayne Colman |
| 11 | LCB | Bivian Lee |
| 23 | LS | Doug Wyatt |
| 18 | RS | Hugo Hollas |
| 20 | RCB | Delles Howell |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Ron Jessie |
| 49 | WR | Larry Walton |
| 75 | LOT | Jim Yarbrough |
| 68 | LOG | Frank Gallagher |
| 54 | C | Ed Flanagan |
| 66 | ROG | Bob Kowalkowski |
| 76 | ROT | Rocky Freitas |
| 88 | TE | Charlie Sanders |
| 11 | QB | Greg Landry |
| 36 | RB | Steve Owens |
| 42 | RB | Altie Taylor |
| Offense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Jim Mitchell |
| 70 | LDT | Larry Woods |
| 73 | RDT | Bob Bell |
| 74 | RDE | Larry Hand |
| 50 | LLB | Paul Naumoff |
| 53 | MLB | Mike Lucci |
| 55 | RLB | Wayne Walker |
| 20 | LCB | Lem Barney |
| 28 | LS | Mike Weger |
| 45 | RS | Al Randolph |
| 46 | RCB | Rudy Redmond |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Bob Gresham | 9 | 25 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Bill Butler | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 0 | |
| Archie Manning | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | |
| Jim Strong | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Altie Taylor | 14 | 53 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Steve Owens | 14 | 49 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Greg Landry | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Mel Farr | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 30 | 20 | 66.7 | 2 | 250 | 8.3 | 2 | 86.8 | |||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Greg Landry | 26 | 17 | 65.4 | 0 | 207 | 8.0 | 2 | 115.4 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Bob Gresham | 6 | 28 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Danny Abramowicz | 4 | 99 | 24.8 | 2 | |
| Bill Butler | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Dave Parks | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 0 | |
| Bob Newland | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Altie Taylor | 6 | 51 | 8.5 | 1 | |
| Charlie Sanders | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| Steve Owens | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | |
| Larry Walton | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 1 | |
| Al Barnes | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 1 | |
| Ron Jessie | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Lem Barney | 2 | 85 | 42.5 | 0 | |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Julian Fagan | 5 | 192 | 38.4 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Herman Weaver | 3 | 133 | 44.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Margene Adkins | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 0 | ||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Lem Barney | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Larry Walton | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Margene Adkins | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Williams | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Hugo Hollas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Mickey Zofko | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | ||
| Ron Jessie | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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