| New Orleans Saints at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: December 3, 1972 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 62496 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 56 F Humidty: 45% Wind: 21 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Bobby Howfield 30 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Happy Feller 31 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Bob Gresham 3 run (Happy Feller kick) | 10 | 3 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Bobby Howfield 39 FG | 10 | 6 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Bobby Howfield 31 FG | 10 | 9 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Bill Butler 8 pass from Archie Manning (Happy Feller kick) | 17 | 9 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Bobby Howfield 23 FG | 17 | 12 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Bobby Howfield 33 FG | 17 | 15 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Bobby Howfield 42 FG | 17 | 18 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 46 | WR | Danny Abramowicz |
| 41 | WR | Bob Newland |
| 76 | LOT | Don Morrison |
| 77 | LOG | Carl Johnson |
| 51 | C | John Didion |
| 61 | ROG | Del Williams |
| 78 | ROT | Glen Ray Hines |
| 83 | TE | Dave Parks |
| 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 |
| 89 | RDE | Dave Long |
| 54 | LLB | Tom Roussel |
| 58 | MLB | Joe Federspiel |
| 59 | RLB | Wayne Colman |
| 30 | LCB | Ernie Jackson |
| 23 | LS | Doug Wyatt |
| 18 | RS | Hugo Hollas |
| 11 | RCB | Bivian Lee |
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 7 | WR | Eddie Bell |
| 13 | WR | Don Maynard |
| 76 | LOT | Bob Svihus |
| 66 | LOG | Randy Rasmussen |
| 52 | C | John Schmitt |
| 67 | ROG | Dave Herman |
| 75 | ROT | Winston Hill |
| 88 | TE | Rich Caster |
| 12 | QB | Joe Namath |
| 42 | RB | Cliff McClain |
| 44 | RB | John Riggins |
| Offense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Gerry Philbin |
| 57 | LDT | John Little |
| 84 | RDT | Mark Lomas |
| 86 | RDE | Joey Jackson |
| 51 | LLB | Ralph Baker |
| 62 | MLB | Al Atkinson |
| 50 | RLB | Mike Taylor |
| 46 | LCB | Rich Sowells |
| 48 | LS | Gus Hollomon |
| 33 | RS | W.K. Hicks |
| 45 | RCB | Earlie Thomas |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Bob Gresham | 14 | 59 | 4.2 | 1 | |
| Jim Strong | 9 | 33 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Bill Butler | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 0 | |
| Archie Manning | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Cliff McClain | 9 | 38 | 4.2 | 0 | |
| John Riggins | 9 | 20 | 2.2 | 7 | 0 |
| Steve Harkey | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 31 | 20 | 64.5 | 1 | 204 | 6.6 | 1 | 80.6 | |||
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Joe Namath | 40 | 21 | 52.5 | 2 | 259 | 6.5 | 0 | 52.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Bob Newland | 7 | 67 | 9.6 | 0 | |
| Bill Butler | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 1 | |
| Dave Parks | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 0 | |
| Bob Gresham | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Strong | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Danny Abramowicz | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Eddie Bell | 6 | 61 | 10.2 | 0 | |
| Rich Caster | 5 | 83 | 16.6 | 0 | |
| Don Maynard | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 0 | |
| John Riggins | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Cliff McClain | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Ernie Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Myers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Earlie Thomas | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Julian Fagan | 5 | 208 | 41.6 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Steve O'Neal | 2 | 92 | 46.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Tommy Myers | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Rocky Turner | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Chris Farasopoulos | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Margene Adkins | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | ||
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Chris Farasopoulos | 3 | 87 | 29.0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Bjorklund | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |
| New York Jets | |
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