| Green Bay Packers at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: December 17, 1972 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Tulane Stadium Attendance: 65881 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 43 F Humidty: 38% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay PackersGB | 7 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 30 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | GB | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Green Bay PackersGB | Scott Hunter 1 run (Chester Marcol kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Green Bay PackersGB | Chester Marcol 34 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Green Bay PackersGB | Willie Buchanon 48 lateral from v 9 blocked field goal recovery (Chester Marcol kick) | 17 | 0 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Richard Neal EZ blocked punt recovery (Happy Feller kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 3 | Green Bay PackersGB | Jerry Tagge 1 run (Chester Marcol kick) | 24 | 7 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Bill Butler 9 pass from Archie Manning (Edd Hargett pass failed) | 24 | 13 |
| 4 | Green Bay PackersGB | Chester Marcol 35 FG | 27 | 13 |
| 4 | Green Bay PackersGB | Chester Marcol 34 FG | 30 | 13 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Dave Parks 10 pass from Archie Manning (Happy Feller kick) | 30 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Carroll Dale |
| 46 | WR | Leland Glass |
| 77 | LOT | Bill Hayhoe |
| 62 | LOG | Bill Lueck |
| 58 | C | Cal Withrow |
| 67 | ROG | Malcolm Snider |
| 72 | ROT | Dick Himes |
| 88 | TE | Len Garrett |
| 16 | QB | Scott Hunter |
| 42 | RB | John Brockington |
| 34 | RB | MacArthur Lane |
| Defense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Clarence Williams |
| 76 | LDT | Mike McCoy |
| 78 | RDT | Bob Brown |
| 87 | RDE | Alden Roche |
| 89 | LLB | Dave Robinson |
| 50 | MLB | Jim Carter |
| 53 | RLB | Fred Carr |
| 28 | LCB | Willie Buchanon |
| 29 | LS | Al Matthews |
| 39 | RS | Jim Hill |
| 48 | RCB | Ken Ellis |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 41 | WR | Bob Newland |
| 86 | WR | Creston Whitaker |
| 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 |
| 28 | RB | Jim Ford |
| Offense | ||
| 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 |
| 29 | LCB | Billie Hayes |
| 23 | LS | Doug Wyatt |
| 18 | RS | Hugo Hollas |
| 11 | RCB | Bivian Lee |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| MacArthur Lane | 11 | 84 | 7.6 | 0 | |
| Perry Williams | 13 | 42 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| Bob Hudson | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 0 | |
| Dave Kopay | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 0 | |
| John Brockington | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jerry Tagge | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 1 | |
| Scott Hunter | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Jim Ford | 10 | 28 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Bill Butler | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Archie Manning | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Bob Gresham | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||||||||
| Scott Hunter | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 28 | 3.5 | 0 | 58.3 | |||
| Jerry Tagge | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 0 | 13 | 2.2 | 13 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Ron Widby | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 24 | 14 | 58.3 | 1 | 142 | 5.9 | 2 | 85.8 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| MacArthur Lane | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Ray Nitschke | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Len Garrett | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| John Brockington | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Leland Glass | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Dave Parks | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 1 | |
| Bob Newland | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Gresham | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Bill Butler | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 1 | |
| Margene Adkins | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Jim Ford | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Brown | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Jim Hill | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Ron Widby | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 44 | 2 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Julian Fagan | 5 | 181 | 36.2 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Ken Ellis | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Tommy Myers | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Ike Thomas | 3 | 91 | 30.3 | 0 | ||
| Bob Hudson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Margene Adkins | 5 | 136 | 27.2 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |
| New Orleans Saints | |
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