| Chicago Bears at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: October 7, 1973 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Tulane Stadium Attendance: 56561 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 86 F Humidty: 61% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 16 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIB | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Archie Manning 4 run (Happy Feller kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Mirro Roder 17 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Howard Stevens 2 run (Happy Feller kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Mirro Roder 40 FG | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Mirro Roder 28 FG | 9 | 14 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Archie Manning 4 run (Happy Feller kick) | 9 | 21 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Jim Harrison 13 pass from Bobby Douglass (Mirro Roder kick) | 16 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 43 | WR | George Farmer |
| 82 | WR | Earl Thomas |
| 65 | LOT | Randy Jackson |
| 61 | LOG | Glen Holloway |
| 52 | C | Rich Coady |
| 78 | ROG | Bob Newton |
| 74 | ROT | Bob Asher |
| 80 | TE | Craig Cotton |
| 10 | QB | Bobby Douglass |
| 26 | RB | Carl Garrett |
| 35 | RB | Jim Harrison |
| Defense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Willie Holman |
| 68 | LDT | Jim Osborne |
| 60 | RDT | Wally Chambers |
| 71 | RDE | Tony McGee |
| 55 | LLB | Doug Buffone |
| 51 | MLB | Dick Butkus |
| 58 | RLB | Bob Pifferini |
| 32 | LCB | Charlie Ford |
| 25 | LS | Craig Clemons |
| 44 | RS | Garry Lyle |
| 20 | RCB | Joe Taylor |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Jubilee Dunbar |
| 41 | WR | Bob Newland |
| 77 | LOT | Carl Johnson |
| 50 | LOG | Jake Kupp |
| 51 | C | John Didion |
| 61 | ROG | Del Williams |
| 76 | ROT | Don Morrison |
| 36 | TE | Bob Brown |
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning |
| 38 | RB | Bill Butler |
| 34 | RB | Jess Phillips |
| Offense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Billy Newsome |
| 82 | LDT | Bob Pollard |
| 75 | RDT | Elex Price |
| 72 | RDE | Joe Owens |
| 56 | LLB | Willie Hall |
| 58 | MLB | Joe Federspiel |
| 59 | RLB | Wayne Colman |
| 30 | LCB | Ernie Jackson |
| 24 | LS | Johnny Fuller |
| 37 | RS | Tommy Myers |
| 11 | RCB | Bivian Lee |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bobby Douglass | 8 | 48 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Carl Garrett | 8 | 17 | 2.1 | 0 | |
| Jim Harrison | 13 | 14 | 1.1 | 0 | |
| Ike Hill | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Jess Phillips | 18 | 86 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Howard Stevens | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 1 | |
| Bill Butler | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 0 | |
| Jubilee Dunbar | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Archie Manning | 7 | 8 | 1.1 | 2 | |
| Henry Matthews | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Bobby Douglass | 28 | 12 | 42.9 | 1 | 157 | 5.6 | 1 | 58.2 | |||
| Ike Hill | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| Carl Garrett | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 18 | 10 | 55.6 | 0 | 132 | 7.3 | 0 | 78.9 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Jim Harrison | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 1 | |
| Earl Thomas | 3 | 82 | 27.3 | 0 | |
| Carl Garrett | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Tom Reynolds | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Bob Parsons | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Craig Cotton | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Jess Phillips | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Henry Matthews | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Bill Butler | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Jubilee Dunbar | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Bob Brown | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Bivian Lee | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bobby Joe Green | 5 | 198 | 39.6 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Steve O'Neal | 5 | 209 | 41.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Ike Hill | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Ike Hill | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | ||
| Earl Thomas | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Howard Stevens | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Ernie Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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| New Orleans Saints | |
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