| New Orleans Saints at San Diego Chargers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 18, 1973 Location: San Diego, CA |
| Venue: San Diego Stadium Attendance: 34848 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 60 F Humidty: 78% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| San Diego ChargersSD | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Ray Wersching 28 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Ron Smith 84 punt return (Ray Wersching kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Jubilee Dunbar 9 pass from Archie Manning (Bill McClard kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Robert Holmes 1 run (Ray Wersching kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | John Beasley 14 pass from Archie Manning (Bill McClard kick) | 14 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 83 | TE | Len Garrett |
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning |
| 38 | RB | Bill Butler |
| 34 | RB | Jess Phillips |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Billy Newsome |
| 82 | LDT | Bob Pollard |
| 75 | RDT | Elex Price |
| 72 | RDE | Joe Owens |
| 57 | LLB | Jim Merlo |
| 58 | MLB | Joe Federspiel |
| 59 | RLB | Wayne Colman |
| 30 | LCB | Ernie Jackson |
| 24 | LS | Johnny Fuller |
| 37 | RS | Tommy Myers |
| 11 | RCB | Bivian Lee |
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Ron Holliday |
| 25 | WR | Jerry LeVias |
| 76 | LOT | Terry Owens |
| 63 | LOG | Doug Wilkerson |
| 55 | C | Carl Mauck |
| 78 | ROG | Walt Sweeney |
| 70 | ROT | Russ Washington |
| 88 | TE | Pettis Norman |
| 13 | QB | Wayne Clark |
| 37 | RB | Cid Edwards |
| 20 | RB | Mike Garrett |
| Offense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Deacon Jones |
| 77 | LDT | Ron East |
| 64 | RDT | Dave Costa |
| 79 | RDE | Coy Bacon |
| 58 | LLB | Mike Stratton |
| 54 | MLB | Carl Gersbach |
| 66 | RLB | Rick Redman |
| 24 | LCB | Bobby Howard |
| 48 | LS | Ron Smith |
| 30 | RS | Bryant Salter |
| 39 | RCB | Lenny Dunlap |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Jess Phillips | 16 | 43 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Joe Profit | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Bill Butler | 7 | 33 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Archie Manning | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Howard Stevens | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Cid Edwards | 12 | 95 | 7.9 | 0 | |
| Robert Holmes | 10 | 34 | 3.4 | 1 | |
| Mike Garrett | 9 | 29 | 3.2 | 9 | 0 |
| Ron Holliday | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| Wayne Clark | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 37 | 21 | 56.8 | 1 | 224 | 6.1 | 2 | 81.4 | |||
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Wayne Clark | 20 | 8 | 40.0 | 1 | 109 | 5.5 | 0 | 37.3 | |||
| Dan Fouts | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| John Beasley | 12 | 127 | 10.6 | 1 | |
| Jubilee Dunbar | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 1 | |
| Bill Butler | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Len Garrett | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Joe Profit | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bob Newland | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jess Phillips | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Ron Holliday | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Jerry LeVias | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 0 | |
| Cid Edwards | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Pettis Norman | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Robert Holmes | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Derland Moore | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Bobby Howard | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Steve O'Neal | 7 | 281 | 40.1 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Dennis Partee | 5 | 227 | 45.4 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Howard Stevens | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Ron Smith | 4 | 112 | 28.0 | 1 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Joe Profit | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 0 | ||
| Howard Stevens | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Ron Smith | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 0 | ||
| Willie McGee | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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