| San Diego Chargers at New Orleans Saints |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 9, 1977 Location: New Orleans, LA Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 53942 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego ChargersSD | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Mike Fuller 88 punt return (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Rickey Young 5 run (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 14 | 0 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 18 | WR | Charlie Joiner |
| 85 | WR | Artie Owens |
| 66 | LOT | Billy Shields |
| 63 | LOG | Doug Wilkerson |
| 53 | C | Ralph Perretta |
| 64 | ROG | Charlie Aiu |
| 70 | ROT | Russ Washington |
| 84 | TE | Bob Klein |
| 12 | QB | James Harris |
| 33 | RB | Don Woods |
| 34 | RB | Rickey Young |
| Defense | ||
| 68 | LDE | Leroy Jones |
| 74 | LDT | Louie Kelcher |
| 79 | RDT | Gary Johnson |
| 71 | RDE | Fred Dean |
| 51 | LLB | Woodrow Lowe |
| 58 | MLB | Tom Graham |
| 50 | RLB | Don Goode |
| 48 | LCB | Jerome Dove |
| 42 | SS | Mike Fuller |
| 21 | FS | Clarence Duren |
| 45 | RCB | Hal Stringert |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Don Herrmann |
| 84 | WR | Rich Mauti |
| 77 | LOT | Marv Montgomery |
| 68 | LOG | Terry Stieve |
| 62 | C | John Hill |
| 79 | ROG | Emanuel Zanders |
| 76 | ROT | Don Morrison |
| 86 | TE | Jim Thaxton |
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning |
| 34 | RB | Tony Galbreath |
| 42 | RB | Chuck Muncie |
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Bob Pollard |
| 75 | LDT | Elex Price |
| 74 | RDT | Derland Moore |
| 78 | RDE | Elois Grooms |
| 57 | LLB | Jim Merlo |
| 58 | MLB | Joe Federspiel |
| 60 | RLB | Greg Westbrooks |
| 23 | LCB | Craig Cassady |
| 44 | SS | Chuck Crist |
| 37 | FS | Tommy Myers |
| 24 | RCB | Clarence Chapman |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SD | 28:18 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3/10 | / | 7 | 50 | 2 | 2 |
| NO | 31:42 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 6/17 | / | 6 | 46 | 2 | 1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Rickey Young | 11 | 40 | 3.6 | 7 | 1 |
| Don Woods | 9 | 33 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Bo Matthews | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Clarence Williams | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Joe Washington | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 11 | 0 |
| James Harris | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 31 | 132 | 4.3 | 1 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Chuck Muncie | 18 | 78 | 4.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Tony Galbreath | 16 | 63 | 3.9 | 13 | 0 |
| Archie Manning | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Kim Jones | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 36 | 157 | 4.4 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| James Harris | 21 | 11 | 52.4 | 0 | 137 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72.9 | |
| Team Totals | 21 | 11 | 52.4 | 0 | 137 | 6.5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 72.9 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 26 | 16 | 61.5 | 1 | 124 | 4.8 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 81 | 57.2 |
| Team Totals | 26 | 16 | 61.5 | 1 | 124 | 4.8 | 0 | 8 | 81 | 57.2 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Larry Dorsey | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 0 | |
| Bob Klein | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Rickey Young | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Joiner | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 11 | 137 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tony Galbreath | 9 | 55 | 6.1 | 0 | |
| Chuck Muncie | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Henry Childs | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Don Herrmann | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| John Gilliam | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 16 | 124 | 7.8 | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Mike Fuller | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 0 | |||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TB | I20 | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||
| Jeff West | 7 | 301 | 43.0 | 51 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 7 | 301 | 43.0 | ||||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||
| Tom Blanchard | 7 | 321 | 45.9 | 65 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 7 | 321 | 45.9 | ||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Mike Fuller | 3 | 0 | 112 | 37.3 | 88t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 1 | |||||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Rich Mauti | 6 | 0 | 79 | 13.2 | 33 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Artie Owens | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Rich Mauti | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 28 | 0 | |
| Lenny Willis | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |
| Louie Kelcher | 2.0 |
| Gary Johnson | 2.0 |
| Fred Dean | 2.0 |
| Leroy Jones | 1.0 |
| Woodrow Lowe | 1.0 |
| Team Totals | 8.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Derland Moore | 1.0 |
| Team Totals | 1.0 |