| New York Jets at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: December 4, 1977 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 40464 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York JetsNYJ | 7 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYJ | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Jerome Barkum 40 pass from Richard Todd (Pat Leahy kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Henry Childs 9 pass from Archie Manning (Rich Szaro kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Pat Leahy 48 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Chuck Muncie 17 run (Rich Szaro kick failed) | 10 | 13 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Pat Leahy 29 FG | 13 | 13 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Pat Leahy 27 FG | 16 | 13 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Rich Caster |
| 85 | WR | Wesley Walker |
| 78 | LOT | Garry Puetz |
| 66 | LOG | Randy Rasmussen |
| 65 | C | Joe Fields |
| 67 | ROG | Darrell Austin |
| 79 | ROT | Marvin Powell |
| 83 | TE | Jerome Barkum |
| 14 | QB | Richard Todd |
| 25 | RB | Scott Dierking |
| 21 | RB | Clark Gaines |
| Defense | ||
| 76 | LDE | Lawrence Pillers |
| 73 | LDT | Joe Klecko |
| 74 | RDT | Abdul Salaam |
| 81 | RDE | Richard Neal |
| 51 | LLB | Greg Buttle |
| 55 | MLB | John Ebersole |
| 56 | RLB | Larry Keller |
| 37 | LCB | Billy Hardee |
| 48 | SS | Ken Schroy |
| 22 | FS | Burgess Owens |
| 38 | RCB | Ed Taylor |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 41 | WR | John Gilliam |
| 87 | WR | Don Herrmann |
| 77 | LOT | Marv Montgomery |
| 68 | LOG | Terry Stieve |
| 62 | C | John Hill |
| 79 | ROG | Emanuel Zanders |
| 76 | ROT | Don Morrison |
| 85 | TE | Henry Childs |
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning |
| 34 | RB | Tony Galbreath |
| 42 | RB | Chuck Muncie |
| Offense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Elois Grooms |
| 72 | LDT | Mike Fultz |
| 82 | RDT | Bob Pollard |
| 73 | RDE | Joe Campbell |
| 57 | LLB | Jim Merlo |
| 58 | MLB | Joe Federspiel |
| 54 | RLB | Pat Hughes |
| 30 | LCB | Ernie Jackson |
| 37 | SS | Tommy Myers |
| 44 | FS | Chuck Crist |
| 24 | RCB | Clarence Chapman |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Clark Gaines | 22 | 103 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Scott Dierking | 12 | 44 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Kevin Long | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Richard Todd | 3 | -9 | -3.0 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Chuck Muncie | 20 | 107 | 5.4 | 24 | 1 |
| Tony Galbreath | 10 | 47 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Archie Manning | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 0 | |
| Mike Strachan | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Richard Todd | 21 | 8 | 38.1 | 1 | 161 | 7.7 | 1 | 61.8 | |||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 24 | 13 | 54.2 | 0 | 148 | 6.2 | 1 | 86.8 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Jerome Barkum | 3 | 81 | 27.0 | 1 | |
| Clark Gaines | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | |
| Rich Caster | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Wesley Walker | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Henry Childs | 5 | 71 | 14.2 | 1 | |
| Don Herrmann | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 17 | 0 |
| Tony Galbreath | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Muncie | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Chuck Crist | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Chuck Ramsey | 5 | 208 | 41.6 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 8 | 349 | 43.6 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 0 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Rich Mauti | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 3 | 122 | 40.7 | 0 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Rich Mauti | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 0 | ||
| Rick Kingrea | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Clarence Chapman | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Jim Thaxton | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New York Jets | |
| Lawrence Pillers | 1.0 |
| Abdul Salaam | 1.0 |
| Richard Neal | 1.0 |
| Joe Klecko | 1.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Elois Grooms | 2.0 |
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