| Philadelphia Eagles at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: September 17, 1978 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 49242 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia EaglesPHI | 0 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PHI | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Tinker Owens 47 pass from Archie Manning (Rich Szaro kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Keith Krepfle 20 pass from Ron Jaworski (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Harold Carmichael 5 pass from Ron Jaworski (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 3 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Nick Mike-Mayer 21 FG | 17 | 7 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Tony Galbreath 9 run (Rich Szaro kick) | 17 | 14 |
| 4 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Harold Carmichael 16 pass from Ron Jaworski (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 24 | 14 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Rich Szaro 21 FG | 24 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||
| Offense | ||
| 17 | WR | Harold Carmichael |
| 75 | LOT | Stan Walters |
| 72 | LOG | Wade Key |
| 50 | C | Guy Morriss |
| 69 | ROG | Woody Peoples |
| 76 | ROT | Jerry Sisemore |
| 84 | TE | Keith Krepfle |
| 86 | TE | Richard Osborne |
| 7 | QB | Ron Jaworski |
| 31 | HB | Wilbert Montgomery |
| 30 | FB | Cleveland Franklin |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Manny Sistrunk |
| 65 | MG | Charlie Johnson |
| 78 | RDE | Carl Hairston |
| 95 | LOLB | John Bunting |
| 66 | LILB | Bill Bergey |
| 55 | RILB | Frank LeMaster |
| 54 | ROLB | Drew Mahalic |
| 20 | LCB | Johnny Outlaw |
| 41 | SS | Randy Logan |
| 26 | FS | John Sanders |
| 46 | RCB | Herman Edwards |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Ike Harris |
| 83 | WR | Tinker Owens |
| 71 | LOT | J.T. Taylor |
| 79 | LOG | Emanuel Zanders |
| 62 | C | John Hill |
| 66 | ROG | Conrad Dobler |
| 67 | ROT | John Watson |
| 85 | TE | Henry Childs |
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning |
| 33 | HB | Mike Strachan |
| 34 | FB | Tony Galbreath |
| Offense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Elois Grooms |
| 75 | LDT | Elex Price |
| 74 | RDT | Derland Moore |
| 73 | RDE | Joe Campbell |
| 57 | LLB | Jim Merlo |
| 58 | MLB | Joe Federspiel |
| 54 | RLB | Pat Hughes |
| 24 | LCB | Clarence Chapman |
| 27 | SS | Ray Brown |
| 37 | FS | Tommy Myers |
| 29 | RCB | Maurice Spencer |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Wilbert Montgomery | 18 | 104 | 5.8 | 19 | 0 |
| Mike Hogan | 10 | 45 | 4.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Frank LeMaster | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Cleveland Franklin | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Jim Betterson | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Ron Jaworski | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 9 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Mike Strachan | 14 | 70 | 5.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Tony Galbreath | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 9t | 1 |
| Archie Manning | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||||||||
| Ron Jaworski | 23 | 14 | 60.9 | 1 | 182 | 7.9 | 53 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 107.2 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 32 | 17 | 53.1 | 3 | 239 | 7.5 | 47t | 1 | 3 | 19 | 48.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Harold Carmichael | 5 | 95 | 19.0 | 53 | 2 |
| Wilbert Montgomery | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Keith Krepfle | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 20t | 1 |
| Ken Payne | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Richard Osborne | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Mike Hogan | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tinker Owens | 5 | 82 | 16.4 | 47t | 1 |
| Tony Galbreath | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Ike Harris | 3 | 88 | 29.3 | 45 | 0 |
| Mike Strachan | 2 | -6 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Childs | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Chuck Muncie | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| John Sanders | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drew Mahalic | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Ray Brown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Rick Engles | 4 | 169 | 42.3 | 45 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 6 | 256 | 42.7 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Wally Henry | 4 | 0 | 90 | 22.5 | 55 | 0 |
| John Sciarra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Wes Chandler | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Billy Campfield | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Herb Lusk | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 20 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Wes Chandler | 3 | 85 | 28.3 | 38 | 0 | |
| Clarence Chapman | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Larry Hardy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |
| Lem Burnham | 3.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Elex Price | 2.0 |
| Elois Grooms | 1.0 |
| Joe Campbell | 1.0 |
| Derland Moore | 1.0 |
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