| Los Angeles Rams at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: October 7, 1979 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 68986 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 0 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 35 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | LARM | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Tony Galbreath 3 run (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Wendell Tyler 5 run (Frank Corral kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Wendell Tyler 2 run (Frank Corral kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Ron Jessie 39 pass from Pat Haden (Frank Corral kick) | 21 | 7 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Terry Nelson 5 pass from Pat Haden (Frank Corral kick) | 28 | 7 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Garo Yepremian 32 FG | 28 | 10 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Henry Childs 6 pass from Archie Manning (Garo Yepremian kick) | 28 | 17 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Ron Jessie 24 pass from Pat Haden (Frank Corral kick) | 35 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Ron Jessie |
| 80 | WR | Billy Waddy |
| 77 | LOT | Doug France |
| 75 | LOG | John Williams |
| 61 | C | Rich Saul |
| 54 | ROG | Dan Ryczek |
| 78 | ROT | Jackie Slater |
| 83 | TE | Terry Nelson |
| 11 | QB | Pat Haden |
| 26 | RB | Wendell Tyler |
| 32 | FB | Cullen Bryant |
| Defense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Jack Youngblood |
| 79 | LDT | Mike Fanning |
| 90 | RDT | Larry Brooks |
| 89 | RDE | Fred Dryer |
| 53 | LLB | Jim Youngblood |
| 64 | MLB | Jack Reynolds |
| 59 | RLB | Bob Brudzinski |
| 27 | LCB | Pat Thomas |
| 42 | SS | Dave Elmendorf |
| 21 | FS | Nolan Cromwell |
| 33 | RCB | Dwayne O'Steen |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Wes Chandler |
| 82 | WR | Ike Harris |
| 71 | LOT | J.T. Taylor |
| 79 | LOG | Emanuel Zanders |
| 62 | C | John Hill |
| 66 | ROG | Conrad Dobler |
| 65 | ROT | Robert Woods |
| 85 | TE | Henry Childs |
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning |
| 42 | HB | Chuck Muncie |
| 34 | FB | Tony Galbreath |
| Offense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Elois Grooms |
| 63 | LDT | Barry Bennett |
| 74 | RDT | Derland Moore |
| 60 | RDE | Don Reese |
| 50 | LLB | Ken Bordelon |
| 58 | MLB | Joe Federspiel |
| 54 | RLB | Pat Hughes |
| 24 | LCB | Clarence Chapman |
| 27 | SS | Ray Brown |
| 49 | FS | Ralph McGill |
| 20 | RCB | Eric Felton |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Wendell Tyler | 16 | 63 | 3.9 | 20 | 2 |
| Cullen Bryant | 15 | 58 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| Pat Haden | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Lawrence McCutcheon | 6 | 4 | 0.7 | 2 | 0 |
| Elvis Peacock | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Hill | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | |
| Terry Nelson | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Chuck Muncie | 17 | 85 | 5.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Tony Galbreath | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 1 | |
| Archie Manning | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Pat Haden | 25 | 12 | 48.0 | 2 | 176 | 7.0 | 3 | 77.7 | |||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 32 | 15 | 46.9 | 5 | 143 | 4.5 | 1 | 30.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Ron Jessie | 4 | 93 | 23.3 | 2 | |
| Billy Waddy | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Wendell Tyler | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Preston Dennard | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Terry Nelson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5t | 1 |
| Cullen Bryant | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Henry Childs | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 1 | |
| Tony Galbreath | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| Ike Harris | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 0 | |
| Chuck Muncie | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 14 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Pat Thomas | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | |
| Nolan Cromwell | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Jim Youngblood | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Don Schwartz | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Pat Hughes | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Ken Clark | 7 | 279 | 39.9 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Rick Partridge | 4 | 181 | 45.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Eddie Brown | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Rich Mauti | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Drew Hill | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 0 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Rich Mauti | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Wilson | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Holmes | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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