| Detroit Lions at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: October 21, 1979 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 57428 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Wes Chandler 24 pass from Archie Manning (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Garo Yepremian 21 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Tommy Myers 52 interception return (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | David Hill 5 pass from Jeff Komlo (Benny Ricardo kick) | 7 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Freddie Scott |
| 18 | WR | Gene Washington |
| 76 | LOT | Karl Baldischwiler |
| 61 | LOG | Homer Elias |
| 54 | C | Larry Tearry |
| 73 | ROG | Russ Bolinger |
| 70 | ROT | Keith Dorney |
| 81 | TE | David Hill |
| 17 | QB | Jerry Golsteyn |
| 24 | HB | Dexter Bussey |
| 25 | FB | Horace King |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | William Gay |
| 72 | LDT | Cleveland Elam |
| 78 | RDT | Doug English |
| 60 | RDE | Bubba Baker |
| 53 | LLB | Jon Brooks |
| 55 | MLB | Ed O'Neil |
| 59 | RLB | Charlie Weaver |
| 40 | LCB | Jimmy Allen |
| 46 | SS | Doug Jones |
| 28 | FS | James Hunter |
| 27 | RCB | Luther Bradley |
| 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 |
| 37 | FS | Tommy Myers |
| 20 | RCB | Eric Felton |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dexter Bussey | 7 | 37 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Rick Kane | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | |
| Horace King | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 0 | |
| Jerry Golsteyn | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Chuck Muncie | 15 | 76 | 5.1 | 17 | 0 |
| Tony Galbreath | 18 | 47 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| Mike Strachan | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Archie Manning | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Jeff Komlo | 22 | 12 | 54.5 | 2 | 139 | 6.3 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 51.1 |
| Jerry Golsteyn | 9 | 2 | 22.2 | 2 | 16 | 1.8 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 22 | 17 | 77.3 | 3 | 130 | 5.9 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 66.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Freddie Scott | 6 | 72 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| David Hill | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 1 | |
| Gene Washington | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | |
| Horace King | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Ken Callicutt | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Wes Chandler | 6 | 56 | 9.3 | 1 | |
| Chuck Muncie | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 18 | 0 |
| Tony Galbreath | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 0 | |
| Ike Harris | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Henry Childs | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| James Hunter | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Luther Bradley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tommy Myers | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52t | 1 |
| Ray Brown | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Clarence Chapman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Felton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Larry Swider | 6 | 248 | 41.3 | 52 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Rick Partridge | 5 | 192 | 38.4 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Ken Callicutt | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Rich Mauti | 4 | 1 | 27 | 6.8 | 9 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Ken Callicutt | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Luther Blue | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Jack Holmes | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Rich Mauti | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| William Gay | 1.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Elois Grooms | 2.0 |
| Derland Moore | 1.0 |
| Don Reese | 1.0 |
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