| New Orleans Saints at Washington Redskins Game Statistics |
| Date: October 28, 1979 Location: Washington, DC |
| Venue: RFK Stadium Attendance: 53133 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 52 F Humidty: 86% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | WAS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Wes Chandler 45 pass from Archie Manning (Garo Yepremian kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Mark Moseley 18 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Tony Galbreath 2 run (Garo Yepremian kick) | 14 | 3 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Joe Theismann 1 run (Mark Moseley kick) | 14 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Defense | ||
| 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 |
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Danny Buggs |
| 83 | WR | Ricky Thompson |
| 75 | LOT | Terry Hermeling |
| 63 | LOG | Fred Dean |
| 54 | C | Bob Kuziel |
| 73 | ROG | Jeff Williams |
| 74 | ROT | George Starke |
| 85 | TE | Don Warren |
| 7 | QB | Joe Theismann |
| 25 | HB | Benny Malone |
| 44 | FB | John Riggins |
| Offense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Karl Lorch |
| 65 | LDT | Dave Butz |
| 72 | RDT | Diron Talbert |
| 79 | RDE | Coy Bacon |
| 59 | LLB | Brad Dusek |
| 59 | MLB | Neal Olkewicz |
| 50 | RLB | Pete Wysocki |
| 24 | LCB | Lemar Parrish |
| 27 | SS | Ken Houston |
| 29 | FS | Mark Murphy |
| 23 | RCB | Tony Peters |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tony Galbreath | 21 | 60 | 2.9 | 1 | |
| Chuck Muncie | 13 | 33 | 2.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Archie Manning | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Benny Malone | 15 | 65 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| John Riggins | 12 | 47 | 3.9 | 12 | 0 |
| Clarence Harmon | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 0 | |
| Joe Theismann | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 1 | |
| Buddy Hardeman | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 16 | 11 | 68.8 | 0 | 131 | 8.2 | 1 | 114.3 | |||
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Joe Theismann | 16 | 8 | 50.0 | 1 | 101 | 6.3 | 0 | 44.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tony Galbreath | 5 | 40 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Wes Chandler | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 1 | |
| Henry Childs | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Ike Harris | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Don Warren | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | |
| Buddy Hardeman | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| Benny Malone | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Johnny McDaniel | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Ricky Thompson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Clarence Harmon | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tommy Myers | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Rick Partridge | 4 | 171 | 42.8 | 0 | |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Mike Bragg | 4 | 140 | 35.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Rich Mauti | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Buddy Hardeman | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Rich Mauti | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | ||
| Jack Holmes | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Buddy Hardeman | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Washington Redskins | |
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