| San Diego Chargers at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: December 9, 1979 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 61059 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego ChargersSD | 14 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Hank Bauer 1 run (Mike Wood kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Clarence Williams 5 run (Mike Wood kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | John Jefferson 26 pass from Dan Fouts (Mike Wood kick) | 21 | 0 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Hank Bauer 1 run (Mike Wood kick) | 28 | 0 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Hank Bauer 1 run (Mike Wood kick) | 35 | 0 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | John Jefferson |
| 18 | WR | Charlie Joiner |
| 66 | LOT | Billy Shields |
| 63 | LOG | Doug Wilkerson |
| 56 | C | Bob Rush |
| 67 | ROG | Ed White |
| 70 | ROT | Russ Washington |
| 84 | TE | Bob Klein |
| 14 | QB | Dan Fouts |
| 22 | HB | Mike Thomas |
| 40 | FB | Clarence Williams |
| Defense | ||
| 68 | LDE | Leroy Jones |
| 99 | LDT | Wilbur Young |
| 79 | RDT | Gary Johnson |
| 71 | RDE | Fred Dean |
| 52 | LLB | Ray Preston |
| 55 | MLB | Bob Horn |
| 51 | RLB | Woodrow Lowe |
| 28 | LCB | Willie Buchanon |
| 42 | SS | Mike Fuller |
| 44 | FS | Pete Shaw |
| 29 | RCB | Mike Williams |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Wes Chandler |
| 83 | WR | Tinker Owens |
| 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 |
| 21 | RCB | David Gray |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Clarence Williams | 17 | 88 | 5.2 | 1 | |
| Mike Thomas | 7 | 29 | 4.1 | 0 | |
| Bo Matthews | 7 | 23 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| James Harris | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Lydell Mitchell | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Hank Bauer | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 3 | |
| Artie Owens | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Chuck Muncie | 10 | 39 | 3.9 | 14 | 0 |
| Archie Manning | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Tony Galbreath | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Dan Fouts | 23 | 17 | 73.9 | 0 | 253 | 11.0 | 26t | 1 | 4 | 32 | 124.0 |
| James Harris | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 0 | 21 | 5.3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 86.5 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 32 | 20 | 62.5 | 0 | 185 | 5.8 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 78.3 |
| Tony Galbreath | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| John Jefferson | 5 | 104 | 20.8 | 1 | |
| Charlie Joiner | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 0 | |
| Bob Klein | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Mike Thomas | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 0 | |
| John Floyd | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Clarence Williams | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Lydell Mitchell | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tony Galbreath | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 0 | |
| Chuck Muncie | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Wes Chandler | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 0 | |
| Henry Childs | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | |
| Tinker Owens | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jack Holmes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Mike Fuller | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Jeff West | 4 | 153 | 38.3 | 47 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Rick Partridge | 2 | 83 | 41.5 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Rich Mauti | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Artie Owens | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Rich Mauti | 4 | 118 | 29.5 | 39 | 0 | |
| Wayne Wilson | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |
| Fred Dean | 1.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Don Reese | 3.0 |
| Elex Price | 1.0 |
| Elois Grooms | 1.0 |
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