| 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 Chargers | 14 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| New Orleans Saints | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego Chargers | Hank Bauer 1 run (Mike Wood kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | San Diego Chargers | Clarence Williams 5 run (Mike Wood kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | San Diego Chargers | John Jefferson 26 pass from Dan Fouts (Mike Wood kick) | 21 | 0 |
| 2 | San Diego Chargers | Hank Bauer 1 run (Mike Wood kick) | 28 | 0 |
| 2 | San Diego Chargers | Hank Bauer 1 run (Mike Wood kick) | 35 | 0 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SD | Clarence Williams | 17 | 88 | 5.2 | 1 | |
| SD | Mike Thomas | 7 | 29 | 4.1 | 0 | |
| SD | Bo Matthews | 7 | 23 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| SD | James Harris | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| SD | Lydell Mitchell | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 5 | 0 |
| SD | Hank Bauer | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 3 | |
| SD | Artie Owens | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 0 | |
| NO | Chuck Muncie | 10 | 39 | 3.9 | 14 | 0 |
| NO | Archie Manning | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| NO | Tony Galbreath | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| SD | Dan Fouts | 23 | 17 | 73.9 | 0 | 253 | 11.0 | 26t | 1 | 4 | 32 | 124.0 |
| SD | James Harris | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 0 | 21 | 5.3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 86.5 |
| NO | Archie Manning | 32 | 20 | 62.5 | 0 | 185 | 5.8 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 78.3 |
| NO | Tony Galbreath | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SD | John Jefferson | 5 | 104 | 20.8 | 1 | |
| SD | Charlie Joiner | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 0 | |
| SD | Bob Klein | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| SD | Mike Thomas | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 0 | |
| SD | John Floyd | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| SD | Clarence Williams | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| SD | Lydell Mitchell | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| NO | Tony Galbreath | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 0 | |
| NO | Chuck Muncie | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 19 | 0 |
| NO | Wes Chandler | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 0 | |
| NO | Henry Childs | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | |
| NO | Tinker Owens | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| NO | Jack Holmes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SD | Mike Fuller | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| SD | Jeff West | 4 | 153 | 38.3 | 47 | 0 |
| NO | Rick Partridge | 2 | 83 | 41.5 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NO | Rich Mauti | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SD | Artie Owens | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| NO | Rich Mauti | 4 | 118 | 29.5 | 39 | 0 |
| NO | Wayne Wilson | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| SD | Fred Dean | 1.0 |
| NO | Don Reese | 3.0 |
| NO | Elex Price | 1.0 |
| NO | Elois Grooms | 1.0 |
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