New England Patriots at New Orleans Saints - December 21, 1980 Game Statistics

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New England Patriots at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics

Date: December 21, 1980 Location: New Orleans, LA

Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 38277

Weather: Indoors

Score By Quarters	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
New England Patriots	3	14	7	14	38
New Orleans Saints	10	3	7	7	27

Qtr	Team	Scoring Plays	NE	NO
1	New Orleans Saints	Jimmy Rogers 23 pass from Jack Holmes (Benny Ricardo kick)	0	7
1	New Orleans Saints	Benny Ricardo 30 FG	0	10
1	New England Patriots	John Smith 22 FG	3	10
2	New England Patriots	Russ Francis 39 pass from Matt Cavanaugh (John Smith kick)	10	10
2	New England Patriots	Andy Johnson 11 pass from Matt Cavanaugh (John Smith kick)	17	10
2	New Orleans Saints	Benny Ricardo 38 FG	17	13
3	New England Patriots	Andy Johnson 6 pass from Matt Cavanaugh (John Smith kick)	24	13
3	New Orleans Saints	Wayne Wilson 1 run (Benny Ricardo kick)	24	20
4	New Orleans Saints	Wes Chandler 23 pass from Archie Manning (Benny Ricardo kick)	24	27
4	New England Patriots	Don Calhoun 22 run (John Smith kick)	31	27
4	New England Patriots	Mosi Tatupu 4 run (John Smith kick)	38	27

Data Coverage • Stat Key

RUSHING
TEAM	PLAYER	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
NE	Don Calhoun	16	113	7.1	22t	1
NE	Vagas Ferguson	15	82	5.5	34	0
NE	Mosi Tatupu	4	21	5.3	11	1
NE	Stanley Morgan	1	16	16.0	16	0
NE	Matt Cavanaugh	2	8	4.0	6	0
NO	Archie Manning	5	27	5.4	9	0
NO	Jack Holmes	6	26	4.3	8	0
NO	Jimmy Rogers	4	15	3.8	6	0
NO	Tony Galbreath	6	11	1.8	6	0
NO	Wes Chandler	1	9	9.0	9	0
NO	Wayne Wilson	1	1	1.0	1t	1

PASSING
TEAM	PLAYER	ATT	COM	PCT	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	TS	YL	RTG
NE	Matt Cavanaugh	28	16	57.1	1	233	8.3	39	3	0	0	105.2
NO	Archie Manning	39	24	61.5	0	301	7.7	28	1	1	8	94.1
NO	Wes Chandler	1	1	100.0	0	43	43.0	43	0	0	0	118.8
NO	Jack Holmes	1	1	100.0	0	23	23.0	23t	1	0	0	158.3

RECEIVING
TEAM	PLAYER	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
NE	Stanley Morgan	4	63	15.8	21	0
NE	Andy Johnson	4	44	11.0	22	2
NE	Russ Francis	2	54	27.0	39	1
NE	Harold Jackson	2	35	17.5	19	0
NE	Vagas Ferguson	2	23	11.5	16	0
NE	Mosi Tatupu	1	8	8.0	8	0
NE	Don Calhoun	1	6	6.0	6	0
NO	Tony Galbreath	7	27	3.9	14	0
NO	Wes Chandler	6	98	16.3	23t	1
NO	Henry Childs	5	94	18.8	28	0
NO	Jimmy Rogers	3	75	25.0	43	1
NO	Jack Holmes	3	28	9.3	16	0
NO	Ike Harris	2	45	22.5	24	0

INTERCEPTIONS
TEAM	PLAYER	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
NO	Elois Grooms	1	37	37.0	37	0

PUNTING
TEAM	PLAYER	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL
NE	Mike Hubach	3	111	37.0	43	0
NO	Russell Erxleben	4	160	40.0	47	0

PUNT RETURNS
TEAM	PLAYER	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
NE	Roland James	3	1	32	10.7	22	0
NO	Wes Chandler	0	2	0			0

KICKOFF RETURNS
TEAM	PLAYER	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
NE	Horace Ivory	4	126	31.5	58	0
NE	Allan Clark	2	21	10.5	13	0
NO	Jimmy Rogers	6	118	19.7	22	0
NO	Wayne Wilson	1	20	20.0	20	0

SACKS
TEAM	PLAYER	NO
NE	John Zamberlin	1.0

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