| New Orleans Saints at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: December 3, 1989 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 38550 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Rodney Peete 6 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Dalton Hilliard 1 run (Morten Andersen kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Barry Sanders 3 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Bobby Morse 99 kickoff return (Morten Andersen kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Richard Johnson 75 pass from Bob Gagliano (Eddie Murray kick) | 14 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Lonzell Hill |
| 84 | WR | Eric Martin |
| 70 | LOT | Kevin Haverdink |
| 72 | LOG | Jim Dombrowski |
| 61 | C | Joel Hilgenberg |
| 65 | ROG | Steve Trapilo |
| 67 | ROT | Stan Brock |
| 85 | TE | Hoby Brenner |
| 3 | QB | Bobby Hebert |
| 21 | HB | Dalton Hilliard |
| 82 | HBK | John Tice |
| Defense | ||
| 73 | LDE | Frank Warren |
| 97 | RDE | Jumpy Geathers |
| 57 | LOLB | Rickey Jackson |
| 51 | LILB | Sam Mills |
| 53 | RILB | Vaughan Johnson |
| 56 | ROLB | Pat Swilling |
| 40 | LCB | Robert Massey |
| 39 | SS | Brett Maxie |
| 44 | FS | Dave Waymer |
| 41 | RCB | Toi Cook |
| 24 | NB | Milton Mack |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Robert Clark |
| 84 | WR | Richard Johnson |
| 24 | WR | Jason Phillips |
| 87 | WR | Walter Stanley |
| 75 | LOT | Lomas Brown |
| 65 | LOG | Eric Andolsek |
| 53 | C | Kevin Glover |
| 67 | ROG | Ken Dallafior |
| 64 | ROT | Eric Sanders |
| 9 | QB | Rodney Peete |
| 20 | RB | Barry Sanders |
| Defense | ||
| 76 | LDE | Eric Williams |
| 93 | NT | Jerry Ball |
| 97 | RDE | Kevin Brooks |
| 59 | LOLB | Jimmy Williams |
| 54 | LILB | Chris Spielman |
| 98 | RILB | Dennis Gibson |
| 95 | ROLB | Mark Brown |
| 21 | LCB | Terry Taylor |
| 36 | SS | Bennie Blades |
| 35 | FS | William White |
| 43 | RCB | Jerry Holmes |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Dalton Hilliard | 18 | 67 | 3.7 | 10 | 1 |
| Bobby Hebert | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Buford Jordan | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 2 | 0 |
| Brett Perriman | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | -10 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Barry Sanders | 20 | 72 | 3.6 | 27 | 1 |
| Rodney Peete | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 11 | 1 |
| Bob Gagliano | 3 | -4 | -1.3 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Bobby Hebert | 26 | 16 | 61.5 | 1 | 99 | 3.8 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 53.2 |
| John Fourcade | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 29 | 9.7 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 97.9 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Rodney Peete | 18 | 8 | 44.4 | 1 | 177 | 9.8 | 46 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 56.9 |
| Bob Gagliano | 13 | 6 | 46.2 | 0 | 166 | 12.8 | 75t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 118.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Dalton Hilliard | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Hoby Brenner | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Eric Martin | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Lonzell Hill | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Brett Perriman | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Greg Scales | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Richard Johnson | 8 | 248 | 31.0 | 75t | 1 |
| Jason Phillips | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Barry Sanders | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Walter Stanley | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Robert Massey | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jerry Holmes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tommy Barnhardt | 9 | 400 | 44.4 | 50 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jim Arnold | 8 | 332 | 41.5 | 56 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Rod Harris | 6 | 38 | 6.3 | 11 | 0 | |
| Brett Perriman | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Walter Stanley | 7 | 53 | 7.6 | 12 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Bobby Morse | 2 | 112 | 56.0 | 99 | 1 | |
| Rod Harris | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Mel Gray | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Rickey Jackson | 2.0 |
| Jumpy Geathers | 1.0 |
| Sam Mills | 1.0 |
| Detroit Lions | |
| Mike Cofer | 1.0 |
| Chris Spielman | 1.0 |
| Eric Williams | 1.0 |
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