| Detroit Lions at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: September 21, 1997 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 50016 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 17 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Andre Hastings 21 pass from Mario Bates (Doug Brien kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Mario Bates 74 run (Doug Brien kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Daryl Hobbs 20 pass from Heath Shuler (Doug Brien kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Barry Sanders 17 pass from Scott Mitchell (Jason Hanson kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Heath Shuler 5 run (Doug Brien kick) | 7 | 28 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Jason Hanson 47 FG | 10 | 28 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Mario Bates 2 run (Doug Brien kick) | 10 | 35 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Herman Moore 5 pass from Scott Mitchell (Jason Hanson kick) | 17 | 35 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 33 | WR | Glyn Milburn |
| 84 | WR | Herman Moore |
| 87 | WR | Johnnie Morton |
| 72 | LOT | Ray Roberts |
| 77 | LOG | Mike Compton |
| 53 | C | Kevin Glover |
| 64 | ROG | Jeff Hartings |
| 71 | ROT | Larry Tharpe |
| 89 | TE | Pete Metzelaars |
| 19 | QB | Scott Mitchell |
| 20 | HB | Barry Sanders |
| Defense | ||
| 91 | LDE | Robert Porcher |
| 95 | NT | Mike Wells |
| 94 | UT | Luther Elliss |
| 93 | RDE | Kerwin Waldroup |
| 55 | SLB | Antonio London |
| 57 | MLB | Stephen Boyd |
| 59 | WLB | Reggie Brown |
| 23 | LCB | Bryant Westbrook |
| 29 | SS | Harry Colon |
| 27 | FS | Mark Carrier |
| 1 | RCB | Corey Raymond |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Andre Hastings |
| 81 | WR | Randal Hill |
| 77 | LOT | Willie Roaf |
| 67 | LOG | Andy McCollum |
| 62 | C | Jerry Fontenot |
| 66 | ROG | Mike Verstegen |
| 74 | ROT | Clarence Jones |
| 87 | TE | John Farquhar |
| 5 | QB | Heath Shuler |
| 24 | RB | Mario Bates |
| 34 | FB | Ray Zellars |
| Defense | ||
| 92 | LDE | Darren Mickell |
| 93 | LDT | Wayne Martin |
| 99 | RDT | Pio Sagapolutele |
| 94 | RDE | Joe Johnson |
| 52 | SLB | Richard Harvey |
| 54 | MLB | Winfred Tubbs |
| 55 | WLB | Mark Fields |
| 25 | LCB | Alex Molden |
| 30 | SS | Anthony Newman |
| 27 | FS | Vashone Adams |
| 21 | RCB | Eric Allen |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Barry Sanders | 18 | 113 | 6.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Tommy Vardell | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Mario Bates | 29 | 162 | 5.6 | 74t | 2 |
| Heath Shuler | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 5t | 1 |
| Troy Davis | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Scott Mitchell | 43 | 24 | 55.8 | 3 | 253 | 5.9 | 38 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 59.5 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Heath Shuler | 21 | 15 | 71.4 | 0 | 202 | 9.6 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 117.6 |
| Mario Bates | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 21t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Herman Moore | 11 | 111 | 10.1 | 17 | 1 |
| Johnnie Morton | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 38 | 0 |
| Pete Metzelaars | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Pete Chryplewicz | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Barry Sanders | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17t | 1 |
| Tommie Boyd | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Tommy Vardell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Andre Hastings | 5 | 74 | 14.8 | 21t | 1 |
| Randal Hill | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Eric Guliford | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Ray Zellars | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 14 | 0 |
| John Farquhar | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Daryl Hobbs | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Anthony Newman | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Eric Allen | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| John Jett | 3 | 102 | 34.0 | 38 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Mark Royals | 2 | 110 | 55.0 | 61 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Glyn Milburn | 2 | 0 | 22 | 11.0 | 14 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Eric Guliford | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||
| Jason Hanson | 4 | 209 | 52.3 | 2 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||
| Doug Brien | 6 | 415 | 69.2 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Glyn Milburn | 6 | 157 | 26.2 | 50 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Eric Guliford | 1 | 0 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| Luther Elliss | 1.0 |
| Robert Porcher | 1.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Wayne Martin | 4.0 |
| La'Roi Glover | 1.0 |
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