| New Orleans Saints at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: November 19, 1972 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Tiger Stadium Attendance: 53752 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 38 F Humidty: 79% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Detroit Lions | 7 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Altie Taylor 13 pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Larry Walton 14 pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Errol Mann 35 FG | 0 | 17 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Errol Mann 33 FG | 0 | 20 |
| 4 | New Orleans Saints | Danny Abramowicz 13 pass from Archie Manning (Happy Feller kick) | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Mel Farr 1 run (Errol Mann kick) | 7 | 27 |
| 4 | New Orleans Saints | Danny Abramowicz 48 pass from Archie Manning (Happy Feller kick) | 14 | 27 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Bob Gresham | 9 | 25 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Bill Butler | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 0 | |
| Archie Manning | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | |
| Jim Strong | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Altie Taylor | 14 | 53 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Steve Owens | 14 | 49 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Greg Landry | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Mel Farr | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 30 | 20 | 66.7 | 2 | 250 | 8.3 | 2 | 86.8 | |||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Greg Landry | 26 | 17 | 65.4 | 0 | 207 | 8.0 | 2 | 115.4 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Bob Gresham | 6 | 28 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Danny Abramowicz | 4 | 99 | 24.8 | 2 | |
| Bill Butler | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Dave Parks | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 0 | |
| Bob Newland | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Altie Taylor | 6 | 51 | 8.5 | 1 | |
| Charlie Sanders | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| Steve Owens | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | |
| Larry Walton | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 1 | |
| Al Barnes | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 1 | |
| Ron Jessie | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Lem Barney | 2 | 85 | 42.5 | 0 | |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Julian Fagan | 5 | 192 | 38.4 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Herman Weaver | 3 | 133 | 44.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Margene Adkins | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 0 | ||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Lem Barney | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Larry Walton | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Margene Adkins | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Williams | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Hugo Hollas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Mickey Zofko | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | ||
| Ron Jessie | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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