| New York Giants at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: October 29, 1978 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 58806 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| New Orleans Saints | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York Giants | Maurice Tyler EZ blocked punt recovery (Joe Danelo kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | New York Giants | Joe Danelo 50 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | New Orleans Saints | Chuck Muncie 1 run (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | New York Giants | Larry Csonka 1 run (Joe Danelo kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 3 | New Orleans Saints | Henry Childs 1 pass from Archie Manning (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) | 17 | 14 |
| 4 | New Orleans Saints | Tony Galbreath 20 run (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) | 17 | 21 |
| 4 | New Orleans Saints | Henry Childs 3 pass from Archie Manning (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) | 17 | 28 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Doug Kotar | 9 | 81 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Hammond | 12 | 47 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| Billy Taylor | 7 | 34 | 4.9 | 0 | |
| Larry Csonka | 8 | 30 | 3.8 | 11 | 1 |
| Joe Pisarcik | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tony Galbreath | 21 | 61 | 2.9 | 1 | |
| Chuck Muncie | 12 | 46 | 3.8 | 10 | 1 |
| Mike Strachan | 7 | 35 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Archie Manning | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Joe Pisarcik | 15 | 5 | 33.3 | 3 | 69 | 4.6 | 0 | 9.4 | |||
| Jerry Golsteyn | 10 | 4 | 40.0 | 0 | 38 | 3.8 | 0 | 51.2 | |||
| Larry Mallory | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 21 | 13 | 61.9 | 0 | 166 | 7.9 | 2 | 118.4 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Jimmy Robinson | 4 | 79 | 19.8 | 0 | |
| Billy Taylor | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Al Dixon | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| James Thompson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bobby Hammond | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tony Galbreath | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 0 | |
| Henry Childs | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 2 | |
| Wes Chandler | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | |
| Ike Harris | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Tinker Owens | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Muncie | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Maurice Spencer | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | |
| Tommy Myers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Dave Jennings | 5 | 200 | 40.0 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 6 | 208 | 34.7 | 1 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Jimmy Robinson | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Hammond | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| James Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Wes Chandler | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | ||
| Ralph McGill | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Ernie Pough | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 0 | ||
| Billy Taylor | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Rich Mauti | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 0 | ||
| Wes Chandler | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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