| Houston Oilers at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: December 10, 1978 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 63169 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| New Orleans Saints | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston Oilers | Earl Campbell 2 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Houston Oilers | Toni Fritsch 22 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 3 | New Orleans Saints | Tinker Owens 6 pass from Archie Manning (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 4 | Houston Oilers | Robert Woods 80 pass from Dan Pastorini (Toni Fritsch kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 4 | New Orleans Saints | Safety, Earl Campbell ran out of end zone by (Team) | 17 | 9 |
| 4 | New Orleans Saints | Steve Mike-Mayer 21 FG | 17 | 12 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Earl Campbell | 25 | 67 | 2.7 | 8 | 1 |
| Tim Wilson | 15 | 62 | 4.1 | 0 | |
| Robert Woods | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dan Pastorini | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tony Galbreath | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Chuck Muncie | 8 | 19 | 2.4 | 6 | 0 |
| Archie Manning | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Mike Strachan | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Henry Childs | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 18 | 12 | 66.7 | 0 | 137 | 7.6 | 1 | 107.9 | |||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 37 | 25 | 67.6 | 1 | 251 | 6.8 | 1 | 84.4 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ken Burrough | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 0 | |
| Robert Woods | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 1 | |
| Tim Wilson | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Coleman | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tony Galbreath | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| Henry Childs | 5 | 80 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Muncie | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 34 | 0 |
| Ike Harris | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Tinker Owens | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 1 | |
| Mike Strachan | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Larry Hardy | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Wes Chandler | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Greg Stemrick | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Cliff Parsley | 7 | 288 | 41.1 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 6 | 269 | 44.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Robert Woods | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 0 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Wes Chandler | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Robert Woods | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Rich Mauti | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 0 | ||
| Wes Chandler | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Holmes | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Elois Grooms | 1.0+ |
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