| New Orleans Saints at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: November 24, 1968 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Tiger Stadium Attendance: 46152 |
| Weather: Mostly Clear Temp: 50 F Humidty: 44% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| Detroit Lions | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Billy Gambrell 20 pass from Bill Munson (Wayne Walker kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New Orleans Saints | Charlie Durkee 31 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | New Orleans Saints | Danny Abramowicz 9 pass from Billy Kilmer (Charlie Durkee kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Wayne Walker 43 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Charlie Sanders 13 pass from Bill Munson (Wayne Walker kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | New Orleans Saints | Don McCall 2 run (Charlie Durkee kick) | 17 | 17 |
| 4 | New Orleans Saints | Charlie Durkee 31 FG | 20 | 17 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Wayne Walker 40 FG | 20 | 20 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Don McCall | 15 | 48 | 3.2 | 1 | |
| Tony Lorick | 12 | 44 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Danny Abramowicz | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | |
| Ernie Wheelwright | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| Tom Barrington | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Karl Sweetan | 2 | -8 | -4.0 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Nick Eddy | 15 | 56 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Dave Kopay | 9 | 26 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Tom Nowatzke | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Karl Sweetan | 17 | 5 | 29.4 | 3 | 83 | 4.9 | 0 | 7.8 | |||
| Billy Kilmer | 12 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 53 | 4.4 | 1 | 89.9 | |||
| Tom Barrington | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bill Munson | 41 | 14 | 34.1 | 1 | 189 | 4.6 | 2 | 55.8 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Danny Abramowicz | 6 | 78 | 13.0 | 1 | |
| John Gilliam | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Hester | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Charlie Sanders | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 1 | |
| Nick Eddy | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Earl McCullouch | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | |
| Billy Gambrell | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 1 | |
| Tom Nowatzke | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Dave Whitsell | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Mike Weger | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Mike Lucci | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Wayne Walker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Jim Fraser | 5 | 175 | 35.0 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jerry DePoyster | 3 | 130 | 43.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| John Gilliam | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Gene Howard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Nick Eddy | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Gene Howard | 3 | 81 | 27.0 | 0 | ||
| John Gilliam | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Bobby Thompson | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 0 | ||
| Lem Barney | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Tommy Vaughn | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
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