| New Orleans Saints at Philadelphia Eagles |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: December 8, 1968 Location: Philadelphia, PA Venue: Franklin Field Attendance: 57128 |
| Weather: Partly Cloudy Temp: 34 F Humidty: 41% Wind: 20 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Philadelphia EaglesPHI | 0 | 13 | 2 | 14 | 29 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | PHI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Jim Hester 4 pass from Billy Kilmer (Charlie Durkee kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Gary Ballman 55 pass from Norm Snead (Sam Baker kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Billy Kilmer 2 run (Charlie Durkee kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Ben Hawkins 14 pass from Norm Snead (Sam Baker kick blocked) | 14 | 13 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Charlie Durkee 10 FG | 17 | 13 |
| 3 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Safety, Charlie Brown tackled in end zone by Larry Conjar | 17 | 15 |
| 4 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Ben Hawkins 23 pass from Norm Snead (Sam Baker kick) | 17 | 22 |
| 4 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Tom Woodeshick 30 run (Sam Baker kick) | 17 | 29 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | SE | Dave Parks |
| 73 | LOT | Jerry Sturm |
| 50 | LOG | Jake Kupp |
| 54 | C | Joe Wendryhoski |
| 61 | ROG | Del Williams |
| 78 | ROT | Jerry Jones |
| 84 | TE | Jim Hester |
| 17 | QB | Billy Kilmer |
| 36 | HB | Don McCall |
| 46 | FL | Danny Abramowicz |
| 34 | FB | Tony Lorick |
| Defense | ||
| 74 | LDE | Mike Tilleman |
| 72 | LDT | Earl Leggett |
| 76 | RDT | Dave Rowe |
| 65 | RDE | Tom Carr |
| 35 | LLB | Ted Davis |
| 66 | MLB | Bill Cody |
| 82 | RLB | Johnny Brewer |
| 21 | LCB | John Douglas |
| 45 | LS | Elbert Kimbrough |
| 23 | RS | Dave Whitsell |
| 29 | RCB | Gene Howard |
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | SE | Gary Ballman |
| 79 | LOT | Lane Howell |
| 71 | LOG | Dick Hart |
| 59 | C | Mike Evans |
| 68 | ROG | Mark Nordquist |
| 76 | ROT | Bob Brown |
| 86 | TE | Fred Hill |
| 16 | QB | Norm Snead |
| 22 | RB | Cyril Pinder |
| 37 | RB | Tom Woodeshick |
| 18 | FL | Ben Hawkins |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Tim Rossovich |
| 73 | LDT | Jim Norton |
| 88 | RDT | Gary Pettigrew |
| 58 | RDE | Mel Tom |
| 55 | LLB | Fred Brown |
| 52 | MLB | Dave Lloyd |
| 53 | RLB | Harold Wells |
| 26 | LCB | Al Nelson |
| 24 | LS | Nate Ramsey |
| 21 | RS | Joe Scarpati |
| 30 | RCB | Alvin Haymond |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Don McCall | 11 | 49 | 4.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Billy Kilmer | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 9 | 1 |
| Tony Lorick | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Tom Barrington | 8 | 17 | 2.1 | 10 | 0 |
| Ernie Wheelwright | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Tom Woodeshick | 18 | 122 | 6.8 | 30t | 1 |
| Izzy Lang | 7 | 29 | 4.1 | 17 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Billy Kilmer | 32 | 19 | 59.4 | 1 | 210 | 6.6 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 76.3 |
| Ronnie South | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91.7 |
| Tom Barrington | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||||||||
| Norm Snead | 18 | 10 | 55.6 | 1 | 181 | 10.1 | 55t | 3 | 2 | 14 | 106.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Jim Hester | 7 | 94 | 13.4 | 34 | 1 |
| Danny Abramowicz | 6 | 79 | 13.2 | 22 | 0 |
| Dave Parks | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Tony Lorick | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 6 | 0 |
| John Gilliam | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Don McCall | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Ben Hawkins | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 23t | 2 |
| Gary Ballman | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 55t | 1 |
| Tom Woodeshick | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Fred Hill | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Izzy Lang | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Gene Howard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Harold Wells | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tom McNeill | 5 | 199 | 39.8 | 51 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Sam Baker | 5 | 220 | 44.0 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Charlie Brown | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Alvin Haymond | 4 | 0 | 19 | 4.8 | 9 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Charlie Brown | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 19 | 0 | |
| Elijah Nevett | 1 | 55 | 55.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Les Kelley | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Alvin Haymond | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 27 | 0 | |
| Al Nelson | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Dave Graham | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
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