| New Orleans Saints at Houston Oilers |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 3, 1971 Location: Houston, TX Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 47966 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Danny Abramowicz 63 pass from Archie Manning (Charlie Durkee kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Mark Moseley 22 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Charlie Durkee 14 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Charlie Joiner 70 pass from Charley Johnson (Mark Moseley kick) | 10 | 10 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Mark Moseley 44 FG | 10 | 13 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Charlie Durkee 37 FG | 13 | 13 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 46 | WR | Danny Abramowicz |
| 41 | WR | Bob Newland |
| 76 | LOT | Don Morrison |
| 50 | LOG | Jake Kupp |
| 51 | C | John Didion |
| 61 | ROG | Del Williams |
| 78 | ROT | Glen Ray Hines |
| 83 | TE | Dave Parks |
| 14 | QB | Edd Hargett |
| 28 | RB | Jim Ford |
| 40 | RB | Hoyle Granger |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Richard Neal |
| 82 | LDT | Bob Pollard |
| 89 | RDT | Dave Long |
| 84 | RDE | Larry Estes |
| 60 | LLB | Carl Cunningham |
| 55 | MLB | Jim Flanigan |
| 59 | RLB | Wayne Colman |
| 22 | LCB | D'Artagnan Martin |
| 21 | SS | Reynaud Moore |
| 18 | FS | Hugo Hollas |
| 20 | RCB | Delles Howell |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Jim Beirne |
| 18 | WR | Charlie Joiner |
| 74 | LOT | Gene Ferguson |
| 56 | LOG | Bob Young |
| 62 | C | Jerry Sturm |
| 66 | ROG | Tom Funchess |
| 77 | ROT | Sam Walton |
| 83 | TE | Willie Frazier |
| 10 | QB | Lynn Dickey |
| 35 | RB | Woody Campbell |
| 34 | RB | Joe Dawkins |
| Offense | ||
| 88 | LDE | Allen Ray Aldridge |
| 78 | LDT | Mike Tilleman |
| 82 | RDT | Ron Billingsley |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 85 | LLB | Floyd Rice |
| 52 | MLB | Garland Boyette |
| 58 | RLB | Ron Pritchard |
| 22 | LCB | Zeke Moore |
| 29 | LS | Ken Houston |
| 25 | RS | John Charles |
| 33 | RCB | Benny Johnson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tony Baker | 10 | 76 | 7.6 | 20 | 0 |
| Jim Ford | 16 | 62 | 3.9 | 7 | 0 |
| Archie Manning | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Virgil Robinson | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Al Dodd | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Hoyle Granger | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jim Strong | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Joe Dawkins | 7 | 52 | 7.4 | 21 | 0 |
| Woody Campbell | 18 | 51 | 2.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Lynn Dickey | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 20 | 8 | 40.0 | 2 | 112 | 5.6 | 63t | 1 | 5 | 33 | 35.8 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Lynn Dickey | 20 | 6 | 30.0 | 3 | 82 | 4.1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.6 |
| Charley Johnson | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 0 | 85 | 17.0 | 70t | 1 | 1 | 11 | 143.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Danny Abramowicz | 3 | 89 | 29.7 | 63t | 1 |
| Jim Ford | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Tony Baker | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | -1 | 0 |
| Al Dodd | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Willie Frazier | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Joe Dawkins | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Charlie Joiner | 1 | 70 | 70.0 | 70t | 1 |
| Jim Beirne | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Alvin Reed | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Ken Burrough | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Woody Campbell | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Jim Flanigan | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Delles Howell | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Doug Wyatt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| John Charles | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Zeke Moore | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Julian Fagan | 8 | 363 | 45.4 | 55 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Dan Pastorini | 6 | 264 | 44.0 | 54 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Al Dodd | 5 | 0 | 28 | 5.6 | 9 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Ken Houston | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Linzy Cole | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Virgil Robinson | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 31 | 0 | |
| Al Dodd | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 28 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Linzy Cole | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Ken Burrough | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Floyd Rice | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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