| New Orleans Saints at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 3, 1971 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 47966 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| Houston Oilers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans Saints | Danny Abramowicz 63 pass from Archie Manning (Charlie Durkee kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Houston Oilers | Mark Moseley 22 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 4 | New Orleans Saints | Charlie Durkee 14 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 4 | Houston Oilers | Charlie Joiner 70 pass from Charley Johnson (Mark Moseley kick) | 10 | 10 |
| 4 | Houston Oilers | Mark Moseley 44 FG | 10 | 13 |
| 4 | New Orleans Saints | Charlie Durkee 37 FG | 13 | 13 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tony Baker | 10 | 76 | 7.6 | 0 | |
| Jim Ford | 16 | 62 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| Archie Manning | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Virgil Robinson | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 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 | 0 | |
| Woody Campbell | 18 | 51 | 2.8 | 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 | 1 | 35.8 | |||
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Lynn Dickey | 20 | 6 | 30.0 | 3 | 82 | 4.1 | 0 | 4.6 | |||
| Charley Johnson | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 0 | 85 | 17.0 | 1 | 143.8 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Danny Abramowicz | 3 | 89 | 29.7 | 1 | |
| Jim Ford | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Tony Baker | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 0 | |
| Al Dodd | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Willie Frazier | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | |
| Joe Dawkins | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 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 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Dan Pastorini | 6 | 264 | 44.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Al Dodd | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 0 | ||
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Ken Houston | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Virgil Robinson | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 0 | ||
| Al Dodd | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | ||
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Linzy Cole | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Burrough | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Floyd Rice | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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