| New Orleans Saints at Chicago Bears |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 10, 1971 Location: Chicago, IL Venue: Soldier Field Attendance: 55049 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 58 F Humidty: 55% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 7 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Bob Wallace 25 pass from Kent Nix (Mac Percival kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Jim Ford 1 run (Charlie Durkee kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Dick Gordon 35 pass from Kent Nix (Mac Percival kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | George Farmer 23 pass from Don Shy (Mac Percival kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Don Shy 1 run (Mac Percival kick) | 7 | 28 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | George Seals EZ opponents fumble recovery (Mac Percival kick) | 7 | 35 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Hoyle Granger 11 run (Charlie Durkee kick) | 14 | 35 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 46 | WR | Danny Abramowicz |
| 25 | WR | Al Dodd |
| 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 |
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning |
| 38 | RB | Tony Baker |
| 28 | RB | Jim Ford |
| 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 |
| 18 | FS | Hugo Hollas |
| 23 | SS | Doug Wyatt |
| 20 | RCB | Delles Howell |
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 43 | WR | George Farmer |
| 45 | WR | Dick Gordon |
| 65 | LOT | Randy Jackson |
| 61 | LOG | Glen Holloway |
| 52 | C | Rich Coady |
| 72 | ROG | Jim Cadile |
| 73 | ROT | Steve Wright |
| 89 | TE | Bob Wallace |
| 16 | QB | Kent Nix |
| 33 | RB | Jim Grabowski |
| 40 | RB | Gale Sayers |
| Offense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Willie Holman |
| 67 | LDT | George Seals |
| 76 | RDT | Bill Staley |
| 87 | RDE | Ed O'Bradovich |
| 55 | LLB | Doug Buffone |
| 51 | MLB | Dick Butkus |
| 31 | RLB | Ross Brupbacher |
| 20 | LCB | Joe Taylor |
| 48 | LS | Ron Smith |
| 18 | RS | Jerry Moore |
| 32 | RCB | Charlie Ford |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Jim Ford | 8 | 36 | 4.5 | 14 | 1 |
| Archie Manning | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Hoyle Granger | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 11t | 1 |
| Tony Baker | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 5 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Cyril Pinder | 11 | 65 | 5.9 | 13 | 0 |
| Don Shy | 11 | 34 | 3.1 | 13 | 1 |
| Gale Sayers | 8 | 30 | 3.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Bill Tucker | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 10 | 0 |
| Jim Grabowski | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 16 | 0 |
| Doug Buffone | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| George Farmer | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Kent Nix | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Edd Hargett | 25 | 14 | 56.0 | 1 | 179 | 7.2 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61.9 |
| Archie Manning | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 1 | 45 | 5.6 | 40 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 10.9 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Kent Nix | 27 | 15 | 55.6 | 1 | 242 | 9.0 | 41 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 95.0 |
| Don Shy | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 23t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
| Bobby Douglass | o | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | ||||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Dave Parks | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 42 | 0 |
| Hoyle Granger | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Al Dodd | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 40 | 0 |
| Bob Gresham | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Danny Abramowicz | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Bob Newland | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Don Burchfield | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Dick Gordon | 8 | 139 | 17.4 | 35t | 1 |
| George Farmer | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 41 | 1 |
| Bob Wallace | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 25t | 1 |
| Cyril Pinder | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jim Grabowski | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Wayne Colman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Joe Taylor | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Charlie Ford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Julian Fagan | 3 | 139 | 46.3 | 49 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bobby Joe Green | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Ron Smith | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Cecil Turner | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Al Dodd | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Ron Smith | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Cecil Turner | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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