| New Orleans Saints at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: October 8, 1972 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 62507 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 64 F Humidty: 45% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
| New York Giants | 17 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 45 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York Giants | Charlie Evans 10 pass from Norm Snead (Pete Gogolak kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New York Giants | Pete Gogolak 17 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 1 | New York Giants | Charlie Evans 24 run (Pete Gogolak kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | New York Giants | Ron Johnson 3 run (Pete Gogolak kick) | 0 | 24 |
| 2 | New York Giants | Charlie Evans 8 run (Pete Gogolak kick) | 0 | 31 |
| 2 | New Orleans Saints | Dave Parks 66 pass from Archie Manning (Charlie Durkee kick) | 7 | 31 |
| 3 | New York Giants | Don Herrmann 14 pass from Norm Snead (Pete Gogolak kick) | 7 | 38 |
| 3 | New York Giants | Bob Grim 15 pass from Norm Snead (Pete Gogolak kick) | 7 | 45 |
| 4 | New Orleans Saints | Danny Abramowicz 16 pass from Archie Manning (Charlie Durkee kick) | 14 | 45 |
| 4 | New Orleans Saints | Dave Parks 25 pass from Archie Manning (Charlie Durkee kick) | 21 | 45 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Bob Gresham | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Archie Manning | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Art Green | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Joe Williams | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Charlie Evans | 17 | 87 | 5.1 | 2 | |
| Joe Morrison | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | |
| Ron Johnson | 12 | 43 | 3.6 | 1 | |
| Bobby Duhon | 9 | 23 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| Randy Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 31 | 18 | 58.1 | 4 | 276 | 8.9 | 3 | 80.2 | |||
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Norm Snead | 17 | 12 | 70.6 | 0 | 149 | 8.8 | 3 | 137.0 | |||
| Randy Johnson | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 | 20.8 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Dave Parks | 4 | 120 | 30.0 | 2 | |
| Joe Williams | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 0 | |
| Bob Newland | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Art Green | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | |
| Danny Abramowicz | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 1 | |
| Bob Gresham | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Charlie Evans | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 1 | |
| Ron Johnson | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Grim | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 1 | |
| Bob Tucker | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Duhon | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Rich Houston | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Bivian Lee | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Willie Williams | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Chuck Crist | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Carl Lockhart | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Richmond Flowers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Julian Fagan | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 3 | 90 | 30.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Margene Adkins | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Tommy Myers | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Bob Grim | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Margene Adkins | 5 | 152 | 30.4 | 0 | ||
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Rocky Thompson | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | ||
| Eldridge Small | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| John Douglas | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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