| Philadelphia Eagles at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: October 29, 1972 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Tulane Stadium Attendance: 65664 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 73 F Humidty: 79% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia EaglesPHI | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PHI | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Danny Abramowicz 27 pass from Archie Manning (Toni Linhart kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Tom Dempsey 17 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Danny Abramowicz 10 pass from Archie Manning (Toni Linhart kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Bob Gresham 1 run (Toni Linhart kick) | 3 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||
| Offense | ||
| 18 | WR | Ben Hawkins |
| 29 | WR | Harold Jackson |
| 72 | LOT | Wade Key |
| 63 | LOG | Tom Luken |
| 59 | C | Mike Evans |
| 68 | ROG | Mark Nordquist |
| 74 | ROT | Steve Smith |
| 87 | TE | Kent Kramer |
| 14 | QB | Pete Liske |
| 27 | RB | Ron James |
| 34 | RB | Larry Watkins |
| Defense | ||
| 84 | LDE | Rich Harris |
| 82 | LDT | Don Hultz |
| 75 | RDT | Houston Antwine |
| 99 | RDE | Mel Tom |
| 50 | LLB | Ron Porter |
| 87 | MLB | Steve Zabel |
| 58 | RLB | Bob Creech |
| 26 | LCB | Al Nelson |
| 20 | LS | Leroy Keyes |
| 28 | RS | Bill Bradley |
| 24 | RCB | Nate Ramsey |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 46 | WR | Danny Abramowicz |
| 41 | WR | Bob Newland |
| 76 | LOT | Don Morrison |
| 77 | LOG | Carl Johnson |
| 51 | C | John Didion |
| 66 | ROG | Royce Smith |
| 78 | ROT | Glen Ray Hines |
| 36 | TE | Bob Brown |
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning |
| 38 | RB | Bill Butler |
| 45 | RB | Art Green |
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Richard Neal |
| 82 | LDT | Bob Pollard |
| 74 | RDT | Doug Mooers |
| 89 | RDE | Dave Long |
| 54 | LLB | Tom Roussel |
| 58 | MLB | Joe Federspiel |
| 59 | RLB | Wayne Colman |
| 30 | LCB | Ernie Jackson |
| 23 | LS | Doug Wyatt |
| 37 | RS | Tommy Myers |
| 20 | RCB | Delles Howell |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Ron James | 16 | 60 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Tony Baker | 8 | 44 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Larry Watkins | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| John Reaves | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Harold Jackson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Pete Liske | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Bob Gresham | 15 | 70 | 4.7 | 1 | |
| Bill Butler | 9 | 37 | 4.1 | 0 | |
| Archie Manning | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 0 | |
| Joe Williams | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Jim Strong | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Art Green | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||||||||
| Pete Liske | 14 | 5 | 35.7 | 1 | 42 | 3.0 | 0 | 14.6 | |||
| John Reaves | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 1 | 46 | 6.6 | 0 | 25.6 | |||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 35 | 20 | 57.1 | 1 | 295 | 8.4 | 2 | 92.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Harold Jackson | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 0 | |
| Ben Hawkins | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Harold Carmichael | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ron James | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Bill Butler | 7 | 47 | 6.7 | 0 | |
| Bob Brown | 3 | 85 | 28.3 | 0 | |
| Bob Gresham | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 0 | |
| Joe Williams | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | |
| Danny Abramowicz | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 2 | |
| Bob Newland | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Art Green | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Leroy Keyes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Ernie Jackson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Tommy Myers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Bill Bradley | 5 | 206 | 41.2 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Julian Fagan | 5 | 138 | 27.6 | 1 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Billy Walik | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Tommy Myers | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Billy Walik | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | ||
| Al Nelson | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Margene Adkins | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |
| New Orleans Saints | |
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