| New England Patriots at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: December 10, 1972 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Tulane Stadium Attendance: 64889 |
| Weather: More Than Half Cloudy Temp: 79 F Humidty: 77% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England PatriotsNE | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Happy Feller 30 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Reggie Rucker 31 pass from Jim Plunkett (Mike Walker kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Reggie Rucker 25 pass from Jim Plunkett (Mike Walker kick) | 14 | 3 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Danny Abramowicz 26 pass from Archie Manning (Happy Feller kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 3 | New England PatriotsNE | Mike Walker 36 FG | 17 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 33 | WR | Reggie Rucker |
| 18 | WR | Randy Vataha |
| 64 | LOT | Mike Montler |
| 67 | LOG | Bill Lenkaitis |
| 56 | C | Jon Morris |
| 60 | ROG | Len St. Jean |
| 77 | ROT | Tom Neville |
| 86 | TE | Bob Windsor |
| 16 | QB | Jim Plunkett |
| 31 | RB | Josh Ashton |
| 36 | RB | John Tarver |
| Defense | ||
| 88 | LDE | Ron Berger |
| 76 | LDT | Dave Rowe |
| 63 | RDT | Rick Cash |
| 70 | RDE | Denny Wirgowski |
| 66 | LLB | Ed Weisacosky |
| 55 | MLB | Ralph Cindrich |
| 51 | RLB | Ron Acks |
| 41 | LCB | Larry Carwell |
| 29 | LS | Honor Jackson |
| 23 | RS | George Hoey |
| 44 | RCB | Johnny Outlaw |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 46 | WR | Danny Abramowicz |
| 41 | WR | Bob Newland |
| 76 | LOT | Don Morrison |
| 77 | LOG | Carl Johnson |
| 51 | C | John Didion |
| 61 | ROG | Del Williams |
| 78 | ROT | Glen Ray Hines |
| 83 | TE | Dave Parks |
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning |
| 38 | RB | Bill Butler |
| 35 | RB | Bob Gresham |
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Richard Neal |
| 82 | LDT | Bob Pollard |
| 74 | RDT | Doug Mooers |
| 72 | RDE | Joe Owens |
| 54 | LLB | Tom Roussel |
| 58 | MLB | Joe Federspiel |
| 59 | RLB | Wayne Colman |
| 29 | LCB | Billie Hayes |
| 23 | LS | Doug Wyatt |
| 18 | RS | Hugo Hollas |
| 11 | RCB | Bivian Lee |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Josh Ashton | 9 | 51 | 5.7 | 0 | |
| Carl Garrett | 16 | 30 | 1.9 | 0 | |
| John Tarver | 10 | 26 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| Jim Plunkett | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Bob Gresham | 14 | 54 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| Bill Butler | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| Archie Manning | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Jim Plunkett | 24 | 16 | 66.7 | 1 | 209 | 8.7 | 2 | 104.3 | |||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 52 | 24 | 46.2 | 3 | 254 | 4.9 | 1 | 43.3 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Reggie Rucker | 5 | 98 | 19.6 | 2 | |
| Carl Garrett | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 0 | |
| Josh Ashton | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Randy Vataha | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| John Tarver | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Windsor | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Bob Newland | 7 | 67 | 9.6 | 0 | |
| Danny Abramowicz | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 1 | |
| Bill Butler | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Gresham | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Dave Parks | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Strong | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bob Brown | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Honor Jackson | 1 | 55 | 55.0 | 55 | 0 |
| Dick Blanchard | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Rickie Harris | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Hugo Hollas | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Pat Studstill | 5 | 189 | 37.8 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Julian Fagan | 4 | 181 | 45.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Carl Garrett | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Tommy Myers | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Carl Garrett | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | ||
| Henry Matthews | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| SACKS | NO |
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