| Detroit Lions at New Orleans Saints |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 14, 1973 Location: New Orleans, LA Venue: Tulane Stadium Attendance: 57810 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 86 F Humidty: 61% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Happy Feller 10 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Errol Mann 34 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Happy Feller 18 FG | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Earl McCullouch 33 pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick) | 10 | 6 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Howard Stevens 1 run (Happy Feller kick) | 10 | 13 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Errol Mann 29 FG | 13 | 13 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Bill Butler 1 run (Happy Feller kick) | 13 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Ron Jessie |
| 49 | WR | Larry Walton |
| 64 | LOT | Gordon Jolley |
| 67 | LOG | Rocky Rasley |
| 54 | C | Ed Flanagan |
| 66 | ROG | Bob Kowalkowski |
| 76 | ROT | Rocky Freitas |
| 88 | TE | Charlie Sanders |
| 11 | QB | Greg Landry |
| 24 | RB | Mel Farr |
| 42 | RB | Altie Taylor |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Ken Sanders |
| 80 | LDT | Herb Orvis |
| 72 | RDT | Ernie Price |
| 74 | RDE | Larry Hand |
| 50 | LLB | Paul Naumoff |
| 53 | MLB | Mike Lucci |
| 59 | RLB | Charlie Weaver |
| 20 | LCB | Lem Barney |
| 28 | LS | Mike Weger |
| 26 | RS | Dick Jauron |
| 23 | RCB | Levi Johnson |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Jubilee Dunbar |
| 41 | WR | Bob Newland |
| 77 | LOT | Carl Johnson |
| 50 | LOG | Jake Kupp |
| 51 | C | John Didion |
| 61 | ROG | Del Williams |
| 76 | ROT | Don Morrison |
| 36 | TE | Bob Brown |
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning |
| 38 | RB | Bill Butler |
| 34 | RB | Jess Phillips |
| Offense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Billy Newsome |
| 82 | LDT | Bob Pollard |
| 75 | RDT | Elex Price |
| 72 | RDE | Joe Owens |
| 56 | LLB | Willie Hall |
| 58 | MLB | Joe Federspiel |
| 59 | RLB | Wayne Colman |
| 30 | LCB | Ernie Jackson |
| 24 | LS | Johnny Fuller |
| 74 | RS | Derland Moore |
| 11 | RCB | Bivian Lee |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DET | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 5/11 | / | 5 | 31 | 2 | 1 | |
| NO | 21 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 7/13 | / | 5 | 35 | 4 | 1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Mel Farr | 13 | 59 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Altie Taylor | 8 | 53 | 6.6 | 0 | |
| Greg Landry | 9 | 48 | 5.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Steve Owens | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Earl McCullouch | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Charlie Sanders | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 36 | 186 | 5.2 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Bill Butler | 15 | 91 | 6.1 | 1 | |
| Jess Phillips | 19 | 72 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Archie Manning | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Henry Matthews | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Howard Stevens | 4 | -3 | -0.8 | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 45 | 171 | 3.8 | 2 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Greg Landry | 19 | 9 | 47.4 | 1 | 175 | 9.2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 75.5 | |
| Team Totals | 19 | 9 | 47.4 | 1 | 175 | 9.2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 75.5 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 15 | 9 | 60.0 | 1 | 172 | 11.5 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 72.1 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 9 | 60.0 | 1 | 172 | 11.5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 72.1 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Charlie Sanders | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 0 | |
| Earl McCullouch | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 1 | |
| John Hilton | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Mel Farr | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Altie Taylor | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Ron Jessie | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 175 | 19.4 | 1 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Bob Newland | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 0 | |
| Bob Brown | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 0 | |
| Jubilee Dunbar | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | |
| Bill Butler | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 172 | 19.1 | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Mike Lucci | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 0 | |||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Jim Merlo | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 0 | |||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Herman Weaver | 1 | 51 | 51.0 | 51 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 51 | 51.0 | 51 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Steve O'Neal | 2 | 107 | 53.5 | 56 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 107 | 53.5 | ||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Lem Barney | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Ron Jessie | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 36 | 0 | |
| Mickey Zofko | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Howard Stevens | 2 | 77 | 38.5 | 48 | 0 | |
| Odell Lawson | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| Ken Sanders | 1.0 |
| Team Totals | 2.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Team Totals | 1.0 |