| Buffalo Bills at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: November 4, 1973 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Tulane Stadium Attendance: 74770 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 80 F Humidty: 74% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Bill McClard 42 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Bob Newland 9 pass from Archie Manning (Bill McClard kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Bill McClard 24 FG | 0 | 13 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Bob Chandler |
| 40 | WR | J.D. Hill |
| 78 | LOT | Dave Foley |
| 67 | LOG | Reggie McKenzie |
| 51 | C | Bruce Jarvis |
| 68 | ROG | Joe DeLamielleure |
| 74 | ROT | Donnie Green |
| 87 | TE | Paul Seymour |
| 12 | QB | Joe Ferguson |
| 32 | RB | O.J. Simpson |
| 38 | RB | Larry Watkins |
| Defense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Walt Patulski |
| 77 | LDT | Jerry Patton |
| 71 | RDT | Mike Kadish |
| 73 | RDE | Earl Edwards |
| 56 | LLB | Rich Lewis |
| 50 | MLB | Jim Cheyunski |
| 55 | RLB | John Skorupan |
| 20 | LCB | Robert James |
| 24 | LS | Ernie Kellermann |
| 43 | RS | Tony Greene |
| 28 | RCB | Dwight Harrison |
| 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 |
| 83 | TE | Len Garrett |
| 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 |
| 57 | LLB | Jim Merlo |
| 58 | MLB | Joe Federspiel |
| 59 | RLB | Wayne Colman |
| 30 | LCB | Ernie Jackson |
| 24 | LS | Johnny Fuller |
| 37 | RS | Tommy Myers |
| 11 | RCB | Bivian Lee |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| O.J. Simpson | 20 | 79 | 4.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Joe Ferguson | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | |
| Larry Watkins | 8 | 22 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Jess Phillips | 18 | 52 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Archie Manning | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 0 | |
| Joe Profit | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Bill Butler | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Howard Stevens | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Joe Ferguson | 19 | 9 | 47.4 | 0 | 87 | 4.6 | 0 | 60.6 | |||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 33 | 16 | 48.5 | 0 | 188 | 5.7 | 1 | 76.3 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Larry Watkins | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| J.D. Hill | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | |
| Bob Chandler | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| John Beasley | 6 | 47 | 7.8 | 0 | |
| Bob Newland | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 1 | |
| Doug Winslow | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Joe Profit | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | |
| Jess Phillips | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Jubilee Dunbar | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Spike Jones | 8 | 377 | 47.1 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Steve O'Neal | 6 | 244 | 40.7 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Donnie Walker | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Howard Stevens | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Steve Jones | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| SACKS | NO |
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