| New Orleans Saints at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: November 3, 1974 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Tiger Stadium Attendance: 43256 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 60 F Humidty: 81% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 19 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Errol Mann 37 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Ron Jessie 5 pass from Bill Munson (Errol Mann kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Levi Johnson 78 blocked field goal recovery (Sam Wyche run failed) | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Joel Parker 30 pass from Archie Manning (Bill McClard kick) | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Howard Stevens 5 run (Bill McClard kick) | 14 | 16 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Errol Mann 35 FG | 14 | 19 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 41 | WR | Bob Newland |
| 88 | WR | Joel Parker |
| 65 | LOT | Dave Thompson |
| 50 | LOG | Jake Kupp |
| 51 | C | John Didion |
| 66 | ROG | Rocky Rasley |
| 73 | ROT | John Mooring |
| 84 | TE | Paul Seal |
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning |
| 28 | RB | Alvin Maxson |
| 34 | RB | Jess Phillips |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Billy Newsome |
| 75 | LDT | Elex Price |
| 74 | RDT | Derland Moore |
| 82 | RDE | Bob Pollard |
| 57 | LLB | Jim Merlo |
| 58 | MLB | Joe Federspiel |
| 59 | RLB | Wayne Colman |
| 30 | LCB | Ernie Jackson |
| 24 | LS | Johnny Fuller |
| 37 | RS | Tommy Myers |
| 40 | RCB | Terry Schmidt |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Ron Jessie |
| 49 | WR | Larry Walton |
| 75 | LOT | Jim Yarbrough |
| 63 | LOG | Chuck Walton |
| 54 | C | Ed Flanagan |
| 66 | ROG | Bob Kowalkowski |
| 76 | ROT | Rocky Freitas |
| 88 | TE | Charlie Sanders |
| 19 | QB | Bill Munson |
| 36 | RB | Steve Owens |
| 42 | RB | Altie Taylor |
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Ken Sanders |
| 80 | LDT | Herb Orvis |
| 83 | RDT | Jim Mitchell |
| 74 | RDE | Larry Hand |
| 50 | LLB | Paul Naumoff |
| 52 | MLB | Jim Laslavic |
| 59 | RLB | Charlie Weaver |
| 20 | LCB | Lem Barney |
| 47 | LS | Charlie West |
| 26 | RS | Dick Jauron |
| 23 | RCB | Levi Johnson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Jess Phillips | 12 | 56 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Archie Manning | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Alvin Maxson | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 0 | |
| Howard Stevens | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 1 | |
| Paul Seal | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Altie Taylor | 13 | 43 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Jimmie Lee Jones | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Steve Owens | 6 | 5 | 0.8 | 0 | |
| Jim Hooks | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Bill Munson | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | |
| Ron Jessie | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 37 | 22 | 59.5 | 3 | 206 | 5.6 | 1 | 50.1 | |||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bill Munson | 21 | 11 | 52.4 | 1 | 160 | 7.6 | 1 | 73.5 | |||
| Larry Walton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Alvin Maxson | 9 | 34 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Joel Parker | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 1 | |
| Bob Newland | 3 | 78 | 26.0 | 0 | |
| Paul Seal | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | |
| Howard Stevens | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Larry Walton | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| Ron Jessie | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 1 | |
| Altie Taylor | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Steve Owens | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Chris Farasopoulos | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Lem Barney | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Levi Johnson | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Charlie West | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 4 | 170 | 42.5 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Herman Weaver | 5 | 217 | 43.4 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Howard Stevens | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | ||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Dick Jauron | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Jarvis | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Jess Phillips | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 0 | ||
| Howard Stevens | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 0 | ||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Jimmie Lee Jones | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | ||
| Ray Jarvis | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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