| New Orleans Saints at Green Bay Packers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 10, 1978 Location: Milwaukee, WI |
| Venue: County Stadium Attendance: 54336 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 86 F Humidty: 55% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Green Bay PackersGB | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Green Bay PackersGB | James Lofton 42 pass from David Whitehurst (Chester Marcol kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Rich Szaro 37 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Ike Harris 6 pass from Archie Manning (Rich Szaro kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Green Bay PackersGB | James Lofton 47 pass from David Whitehurst (Chester Marcol kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 3 | Green Bay PackersGB | James Lofton 18 pass from David Whitehurst (Chester Marcol kick) | 10 | 21 |
| 4 | Green Bay PackersGB | Rich McGeorge 9 pass from David Whitehurst (Chester Marcol kick) | 10 | 28 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Mike Strachan 4 run (Rich Szaro kick) | 17 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Ike Harris |
| 83 | WR | Tinker Owens |
| 71 | LOT | J.T. Taylor |
| 79 | LOG | Emanuel Zanders |
| 62 | C | John Hill |
| 66 | ROG | Conrad Dobler |
| 67 | ROT | John Watson |
| 85 | TE | Henry Childs |
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning |
| 42 | HB | Chuck Muncie |
| 34 | FB | Tony Galbreath |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Elois Grooms |
| 75 | LDT | Elex Price |
| 68 | RDT | Richard Neal |
| 73 | RDE | Joe Campbell |
| 57 | LLB | Jim Merlo |
| 58 | MLB | Joe Federspiel |
| 54 | RLB | Pat Hughes |
| 24 | LCB | Clarence Chapman |
| 27 | SS | Ray Brown |
| 37 | FS | Tommy Myers |
| 29 | RCB | Maurice Spencer |
| Green Bay Packers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | James Lofton |
| 43 | WR | Aundra Thompson |
| 76 | LOT | Tim Stokes |
| 57 | LOG | Derrel Gofourth |
| 54 | C | Larry McCarren |
| 71 | ROG | Mel Jackson |
| 68 | ROT | Greg Koch |
| 81 | TE | Rich McGeorge |
| 17 | QB | David Whitehurst |
| 34 | HB | Terdell Middleton |
| 33 | FB | Barty Smith |
| Offense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Mike Butler |
| 74 | LDT | Dave Roller |
| 75 | RDT | Carl Barzilauskas |
| 78 | RDE | Ezra Johnson |
| 52 | LLB | Gary Weaver |
| 55 | MLB | Mike Hunt |
| 60 | RLB | John Anderson |
| 28 | LCB | Willie Buchanon |
| 46 | SS | Steve Luke |
| 24 | FS | Johnnie Gray |
| 29 | RCB | Mike McCoy |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Chuck Muncie | 11 | 48 | 4.4 | 13 | 0 |
| Tony Galbreath | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 0 | |
| Mike Strachan | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 1 | |
| Archie Manning | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Henry Childs | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Terdell Middleton | 19 | 114 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Barty Smith | 9 | 45 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Walt Landers | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| David Whitehurst | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| Nate Simpson | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 53 | 33 | 62.3 | 1 | 303 | 5.7 | 1 | 76.2 | |||
| Green Bay Packers | |||||||||||
| David Whitehurst | 15 | 10 | 66.7 | 0 | 161 | 10.7 | 4 | 141.9 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tony Galbreath | 14 | 122 | 8.7 | 0 | |
| Tinker Owens | 8 | 71 | 8.9 | 0 | |
| Henry Childs | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 0 | |
| Ike Harris | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 1 | |
| Chuck Muncie | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Mike Strachan | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Larry Hardy | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Jim Van Wagner | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Barty Smith | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| James Lofton | 3 | 107 | 35.7 | 3 | |
| Aundra Thompson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Terdell Middleton | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Rich McGeorge | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| John Anderson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 5 | 221 | 44.2 | 0 | |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| David Beverly | 2 | 98 | 49.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Wes Chandler | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 | |
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Steve Odom | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 0 | ||
| Howard Sampson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Wes Chandler | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 0 | ||
| Clarence Chapman | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Steve Odom | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 0 | ||
| Estus Hood | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Elois Grooms | 1.0 |
| Green Bay Packers | |
| Mike Butler | 1.0 |
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