| Houston Oilers at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: December 10, 1978 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 63169 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston OilersHOU | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Earl Campbell 2 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Toni Fritsch 22 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Tinker Owens 6 pass from Archie Manning (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Robert Woods 80 pass from Dan Pastorini (Toni Fritsch kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Safety, Earl Campbell ran out of end zone | 17 | 9 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Steve Mike-Mayer 21 FG | 17 | 12 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 00 | WR | Ken Burrough |
| 88 | WR | Rich Caster |
| 73 | LOT | Greg Sampson |
| 70 | LOG | Conway Hayman |
| 55 | C | Carl Mauck |
| 60 | ROG | Ed Fisher |
| 76 | ROT | Morris Towns |
| 86 | TE | Mike Barber |
| 7 | QB | Dan Pastorini |
| 34 | RB | Earl Campbell |
| 45 | RB | Tim Wilson |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | James Young |
| 78 | MG | Curley Culp |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 52 | LOLB | Robert Brazile |
| 54 | LILB | Gregg Bingham |
| 57 | RILB | Steve Kiner |
| 59 | ROLB | Ted Washington |
| 19 | LCB | Willie Alexander |
| 20 | SS | Bill Currier |
| 37 | WS | Mike Reinfeldt |
| 27 | RCB | Greg Stemrick |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Wes Chandler |
| 82 | WR | Ike Harris |
| 71 | LOT | J.T. Taylor |
| 68 | LOG | Fred Sturt |
| 62 | C | John Hill |
| 64 | ROG | Dave Lafary |
| 65 | ROT | Robert Woods |
| 85 | TE | Henry Childs |
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning |
| 42 | HB | Chuck Muncie |
| 34 | FB | Tony Galbreath |
| Offense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Elois Grooms |
| 75 | LDT | Elex Price |
| 74 | RDT | Derland Moore |
| 73 | RDE | Joe Campbell |
| 57 | LLB | Jim Merlo |
| 58 | MLB | Joe Federspiel |
| 54 | RLB | Pat Hughes |
| 20 | LCB | Eric Felton |
| 27 | SS | Ray Brown |
| 37 | FS | Tommy Myers |
| 29 | RCB | Maurice Spencer |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Earl Campbell | 25 | 67 | 2.7 | 8 | 1 |
| Tim Wilson | 15 | 62 | 4.1 | 0 | |
| Robert Woods | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dan Pastorini | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tony Galbreath | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Chuck Muncie | 8 | 19 | 2.4 | 6 | 0 |
| Archie Manning | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Mike Strachan | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Henry Childs | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 18 | 12 | 66.7 | 0 | 137 | 7.6 | 1 | 107.9 | |||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 37 | 25 | 67.6 | 1 | 251 | 6.8 | 1 | 84.4 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ken Burrough | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 0 | |
| Robert Woods | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 1 | |
| Tim Wilson | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Coleman | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tony Galbreath | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| Henry Childs | 5 | 80 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Muncie | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 34 | 0 |
| Ike Harris | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Tinker Owens | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 1 | |
| Mike Strachan | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Larry Hardy | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Wes Chandler | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Greg Stemrick | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Cliff Parsley | 7 | 288 | 41.1 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 6 | 269 | 44.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Robert Woods | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 0 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Wes Chandler | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Robert Woods | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Rich Mauti | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 0 | ||
| Wes Chandler | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Holmes | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Elois Grooms | 1.0+ |
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