| Oakland Raiders at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: December 3, 1979 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 65541 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland RaidersOAK | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 42 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 35 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | OAK | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oakland RaidersOAK | Raymond Chester 3 pass from Ken Stabler (Jim Breech kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Tony Galbreath 2 run (Garo Yepremian kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Tony Galbreath 17 pass from Archie Manning (Garo Yepremian kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Chuck Muncie 1 run (Garo Yepremian kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Henry Childs 28 pass from Archie Manning (Garo Yepremian kick) | 7 | 28 |
| 2 | Oakland RaidersOAK | Arthur Whittington 1 run (Jim Breech kick) | 14 | 28 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Ken Bordelon 19 pass from Archie Manning (Garo Yepremian kick) | 14 | 35 |
| 3 | Oakland RaidersOAK | Mark van Eeghen 1 run (Jim Breech kick) | 21 | 35 |
| 4 | Oakland RaidersOAK | Derrick Ramsey 17 pass from Ken Stabler (Jim Breech kick) | 28 | 35 |
| 4 | Oakland RaidersOAK | Cliff Branch 66 pass from Ken Stabler (Jim Breech kick) | 35 | 35 |
| 4 | Oakland RaidersOAK | Cliff Branch 8 pass from Ken Stabler (Jim Breech kick) | 42 | 35 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Rich Martini |
| 78 | LOT | Art Shell |
| 63 | LOG | Gene Upshaw |
| 50 | C | Dave Dalby |
| 66 | ROG | Steve Sylvester |
| 70 | ROT | Henry Lawrence |
| 87 | TE | Dave Casper |
| 88 | TE | Raymond Chester |
| 12 | QB | Ken Stabler |
| 30 | RB | Mark van Eeghen |
| 22 | RB | Arthur Whittington |
| Defense | ||
| 73 | LDE | Dave Browning |
| 74 | MG | Dave Pear |
| 67 | RDE | Pat Toomay |
| 83 | LOLB | Ted Hendricks |
| 58 | LILB | Monte Johnson |
| 41 | RILB | Phil Villapiano |
| 53 | ROLB | Rod Martin |
| 37 | LCB | Lester Hayes |
| 36 | SS | Mike Davis |
| 32 | FS | Jack Tatum |
| 45 | RCB | Henry Williams |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Wes Chandler |
| 82 | WR | Ike Harris |
| 71 | LOT | J.T. Taylor |
| 79 | LOG | Emanuel Zanders |
| 62 | C | John Hill |
| 66 | ROG | Conrad Dobler |
| 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 |
| 74 | LDT | Derland Moore |
| 63 | RDT | Barry Bennett |
| 60 | RDE | Don Reese |
| 50 | LLB | Ken Bordelon |
| 58 | MLB | Joe Federspiel |
| 54 | RLB | Pat Hughes |
| 24 | LCB | Clarence Chapman |
| 27 | SS | Ray Brown |
| 37 | FS | Tommy Myers |
| 20 | RCB | Eric Felton |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | |||||
| Arthur Whittington | 14 | 67 | 4.8 | 13 | 1 |
| Mark van Eeghen | 14 | 49 | 3.5 | 11 | 1 |
| Booker Russell | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Derrick Jensen | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Ken Stabler | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Chuck Muncie | 21 | 128 | 6.1 | 31 | 1 |
| Tony Galbreath | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 1 | |
| Archie Manning | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Ike Harris | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | |||||||||||
| Ken Stabler | 44 | 26 | 59.1 | 2 | 295 | 6.7 | 66t | 4 | 4 | 31 | 90.6 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 23 | 12 | 52.2 | 1 | 154 | 6.7 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 84.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | |||||
| Cliff Branch | 7 | 126 | 18.0 | 2 | |
| Dave Casper | 6 | 53 | 8.8 | 0 | |
| Mark van Eeghen | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Arthur Whittington | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Raymond Chester | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 1 | |
| Derrick Ramsey | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17t | 1 |
| Booker Russell | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dave Dalby | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tony Galbreath | 7 | 106 | 15.1 | 1 | |
| Chuck Muncie | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Henry Childs | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28t | 1 |
| Ike Harris | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | |||||
| Rufus Bess | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Eric Felton | 1 | 53 | 53.0 | 53 | 0 |
| Ken Bordelon | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | |||||
| Ray Guy | 3 | 122 | 40.7 | 51 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Rick Partridge | 5 | 187 | 37.4 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | ||||||
| Ira Matthews | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Rich Mauti | 2 | 0 | 24 | 12.0 | 13 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | ||||||
| Ira Matthews | 4 | 82 | 23.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Larry Brunson | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 31 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Wayne Wilson | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Rich Mauti | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Wes Chandler | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | |
| John Matuszak | 1.0 |
| Willie Jones | 1.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Don Reese | 2.0 |
| Elex Price | 2.0 |
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