| St. Louis Cardinals at New Orleans Saints |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 5, 1980 Location: New Orleans, LA Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 45388 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 7 | 20 | 3 | 10 | 40 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | STL | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Wayne Morris 2 run (Steve Little kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Wayne Morris 2 run (Steve Little kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Pat Tilley 7 pass from Jim Hart (Steve Little kick blocked) | 20 | 0 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Wayne Morris 1 run (Steve Little kick) | 27 | 0 |
| 3 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Steve Little 25 FG | 30 | 0 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Elex Price 19 blocked punt recovery (Benny Ricardo kick) | 30 | 7 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Steve Little 36 FG | 33 | 7 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Willard Harrell 11 run (Steve Little kick) | 40 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Mel Gray |
| 83 | WR | Pat Tilley |
| 65 | LOT | Brad Oates |
| 71 | LOG | Joe Bostic |
| 51 | C | Tom Brahaney |
| 54 | ROG | Tom Banks |
| 72 | ROT | Dan Dierdorf |
| 87 | TE | Doug Marsh |
| 17 | QB | Jim Hart |
| 32 | RB | Ottis Anderson |
| 24 | FB | Wayne Morris |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Bob Pollard |
| 67 | NT | Bill Acker |
| 78 | RDE | Ron Yankowski |
| 53 | LOLB | Steve Neils |
| 56 | LILB | Tim Kearney |
| 55 | RILB | Eric Williams |
| 57 | ROLB | Mark Arneson |
| 38 | LCB | Lee Nelson |
| 23 | SS | Ken Stone |
| 37 | FS | Ken Greene |
| 22 | RCB | Roger Wehrli |
| 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 |
| 68 | ROG | Fred Sturt |
| 64 | ROT | Dave Lafary |
| 88 | TE | Brooks Williams |
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning |
| 45 | FB | Jack Holmes |
| 30 | HB | Wayne Wilson |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Elois Grooms |
| 72 | LDT | Mike Fultz |
| 74 | RDT | Derland Moore |
| 53 | RDE | Tommy Hart |
| 50 | LLB | Ken Bordelon |
| 58 | MLB | Joe Federspiel |
| 56 | RLB | Reggie Mathis |
| 24 | LCB | Clarence Chapman |
| 27 | SS | Ray Brown |
| 37 | FS | Tommy Myers |
| 22 | RCB | Ricky Ray |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ottis Anderson | 22 | 126 | 5.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Wayne Morris | 22 | 102 | 4.6 | 22 | 3 |
| Theotis Brown | 9 | 58 | 6.4 | 19 | 0 |
| Willard Harrell | 8 | 47 | 5.9 | 14 | 1 |
| Mike Loyd | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Tony Galbreath | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Mike Strachan | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Wayne Wilson | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jack Holmes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 18 | 13 | 72.2 | 0 | 113 | 6.3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 106.9 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Guy Benjamin | 13 | 5 | 38.5 | 1 | 16 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.6 | |
| Archie Manning | 9 | 5 | 55.6 | 1 | 49 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.5 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Pat Tilley | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 13 | 1 |
| Ottis Anderson | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Mark Bell | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Theotis Brown | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Mel Gray | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Dave Stief | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Wayne Morris | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Doug Marsh | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Brooks Williams | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Henry Childs | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Mike Strachan | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Tony Galbreath | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jack Holmes | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ike Harris | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Tim Kearney | 0 | ||||
| Ken Greene | 0 | ||||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Larry Swider | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 1 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Russell Erxleben | 7 | 289 | 41.3 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Mark Bell | 5 | 1 | 80 | 16.0 | 54 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Mark Bell | 5 | 80 | 16.0 | 0 | ||
| Willard Harrell | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Rich Mauti | 4 | 110 | 27.5 | 33 | 0 | |
| Wayne Wilson | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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