| New England Patriots at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: December 21, 1980 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 38277 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England PatriotsNE | 3 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 38 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 10 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Jimmy Rogers 23 pass from Jack Holmes (Benny Ricardo kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Benny Ricardo 30 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | John Smith 22 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Russ Francis 39 pass from Matt Cavanaugh (John Smith kick) | 10 | 10 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Andy Johnson 11 pass from Matt Cavanaugh (John Smith kick) | 17 | 10 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Benny Ricardo 38 FG | 17 | 13 |
| 3 | New England PatriotsNE | Andy Johnson 6 pass from Matt Cavanaugh (John Smith kick) | 24 | 13 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Wayne Wilson 1 run (Benny Ricardo kick) | 24 | 20 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Wes Chandler 23 pass from Archie Manning (Benny Ricardo kick) | 24 | 27 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | Don Calhoun 22 run (John Smith kick) | 31 | 27 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | Mosi Tatupu 4 run (John Smith kick) | 38 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 29 | WR | Harold Jackson |
| 86 | WR | Stanley Morgan |
| 62 | LOT | Dwight Wheeler |
| 73 | LOG | John Hannah |
| 67 | C | Bill Lenkaitis |
| 75 | ROG | Bob Cryder |
| 74 | ROT | Shelby Jordan |
| 81 | TE | Russ Francis |
| 12 | QB | Matt Cavanaugh |
| 43 | RB | Vagas Ferguson |
| 44 | FB | Don Calhoun |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Mel Lunsford |
| 71 | NT | Ray Hamilton |
| 85 | RDE | Julius Adams |
| 59 | LOLB | Mike Hawkins |
| 57 | LILB | Steve Nelson |
| 51 | RILB | Bob Golic |
| 56 | ROLB | Rod Shoate |
| 26 | LCB | Ray Clayborn |
| 25 | SS | Rick Sanford |
| 48 | FS | Tim Fox |
| 40 | RCB | Mike Haynes |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Wes Chandler |
| 82 | WR | Ike Harris |
| 65 | LOT | Robert Woods |
| 79 | LOG | Emanuel Zanders |
| 62 | C | John Hill |
| 68 | ROG | Fred Sturt |
| 67 | ROT | Stan Brock |
| 85 | TE | Henry Childs |
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning |
| 41 | HB | Jimmy Rogers |
| 45 | FB | Jack Holmes |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Elois Grooms |
| 72 | LDT | Mike Fultz |
| 74 | RDT | Derland Moore |
| 96 | RDE | Steve Parker |
| 50 | LLB | Ken Bordelon |
| 58 | MLB | Joe Federspiel |
| 56 | RLB | Reggie Mathis |
| 23 | LCB | Jim Marshall |
| 48 | SS | Don Schwartz |
| 26 | FS | Guido Merkens |
| 44 | RCB | Dave Waymer |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Don Calhoun | 16 | 113 | 7.1 | 22t | 1 |
| Vagas Ferguson | 15 | 82 | 5.5 | 34 | 0 |
| Mosi Tatupu | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 11 | 1 |
| Stanley Morgan | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Matt Cavanaugh | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Archie Manning | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Jack Holmes | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Jimmy Rogers | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 6 | 0 |
| Tony Galbreath | 6 | 11 | 1.8 | 6 | 0 |
| Wes Chandler | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Wayne Wilson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Matt Cavanaugh | 28 | 16 | 57.1 | 1 | 233 | 8.3 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 105.2 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 39 | 24 | 61.5 | 0 | 301 | 7.7 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 94.1 |
| Wes Chandler | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Jack Holmes | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 23t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Stanley Morgan | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 21 | 0 |
| Andy Johnson | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 22 | 2 |
| Russ Francis | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 39 | 1 |
| Harold Jackson | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Vagas Ferguson | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Mosi Tatupu | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Don Calhoun | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tony Galbreath | 7 | 27 | 3.9 | 14 | 0 |
| Wes Chandler | 6 | 98 | 16.3 | 23t | 1 |
| Henry Childs | 5 | 94 | 18.8 | 28 | 0 |
| Jimmy Rogers | 3 | 75 | 25.0 | 43 | 1 |
| Jack Holmes | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Ike Harris | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 24 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Elois Grooms | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Mike Hubach | 3 | 111 | 37.0 | 43 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Russell Erxleben | 4 | 160 | 40.0 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Roland James | 3 | 1 | 32 | 10.7 | 22 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Wes Chandler | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Horace Ivory | 4 | 126 | 31.5 | 58 | 0 | |
| Allan Clark | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 13 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Jimmy Rogers | 6 | 118 | 19.7 | 22 | 0 | |
| Wayne Wilson | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |
| John Zamberlin | 1.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |
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