| New Orleans Saints at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: September 18, 1988 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 32943 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 22 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Carl Bland 9 pass from Chuck Long (Eddie Murray kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Lonzell Hill 29 pass from Bobby Hebert (Morten Andersen kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Carl Bland 10 pass from Chuck Long (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Morten Andersen 37 FG | 10 | 14 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Safety, Chuck Long tackled in end zone by Rickey Jackson | 12 | 14 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Dalton Hilliard 4 run (Morten Andersen kick) | 19 | 14 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Morten Andersen 29 FG | 22 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Lonzell Hill |
| 84 | WR | Eric Martin |
| 72 | LOT | Jim Dombrowski |
| 63 | LOG | Brad Edelman |
| 60 | C | Steve Korte |
| 61 | ROG | Joel Hilgenberg |
| 67 | ROT | Stan Brock |
| 82 | TE | John Tice |
| 3 | QB | Bobby Hebert |
| 21 | HB | Dalton Hilliard |
| 45 | FB | Craig Heyward |
| Defense | ||
| 97 | LDE | Jumpy Geathers |
| 99 | NT | Tony Elliott |
| 94 | RDE | Jim Wilks |
| 57 | LOLB | Rickey Jackson |
| 51 | LILB | Sam Mills |
| 53 | RILB | Vaughan Johnson |
| 56 | ROLB | Pat Swilling |
| 44 | LCB | Dave Waymer |
| 28 | SS | Gene Atkins |
| 39 | FS | Brett Maxie |
| 22 | RCB | Van Jakes |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Gary Lee |
| 82 | WR | Pete Mandley |
| 75 | LOT | Lomas Brown |
| 53 | LOG | Kevin Glover |
| 52 | C | Steve Mott |
| 74 | ROG | Joe Milinichik |
| 73 | ROT | Harvey Salem |
| 81 | TE | Mark Lewis |
| 16 | QB | Chuck Long |
| 33 | RB | Garry James |
| 30 | FB | James Jones |
| Defense | ||
| 76 | LDE | Eric Williams |
| 93 | NT | Jerry Ball |
| 77 | RDE | Keith Ferguson |
| 59 | LOLB | Jimmy Williams |
| 54 | LILB | Chris Spielman |
| 98 | RILB | Dennis Gibson |
| 55 | ROLB | Mike Cofer |
| 43 | LCB | Jerry Holmes |
| 36 | SS | Bennie Blades |
| 45 | FS | Raphel Cherry |
| 29 | RCB | Bruce McNorton |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Dalton Hilliard | 20 | 62 | 3.1 | 11 | 1 |
| Rueben Mayes | 8 | 31 | 3.9 | 10 | 0 |
| Craig Heyward | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 6 | 0 |
| Bobby Hebert | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| James Jones | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Garry James | 11 | 15 | 1.4 | 3 | 0 |
| Chuck Long | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Bobby Hebert | 32 | 23 | 71.9 | 1 | 282 | 8.8 | 29t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 96.1 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Chuck Long | 33 | 20 | 60.6 | 2 | 274 | 8.3 | 35 | 2 | 5 | 42 | 82.1 |
| Jim Arnold | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Eric Hipple | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Eric Martin | 6 | 71 | 11.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Lonzell Hill | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 29t | 1 |
| Dalton Hilliard | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 22 | 0 |
| John Tice | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Robert Clark | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Brett Perriman | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Craig Heyward | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Cliff Benson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Carl Bland | 6 | 96 | 16.0 | 35 | 2 |
| Pete Mandley | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 35 | 0 |
| Gary Lee | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 16 | 0 |
| James Jones | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Garry James | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Mark Lewis | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Reggie Sutton | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Gene Atkins | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jimmy Williams | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Brian Hansen | 3 | 121 | 40.3 | 46 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jim Arnold | 3 | 133 | 44.3 | 50 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Mel Gray | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Pete Mandley | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Gene Atkins | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Eric Martin | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Butch Woolfolk | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Gary Lee | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Rickey Jackson | 4.0 |
| Vaughan Johnson | 1.0 |
| Detroit Lions | |
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