| Detroit Lions at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: October 28, 1990 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 64368 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 27 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Eric Martin 6 pass from Steve Walsh (Morten Andersen kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Robert Clark 5 pass from Rodney Peete (Rich Karlis kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Morten Andersen 47 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Rich Karlis 25 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Jimmy Williams 53 opponents fumble recovery (Rich Karlis kick) | 17 | 10 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Rich Karlis 39 FG | 20 | 10 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Barry Sanders 2 run (Rich Karlis kick) | 27 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Robert Clark |
| 89 | WR | Terry Greer |
| 84 | WR | Richard Johnson |
| 83 | WR | Aubrey Matthews |
| 75 | LOT | Lomas Brown |
| 65 | LOG | Eric Andolsek |
| 53 | C | Kevin Glover |
| 67 | ROG | Ken Dallafior |
| 64 | ROT | Eric Sanders |
| 9 | QB | Rodney Peete |
| 20 | RB | Barry Sanders |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Keith Ferguson |
| 93 | NT | Jerry Ball |
| 70 | RDE | Dan Owens |
| 59 | LOLB | Jimmy Williams |
| 54 | LILB | Chris Spielman |
| 98 | RILB | Dennis Gibson |
| 55 | ROLB | Mike Cofer |
| 29 | LCB | Bruce McNorton |
| 66 | SS | William White |
| 36 | FS | Bennie Blades |
| 47 | RCB | LeRoy Irvin |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Eric Martin |
| 80 | WR | Brett Perriman |
| 74 | LOT | Kevin Haverdink |
| 72 | LOG | Jim Dombrowski |
| 61 | C | Joel Hilgenberg |
| 65 | ROG | Steve Trapilo |
| 67 | ROT | Stan Brock |
| 85 | TE | Hoby Brenner |
| 4 | QB | Steve Walsh |
| 36 | HB | Rueben Mayes |
| 34 | FB | Craig Heyward |
| Defense | ||
| 93 | LDE | Wayne Martin |
| 94 | RDE | Jim Wilks |
| 57 | LOLB | Rickey Jackson |
| 53 | MLB | Vaughan Johnson |
| 56 | ROLB | Pat Swilling |
| 40 | LCB | Robert Massey |
| 39 | SS | Brett Maxie |
| 28 | FS | Gene Atkins |
| 41 | RCB | Toi Cook |
| 24 | NB | Milton Mack |
| 37 | DB | Bennie Thompson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Rodney Peete | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Barry Sanders | 12 | 10 | 0.8 | 13 | 1 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Rueben Mayes | 15 | 64 | 4.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Gill Fenerty | 7 | 42 | 6.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Craig Heyward | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 10 | 0 |
| John Fourcade | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Steve Walsh | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Rodney Peete | 25 | 16 | 64.0 | 0 | 246 | 9.8 | 42 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 109.7 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Steve Walsh | 27 | 19 | 70.4 | 3 | 120 | 4.4 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 52.0 |
| John Fourcade | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 1 | 33 | 3.7 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 14.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Robert Clark | 6 | 127 | 21.2 | 42 | 1 |
| Barry Sanders | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 27 | 0 |
| Aubrey Matthews | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Richard Johnson | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 11 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Rueben Mayes | 7 | 21 | 3.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Eric Martin | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 19 | 1 |
| Hoby Brenner | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Floyd Turner | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Greg Scales | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Gerald Alphin | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Craig Heyward | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Gill Fenerty | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Brett Perriman | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Chris Oldham | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Chris Spielman | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| William White | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Ray Crockett | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jim Arnold | 6 | 257 | 42.8 | 57 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tommy Barnhardt | 4 | 169 | 42.3 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Mel Gray | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 13 | 0 | |
| Jeff Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Vince Buck | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 16 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Mel Gray | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Gill Fenerty | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Bobby Morse | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 15 | 0 | |
| Gene Atkins | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| Jerry Ball | 1.0 |
| Mike Cofer | 1.0 |
| Dan Owens | 1.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Rickey Jackson | 2.0 |
| Vaughan Johnson | 1.0 |
| Wayne Martin | 1.0 |
| Jim Wilks | 1.0 |
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