| Detroit Lions at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: September 21, 1997 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 50016 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 17 |
| New Orleans Saints | 0 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | New Orleans Saints | Andre Hastings 21 pass from Mario Bates (Doug Brien kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New Orleans Saints | Mario Bates 74 run (Doug Brien kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | New Orleans Saints | Daryl Hobbs 20 pass from Heath Shuler (Doug Brien kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Barry Sanders 17 pass from Scott Mitchell (Jason Hanson kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 3 | New Orleans Saints | Heath Shuler 5 run (Doug Brien kick) | 7 | 28 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Jason Hanson 47 FG | 10 | 28 |
| 4 | New Orleans Saints | Mario Bates 2 run (Doug Brien kick) | 10 | 35 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Herman Moore 5 pass from Scott Mitchell (Jason Hanson kick) | 17 | 35 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Barry Sanders | 18 | 113 | 6.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Tommy Vardell | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Mario Bates | 29 | 162 | 5.6 | 74t | 2 |
| Heath Shuler | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 5t | 1 |
| Troy Davis | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Scott Mitchell | 43 | 24 | 55.8 | 3 | 253 | 5.9 | 38 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 59.5 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Heath Shuler | 21 | 15 | 71.4 | 0 | 202 | 9.6 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 117.6 |
| Mario Bates | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 21t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Herman Moore | 11 | 111 | 10.1 | 17 | 1 |
| Johnnie Morton | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 38 | 0 |
| Pete Metzelaars | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Pete Chryplewicz | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Barry Sanders | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17t | 1 |
| Tommie Boyd | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Tommy Vardell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Andre Hastings | 5 | 74 | 14.8 | 21t | 1 |
| Randal Hill | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Eric Guliford | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Ray Zellars | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 14 | 0 |
| John Farquhar | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Daryl Hobbs | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Anthony Newman | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Eric Allen | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| John Jett | 3 | 102 | 34.0 | 38 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Mark Royals | 2 | 110 | 55.0 | 61 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Glyn Milburn | 2 | 0 | 22 | 11.0 | 14 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Eric Guliford | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||
| Jason Hanson | 4 | 209 | 52.3 | 2 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||
| Doug Brien | 6 | 415 | 69.2 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Glyn Milburn | 6 | 157 | 26.2 | 50 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Eric Guliford | 1 | 0 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| Luther Elliss | 1.0 |
| Robert Porcher | 1.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Wayne Martin | 4.0 |
| La'Roi Glover | 1.0 |
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