Sunday, October 8, 1972
New Orleans Saints 21, New York Giants 45| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints (0-4-0) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
| New York Giants (2-2-0) | 17 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 45 |
| NOR | NYG | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NYG | Charlie Evans 10 yard pass from Norm Snead (Pete Gogolak kick) | 0 | 7 |
| NYG | Pete Gogolak 17 yard field goal | 0 | 10 | |
| NYG | Charlie Evans 24 yard rush (Pete Gogolak kick) | 0 | 17 | |
| 2nd | NYG | Ron A. Johnson 3 yard rush (Pete Gogolak kick) | 0 | 24 |
| NYG | Charlie Evans 8 yard rush (Pete Gogolak kick) | 0 | 31 | |
| NOR | Dave Parks 66 yard pass from Archie Manning (Charlie Durkee kick) | 7 | 31 | |
| 3rd | NYG | Don Herrmann 14 yard pass from Norm Snead (Pete Gogolak kick) | 7 | 38 |
| NYG | Bob Grim 15 yard pass from Norm Snead (Pete Gogolak kick) | 7 | 45 | |
| 4th | NOR | Danny Abramowicz 16 yard pass from Archie Manning (Charlie Durkee kick) | 14 | 45 |
| NOR | Dave Parks 25 yard pass from Archie Manning (Charlie Durkee kick) | 21 | 45 |
| NOR | NYG | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 15 | 20 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 12-58-0 | 43-208-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 18-31-276-3-4 | 13-19-157-3-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-48 | 1-8 |
| Net pass yards | 228 | 149 |
| Total yards | 286 | 357 |
| Fumbles-lost | 4-2 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 6 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 1-5 | 5-45 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Archie Manning | NOR | 18 | 31 | 276 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dave Parks | NOR | 4 | 120 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Danny Abramowicz | NOR | 2 | 56 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Arthur Green | NOR | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Joe Williams | NOR | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Gresham | NOR | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Newland | NOR | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Charlie Evans | NYG | 17 | 87 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Norm Snead | NYG | 12 | 17 | 149 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ron A. Johnson | NYG | 12 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Don Herrmann | NYG | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Joe Morrison | NYG | 2 | 47 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bobby Duhon | NYG | 9 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Grim | NYG | 2 | 28 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Tucker | NYG | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Rich Houston | NYG | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Randy Johnson | NYG | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Margene Adkins | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 152 | 30.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bivian Lee | NOR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tom Myers | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Chuck Crist | NYG | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| John Douglas | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Richmond Flowers | NYG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Grim | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Spider Lockhart | NYG | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Eldridge Small | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rocky Thompson | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Willie Williams | NYG | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||