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New Orleans Saints 14 at Detroit Lions 27

Sunday, November 19, 1972

New Orleans Saints 14, Detroit Lions 27

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New Orleans Saints (1-8-1)0001414
Detroit Lions (6-4-0)7731027

Scoring

NORDET
1stDETAltie Taylor 13 yard pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick)07
2ndDETLarry Walton 14 yard pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick)014
3rdDETErrol Mann 35 yard field goal017
4thDETErrol Mann 33 yard field goal020
NORDanny Abramowicz 13 yard pass from Archie Manning (Happy Feller kick)720
DETMel Farr 1 yard rush (Errol Mann kick)727
NORDanny Abramowicz 48 yard pass from Archie Manning (Happy Feller kick)1427

Team Stats

NORDET
First downs1721
Rush-yards-TDs22-77-034-123-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT20-30-250-2-217-26-207-2-0
Sacked-yards2-80-0
Net pass yards242207
Total yards319330
Fumbles-lost2-12-0
Turnovers30
Penalties-yards5-357-45

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Archie Manning NOR 20 30 250 2 2 0 3 19 0 0
Danny Abramowicz NOR 4 99 2 0
Bill Butler NOR 7 24 0 0 4 44 0 0
Bob Gresham NOR 9 25 0 0 6 28 0 0
Dave Parks NOR 3 43 0 0
Bob Newland NOR 3 36 0 0
Jim Strong NOR 3 9 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Greg Landry DET 17 26 207 2 0 0 4 19 0 0
Altie Taylor DET 14 53 0 0 6 51 1 0
Steve Owens DET 14 49 0 0 3 28 0 0
Larry Walton DET 2 53 1 0
Charlie Sanders DET 4 52 0 0
Ron Jessie DET 2 23 0 0
Mel Farr DET 2 2 1 0

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Margene Adkins NOR 0 0 0 0 3 66 22.0 0 0 2 -4 -2.0 0 0
Hugo Hollas NOR 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Joe Williams NOR 0 0 0 0 1 8 8.0 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Lem Barney DET 2 85 0 0 1 3 3.0 0 0
Ron Jessie DET 0 0 0 0 1 30 30.0 0 0
Larry Walton DET 0 0 0 0 1 -3 -3.0 0 0
Mickey Zofko DET 0 0 0 0 2 31 15.5 0 0