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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > New Orleans Saints at New York Jets - December 3rd, 1972
New Orleans Saints 17 at New York Jets 18
Sunday, December 3, 1972
New Orleans Saints 17, New York Jets 18| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints (2-9-1) | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| New York Jets (7-5-0) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 18 |
Scoring
| NOR | NYJ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NYJ | Bobby Howfield 30 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| NOR | Happy Feller 31 yard field goal | 3 | 3 | |
| 2nd | NOR | Bob Gresham 3 yard rush (Happy Feller kick) | 10 | 3 |
| NYJ | Bobby Howfield 39 yard field goal | 10 | 6 | |
| 3rd | NYJ | Bobby Howfield 31 yard field goal | 10 | 9 |
| 4th | NOR | Bill Butler 8 yard pass from Archie Manning (Happy Feller kick) | 17 | 9 |
| NYJ | Bobby Howfield 23 yard field goal | 17 | 12 | |
| NYJ | Bobby Howfield 33 yard field goal | 17 | 15 | |
| NYJ | Bobby Howfield 42 yard field goal | 17 | 18 |
Team Stats
| NOR | NYJ | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 22 | 18 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 33-139-1 | 20-64-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 20-31-204-1-1 | 21-40-259-0-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-10 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 194 | 259 |
| Total yards | 333 | 323 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 9-90 | 6-62 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Archie Manning | NOR | 20 | 31 | 204 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bill Butler | NOR | 4 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 55 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Gresham | NOR | 14 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Newland | NOR | 7 | 67 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dave Parks | NOR | 3 | 49 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Strong | NOR | 9 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Danny Abramowicz | NOR | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Joe Namath | NYJ | 21 | 40 | 259 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| Rich Caster | NYJ | 5 | 83 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Don Maynard | NYJ | 5 | 66 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Eddie Bell | NYJ | 6 | 61 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Riggins | NYJ | 9 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 40 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Cliff McClain | NYJ | 9 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Steve Harkey | NYJ | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| 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 | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ernie Jackson | NOR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tom Myers | NOR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 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 | |||
| Hank Bjorklund | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Chris Farasopoulos | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 87 | 29.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Earlie Thomas | NYJ | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rocky Turner | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||