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New Orleans Saints 17 at New York Jets 18

Sunday, December 3, 1972

New Orleans Saints 17, New York Jets 18

1234Final
New Orleans Saints (2-9-1)370717
New York Jets (7-5-0)333918

Scoring

NORNYJ
1stNYJBobby Howfield 30 yard field goal03
NORHappy Feller 31 yard field goal33
2ndNORBob Gresham 3 yard rush (Happy Feller kick)103
NYJBobby Howfield 39 yard field goal106
3rdNYJBobby Howfield 31 yard field goal109
4thNORBill Butler 8 yard pass from Archie Manning (Happy Feller kick)179
NYJBobby Howfield 23 yard field goal1712
NYJBobby Howfield 33 yard field goal1715
NYJBobby Howfield 42 yard field goal1718

Team Stats

NORNYJ
First downs2218
Rush-yards-TDs33-139-120-64-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT20-31-204-1-121-40-259-0-2
Sacked-yards2-100-0
Net pass yards194259
Total yards333323
Fumbles-lost0-00-0
Turnovers12
Penalties-yards9-906-62

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 Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R 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 Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R 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