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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > New Orleans Saints at Chicago Bears - October 2nd, 1977
New Orleans Saints 42 at Chicago Bears 24
Sunday, October 2, 1977
New Orleans Saints 42, Chicago Bears 24| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints (1-2-0) | 7 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 42 |
| Chicago Bears (1-2-0) | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
Scoring
| NOR | CHI | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | CHI | Walter Payton 33 yard pass from Bob Avellini (Bob Thomas kick) | 0 | 7 |
| NOR | Archie Manning 8 yard rush (Rich Szaro kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| 2nd | NOR | Archie Manning 2 yard rush (Rich Szaro kick) | 14 | 7 |
| NOR | Chuck Muncie 35 yard pass from Archie Manning (Rich Szaro kick) | 21 | 7 | |
| CHI | Bob Thomas 21 yard field goal | 21 | 10 | |
| 3rd | NOR | Archie Manning 11 yard rush (Rich Szaro kick) | 28 | 10 |
| 4th | NOR | Bob Pollard 52 yard fumble return (Rich Szaro kick) | 35 | 10 |
| CHI | Walter Payton 21 yard rush (Bob Thomas kick) | 35 | 17 | |
| NOR | Jim Merlo 57 yard interception return (Rich Szaro kick) | 42 | 17 | |
| CHI | Walter Payton 1 yard rush (Bob Thomas kick) | 42 | 24 |
Team Stats
| NOR | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 18 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 46-146-3 | 31-197-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 8-17-168-1-0 | 18-38-238-1-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 1-20 |
| Net pass yards | 168 | 218 |
| Total yards | 314 | 415 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-60 | 11-111 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Archie Manning | NOR | 8 | 17 | 168 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 6 | 41 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Chuck Muncie | NOR | 19 | 44 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 35 | ||||||
| Tony Galbreath | NOR | 21 | 61 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Jim Thaxton | NOR | 3 | 63 | 0 | 41 | ||||||||||
| Rich Mauti | NOR | 2 | 42 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Don Herrmann | NOR | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Walter Payton | CHI | 19 | 140 | 2 | 49 | 4 | 53 | 1 | 33 | ||||||
| Bob Avellini | CHI | 18 | 38 | 238 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bo Rather | CHI | 6 | 113 | 0 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Roland Harper | CHI | 11 | 57 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| James Scott | CHI | 2 | 22 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Steve Schubert | CHI | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Greg Latta | CHI | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Chuck Crist | NOR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Kim Jones | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rich Mauti | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Merlo | NOR | 1 | 57 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Chuck Muncie | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 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 | |||
| Art Best | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Robin Earl | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Vince Evans | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Steve Schubert | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Len Walterscheid | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||