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New Orleans Saints 17 at Green Bay Packers 28

Sunday, September 10, 1978

New Orleans Saints 17, Green Bay Packers 28

1234Final
New Orleans Saints (1-1-0)370717
Green Bay Packers (2-0-0)777728

Scoring

NORGNB
1stGNBJames Lofton 42 yard pass from David Whitehurst (Chester Marcol kick)07
NORRich Szaro 37 yard field goal37
2ndNORIke Harris 6 yard pass from Archie Manning (Rich Szaro kick)107
GNBJames Lofton 47 yard pass from David Whitehurst (Chester Marcol kick)1014
3rdGNBJames Lofton 18 yard pass from David Whitehurst (Chester Marcol kick)1021
4thGNBRich McGeorge 9 yard pass from David Whitehurst (Chester Marcol kick)1028
NORMike Strachan 4 yard rush (Rich Szaro kick)1728

Team Stats

NORGNB
First downs2520
Rush-yards-TDs23-100-137-220-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT33-53-303-1-110-15-161-4-0
Sacked-yards1-81-5
Net pass yards295156
Total yards395376
Fumbles-lost1-02-2
Turnovers12
Penalties-yards4-403-20

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Archie Manning NOR 33 53 303 1 1 21 1 8 0 8
Tony Galbreath NOR 5 29 0 16 14 122 0 18
Tinker Owens NOR 8 71 0 15
Chuck Muncie NOR 11 48 0 13 2 15 0 10
Henry Childs NOR 1 -3 0 -3 3 44 0 21
Mike Strachan NOR 5 18 1 7 1 15 0 15
Ike Harris NOR 3 32 1 14
Larry Hardy NOR 1 5 0 5
Jim Van Wagner NOR 1 -1 0 -1
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Terdell Middleton GNB 19 114 0 34 1 10 0 10
James Lofton GNB 3 107 3 47
David Whitehurst GNB 10 15 161 4 0 47 2 25 0 16
Barty Smith GNB 9 45 0 13 4 18 0 14
Walter Landers GNB 4 28 0 10
Aundra Thompson GNB 1 17 0 17
Rich McGeorge GNB 1 9 1 9
Nate Simpson GNB 3 8 0 5

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
Wes Chandler NOR 0 0 0 0 4 78 19.5 0 0 1 -6 -6.0 0 0
Clarence Chapman NOR 0 0 0 0 1 5 5.0 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
John Anderson GNB 1 12 0 0
Estus Hood GNB 0 0 0 0 1 15 15.0 0 0
Steve Odom GNB 0 0 0 0 2 55 27.5 0 0 4 19 4.8 0 0
Howard Sampson GNB 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0