Sunday, September 24, 1978
New Orleans Saints 20, Cincinnati Bengals 18| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints (2-2-0) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Cincinnati Bengals (0-4-0) | 3 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 18 |
| NOR | CIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | CIN | Chris Bahr 20 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| 2nd | NOR | Mike Strachan 5 yard rush (John Leypoldt kick) | 7 | 3 |
| CIN | Don Bass 12 yard pass from John Reaves (Chris Bahr kick) | 7 | 10 | |
| CIN | Chris Bahr 22 yard field goal | 7 | 13 | |
| NOR | John Leypoldt 39 yard field goal | 10 | 13 | |
| 4th | CIN | Chris Bahr 42 yard field goal | 10 | 16 |
| CIN | Safety, center snap out of end zone | 10 | 18 | |
| NOR | Mike Strachan 5 yard rush (John Leypoldt kick) | 17 | 18 | |
| NOR | John Leypoldt 27 yard field goal | 20 | 18 |
| NOR | CIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 12 | 14 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 29-74-2 | 46-166-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 14-25-208-0-1 | 9-17-117-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-28 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 180 | 117 |
| Total yards | 254 | 283 |
| Fumbles-lost | 4-1 | 3-1 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-52 | 5-31 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Archie Manning | NOR | 14 | 25 | 208 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Tinker Owens | NOR | 3 | 81 | 0 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Henry Childs | NOR | 3 | 81 | 0 | 49 | ||||||||||
| Tony Galbreath | NOR | 14 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Mike Strachan | NOR | 12 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Ike Harris | NOR | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Pete Johnson | CIN | 22 | 98 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| John Reaves | CIN | 9 | 17 | 117 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Archie Griffin | CIN | 19 | 44 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Billy Brooks | CIN | 2 | 32 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Jim Corbett | CIN | 2 | 31 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Isaac Curtis | CIN | 2 | 18 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Don Bass | CIN | 1 | 12 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Deacon Turner | CIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Wes Chandler | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Clarence Chapman | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rich Mauti | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 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 | |||
| Don Bass | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Louis Breeden | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Boobie Clark | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ray Griffin | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dick Jauron | CIN | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dennis Law | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ted Vincent | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||