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Houston Oilers 17 at New Orleans Saints 12
Sunday, December 10, 1978
Stadium: Louisiana Superdome (dome), Start Time: 1:00, Surface: astroturf,
Weather: 72 degrees, no wind
Weather: 72 degrees, no wind
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers (10-5-0) | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| New Orleans Saints (6-9-0) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
Scoring
| HOU | NOR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Oilers | Earl Campbell 2 yard rush (Toni Fritsch kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | Oilers | Toni Fritsch 22 yard field goal | 10 | 0 |
| 3rd | Saints | Tinker Owens 6 yard pass from Archie Manning (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 4th | Oilers | Robert Woods 80 yard pass from Dan Pastorini (Toni Fritsch kick) | 17 | 7 |
| Saints | Safety, Campbell ran out of end zone | 17 | 9 | |
| Saints | Steve Mike-Mayer 21 yard field goal | 17 | 12 |
Team Stats
| HOU | NOR | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 18 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 43-125-1 | 19-56-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 12-18-137-1-0 | 25-37-251-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-18 | 2-10 |
| Net pass yards | 119 | 241 |
| Total yards | 244 | 297 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-0 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-44 | 8-90 |
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Tim Wilson | HOU | 15 | 62 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Robert Woods | HOU | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 75 | 1 | 80 | ||||||
| Dan Pastorini | HOU | 12 | 18 | 137 | 1 | 0 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Earl Campbell | HOU | 25 | 67 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Ken Burrough | HOU | 5 | 29 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Ronnie Coleman | HOU | 1 | -9 | 0 | -9 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Archie Manning | NOR | 25 | 37 | 251 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Henry Childs | NOR | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 80 | 0 | 26 | ||||||
| Chuck Muncie | NOR | 8 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 0 | 34 | ||||||
| Ike Harris | NOR | 3 | 42 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Tony Galbreath | NOR | 7 | 22 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Tinker Owens | NOR | 3 | 37 | 1 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Mike Strachan | NOR | 2 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Larry Hardy | NOR | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Wes Chandler | NOR | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Greg Stemrick | HOU | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Woods | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 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 | |||
| Wes Chandler | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jack Holmes | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rich Mauti | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Kicking & Punting
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Toni Fritsch | HOU | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cliff Parsley | HOU | 7 | 288 | 41.1 | 0 | ||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Tom Blanchard | NOR | 6 | 269 | 44.8 | 0 | ||||
| Steve Mike-Mayer | NOR | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |