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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Detroit Lions at New Orleans Saints - October 21st, 1979
Detroit Lions 7 at New Orleans Saints 17
Sunday, October 21, 1979
Detroit Lions 7, New Orleans Saints 17| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions (1-7-0) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| New Orleans Saints (4-4-0) | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
Scoring
| DET | NOR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NOR | Wes Chandler 24 yard pass from Archie Manning (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | NOR | Garo Yepremian 21 yard field goal | 0 | 10 |
| 3rd | NOR | Tom Myers 52 yard interception return (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 17 |
| DET | David Hill 5 yard pass from Jeff Komlo (Benny Ricardo kick) | 7 | 17 |
Team Stats
| DET | NOR | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 13 | 18 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 16-80-0 | 44-159-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 14-31-155-1-4 | 17-22-130-1-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-38 | 1-5 |
| Net pass yards | 117 | 125 |
| Total yards | 197 | 284 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-37 | 7-77 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Freddie Scott | DET | 6 | 72 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Jeff Komlo | DET | 12 | 22 | 139 | 1 | 2 | 18 | ||||||||
| David Hill | DET | 4 | 44 | 1 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Dexter Bussey | DET | 7 | 37 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Rick Kane | DET | 3 | 34 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Gene A. Washington | DET | 2 | 27 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Horace King | DET | 5 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Jerry Golsteyn | DET | 2 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ken Callicutt | DET | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Chuck Muncie | NOR | 15 | 76 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Tony Galbreath | NOR | 18 | 47 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 43 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| Archie Manning | NOR | 17 | 22 | 130 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Wes Chandler | NOR | 6 | 56 | 1 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Mike Strachan | NOR | 7 | 28 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Ike Harris | NOR | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Henry Childs | NOR | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Luther Blue | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Luther Bradley | DET | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Callicutt | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| James Hunter | DET | 2 | 6 | 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 | |||
| Ray Brown | NOR | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Clarence Chapman | NOR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Eric Felton | NOR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jack Holmes | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rich Mauti | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tom Myers | NOR | 1 | 52 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||