Sunday, December 9, 1979
San Diego Chargers 35, New Orleans Saints 0| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers (11-4-0) | 14 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| New Orleans Saints (7-8-0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SDG | NOR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | SDG | Hank Bauer 1 yard rush (Mike Wood kick) | 7 | 0 |
| SDG | Clarence Williams 5 yard rush (Mike Wood kick) | 14 | 0 | |
| 2nd | SDG | John Jefferson 26 yard pass from Dan Fouts (Mike Wood kick) | 21 | 0 |
| SDG | Hank Bauer 1 yard rush (Mike Wood kick) | 28 | 0 | |
| SDG | Hank Bauer 1 yard rush (Mike Wood kick) | 35 | 0 |
| SDG | NOR | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 31 | 12 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 42-166-4 | 14-56-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 20-27-274-1-0 | 20-33-185-0-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 5-40 | 1-10 |
| Net pass yards | 234 | 175 |
| Total yards | 400 | 231 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-40 | 5-44 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Dan Fouts | SDG | 17 | 23 | 253 | 1 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||
| John Jefferson | SDG | 5 | 104 | 1 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Clarence Williams | SDG | 17 | 88 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Mike Thomas | SDG | 7 | 29 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 47 | 0 | 20 | ||||||
| Charlie Joiner | SDG | 4 | 43 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Bob Klein | SDG | 4 | 42 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| James Harris | SDG | 3 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Bo Matthews | SDG | 7 | 23 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Lydell Mitchell | SDG | 3 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| John Floyd | SDG | 2 | 17 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Hank Bauer | SDG | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Artie Owens | SDG | 3 | -3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Archie Manning | NOR | 20 | 32 | 185 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Chuck Muncie | NOR | 10 | 39 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 45 | 0 | 19 | ||||||
| Wes Chandler | NOR | 4 | 51 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Henry Childs | NOR | 3 | 46 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Tony Galbreath | NOR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 0 | 13 |
| Tinker Owens | NOR | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Jack Holmes | NOR | 1 | 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 | |||
| Mike Fuller | SDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Artie Owens | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 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 | |||
| Rich Mauti | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 118 | 29.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Wayne Wilson | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||