Sunday, October 12, 1980
New Orleans Saints 13, Detroit Lions 24| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints (0-6-0) | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
| Detroit Lions (5-1-0) | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 24 |
| NOR | DET | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | NOR | Benny Ricardo 46 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| DET | Eddie Murray 31 yard field goal | 3 | 3 | |
| 3rd | DET | Freddie Scott 48 yard rush (Eddie Murray kick) | 3 | 10 |
| NOR | Wes Chandler 4 yard pass from Archie Manning (Benny Ricardo kick) | 10 | 10 | |
| 4th | DET | Billy Sims 9 yard rush (Eddie Murray kick) | 10 | 17 |
| NOR | Benny Ricardo 22 yard field goal | 13 | 17 | |
| DET | Billy Sims 1 yard rush (Eddie Murray kick) | 13 | 24 |
| NOR | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 21 | 18 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 21-57-0 | 34-226-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 25-36-314-1-0 | 13-19-186-0-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 6-38 | 3-32 |
| Net pass yards | 276 | 154 |
| Total yards | 333 | 380 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-2 | 3-2 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-51 | 7-50 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Archie Manning | NOR | 25 | 36 | 314 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 1 | -4 | 0 | -4 | ||||
| Wes Chandler | NOR | 6 | 106 | 1 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Mike Strachan | NOR | 8 | 26 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 43 | 0 | 23 | ||||||
| Tony Galbreath | NOR | 4 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 51 | 0 | 21 | ||||||
| Jack Holmes | NOR | 8 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Brooks Williams | NOR | 5 | 46 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Ike Harris | NOR | 2 | 37 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Billy Sims | DET | 23 | 91 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 62 | 0 | 23 | ||||||
| Gary Danielson | DET | 13 | 19 | 186 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 46 | 0 | 31 | ||||
| Freddie Scott | DET | 1 | 48 | 1 | 48 | 4 | 66 | 0 | 20 | ||||||
| Dexter Bussey | DET | 5 | 41 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| David Hill | DET | 2 | 21 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Leonard Thompson | DET | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Tony Galbreath | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rich Mauti | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 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 | |||
| Rick Kane | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 125 | 31.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||