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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > New Orleans Saints at Houston Oilers - November 22nd, 1981
New Orleans Saints 27 at Houston Oilers 24
Sunday, November 22, 1981
New Orleans Saints 27, Houston Oilers 24| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints (4-8-0) | 0 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 27 |
| Houston Oilers (5-7-0) | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 24 |
Scoring
| NOR | HOU | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | NOR | Jack Holmes 9 yard rush (Benny Ricardo kick) | 7 | 0 |
| HOU | Toni Fritsch 49 yard field goal | 7 | 3 | |
| NOR | Benny Ricardo 46 yard field goal | 10 | 3 | |
| 3rd | HOU | Earl Campbell 1 yard rush (Toni Fritsch kick) | 10 | 10 |
| NOR | Jack Holmes 2 yard rush (Benny Ricardo kick) | 17 | 10 | |
| NOR | Wayne Wilson 22 yard pass from Archie Manning (Benny Ricardo kick) | 24 | 10 | |
| 4th | HOU | Mike Holston 50 yard pass from Ken Stabler (Toni Fritsch kick) | 24 | 17 |
| NOR | Benny Ricardo 42 yard field goal | 27 | 17 | |
| HOU | Earl Campbell 1 yard rush (Toni Fritsch kick) | 27 | 24 |
Team Stats
| NOR | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 20 | 16 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 45-181-2 | 26-99-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 10-14-147-1-0 | 15-23-190-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-7 | 3-29 |
| Net pass yards | 140 | 161 |
| Total yards | 321 | 260 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-2 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-67 | 7-112 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| George Rogers | NOR | 28 | 142 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Jack Holmes | NOR | 8 | 25 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 49 | 0 | 19 | ||||||
| Archie Manning | NOR | 10 | 14 | 147 | 1 | 0 | 35 | ||||||||
| Guido Merkens | NOR | 1 | 35 | 0 | 35 | ||||||||||
| Wayne Wilson | NOR | 3 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 22 | ||||||
| Toussaint Tyler | NOR | 5 | 25 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Jeff Groth | NOR | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Larry Hardy | NOR | 2 | 20 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Russell Erxleben | NOR | 1 | -16 | 0 | -16 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Earl Campbell | HOU | 25 | 96 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Ken Stabler | HOU | 15 | 23 | 190 | 1 | 1 | 50 | ||||||||
| Mike Holston | HOU | 4 | 84 | 1 | 50 | ||||||||||
| Ken Burrough | HOU | 2 | 42 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Ronnie Coleman | HOU | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 23 | ||||||
| Dave Casper | HOU | 3 | 25 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Adger Armstrong | HOU | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Ken Bordelon | NOR | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jeff Groth | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jimmy Rogers | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Wayne Wilson | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 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 | |||
| Carl Roaches | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Willie Tullis | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 109 | 21.8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||