Sunday, December 3, 1989
New Orleans Saints 14, Detroit Lions 21| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints (6-7-0) | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Detroit Lions (4-9-0) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| NOR | DET | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DET | Rodney Peete 6 yard rush (Eddie Murray kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | NOR | Dalton Hilliard 1 yard rush (Morten Andersen kick) | 7 | 7 |
| DET | Barry Sanders 3 yard rush (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 14 | |
| NOR | Bobby Morse 99 yard kickoff return (Morten Andersen kick) | 14 | 14 | |
| 3rd | DET | Richard Johnson 75 yard pass from Bob Gagliano (Eddie Murray kick) | 14 | 21 |
| NOR | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 11 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 24-70-1 | 26-85-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 18-29-128-0-1 | 14-31-343-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-29 | 4-27 |
| Net pass yards | 99 | 316 |
| Total yards | 169 | 401 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-30 | 10-75 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Dalton Hilliard | NOR | 18 | 67 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 31 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Bobby Hebert | NOR | 16 | 26 | 99 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Hoby Brenner | NOR | 4 | 48 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Eric Martin | NOR | 3 | 19 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Lonzell Hill | NOR | 2 | 17 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| John Fourcade | NOR | 2 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Greg Scales | NOR | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Buford Jordan | NOR | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Brett Perriman | NOR | 1 | -10 | 0 | -10 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Richard Johnson | DET | 8 | 248 | 1 | 75 | ||||||||||
| Rodney Peete | DET | 8 | 18 | 177 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Barry Sanders | DET | 20 | 72 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Bob Gagliano | DET | 6 | 13 | 166 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 3 | -4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jason Phillips | DET | 3 | 49 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Walter Stanley | DET | 1 | 37 | 0 | 37 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Jumpy Geathers | NOR | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Rod Harris | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 38 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rickey Jackson | NOR | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Robert Massey | NOR | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Sam Mills | NOR | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Bobby Morse | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 112 | 56.0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| Brett Perriman | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 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 L. Cofer | DET | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mel J. Gray | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jerry Holmes | DET | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Chris Spielman | DET | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Walter Stanley | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 53 | 7.6 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Eric Williams | DET | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||