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San Diego Chargers 20 at New Orleans Saints 6

Sunday, September 7, 1997

San Diego Chargers 20, New Orleans Saints 6

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San Diego Chargers (1-1-0)733720
New Orleans Saints (0-2-0)33006

Scoring

SDGNOR
1stNORDoug Brien 37 yard field goal03
SDGRodney Harrison 0 yard fumble return (John Carney kick)73
2ndNORDoug Brien 31 yard field goal76
SDGJohn Carney 37 yard field goal106
3rdSDGJohn Carney 34 yard field goal136
4thSDGFreddie Jones 21 yard pass from Jim Everett (John Carney kick)206

Team Stats

SDGNOR
First downs1114
Rush-yards-TDs30-59-023-65-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT17-29-195-1-120-38-194-0-3
Sacked-yards2-243-16
Net pass yards171178
Total yards230243
Fumbles-lost2-13-3
Turnovers26
Penalties-yards6-494-25

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Jim Everett SDG 17 29 195 1 1 36 2 -4 0 -2
Eric Metcalf SDG 4 65 0 23
Bryan Still SDG 3 50 0 36
Gary Brown SDG 21 46 0 8
Terrell Fletcher SDG 4 3 0 5 4 35 0 20
Freddie Jones SDG 2 17 1 21
Charlie Jones SDG 1 9 0 9 2 7 0 5
Frank Hartley SDG 1 13 0 13
Tony Martin SDG 1 8 0 8
Aaron Craver SDG 1 3 0 3
Erric Pegram SDG 1 2 0 2
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Heath Shuler NOR 20 38 194 0 3 21 4 13 0 6
Troy Davis NOR 10 34 0 9 4 46 0 17
Randal Hill NOR 7 63 0 14
Andre Hastings NOR 5 37 0 8
Daryl Hobbs NOR 1 21 0 21
Ray Zellars NOR 6 14 0 6 1 5 0 5
Irv Smith NOR 1 11 0 11
Eric Guliford NOR 1 11 0 11
Mario Bates NOR 3 4 0 2

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Marco Coleman SDG 0.5 1 2 0 0
William Fuller SDG 1 0 0 0
Kurt Gouveia SDG 1 0 0 0
Eric Metcalf SDG 0 0 0 0 1 10 10.0 0 0 2 3 1.5 0 0
John Parrella SDG 1.5 0 0 0 0
Latario Rachal SDG 0 0 0 0 1 26 26.0 0 0
Junior Seau SDG 1.0 0 0 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Mark Fields NOR 1.0 0 0 0 0
Eric Guliford NOR 0 0 0 0 3 67 22.3 0 0 3 37 12.3 0 0
Brady Smith NOR 1.0 0 0 0 0
Winfred Tubbs NOR 1 6 0 0