Detroit Lions
New Orleans Saints
Stadium
Capacity: 73,208
Inaugurated: 01/01/1975
Broadcast
Announcers
Gary Bender, Johnny Unitas
Summary
DET and NO combined for 442 passing yards and 3 passing touchdowns. On the ground, Dexter Bussey led DET with 82 rushing yards while Chuck Muncie paced NO with 60. Through the air, Ray Jarvis topped DET with 111 receiving yards while Larry Burton led NO with 81.
Expected Points Summary
Team Stats
Stat
DET
NO
First Downs
26
6
Rush-Yds-TDs
39-171-0
24-79-0
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT
27-38-310-2-0
8-19-132-1-0
Sacked-Yards
3-26
3-28
Net Pass Yards
284
104
Total Yards
455
183
Fumbles-Lost
5-3
0-0
Turnovers
3
0
Penalties-Yards
6-72
3-14
Expected Points Detail
Officials
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Boxscore Team Stats
Stat
DET
NO
First Downs
26
6
Rush-Yds-TDs
39-171-0
24-79-0
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT
27-38-310-2-0
8-19-132-1-0
Sacked-Yards
3-26
3-28
Net Pass Yards
284
104
Total Yards
455
183
Fumbles-Lost
5-3
0-0
Turnovers
3
0
Penalties-Yards
6-72
3-14
Scoring Summary
Q
Team
Detail
Score
2
Lions
Charlie Sanders 5 yard pass from Greg Landry
6-0
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Saints
Rich Szaro 37 yard field goal
6-3
3
Saints
Larry Burton 69 yard pass from Bobby Douglass (Rich Szaro kick)
6-10
4
Lions
Benny Ricardo 43 yard field goal
9-10
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Saints
Warren Capone 2 yard special teams fumble return (Rich Szaro kick)
9-17
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Lions
Larry Walton 16 yard pass from Greg Landry (Benny Ricardo kick)
16-17