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New Orleans Saints
New Orleans Saints
@
New York Giants
New York Giants
Date
October 8, 1972
Kickoff
01:00 PM ET
10:00 AM PT
Score
NO 21 — NYG 45 F

Stadium

Capacity: 82,500

Inaugurated: 01/01/1923

Broadcast

Announcers

Jack Whitaker, Jim Morse, Jim Thacker

Summary

NO and NYG combined for 425 passing yards and 6 passing touchdowns. On the ground, Bob Gresham led NO with 20 rushing yards while Charlie Evans paced NYG with 87. Through the air, Dave Parks topped NO with 120 receiving yards while Don Herrmann led NYG with 47.

Expected Points Summary

Team Stats

Stat NO NYG
First Downs 15 20
Rush-Yds-TDs 12-58-0 43-208-3
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 18-31-276-3-4 13-19-157-3-1
Sacked-Yards 4-48 1-8
Net Pass Yards 228 149
Total Yards 286 357
Fumbles-Lost 4-2 1-1
Turnovers 6 2
Penalties-Yards 1-5 5-45

Expected Points Detail

Officials

Boxscore Team Stats

Stat NO NYG
First Downs 15 20
Rush-Yds-TDs 12-58-0 43-208-3
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 18-31-276-3-4 13-19-157-3-1
Sacked-Yards 4-48 1-8
Net Pass Yards 228 149
Total Yards 286 357
Fumbles-Lost 4-2 1-1
Turnovers 6 2
Penalties-Yards 1-5 5-45

Scoring Summary

Q Team Detail Score
1 Giants Charlie Evans 10 yard pass from Norm Snead (Pete Gogolak kick) 0-7
Giants Pete Gogolak 17 yard field goal 0-10
Giants Charlie Evans 24 yard rush (Pete Gogolak kick) 0-17
2 Giants Ron Johnson 3 yard rush (Pete Gogolak kick) 0-24
Giants Charlie Evans 8 yard rush (Pete Gogolak kick) 0-31
Saints Dave Parks 66 yard pass from Archie Manning (Charlie Durkee kick) 7-31
3 Giants Don Herrmann 14 yard pass from Norm Snead (Pete Gogolak kick) 7-38
Giants Bob Grim 15 yard pass from Norm Snead (Pete Gogolak kick) 7-45
4 Saints Danny Abramowicz 16 yard pass from Archie Manning (Charlie Durkee kick) 14-45
Saints Dave Parks 25 yard pass from Archie Manning (Charlie Durkee kick) 21-45

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