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New Orleans Saints
New Orleans Saints
@
New York Jets
New York Jets
Date
December 3, 1972
Kickoff
01:00 PM ET
10:00 AM PT
Score
NO 17 — NYJ 18 F

Stadium

Capacity: 82,500

Inaugurated: 01/01/1964

Broadcast

not televised

Announcers

Strike

Summary

NO and NYJ combined for 463 passing yards and 1 passing touchdowns. On the ground, Bob Gresham led NO with 59 rushing yards while Cliff McClain paced NYJ with 38. Through the air, Bob Newland topped NO with 67 receiving yards while Rich Caster led NYJ with 83.

Expected Points Summary

Team Stats

Stat NO NYJ
First Downs 22 18
Rush-Yds-TDs 33-139-1 20-64-0
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 20-31-204-1-1 21-40-259-0-2
Sacked-Yards 2-10 0-0
Net Pass Yards 194 259
Total Yards 333 323
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0
Turnovers 1 2
Penalties-Yards 9-90 6-62

Expected Points Detail

Officials

Boxscore Team Stats

Stat NO NYJ
First Downs 22 18
Rush-Yds-TDs 33-139-1 20-64-0
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 20-31-204-1-1 21-40-259-0-2
Sacked-Yards 2-10 0-0
Net Pass Yards 194 259
Total Yards 333 323
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0
Turnovers 1 2
Penalties-Yards 9-90 6-62

Scoring Summary

Q Team Detail Score
1 Jets Bobby Howfield 30 yard field goal 0-3
Saints Happy Feller 31 yard field goal 3-3
2 Saints Bob Gresham 3 yard rush (Happy Feller kick) 10-3
Jets Bobby Howfield 39 yard field goal 10-6
3 Jets Bobby Howfield 31 yard field goal 10-9
4 Saints Bill Butler 8 yard pass from Archie Manning (Happy Feller kick) 17-9
Jets Bobby Howfield 23 yard field goal 17-12
Jets Bobby Howfield 33 yard field goal 17-15
Jets Bobby Howfield 42 yard field goal 17-18

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