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New England Patriots
New England Patriots
@
New Orleans Saints
New Orleans Saints
Date
December 10, 1972
Kickoff
01:00 PM ET
10:00 AM PT
Score
NE 17 — NO 10 F

Stadium

Capacity: 73,208

Inaugurated: 01/01/1926

Broadcast

Announcers

Ken Coleman, Dave Kocourek

Summary

NE and NO combined for 463 passing yards and 3 passing touchdowns. On the ground, Josh Ashton led NE with 51 rushing yards while Bob Gresham paced NO with 54. Through the air, Reggie Rucker topped NE with 98 receiving yards while Danny Abramowicz led NO with 67.

Expected Points Summary

Team Stats

Stat NE NO
First Downs 18 20
Rush-Yds-TDs 36-109-0 20-94-0
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 16-24-209-2-1 24-52-254-1-3
Sacked-Yards 3-29 2-11
Net Pass Yards 180 243
Total Yards 289 337
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-1
Turnovers 2 4
Penalties-Yards 5-62 3-40

Expected Points Detail

Officials

Boxscore Team Stats

Stat NE NO
First Downs 18 20
Rush-Yds-TDs 36-109-0 20-94-0
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 16-24-209-2-1 24-52-254-1-3
Sacked-Yards 3-29 2-11
Net Pass Yards 180 243
Total Yards 289 337
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-1
Turnovers 2 4
Penalties-Yards 5-62 3-40

Scoring Summary

Q Team Detail Score
1 Saints Happy Feller 30 yard field goal 0-3
2 Patriots Reggie Rucker 31 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Mike Walker kick) 7-3
Patriots Reggie Rucker 25 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Mike Walker kick) 14-3
3 Saints Danny Abramowicz 26 yard pass from Archie Manning (Happy Feller kick) 14-10
Patriots Mike Walker 36 yard field goal 17-10

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