Detroit Lions
New Orleans Saints
Stadium
Capacity: 73,208
Inaugurated: 01/01/1926
Broadcast
Announcers
Don Criqui, Johnny Sauer, Jim Thacker
Summary
DET and NO combined for 263 passing yards and 1 passing touchdowns. On the ground, Altie Taylor led DET with 55 rushing yards while Jim Otis paced NO with 70. Through the air, Charlie Sanders topped DET with 88 receiving yards while Danny Abramowicz led NO with 77.
Expected Points Summary
Team Stats
Stat
DET
NO
First Downs
18
15
Rush-Yds-TDs
35-135-1
33-131-1
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT
13-25-158-1-3
16-28-141-0-0
Sacked-Yards
1-15
0-0
Net Pass Yards
143
141
Total Yards
278
272
Fumbles-Lost
3-3
0-0
Turnovers
6
0
Penalties-Yards
2-31
10-124
Expected Points Detail
Officials
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Boxscore Team Stats
Stat
DET
NO
First Downs
18
15
Rush-Yds-TDs
35-135-1
33-131-1
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT
13-25-158-1-3
16-28-141-0-0
Sacked-Yards
1-15
0-0
Net Pass Yards
143
141
Total Yards
278
272
Fumbles-Lost
3-3
0-0
Turnovers
6
0
Penalties-Yards
2-31
10-124
Scoring Summary
Q
Team
Detail
Score
1
Saints
Tom Dempsey 29 yard field goal
0-3
2
Lions
Mel Farr 10 yard rush (Errol Mann kick)
7-3
—
Saints
Tom Dempsey 27 yard field goal
7-6
3
Lions
Charlie Sanders 2 yard pass from Bill Munson (Errol Mann kick)
14-6
—
Saints
Tom Dempsey 8 yard field goal
14-9
4
Saints
Tom Barrington 4 yard rush (Tom Dempsey kick)
14-16
—
Lions
Errol Mann 18 yard field goal
17-16
—
Saints
Tom Dempsey 63 yard field goal
17-19