Sunday November 21, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 11/21/1976:



Bobby Douglass' two second period touchdowns, plus a 28-point third quarter, led the Saints to their largest margin of victory in 10 years and tied their highest point total. Douglass' scores on one and three-yard TD runs resulted from two of five Seattle turnovers that were turned into New Orleans six-pointers. Following Chuck Muncie's three-yard touchdown run to open the Saints' scoring in the third period, Tom Myers picked up a Seahawk fumble at the Seattle 20 and ran it in for the score, and 28 seconds later Elex Price picked off a Bill Munson pass and returned it 23 yards for another touchdown.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE122.9  (24)133.4  (20)256.3  (24)24
DEFENSE142.9  (14)163.2  (18)306.1  (17)28
OFFENSE100.7  (28)196.2  (7)296.9  (18)32
DEFENSE192.5  (27)187.6  (24)380.1  (27)19

Line: Saints by 1

Team1234F
New Orleans Saints (4-7-0)31728351
Seattle Seahawks (2-9-0)6071427

( 0- 6) SEA Sherman Smith 1 yard rush (kick failed) ( 3- 6) NO Rich Szaro 46 yard field goal (10- 6) NO Bobby Douglass 1 yard rush (Rich Szaro kick) (17- 6) NO Bobby Douglass 3 yard rush (Rich Szaro kick) (20- 6) NO Rich Szaro 36 yard field goal (27- 6) NO Chuck Muncie 3 yard rush (Rich Szaro kick) (27-13) SEA Steve Largent 11 yard pass from Bill Munson (John Leypoldt kick) (34-13) NO Tom Myers 20 yard fumble return (Rich Szaro kick) (41-13) NO Elex Price 23 yard interception return (Rich Szaro kick) (48-13) NO Tony Galbreath 2 yard rush (Rich Szaro kick) (48-20) SEA Sherman Smith 1 yard rush (John Leypoldt kick) (51-20) NO Rich Szaro 21 yard field goal (51-27) SEA Jim Zorn 7 yard rush (John Leypoldt kick)
                     NO              SEA
First Downs:         28              18
Rushes-yards:        52-258          24-105
Yards/rush:          5.0             4.4
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     14-24-149-2     17-34-172-3
Sacked-yards:        1-8             1-8
Net pass yards:      141             164
Net yards/pass:      5.6             4.7
Total net yards:     399             269
Total plays:         77 (67% run)    59 (40% run)  
Yards/play:          5.2             4.6
Fumbles-lost:        1-0             2-2
Turnovers:           2               5
Penalties-yards:     7-58            4-35

Attendance: 61,865

Passing:
NO: Bobby Douglass, 12 of 21 for 115 yards (2 int); Bobby Scott, 2 of 3 for 34 yards SEA: Jim Zorn, 11 of 22 for 106 yards (1 int); Bill Munson, 6 of 11 for 66 yards and 1 TD (2 int); Steve Largent, 0 of 1 for 0 yards
Rushing:
NO: Tony Galbreath, 19 for 77 yards and 1 TD; Chuck Muncie, 12 for 76 yards and 1 TD; Mike Strachan, 9 for 58 yards; Alvin Maxson, 6 for 31 yards; Kim Jones, 3 for 13 yards; Bobby Douglass, 2 for 4 yards and 2 TDs; Paul Seal, 1 for -1 yards SEA: Sherman Smith, 11 for 60 yards and 2 TDs; Don Testerman, 7 for 17 yards; Jim Zorn, 5 for 29 yards and 1 TD; Ralph Nelson, 1 for -1 yards
Receiving:
NO: Tony Galbreath, 4 for 28 yards; Larry Burton, 3 for 27 yards; Henry Childs, 2 for 34 yards; Don Herrmann, 2 for 16 yards; Jim Thaxton, 1 for 20 yards; Alvin Maxson, 1 for 14 yards; Paul Seal, 1 for 10 yards SEA: Steve Largent, 6 for 101 yards and 1 TD; Sherman Smith, 4 for 20 yards; Don Testerman, 2 for 23 yards; Ron Howard, 2 for 14 yards; Ralph Nelson, 1 for 10 yards; Hugh McKinnis, 1 for 3 yards; Sam McCullum, 1 for 1 yard
Kick returns:
NO: Leon McQuay, 2 for 39 yards; Alvin Maxson, 1 for 21 yards; Warren Capone, 1 for 0 yards SEA: Lyle Blackwood, 3 for 98 yards; Oliver Ross, 3 for 83 yards; Sherman Smith, 2 for 50 yards; Don Dufek, 1 for 20 yards
Punt returns:
NO: Pete Athas, 2 for 23 yards; Leon McQuay, 2 for 5 yards SEA: Lyle Blackwood, 2 for 12 yards
Interceptions:
NO: Elex Price, 1 for 23 yards and 1 TD; Chuck Crist, 1 for 20 yards; Ernie Jackson, 1 for 5 yards SEA: Dave Brown, 1 for 32 yards; Eddie McMillan, 1 for 0 yards
Punting:
NO: Tom Blanchard, 3 for 119 yards SEA: Rick Engles, 5 for 154 yards
Field Goals:
NO: Rich Szaro, 3/3


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