Sunday December 21, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 12/21/1980:



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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE133.3  (9)197.5  (12)330.8  (11)35
DEFENSE119.1  (11)168.5  (4)287.6  (5)34
OFFENSE84.9  (28)219.3  (6)304.1  (21)35
DEFENSE191.1  (28)191.9  (11)383.0  (28)23

Line: Patriots by 9

Team1234F
New England Patriots (10-6-0)31471438
New Orleans Saints (1-15-0)1037727

( 0- 7) NO Jimmy Rogers 23 yard pass from Jack Holmes (Benny Ricardo kick) ( 0-10) NO Benny Ricardo 30 yard field goal ( 3-10) NE John Smith 22 yard field goal (10-10) NE Russ Francis 39 yard pass from Matt Cavanaugh (John Smith kick) (17-10) NE Andy Johnson 11 yard pass from Matt Cavanaugh (John Smith kick) (17-13) NO Benny Ricardo 38 yard field goal (24-13) NE Andy Johnson 6 yard pass from Matt Cavanaugh (John Smith kick) (24-20) NO Wayne Wilson 1 yard rush (Benny Ricardo kick) (24-27) NO Wes Chandler 23 yard pass from Archie Manning (Benny Ricardo kick) (31-27) NE Don Calhoun 22 yard rush (John Smith kick) (38-27) NE Mosi Tatupu 4 yard rush (John Smith kick)
                     NE              NO
First Downs:         27              23
Rushes-yards:        38-240          23-89
Yards/rush:          6.3             3.9
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     16-28-233-1     26-41-367-0
Sacked-yards:        0-0             1-8
Net pass yards:      233             359
Net yards/pass:      8.3             8.5
Total net yards:     473             448
Total plays:         66 (57% run)    65 (35% run)  
Yards/play:          7.2             6.9
Fumbles-lost:        0-0             0-0
Turnovers:           1               0
Penalties-yards:     8-95            8-69

Attendance: 38,277

Passing:
NE: Matt Cavanaugh, 16 of 28 for 233 yards and 3 TDs (1 int) NO: Archie Manning, 24 of 39 for 301 yards and 1 TD; Jack Holmes, 1 of 1 for 23 yards and 1 TD; Wes Chandler, 1 of 1 for 43 yards
Rushing:
NE: Don Calhoun, 16 for 113 yards and 1 TD; Vagas Ferguson, 15 for 82 yards; Mosi Tatupu, 4 for 21 yards and 1 TD; Matt Cavanaugh, 2 for 8 yards; Stanley Morgan, 1 for 16 yards NO: Jack Holmes, 6 for 26 yards; Tony Galbreath, 6 for 11 yards; Archie Manning, 5 for 27 yards; Jimmy Rogers, 4 for 15 yards; Wes Chandler, 1 for 9 yards; Wayne Wilson, 1 for 1 yard and 1 TD
Receiving:
NE: Stanley Morgan, 4 for 63 yards; Andy Johnson, 4 for 44 yards and 2 TDs; Russ Francis, 2 for 54 yards and 1 TD; Harold Jackson, 2 for 35 yards; Vagas Ferguson, 2 for 23 yards; Mosi Tatupu, 1 for 8 yards; Don Calhoun, 1 for 6 yards NO: Tony Galbreath, 7 for 27 yards; Wes Chandler, 6 for 98 yards and 1 TD; Henry Childs, 5 for 94 yards; Jimmy Rogers, 3 for 75 yards and 1 TD; Jack Holmes, 3 for 28 yards; Ike Harris, 2 for 45 yards
Kick returns:
NE: Horace Ivory, 4 for 126 yards; Allan Clark, 2 for 21 yards NO: Jimmy Rogers, 6 for 118 yards; Wayne Wilson, 1 for 20 yards
Punt returns:
NE: Roland James, 3 for 32 yards
Interceptions:
NO: Elois Grooms, 1 for 37 yards
Punting:
NE: Mike Hubach, 3 for 111 yards NO: Russell Erxleben, 4 for 160 yards
Field Goals:
NE: John Smith, 1/1 NO: Benny Ricardo, 2/2


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