NFL game summary for 10/04/1970:

The Saints erased a 10-0 Giants' lead as the first of two Elijah Nevett interceptions set the stage for New Orleans' first touchdown of the season, and Al Dodd blocked and recovered a punt in the New York end zone for the winning margin.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
New York Giants	OFFENSE	78.5  (21)	196.0  (6)	274.5  (13)	6
	DEFENSE	148.5  (19)	159.5  (15)	308.0  (17)	5
New Orleans Saints	OFFENSE	72.5  (23)	110.5  (23)	183.0  (25)	6
	DEFENSE	127.5  (17)	150.5  (12)	278.0  (12)	4

Line: n/a

Team	1	2	3	4	F
New York Giants (0-3-0)	7	3	0	0	10
New Orleans Saints (1-2-0)	0	7	0	7	14

( 7- 0) NYG Ron Johnson 22 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Pete Gogolak kick)
(10- 0) NYG Pete Gogolak 8 yard field goal
(10- 7) NO  Ken Burrough 15 yard pass from Edd Hargett (Tom Dempsey kick)
(10-14) NO  Al Dodd 0 yard fumble return (Tom Dempsey kick)

                     NYG             NO
First Downs:         22              10
Rushes-yards:        36-151          26-91
Yards/rush:          4.2             3.5
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     19-31-221-3     9-16-102-2
Sacked-yards:        2-11            1-10
Net pass yards:      210             92
Net yards/pass:      6.4             5.4
Total net yards:     361             183
Total plays:         69 (52% run)    43 (60% run)  
Yards/play:          5.2             4.3
Fumbles-lost:        0-0             2-1
Turnovers:           3               3
Penalties-yards:     9-74            8-56

Attendance: 69,126

Passing:
NYG: Fran Tarkenton, 19 of 33 for 221 yards and 1 TD (3 int)
NO: Edd Hargett, 8 of 13 for 91 yards and 1 TD (1 int); Billy Kilmer, 1 of 3 for 11 yards (1 int)

Rushing:
NYG: Ron Johnson, 16 for 46 yards; Tucker Frederickson, 11 for 46 yards; Bobby Duhon, 7 for 42 yards; Fran Tarkenton, 2 for 17 yards
NO: Ernie Wheelwright, 13 for 34 yards; Jim Otis, 10 for 49 yards; Tony Baker, 2 for 4 yards; Billy Kilmer, 1 for 4 yards

Receiving:
NYG: Ron Johnson, 7 for 81 yards and 1 TD; Clifton McNeil, 5 for 65 yards; Aaron Thomas, 3 for 35 yards; Don Herrmann, 2 for 27 yards; Bobby Duhon, 1 for 8 yards; Tucker Frederickson, 1 for 5 yards
NO: Ken Burrough, 3 for 35 yards and 1 TD; Al Dodd, 2 for 30 yards; Danny Abramowicz, 2 for 26 yards; Ernie Wheelwright, 1 for 7 yards; Jim Otis, 1 for 4 yards

Kick returns:
NYG: Les Shy, 2 for 49 yards; Rich Houston, 1 for 17 yards
NO: Tom Barrington, 3 for 59 yards

Punt returns:
NYG: Spider Lockhart, 1 for 10 yards; Bobby Duhon, 1 for 6 yards
NO: Gene Howard, 1 for 4 yards

Interceptions:
NYG: Willie Williams, 1 for 52 yards; Spider Lockhart, 1 for 3 yards
NO: Elijah Nevett, 2 for 47 yards; Mike Morgan, 1 for 7 yards

Punting:
NYG: Bill Johnson, 2 for 38 yards
NO: Julian Fagan, 4 for 156 yards

Field Goals:
NYG: Pete Gogolak, 1/4
NO: Tom Dempsey, 0/1

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