NFL game summary for 10/08/1972:

New York turned four interceptions and two fumble recoveries into five scoring plays. Charlie Evans rushed for 87 yards and scored three touchdowns, while Norm Snead's 12 completions included a trio of TD passes.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
New Orleans Saints	OFFENSE	45.0  (26)	129.3  (21)	174.3  (26)	9
	DEFENSE	173.0  (24)	172.0  (14)	345.0  (22)	8
New York Giants	OFFENSE	117.7  (19)	189.3  (5)	307.0  (10)	6
	DEFENSE	171.0  (23)	190.0  (20)	361.0  (23)	4

Line: n/a

Team	1	2	3	4	F
New Orleans Saints (0-4-0)	0	7	0	14	21
New York Giants (2-2-0)	17	14	14	0	45

( 0- 7) NYG Charlie Evans 10 yard pass from Norm Snead (Pete Gogolak kick)
( 0-10) NYG Pete Gogolak 17 yard field goal
( 0-17) NYG Charlie Evans 24 yard rush (Pete Gogolak kick)
( 0-24) NYG Ron Johnson 3 yard rush (Pete Gogolak kick)
( 0-31) NYG Charlie Evans 8 yard rush (Pete Gogolak kick)
( 7-31) NO  Dave Parks 66 yard pass from Archie Manning (Charlie Durkee kick)
( 7-38) NYG Don Herrmann 14 yard pass from Norm Snead (Pete Gogolak kick)
( 7-45) NYG Bob Grim 15 yard pass from Norm Snead (Pete Gogolak kick)
(14-45) NO  Danny Abramowicz 16 yard pass from Archie Manning (Charlie Durkee kick)
(21-45) NO  Dave Parks 25 yard pass from Archie Manning (Charlie Durkee kick)

                     NO              NYG
First Downs:         15              20
Rushes-yards:        12-58           43-208
Yards/rush:          4.8             4.8
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     18-31-276-4     13-19-157-1
Sacked-yards:        4-48            1-8
Net pass yards:      228             149
Net yards/pass:      6.5             7.5
Total net yards:     286             357
Total plays:         47 (25% run)    63 (68% run)  
Yards/play:          6.1             5.7
Fumbles-lost:        4-2             1-1
Turnovers:           6               2
Penalties-yards:     1-5             5-45

Attendance: 62,507

Passing:
NO: Archie Manning, 18 of 31 for 276 yards and 3 TDs (4 int)
NYG: Norm Snead, 12 of 17 for 149 yards and 3 TDs; Randy Johnson, 1 of 2 for 8 yards (1 int)

Rushing:
NO: Bob Gresham, 7 for 20 yards; Archie Manning, 2 for 18 yards; Arthur Green, 2 for 16 yards; Joe Williams, 1 for 4 yards
NYG: Charlie Evans, 17 for 87 yards and 2 TDs; Ron Johnson, 12 for 43 yards and 1 TD; Bobby Duhon, 9 for 23 yards; Joe Morrison, 2 for 47 yards; Don Herrmann, 2 for 8 yards; Randy Johnson, 1 for 0 yards

Receiving:
NO: Dave Parks, 4 for 120 yards and 2 TDs; Joe Williams, 4 for 33 yards; Bob Newland, 3 for 27 yards; Arthur Green, 3 for 26 yards; Danny Abramowicz, 2 for 56 yards and 1 TD; Bob Gresham, 2 for 14 yards
NYG: Charlie Evans, 3 for 26 yards and 1 TD; Don Herrmann, 2 for 47 yards and 1 TD; Ron Johnson, 2 for 30 yards; Bob Grim, 2 for 28 yards and 1 TD; Bob Tucker, 2 for 14 yards; Bobby Duhon, 1 for 8 yards; Rich Houston, 1 for 4 yards

Kick returns:
NO: Margene Adkins, 5 for 152 yards
NYG: Rocky Thompson, 2 for 45 yards; Eldridge Small, 1 for 23 yards; John Douglas, 1 for 8 yards

Punt returns:
NO: Margene Adkins, 1 for 4 yards; Tom Myers, 1 for 2 yards
NYG: Bob Grim, 1 for -3 yards

Interceptions:
NO: Bivian Lee, 1 for 0 yards
NYG: Willie Williams, 1 for 18 yards; Chuck Crist, 1 for 14 yards; Spider Lockhart, 1 for 12 yards; Richmond Flowers, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
NO: Julian Fagan, 1 for 40 yards
NYG: Tom Blanchard, 3 for 90 yards

Field Goals:
NO: Charlie Durkee, 0/1
NYG: Pete Gogolak, 1/1

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