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Sunday October 27, 1974
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 10/27/1974:



The Saints used a pair of 77-yard drives to produce their two touchdowns and second straight victory. Archie Manning ended the first march, scoring from four yards out after taking a lateral from Jess Phillips. Phillips then scored the winning touchdown from three yards out with 1:10 remaining. Manning completed three passes for 45 yards and scrambled for 23 more during the winning drive.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
Philadelphia EaglesOFFENSE121.2  (16)168.3  (7)289.5  (12)12
DEFENSE144.3  (16)182.2  (22)326.5  (23)19
New Orleans SaintsOFFENSE141.5  (13)114.3  (20)255.8  (20)16
DEFENSE133.3  (13)128.3  (9)261.7  (8)17

Line: Eagles by 7

Team1234F
Philadelphia Eagles (4-3-0)073010
New Orleans Saints (3-4-0)007714

( 7- 0) PHI Harold Carmichael 5 yard pass from Roman Gabriel (Tom Dempsey kick)
( 7- 7) NO  Archie Manning 4 yard rush (Bill McClard kick)
(10- 7) PHI Tom Dempsey 18 yard field goal
(10-14) NO  Jess Phillips 3 yard rush (Bill McClard kick)
                     PHI             NO
First Downs:         16              20
Rushes-yards:        25-105          32-134
Yards/rush:          4.2             4.2
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     22-33-192-1     14-26-189-1
Sacked-yards:        5-39            4-25
Net pass yards:      153             164
Net yards/pass:      4.0             5.5
Total net yards:     258             298
Total plays:         63 (39% run)    62 (51% run)  
Yards/play:          4.1             4.8
Fumbles-lost:        3-0             1-0
Turnovers:           1               1
Penalties-yards:     5-32            7-68

Attendance: 57,136
Passing:
PHI: Roman Gabriel, 22 of 33 for 192 yards and 1 TD (1 int)
NO: Archie Manning, 14 of 26 for 189 yards (1 int)

Rushing:
PHI: Tom Sullivan, 17 for 78 yards; Roman Gabriel, 2 for 12 yards; Po James, 2 for 7 yards; Greg Oliver, 1 for 4 yards; Norm Bulaich, 1 for 3 yards; Tom Bailey, 1 for 2 yards; Harold Carmichael, 1 for -1 yards
NO: Jess Phillips, 16 for 53 yards and 1 TD; Howard Stevens, 6 for 20 yards; Alvin Maxson, 5 for 20 yards; Archie Manning, 4 for 38 yards and 1 TD; Bill Butler, 1 for 3 yards

Receiving:
PHI: Harold Carmichael, 6 for 39 yards and 1 TD; Don Zimmerman, 5 for 81 yards; Charle Young, 4 for 35 yards; Tom Sullivan, 3 for 22 yards; Po James, 2 for 2 yards; Tom Bailey, 1 for 7 yards; Norm Bulaich, 1 for 6 yards
NO: Paul Seal, 4 for 115 yards; Joel Parker, 4 for 33 yards; Alvin Maxson, 4 for 32 yards; Howard Stevens, 1 for 5 yards; Bob Newland, 1 for 4 yards

Kick returns:
PHI: Randy Jackson, 2 for 87 yards; Larry Marshall, 1 for 29 yards
NO: Howard Stevens, 2 for 46 yards; Dave Davis, 1 for 14 yards

Punt returns:
PHI: Bill Bradley, 1 for 17 yards; Larry Marshall, 1 for -3 yards
NO: Howard Stevens, 4 for 31 yards

Interceptions:
PHI: Bill Bergey, 1 for 27 yards
NO: Johnny Fuller, 1 for 16 yards

Punting:
PHI: Merritt Kersey, 5 for 208 yards
NO: Tom Blanchard, 7 for 301 yards

Field Goals:
PHI: Tom Dempsey, 1/2




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