Saints 35-17 Lions (21 Sep, 1997) Box Score

Detroit Lions

2-2, 1-1 away

	1	2	3	4	T
DET					17
NO					35

New Orleans Saints

1-3, 1-1 home

Detroit Passing


Scott Mitchell
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
24/43	253	5.9	2	3	5-16	59.5
24/43	237	5.9	2	3	5-16	59.5

New Orleans Passing


Heath Shuler
Mario Bates
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	SACKS	RTG
15/21	202	9.6	1	2-10	117.6
1/1	21	21.0	1	0-0	158.3
16/22	213	10.1	2	2-10	135.2

Detroit Rushing


Barry Sanders
Tommy Vardell
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
18	113	6.3	19
1	5	5.0	5
19	118	6.2	19

New Orleans Rushing


Mario Bates
Heath Shuler
Troy Davis
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
29	162	5.6	2	74
3	6	2.0	1	5
4	4	1.0	0	4
36	172	4.8	3	74

Detroit Receiving


Herman Moore
Johnnie Morton
Pete Chryplewicz
Barry Sanders
Tommie Boyd
Pete Metzelaars
Tommy Vardell
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
11	111	10.1	1	17
5	72	14.4	0	38
2	23	11.5	0	12
1	17	17.0	1	17
1	15	15.0	0	15
3	15	5.0	0	7
1	0	0.0	0	0
24	253	10.5	2	38

New Orleans Receiving


Andre Hastings
Eric Guliford
Randal Hill
Ray Zellars
John Farquhar
Daryl Hobbs
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
5	74	14.8	1	21
3	43	14.3	0	18
4	36	9.0	0	11
2	27	13.5	0	14
1	23	23.0	0	23
1	20	20.0	1	20
16	223	13.9	2	23

Detroit Fumbles


Scott Mitchell
Glyn Milburn
Johnnie Morton
Barry Sanders
team

FUM	LOST	REC
2	1	0
1	0	0
1	0	0
1	0	0
5	1	0

New Orleans Fumbles


Heath Shuler
Anthony Newman
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	0	0
0	0	1
1	0	1

Detroit Defense



Matt Russell
Harry Colon
Corey Raymond
Antonio London
Mark Anthony Carrier III
Bryant Westbrook
Luther Elliss
Kerwin Waldroup
Robert Porcher
Reggie Brown
Mike Wells
Stephen Boyd
Robert Bailey
Kevin Abrams
Van Malone
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
12	9	0	0	0	0	0
9	5	0	0	0	0	0
7	7	0	0	1	0	0
7	3	0	0	0	0	0
6	5	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	1	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	2	1	0	0	0	0
4	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
69	48	2	0	1	0	0

New Orleans Defense



Mickey Washington
Anthony Newman
Vashone Adams
Winfred Tubbs
Alex Molden
Eric Allen
Mark Fields
Wayne Martin
Pio Sagapolutele
Richard Harvey
Joe Johnson
La'Roi Glover
Brady Smith
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
7	7	0	0	2	0	0
7	6	0	0	3	0	0
7	4	0	0	0	0	0
6	4	0	0	0	0	0
6	4	0	0	2	0	0
5	4	0	0	2	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	4	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	1	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
56	44	5	0	9	0	0

Detroit Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Detroit Interceptions

New Orleans Interceptions


Anthony Newman
Eric Allen
team

INT	YDS	TD
2	2	0
1	27	0
3	29	0

Detroit Kick Returns


Glyn Milburn
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
6	157	26.2	50	0
6	157	26.2	50	0

New Orleans Kick Returns


Eric Guliford
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	26	26.0	26	0
1	26	26.0	26	0

Detroit Punt Returns


Glyn Milburn
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	22	11.0	14	0
2	22	11.0	14	0

New Orleans Punt Returns


Eric Guliford
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	12	6.0	12	0
2	12	6.0	12	0

Detroit Kicking


Jason Hanson
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	47	2/2	5
1/1	100.0	47	2/2	5

New Orleans Kicking


Doug Brien
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
0/2	0.0	0	5/5	5
0/2	0.0	0	5/5	5

Detroit Punting


John Jett
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
3	102	34.0	0	1	38
3	102	34.0	0	1	38

New Orleans Punting


Mark Royals
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
2	110	55.0	0	1	61
2	110	55.0	0	1	61

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