Saints 20-17 Bears (5 Oct, 1997) Box Score

New Orleans Saints

2-4, 1-3 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NO					20
CHI					17

Chicago Bears

0-6, 0-3 home

New Orleans Passing


Heath Shuler
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
9/23	195	8.5	1	1	2-10	66.4
9/23	185	8.5	1	1	2-10	66.4

Chicago Passing


Erik Kramer
Rick Mirer
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	SACKS	RTG
12/20	131	6.6	2-8	79.4
7/16	58	3.6	3-16	53.6
19/36	165	5.3	5-24	67.9

New Orleans Rushing


Ray Zellars
Mario Bates
Troy Davis
Heath Shuler
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
14	65	4.6	0	27
9	58	6.4	1	49
6	14	2.3	0	10
1	0	0.0	0	0
30	137	4.6	1	49

Chicago Rushing


Raymont Harris
Rick Mirer
Erik Kramer
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
28	82	2.9	1	13
4	18	4.5	0	14
1	1	1.0	1	1
33	101	3.1	2	14

New Orleans Receiving


Randal Hill
John Farquhar
Mario Bates
Andre Hastings
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
5	121	24.2	1	89
2	51	25.5	0	42
1	15	15.0	0	15
1	8	8.0	0	8
9	195	21.7	1	89

Chicago Receiving


Bobby Engram
Ricky Proehl
Ryan Wetnight
Chris Penn
Tyrone Hughes
Keith Jennings
Raymont Harris
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
6	59	9.8	16
3	39	13.0	20
2	36	18.0	24
2	35	17.5	21
2	13	6.5	7
1	7	7.0	7
3	0	0.0	1
19	189	9.9	24

New Orleans Fumbles


Mario Bates
Heath Shuler
Jerry Fontenot
Ray Zellars
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0
1	0	0
1	0	0
4	2	0

Chicago Fumbles


Rick Mirer
Jim Flanigan
Paul Grasmanis
team

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

New Orleans Defense



Winfred Tubbs
Sammy Knight
Mark Fields
Wayne Martin
Anthony Newman
Je'Rod Cherry
Eric Allen
Richard Harvey
Pio Sagapolutele
Mickey Washington
Joe Johnson
La'Roi Glover
Keith Mitchell
Darren Mickell
Ernest Dixon
Don Davis
Rob Kelly
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
10	9	0	0	0	0	0
10	7	0	0	0	0	0
9	5	0	0	0	0	0
7	5	1	0	1	0	0
6	5	0	0	2	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	1	0	0	0	0
3	3	1	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	1	0	0	0	0
1	1	1	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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
68	54	5	0	4	0	0

Chicago Defense



Barry Minter
Ron Cox
Bryan Cox
Marty Carter
Jim Flanigan
Tom Carter
John Mangum
Walt Harris
Carl Reeves
Carl Simpson
John Thierry
Marlon Forbes
Chris Zorich
Anthony Marshall
Todd Sauerbrun
Sean Harris
Paul Grasmanis
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
10	9	2	0	2	0	0
7	4	0	0	0	0	0
6	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	2	0	0	0	0	0
5	2	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	3	0	0
4	3	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	1	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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0
52	37	2	0	8	0	0

New Orleans Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No New Orleans Interceptions

Chicago Interceptions


John Mangum
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	0	0
1	0	0

New Orleans Kick Returns


Brett Bech
Troy Davis
Eric Guliford
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
1	30	30.0	30
1	22	22.0	22
1	13	13.0	13
3	65	21.7	30

Chicago Kick Returns


Tyrone Hughes
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
5	149	29.8	42	0
5	149	29.8	42	0

New Orleans Punt Returns


Eric Guliford
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
6	77	12.8	30	0
6	77	12.8	30	0

Chicago Punt Returns


Tyrone Hughes
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
5	30	6.0	14	0
5	30	6.0	14	0

New Orleans Kicking


Doug Brien
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	48	2/2	8
2/2	100.0	48	2/2	8

Chicago Kicking


Jeff Jaeger
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	23	2/2	5
1/1	100.0	23	2/2	5

New Orleans Punting


Mark Royals
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
9	398	44.2	1	2	53
9	398	44.2	1	2	53

Chicago Punting


Todd Sauerbrun
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
12	524	43.7	3	3	58
12	524	43.7	3	3	58

5:00 AM, 5 October 1997

Attendance: 58,865

Referees:
Mike Carey

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Los Angeles	9	6	.600	329	347
Seattle	8	7	.533	339	340
Arizona	7	8	.467	344	342
San Francisco	6	9	.400	331	349

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