Exhibition Week 3, 1975

played in New Orleans, LA

81 degrees, rain, 11 mph wind

San Diego Chargers	7	10	0	17	-	34
New Orleans Saints	7	7	0	0	-	14

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:24 SDO - Mike Siani 22 pass from Dan Fouts (Chester Marcol extra point)
1Q: 01:12 NOS - Mike Strachan 5 run (Ross Robertson extra point)
2Q: 13:38 SDO - Mike Hawkins 14 pass from Dan Fouts (Chester Marcol extra point)
2Q: 04:28 NOS - Mike Strachan 7 run (Ross Robertson extra point)
2Q: 00:17 SDO - Chester Marcol 22 field goal
4Q: 13:09 SDO - Ernie Jackson 66 interception return (Chester Marcol extra point)
4Q: 11:34 SDO - Stan Fritts 1 run (Chester Marcol extra point)
4Q: 02:14 SDO - Chester Marcol 28 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:24 SDO - Mike Siani 22 pass from Dan Fouts (Chester Marcol extra point)
1Q: 01:12 NOS - Mike Strachan 5 run (Ross Robertson extra point)
2Q: 13:38 SDO - Mike Hawkins 14 pass from Dan Fouts (Chester Marcol extra point)
2Q: 04:28 NOS - Mike Strachan 7 run (Ross Robertson extra point)
2Q: 00:17 SDO - Chester Marcol 22 field goal
4Q: 13:09 SDO - Ernie Jackson 66 interception return (Chester Marcol extra point)
4Q: 11:34 SDO - Stan Fritts 1 run (Chester Marcol extra point)
4Q: 02:14 SDO - Chester Marcol 28 field goal

Team Statistics SDO NOS
Record 2-0 1-1
First Downs 23 20
- by Rushing 5 7
- by Passing 18 13
- by Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 381 387
- Offensive Plays 64 66
- Yards per Play 5.95 5.86
Net Rushing Yards 87 96
- Rushing Attempts 22 31
- Yards per Rush 3.95 3.10
Net Passing Yards 294 291
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 41 - 29 - 0 35 - 24 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 300 291
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/6 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 7.00 8.31
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 8/13 9/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.7 6.5
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/1
Penalties/Yards 3/24 6/34
Punt Returns/Yards 3/16 2/20
Kick Returns/Yards 1/25 5/110
Interception Ret./Yards 1/66 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/2 2/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 18
Time of Possession 29:32 30:28

Team Statistics	SDO	NOS
Record	2-0	1-1
First Downs	23	20
- by Rushing	5	7
- by Passing	18	13
- by Penalty	0	0
Total Net Yards	381	387
- Offensive Plays	64	66
- Yards per Play	5.95	5.86
Net Rushing Yards	87	96
- Rushing Attempts	22	31
- Yards per Rush	3.95	3.10
Net Passing Yards	294	291
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	41 - 29 - 0	35 - 24 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	300	291
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/6	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	7.00	8.31
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	8/13	9/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.7	6.5
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/1
Penalties/Yards	3/24	6/34
Punt Returns/Yards	3/16	2/20
Kick Returns/Yards	1/25	5/110
Interception Ret./Yards	1/66	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/2	2/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 31	OWN 18
Time of Possession	29:32	30:28

Drive Charts

San Diego Chargers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:35	3:08	OWN 28	6	24	Punt
1	8:04	1:52	OWN 41	4	59	Touchdown
1	1:03	2:34	OWN 36	7	64	Touchdown
2	4:18	4:09	OWN 20	12	75	Field Goal
3	15:00	3:52	OWN 20	9	30	Punt
3	6:32	1:13	OWN 20	4	13	Punt
3	1:28	1:43	OWN 20	3	-3	Punt
4	12:51	1:25	OPP 28	4	28	Touchdown
4	10:33	8:24	OWN 22	15	67	Field Goal

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:25	OWN 21	5	14	Punt
1	9:27	1:23	OWN 1	3	9	Punt
1	6:12	5:09	OWN 14	9	86	Touchdown
2	13:29	9:11	OWN 7	16	93	Touchdown
2	0:09	0:09	OWN 27	1	-1	Half
3	11:08	4:36	OWN 7	9	37	Punt
3	5:19	3:51	OWN 18	8	38	Punt
4	14:45	1:46	OWN 28	4	27	Interception
4	11:26	0:53	OWN 20	3	9	Punt
4	2:09	2:09	OWN 39	8	47	Game

Game MVP: Dan Fouts, San Diego Chargers

Rushing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Monroe Eley	14	73	5.21	31	1	0
Stan Fritts	8	14	1.75	7	0	1

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Jim Kiick	16	35	2.19	7	0	0
Mike Strachan	11	46	4.18	11	1	2
Archie Manning	3	16	5.33	8	0	0
John Hadl	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0	0

Passing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Dan Fouts	41	29	300	1/6	2	25	0	107.7

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
John Hadl	29	19	192	0/0	0	31	1	69.9
Archie Manning	6	5	99	0/0	0	44	0	118.8

Receiving Statistics

San Diego	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Broderick Van Pelt	5	7	48	9.60	0	16	0
WR Ken Burrough	4	6	36	9.00	6	17	0
WR Mike Siani	4	8	59	14.75	26	22	1
TE Mike Hawkins	4	5	40	10.00	1	14	1
RB Monroe Eley	3	4	20	6.67	8	11	0
WR Johnny Rodgers	3	5	39	13.00	2	23	0
RB Luther Middleton	3	3	23	7.67	9	10	0
RB Stan Fritts	2	2	10	5.00	0	6	0
TE Jerry Smith	1	1	25	25.00	12	25	0

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Tony Galloway	6	8	51	8.50	4	15
RB Jim Kiick	4	5	32	8.00	12	15
RB Sam Cunningham	3	3	28	9.33	1	14
WR Bob Grim	3	5	69	23.00	8	44
WR Ike Harris	3	4	45	15.00	7	26
TE Henry Childs	2	3	35	17.50	20	31
WR Larry Wilcox	2	4	21	10.50	0	13
WR Richard Sims	1	2	10	10.00	4	10
RB Mike Strachan	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

San Diego	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Ernie Jackson	1	66	66.00	1

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

San Diego	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Jack LeVeck	0	1	0	0
Levi Johnson	0	0	1	0

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Bob Grim	1	0	0	0

Punting Statistics

San Diego	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Mike Bragg	4	214	53.5	48.5	65	4

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Mike Eischeid	5	251	50.2	39.0	56	1

Kicking Statistics

San Diego	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Chester Marcol	2/2	0/0	0/0	28	4/4

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Ross Robertson	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

San Diego	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Johnny Rodgers	3	16	5.3	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Bob Grim	1	10	10.0	0
Larry Wilcox	1	10	10.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

San Diego	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ken Burrough	1	25	25.0	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ike Harris	3	47	15.7	0
Bob Grim	2	63	31.5	0

Defensive Statistics

San Diego	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
DT Charles Davis	6	3	29	29
DE Ron Carpenter	6	2	30	35
S Sam Williams	5	0	13	18
CB Bobby Brooks	4	5	18	29
S Charlie Babb	4	3	21	31
CB Ernie Jackson	4	0	26	33
OLB Charles Anthony	3	3	26	30
OLB Don Goode	3	0	20	15
CB Levi Johnson	3	0	22	32
DE Mel Lunsford	3	0	28	32
OLB Ray May	3	0	17	18
CB Monte Jackson	3	0	27	33
DT Bob Lurtsema	2	2	24	18
S Dick Conn	1	1	4	2
ILB Jack LeVeck	1	1	8	2
DE Mike Barnes	1	0	7	7

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Sammy Everett	8	0	0.0	19	35
DE Billy Newsome	7	0	0.5	21	35
ILB Joe Federspiel	5	4	0.0	20	35
DE Mario Nakamura	5	3	0.0	22	34
S Lenny Richard	4	2	0.0	14	32
CB Louis Wright	4	0	0.0	21	37
S Tommy Myers	3	1	0.0	21	39
OLB Tommy Nobis	3	0	0.0	9	20
CB Robbie Magana	2	3	0.0	21	36
ILB Carl Gersbach	2	1	0.0	2	7
CB Alex Kirk	2	1	0.0	13	26
S Doug Plank	2	0	0.0	4	11
DT Ricardo Browning	1	0	0.0	8	13
OLB Chester Kuehl	1	0	0.0	2	4
DT Derland Moore	0	4	0.5	19	36
DE Shawn Hollingsworth	0	1	0.0	21	36

Pass Rush Statistics

San Diego	Hurry	PPlay
DE Ron Carpenter	1	35
DT Ron Fernandes	1	3
OLB Don Goode	1	15
DE Mel Lunsford	1	32

New Orleans	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Billy Newsome	0.5	2	1	0	35
DT Derland Moore	0.5	0	0	0	36
DE Shawn Hollingsworth	0.0	0	2	0	36
OLB Sammy Everett	0.0	0	1	1	35
DT Harris Malinowski	0.0	0	1	0	6

Pass Defense Statistics

San Diego	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Bobby Brooks	4	0	0	29
S Sam Williams	4	0	0	18
CB Ernie Jackson	3	0	1	33
CB Levi Johnson	3	0	0	32
OLB Ray May	3	0	0	18
DE Ron Carpenter	2	0	0	35
OLB Charles Anthony	1	0	0	30
S Charlie Babb	1	0	0	31
OLB Don Goode	1	0	0	15
DE Mel Lunsford	1	0	0	32
CB Monte Jackson	1	0	0	33
OLB Reuben Lane	0	2	0	9

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Sammy Everett	8	0	35
ILB Joe Federspiel	3	0	35
DE Billy Newsome	3	0	35
CB Louis Wright	3	0	37
ILB Carl Gersbach	2	0	7
OLB Tommy Nobis	2	0	20
CB Alex Kirk	2	0	26
S Lenny Richard	2	0	32
S Doug Plank	2	0	11
CB Robbie Magana	1	2	36
S Tommy Myers	1	0	39
ILB Tom Ehlers	0	1	5

Blocking Statistics

San Diego	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Carl Mauck	3	3	12	0	21
Russ Washington	2	7	19	1	32
Joe Brunson	2	6	13	0	19
Chester Brennan	1	1	10	0	23
Solomon Freelon	0	2	14	0	26
Tom Condon	0	1	12	0	24
Seth Hallen	0	1	11	0	25
Bill Story	0	1	8	0	17

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Clarence Hironaka	3	4	18	24
Bruce Rasmussen	2	4	26	25
Randy Rasmussen	1	5	26	25
John Demarie	1	4	27	34
Cas Banaszek	1	3	23	28
Thurman Cowley	1	3	18	21
Sam Cunningham	1	2	19	14
Marc LaBounty	0	1	8	6
Stephen Johnstone	0	1	17	18

Special Teams Tackles

San Diego	Tackles	STPlays
Levi Johnson	4	14
Charlie Babb	2	14
Michael Burhart	1	12

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Richard Sims	2	14
Chester Kuehl	1	22
Matt Muhammad	1	18
Henry Childs	1	10

Participation

San Diego	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Levi Johnson	---	---	22	32	14	68
Charlie Babb	---	---	21	31	14	66
Ron Carpenter	---	---	30	35	---	65
Dan Fouts	22	42	---	---	---	64
Mel Lunsford	---	---	28	32	---	60
Monte Jackson	---	---	27	33	---	60
Ernie Jackson	---	---	26	33	---	59
Mike Siani	18	29	---	---	12	59
Charles Davis	---	---	29	29	---	58
Charles Anthony	---	---	26	30	1	57
Bobby Brooks	---	---	18	29	10	57
Russ Washington	19	32	---	---	---	51
Mike Hawkins	11	20	---	---	15	46
Broderick Van Pelt	12	21	---	---	11	44
Ken Burrough	13	23	---	---	7	43
Bob Lurtsema	---	---	24	18	1	43
Johnny Rodgers	12	23	---	---	8	43
Tom Condon	12	24	---	---	4	40
Solomon Freelon	14	26	---	---	---	40
Dave Lapham	11	23	---	---	6	40
Chester Brennan	10	23	---	---	6	39
Joe Brunson	13	19	---	---	6	38
Monroe Eley	14	22	---	---	1	37
Carl Mauck	12	21	---	---	4	37
Ray May	---	---	17	18	1	36
Seth Hallen	11	25	---	---	---	36
Don Goode	---	---	20	15	---	35
Bo Matthews	7	19	---	---	9	35
Sam Williams	---	---	13	18	1	32
Michael Burhart	5	13	---	---	12	30
Luther Middleton	2	8	---	---	19	29
Bill Story	8	17	---	---	4	29
Reuben Lane	---	---	9	9	10	28
Nathan Conrady	---	---	4	6	16	26
Jerry Smith	8	15	---	---	2	25
Stan Fritts	8	17	---	---	---	25
Jack LeVeck	---	---	8	2	9	19
Mike Barnes	---	---	7	7	---	14
Ron Fernandes	---	---	4	3	4	11
Chester Marcol	0	0	---	---	9	9
Ed Benson	---	---	1	0	8	9
Dick Conn	---	---	4	2	1	7
Bruce Mangum	---	---	3	3	---	6
Mike Bragg	0	0	---	---	4	4
Dean Carlson	0	0	---	---	2	2
Bill Munson	0	0	---	---	---	0

New Orleans	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Robbie Magana	---	---	21	36	10	67
Tommy Myers	---	---	21	39	3	63
John Demarie	27	34	---	---	---	61
Louis Wright	---	---	21	37	2	60
Shawn Hollingsworth	---	---	21	36	2	59
Joe Federspiel	---	---	20	35	3	58
Derland Moore	---	---	19	36	3	58
Billy Newsome	---	---	21	35	2	58
Mario Nakamura	---	---	22	34	2	58
Lenny Richard	---	---	14	32	11	57
Randy Rasmussen	26	25	---	---	5	56
Sammy Everett	---	---	19	35	2	56
Cas Banaszek	23	28	---	---	4	55
Bruce Rasmussen	26	25	---	---	3	54
Bob Grim	11	27	---	---	13	51
Ike Harris	22	22	---	---	7	51
Alex Kirk	---	---	13	26	12	51
Henry Childs	21	19	---	---	10	50
John Hadl	17	29	---	---	---	46
Clarence Hironaka	18	24	---	---	1	43
Larry Wilcox	19	19	---	---	3	41
Thurman Cowley	18	21	---	---	2	41
Tony Galloway	12	19	---	---	9	40
Sam Cunningham	19	14	---	---	5	38
Jim Kiick	19	17	---	---	1	37
Stephen Johnstone	17	18	---	---	---	35
Mike Strachan	12	17	---	---	4	33
Tommy Nobis	---	---	9	20	---	29
Eric Cook	9	6	---	---	14	29
Chester Kuehl	---	---	2	4	22	28
Richard Sims	3	8	---	---	14	25
Marc LaBounty	8	6	---	---	10	24
Ricardo Browning	---	---	8	13	---	21
Archie Manning	14	6	---	---	---	20
Carl Gersbach	---	---	2	7	10	19
Matt Muhammad	0	1	---	---	18	19
Doug Plank	---	---	4	11	1	16
Jim White	---	---	0	8	4	12
Harris Malinowski	---	---	2	6	3	11
Tom Ehlers	---	---	2	5	3	10
Karl Lorch	---	---	1	7	---	8
Mike Eischeid	0	0	---	---	5	5
J.B. Aarhus	0	0	---	---	5	5
Ross Robertson	0	0	---	---	3	3
Bobby Scott	0	0	---	---	---	0
Fulton Kuykendall	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	43	14.3
Middle	13	17	1.3
Right	6	27	4.5
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	34	3.4
Middle	18	55	3.1
Right	2	8	4.0
None	1	-1	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Dan Fouts	41	29	3	1	1	3	5	1	0

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
John Hadl	29	19	1	0	3	2	4	0	1
Archie Manning	6	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	4	24	4.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	16	13	105	6.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	14	10	131	9.4
Long (19+ Yds)	6	2	40	6.7

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	5	23	3.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	8	6	41	5.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	16	11	157	9.8
Long (19+ Yds)	5	2	70	14.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

San Diego	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Mike Siani	8	4	1	59	1	29
WR Broderick Van Pelt	7	5	0	48	0	21
WR Ken Burrough	6	4	0	36	0	23
WR Johnny Rodgers	5	3	0	39	1	23
TE Mike Hawkins	5	4	0	40	0	20
RB Monroe Eley	4	3	0	20	0	22
RB Luther Middleton	3	3	0	23	0	8
RB Stan Fritts	2	2	0	10	0	17
TE Jerry Smith	1	1	0	25	1	15

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Tony Galloway	8	6	1	51	0	19
WR Bob Grim	5	3	0	69	1	27
RB Jim Kiick	5	4	0	32	0	17
WR Ike Harris	4	3	0	45	1	22
WR Larry Wilcox	4	2	1	21	0	19
TE Henry Childs	3	2	1	35	1	19
RB Sam Cunningham	3	3	0	28	0	14
WR Richard Sims	2	1	0	10	0	8
RB Mike Strachan	1	0	0	0	0	17

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Stan Fritts	5	11	2.20	1.75
Monroe Eley	4	6	1.50	5.21

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Mike Strachan	3	15	5.00	4.18
Jim Kiick	1	1	1.00	2.19
Archie Manning	1	8	8.00	5.33

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Dan Fouts	4	2	20	5.00	7.32

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
John Hadl	3	1	-1	-0.33	6.62

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

San Diego	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Ken Burrough	1	1	6	6.00	6.00
WR Mike Siani	1	0	0	0.00	7.38
TE Mike Hawkins	1	1	14	14.00	8.00
WR Broderick Van Pelt	1	0	0	0.00	6.86

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Henry Childs	1	0	0	0.00	11.67
RB Jim Kiick	1	0	0	0.00	6.40
WR Tony Galloway	1	1	-1	-1.00	6.38

Third Down Rushing Statistics

San Diego	Rushes	Conversions
Monroe Eley	1	0
Stan Fritts	1	1

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
Mike Strachan	3	3

Third Down Passing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Comp	Conversions
Dan Fouts	11	8	7

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
John Hadl	8	6	4
Archie Manning	4	3	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

San Diego	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Luther Middleton	3	3	2
WR Ken Burrough	2	1	1
RB Monroe Eley	2	2	2
WR Johnny Rodgers	1	0	0
WR Mike Siani	1	0	0
TE Mike Hawkins	1	1	1
WR Broderick Van Pelt	1	1	1

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Ike Harris	3	2	1
RB Jim Kiick	2	2	1
WR Tony Galloway	2	2	2
RB Sam Cunningham	1	1	1
WR Bob Grim	1	1	0
WR Richard Sims	1	1	1
WR Larry Wilcox	1	0	0
RB Mike Strachan	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 51,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 15,400 (21,400)
End Zone 11,500 (15,400)
Mezzanine 6,400 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 8,900 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,000 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,800 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	51,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	15,400 (21,400)
End Zone	11,500 (15,400)
Mezzanine	6,400 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	8,900 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,000 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,800 (3,300)