Week 6, 1975

played in Tampa Bay, FL

59 degrees, fair, 1 mph wind

New Orleans Saints	0	3	7	7	-	17
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	7	6	0	6	-	19

Scoring Summary
1Q: 02:04 TBY - Jim Mitchell 8 pass from Sonny Jurgensen (Jim Turner extra point)
2Q: 10:41 NOS - Ross Robertson 36 field goal
2Q: 05:05 TBY - Jim Turner 33 field goal
2Q: 01:16 TBY - Jim Turner 23 field goal
3Q: 04:59 NOS - Henry Childs 10 pass from Archie Manning (Ross Robertson extra point)
4Q: 12:14 TBY - Jim Turner 52 field goal
4Q: 03:49 NOS - Billy Wilhide 9 pass from Archie Manning (Ross Robertson extra point)
4Q: 02:39 TBY - Jim Turner 35 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 02:04 TBY - Jim Mitchell 8 pass from Sonny Jurgensen (Jim Turner extra point)
2Q: 10:41 NOS - Ross Robertson 36 field goal
2Q: 05:05 TBY - Jim Turner 33 field goal
2Q: 01:16 TBY - Jim Turner 23 field goal
3Q: 04:59 NOS - Henry Childs 10 pass from Archie Manning (Ross Robertson extra point)
4Q: 12:14 TBY - Jim Turner 52 field goal
4Q: 03:49 NOS - Billy Wilhide 9 pass from Archie Manning (Ross Robertson extra point)
4Q: 02:39 TBY - Jim Turner 35 field goal

Team Statistics NOS TBY
Record 1-5 3-3
First Downs 21 18
- by Rushing 5 8
- by Passing 13 9
- by Penalty 3 1
Total Net Yards 343 307
- Offensive Plays 64 64
- Yards per Play 5.36 4.80
Net Rushing Yards 115 145
- Rushing Attempts 20 37
- Yards per Rush 5.75 3.92
Net Passing Yards 228 162
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 42 - 24 - 1 26 - 16 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 238 170
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/10 1/8
- Yards per Pass Play 5.18 6.00
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 2/1
3rd Down Conversions 1/11 6/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.9 4.8
4th Down Conversions 2/3 0/0
Penalties/Yards 5/35 5/29
Punt Returns/Yards 1/4 2/31
Kick Returns/Yards 6/85 3/87
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/1 1/3
Avg. Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 31
Time of Possession 26:52 33:08

Team Statistics	NOS	TBY
Record	1-5	3-3
First Downs	21	18
- by Rushing	5	8
- by Passing	13	9
- by Penalty	3	1
Total Net Yards	343	307
- Offensive Plays	64	64
- Yards per Play	5.36	4.80
Net Rushing Yards	115	145
- Rushing Attempts	20	37
- Yards per Rush	5.75	3.92
Net Passing Yards	228	162
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	42 - 24 - 1	26 - 16 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	238	170
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/10	1/8
- Yards per Pass Play	5.18	6.00
Fumbles/Lost	2/1	2/1
3rd Down Conversions	1/11	6/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.9	4.8
4th Down Conversions	2/3	0/0
Penalties/Yards	5/35	5/29
Punt Returns/Yards	1/4	2/31
Kick Returns/Yards	6/85	3/87
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/1	1/3
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 29	OWN 31
Time of Possession	26:52	33:08

Drive Charts

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:03	OWN 18	3	9	Punt
1	12:57	0:08	OPP 44	1	0	Interception
1	9:26	1:42	OWN 38	3	8	Punt
1	1:56	6:23	OWN 19	12	62	Field Goal
2	4:59	1:41	OWN 20	5	15	Fumble
2	1:10	1:10	OWN 20	3	51	Half
3	13:13	2:38	OWN 22	4	25	Punt
3	7:24	2:34	OWN 48	5	52	Touchdown
3	2:37	1:32	OWN 14	3	4	Punt
4	12:07	4:47	OWN 19	7	30	Punt
4	4:52	1:09	OPP 47	5	47	Touchdown
4	2:32	2:30	OWN 29	14	29	Downs

Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:49	3:23	OWN 36	7	33	Missed FG
1	7:44	5:48	OWN 15	12	85	Touchdown
2	10:33	5:34	OWN 20	9	64	Field Goal
2	3:18	2:08	OPP 35	8	29	Field Goal
3	15:00	1:47	OWN 39	3	9	Punt
3	10:35	3:11	OWN 4	5	19	Punt
3	4:50	2:13	OWN 29	3	9	Punt
3	1:05	3:58	OWN 35	8	30	Field Goal
4	7:20	2:28	OWN 2	3	9	Punt
4	3:43	1:11	OPP 39	5	21	Field Goal
4	0:02	0:02	OWN 42	1	-1	Game

Game MVP: Sonny Jurgensen, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Jim Kiick	13	85	6.54	22	3
Sam Cunningham	3	3	1.00	2	0
Matt Muhammad	3	22	7.33	10	1
Archie Manning	1	5	5.00	5	0

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Wayne Mosley	20	75	3.75	13	2
Barty Smith	9	38	4.22	9	0
Bryan Breech	6	28	4.67	8	0
Al Dodd	1	5	5.00	5	0
Sonny Jurgensen	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0

Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Archie Manning	42	24	238	2/10	2	34	1	79.2

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Sonny Jurgensen	26	16	170	1/8	1	22	0	93.4

Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Larry Wilcox	5	9	67	13.40	3	17	0
RB Jim Kiick	4	5	58	14.50	25	34	0
TE Henry Childs	3	4	30	10.00	4	12	1
RB Sam Cunningham	3	3	18	6.00	0	9	0
RB Mike Strachan	3	4	14	4.67	5	7	0
WR Bob Grim	2	8	18	9.00	2	12	0
RB Matt Muhammad	1	1	12	12.00	0	12	0
TE Billy Wilhide	1	2	9	9.00	0	9	1
WR Tony Galloway	1	5	8	8.00	2	8	0
WR Richard Sims	1	1	4	4.00	0	4	0

Tampa Bay	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Jim Mitchell	4	5	62	15.50	30	19	1
WR Barry Pearson	4	8	44	11.00	8	22	0
RB Bryan Breech	3	4	12	4.00	9	6	0
WR Al Dodd	2	3	23	11.50	1	15	0
RB Wayne Mosley	2	2	15	7.50	6	8	0
WR Freddie Scott	1	4	14	14.00	2	14	0

Interception Statistics

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Tampa Bay	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
ILB Mark Arneson	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force
Jim Kiick	1	0	0
Archie Manning	1	0	0
Bruce Rasmussen	0	1	0
Thurman Cowley	0	1	0
Billy Wilhide	0	0	1
Chester Kuehl	0	0	1

Tampa Bay	Fumb	Recov	Force
Freddie Scott	1	1	0
Al Dodd	1	0	0
John Mendenhall	0	1	0
Dave Pureifory	0	0	2

Punting Statistics

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Mike Eischeid	5	244	48.8	42.6	56	3

Tampa Bay	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Montrae Jones	4	152	38.0	37.0	52	1

Kicking Statistics

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Ross Robertson	1/1	0/0	0/0	36	2/2

Tampa Bay	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Jim Turner	4/5	1/2	1/1	52	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Larry Wilcox	1	4	4.0	0

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Al Dodd	2	31	15.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Bob Grim	5	70	14.0	0
Jim Kiick	1	15	15.0	0

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Al Dodd	2	68	34.0	0
Freddie Scott	1	19	19.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Tommy Myers	9	2	0.0	37	27
CB Robbie Magana	7	1	0.0	34	24
OLB Tommy Nobis	6	0	0.0	20	9
ILB Joe Federspiel	5	3	0.0	35	26
CB Louis Wright	4	3	0.0	31	24
DE Billy Newsome	4	1	0.0	37	27
DT Derland Moore	4	0	0.0	35	25
DE Shawn Hollingsworth	3	2	0.0	33	23
CB Alex Kirk	3	0	0.0	24	23
DT Ricardo Browning	2	2	0.0	20	20
S Lenny Richard	2	0	0.0	22	20
OLB Sammy Everett	1	3	1.0	28	23
ILB Carl Gersbach	1	0	0.0	2	1
DT Harris Malinowski	1	0	0.0	12	6
WR Larry Wilcox	1	0	---	---	---
S Jack Mildren	0	1	0.0	15	6

Tampa Bay	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Mark Arneson	6	2	0.0	19	43
CB Mel Renfro	6	0	0.0	19	42
DT John Mendenhall	5	2	1.0	16	22
CB Jim Stienke	4	0	0.0	19	44
DT Dave Pureifory	3	1	1.0	19	43
OLB Chris Hanburger	3	2	0.0	20	43
S John Saunders	3	2	0.0	18	40
CB Everett Allen	3	2	0.0	14	36
DE Elois Grooms	3	1	0.0	18	41
ILB Dallas Hickman	3	0	0.0	6	6
DE Julius Adams	2	3	0.0	19	42
OLB Gregg Bingham	1	0	0.0	1	1
S Bert Horn	1	0	0.0	3	20
S Burgess Owens	0	2	0.0	16	39
S Donnie Shell	0	1	0.0	2	4

Pass Rush Statistics

New Orleans	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
OLB Sammy Everett	1.0	0	0	23
DE Shawn Hollingsworth	0.0	1	2	23
DE Billy Newsome	0.0	1	1	27
DE Jim White	0.0	0	2	4

Tampa Bay	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Dave Pureifory	1.0	1	1	0	43
DT John Mendenhall	1.0	0	0	0	22
DE Julius Adams	0.0	1	3	2	42
OLB Chris Hanburger	0.0	1	0	0	43

Pass Defense Statistics

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Robbie Magana	5	0	24
CB Louis Wright	3	1	24
S Tommy Myers	3	0	27
OLB Tommy Nobis	3	0	9
CB Alex Kirk	2	0	23
ILB Joe Federspiel	0	1	26

Tampa Bay	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Mel Renfro	6	2	0	42
ILB Mark Arneson	4	1	1	43
CB Jim Stienke	3	2	0	44
ILB Dallas Hickman	3	0	0	6
OLB Chris Hanburger	2	0	0	43
CB Everett Allen	2	0	0	36
S John Saunders	1	1	0	40
DT John Mendenhall	1	0	0	22
S Bert Horn	1	0	0	20
DE Elois Grooms	1	0	0	41

Blocking Statistics

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Cas Banaszek	2	3	15	1	35
Thurman Cowley	1	4	15	0	32
John Demarie	1	3	18	1	39
Clarence Hironaka	1	3	18	0	31
Stephen Johnstone	1	3	18	0	36
Sam Cunningham	1	1	15	0	24
Randy Rasmussen	1	1	12	0	25
Henry Childs	0	1	14	0	27

Tampa Bay	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Sid Smith	4	10	0	34	0	24
Ralph Neely	4	8	0	34	0	24
Charles Goodrum	2	7	1	31	0	23
Ed Newman	2	4	0	26	0	15
Sam Bycroft	2	4	0	16	0	15
Dave Foley	0	2	0	35	1	26
Booker Brown	0	1	0	6	0	5

Special Teams Tackles

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Chester Kuehl	2	18
Matt Muhammad	1	19
Billy Wilhide	1	16
Mike Strachan	1	8

Tampa Bay	Tackles	STPlays
Virgil Livers	2	5
Al Chandler	1	19
Gregg Bingham	1	18
Al Dodd	1	15
Barty Smith	1	14
Isaac Fulcher	1	9

Participation

New Orleans	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Tommy Myers	---	---	37	27	6	70
Billy Newsome	---	---	37	27	4	68
Joe Federspiel	---	---	35	26	6	67
Derland Moore	---	---	35	25	5	65
Archie Manning	20	44	---	---	---	64
Robbie Magana	---	---	34	24	5	63
Shawn Hollingsworth	---	---	33	23	5	61
Louis Wright	---	---	31	24	4	59
Alex Kirk	---	---	24	23	11	58
John Demarie	18	39	---	---	---	57
Sammy Everett	---	---	28	23	4	55
Clarence Hironaka	18	31	---	---	5	54
Stephen Johnstone	18	36	---	---	---	54
Cas Banaszek	15	35	---	---	3	53
Jim Kiick	15	28	---	---	7	50
Thurman Cowley	15	32	---	---	3	50
Larry Wilcox	12	31	---	---	5	48
Lenny Richard	---	---	22	20	6	48
Mike Strachan	12	27	---	---	8	47
Henry Childs	14	27	---	---	5	46
Bob Grim	9	30	---	---	5	44
Matt Muhammad	7	18	---	---	19	44
Ricardo Browning	---	---	20	20	4	44
Sam Cunningham	15	24	---	---	4	43
Randy Rasmussen	12	25	---	---	6	43
Tony Galloway	7	19	---	---	13	39
Tommy Nobis	---	---	20	9	7	36
Billy Wilhide	7	12	---	---	16	35
Jack Mildren	---	---	15	6	3	24
Bruce Rasmussen	2	13	---	---	6	21
Chester Kuehl	---	---	2	1	18	21
Harris Malinowski	---	---	12	6	2	20
Jermaine Maier	---	---	6	3	10	19
Richard Sims	2	3	---	---	13	18
J.B. Aarhus	2	9	---	---	6	17
Tracy Hanks	---	---	2	3	9	14
Carl Gersbach	---	---	2	1	10	13
Jim White	---	---	4	4	5	13
Marc LaBounty	0	1	---	---	12	13
Karl Lorch	---	---	5	1	1	7
Fulton Kuykendall	---	---	3	1	3	7
Mike Eischeid	0	0	---	---	5	5
Ross Robertson	0	0	---	---	5	5
John Hadl	0	0	---	---	1	1
Bobby Scott	0	0	---	---	---	0

Tampa Bay	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
John Saunders	---	---	18	40	15	73
Mel Renfro	---	---	19	42	11	72
Sid Smith	34	24	---	---	9	67
Dave Pureifory	---	---	19	43	3	65
Jim Stienke	---	---	19	44	2	65
Mark Arneson	---	---	19	43	2	64
Dave Foley	35	26	---	---	3	64
Chris Hanburger	---	---	20	43	1	64
Sonny Jurgensen	37	27	---	---	---	64
Jim Mitchell	35	24	---	---	5	64
Julius Adams	---	---	19	42	1	62
Bryan Breech	23	17	---	---	22	62
Elois Grooms	---	---	18	41	1	60
Burgess Owens	---	---	16	39	4	59
Ralph Neely	34	24	---	---	---	58
Everett Allen	---	---	14	36	8	58
Freddie Scott	27	20	---	---	8	55
Charles Goodrum	31	23	---	---	---	54
Al Dodd	22	15	---	---	15	52
Ed Newman	26	15	---	---	7	48
Wayne Mosley	23	15	---	---	7	45
John Mendenhall	---	---	16	22	6	44
Barty Smith	17	13	---	---	14	44
Sam Bycroft	16	15	---	---	9	40
Al Chandler	12	7	---	---	19	38
Barry Pearson	19	18	---	---	---	37
Bert Horn	---	---	3	20	3	26
Norm Doyle	3	3	---	---	15	21
Gregg Bingham	---	---	1	1	18	20
Booker Brown	6	5	---	---	9	20
Derek Check	---	---	5	7	3	15
Cal Withrow	3	3	---	---	8	14
Dallas Hickman	---	---	6	6	2	14
Isaac Fulcher	---	---	2	2	9	13
Ron Jessie	4	3	---	---	5	12
Jim Turner	0	0	---	---	11	11
Bob Rowe	---	---	3	5	1	9
Montrae Jones	0	0	---	---	9	9
Jim Turnbull	---	---	1	4	4	9
Donnie Shell	---	---	2	4	1	7
Virgil Livers	---	---	0	0	5	5
Kevin Calhoun	---	---	0	0	---	0
Malcolm Padavona	0	0	---	---	---	0
Quentin Vaughn	0	0	---	---	---	0
Will Cureton	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	17	3.4
Middle	10	53	5.3
Right	5	45	9.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	11	40	3.6
Middle	16	68	4.3
Right	9	38	4.2
None	1	-1	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Archie Manning	42	24	1	1	3	6	4	2	1

Tampa Bay	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Sonny Jurgensen	26	16	1	0	1	2	5	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	21	7.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	9	7	43	4.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	22	12	123	5.6
Long (19+ Yds)	8	2	51	6.4

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	3	23	5.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	8	6	52	6.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	7	95	8.6
Long (19+ Yds)	3	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Larry Wilcox	9	5	0	67	0	31
WR Bob Grim	8	2	2	18	0	30
RB Jim Kiick	5	4	0	58	1	28
WR Tony Galloway	5	1	0	8	0	19
TE Henry Childs	4	3	1	30	0	27
RB Mike Strachan	4	3	0	14	0	27
RB Sam Cunningham	3	3	0	18	0	24
TE Billy Wilhide	2	1	0	9	0	12
RB Matt Muhammad	1	1	0	12	0	18
WR Richard Sims	1	1	0	4	0	3

Tampa Bay	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Barry Pearson	8	4	0	44	1	18
TE Jim Mitchell	5	4	1	62	0	24
WR Freddie Scott	4	1	0	14	0	20
RB Bryan Breech	4	3	0	12	0	17
WR Al Dodd	3	2	0	23	0	15
RB Wayne Mosley	2	2	0	15	0	15

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Jim Kiick	1	7	7.00	6.54

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Wayne Mosley	4	10	2.50	3.75

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Archie Manning	4	3	31	7.75	5.67

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Sonny Jurgensen	5	2	9	1.80	6.54

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Henry Childs	1	1	10	10.00	7.50
WR Bob Grim	1	0	0	0.00	2.25
RB Jim Kiick	1	1	12	12.00	11.60
TE Billy Wilhide	1	1	9	9.00	4.50

Tampa Bay	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Barry Pearson	2	0	0	0.00	5.50
TE Jim Mitchell	1	1	8	8.00	12.40
WR Freddie Scott	1	0	0	0.00	3.50
RB Bryan Breech	1	1	1	1.00	3.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
Sam Cunningham	2	0
Jim Kiick	1	0

Tampa Bay	Rushes	Conversions
Barty Smith	3	2
Wayne Mosley	2	1
Bryan Breech	2	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Archie Manning	7	3	1

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Conversions
Sonny Jurgensen	7	4	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Larry Wilcox	3	2	1
WR Bob Grim	2	0	0
RB Jim Kiick	1	1	0
RB Mike Strachan	1	0	0

Tampa Bay	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Barry Pearson	3	1	1
RB Bryan Breech	2	1	0
TE Jim Mitchell	1	1	1
RB Wayne Mosley	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 65,500 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 20,100 (21,400)
End Zone 14,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,300 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 12,700 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,900 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,100 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	65,500 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	20,100 (21,400)
End Zone	14,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,300 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	12,700 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,900 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,100 (3,300)