Week 3, 1979

played in St. Louis, MO

70 degrees, fair, 1 mph wind

New Orleans Saints	0	0	7	0	-	7
St. Louis Cardinals	3	0	0	0	-	3

Scoring Summary
1Q: 05:42 STL - Toni Linhart 32 field goal
3Q: 08:52 NOS - Terdell Middleton 23 run (Dave Jacobs extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 05:42 STL - Toni Linhart 32 field goal
3Q: 08:52 NOS - Terdell Middleton 23 run (Dave Jacobs extra point)

Team Statistics NOS STL
Record 1-2 0-3
First Downs 18 13
- by Rushing 5 3
- by Passing 12 10
- by Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 301 244
- Offensive Plays 60 58
- Yards per Play 5.02 4.21
Net Rushing Yards 118 97
- Rushing Attempts 31 25
- Yards per Rush 3.81 3.88
Net Passing Yards 183 147
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 29 - 20 - 1 33 - 20 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 183 147
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 6.31 4.45
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 5/13 6/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 4.5 6.2
4th Down Conversions 1/1 0/1
Penalties/Yards 5/25 5/32
Punt Returns/Yards 2/12 2/24
Kick Returns/Yards 2/42 1/33
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/4
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/0 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 22
Time of Possession 30:15 29:45

Team Statistics	NOS	STL
Record	1-2	0-3
First Downs	18	13
- by Rushing	5	3
- by Passing	12	10
- by Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yards	301	244
- Offensive Plays	60	58
- Yards per Play	5.02	4.21
Net Rushing Yards	118	97
- Rushing Attempts	31	25
- Yards per Rush	3.81	3.88
Net Passing Yards	183	147
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	29 - 20 - 1	33 - 20 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	183	147
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	6.31	4.45
Fumbles/Lost	2/1	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	5/13	6/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	4.5	6.2
4th Down Conversions	1/1	0/1
Penalties/Yards	5/25	5/32
Punt Returns/Yards	2/12	2/24
Kick Returns/Yards	2/42	1/33
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/4
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/0	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 25	OWN 22
Time of Possession	30:15	29:45

Drive Charts

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:40	1:08	OWN 20	3	1	Punt
1	5:37	4:31	OWN 30	7	50	Fumble
1	0:13	1:50	OWN 36	4	18	Punt
2	9:49	1:31	OWN 16	3	9	Punt
2	6:54	5:05	OWN 17	12	66	Interception
2	0:23	0:23	OWN 36	2	5	Half
3	15:00	6:26	OWN 22	11	78	Touchdown
3	4:00	2:49	OWN 20	6	25	Punt
4	9:38	4:07	OWN 20	6	19	Punt
4	2:13	2:13	OWN 35	6	15	Punt

St. Louis Cardinals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:20	OWN 41	5	20	Punt
1	10:32	4:55	OPP 42	9	27	Field Goal
1	1:06	0:53	OWN 20	3	3	Punt
2	13:23	3:34	OWN 4	7	39	Punt
2	8:18	1:24	OWN 30	3	7	Punt
2	1:49	1:26	OWN 17	3	7	Punt
3	8:34	4:34	OWN 15	8	27	Punt
3	1:11	6:33	OWN 7	11	47	Punt
4	5:31	3:18	OWN 10	9	55	Downs

Game MVP: Terdell Middleton, New Orleans Saints

Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Terdell Middleton	15	67	4.47	23	1	1
James Mayberry	8	27	3.38	7	0	0
Cleveland Franklin	4	16	4.00	8	0	0
Walter Landers	3	9	3.00	4	0	0
Don Horn	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0	0

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Ed Jenkins	15	63	4.20	9	0	0
Roland Hooks	10	34	3.40	13	2	0

Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Don Horn	29	20	183	0/0	0	25	1	71.5

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Joe Montana	33	20	147	0/0	0	22	0	71.1

Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Al Walker	4	4	37	9.25	5	13
TE Henry Childs	3	4	19	6.33	11	12
WR Patrick Schulz	3	6	36	12.00	4	18
WR Larry Wilcox	3	4	20	6.67	4	10
FB Cleveland Franklin	2	2	32	16.00	23	25
RB James Mayberry	2	3	11	5.50	4	6
TE John McMakin	1	1	10	10.00	0	10
RB Terdell Middleton	1	2	8	8.00	2	8
WR Mike Renfro	1	3	10	10.00	0	10

St. Louis	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Freddie Scott	4	6	53	13.25	26	21
RB Roland Hooks	4	5	6	1.50	1	7
WR Alfred Jenkins	4	7	24	6.00	2	7
TE Brooks Williams	2	2	11	5.50	0	8
WR Roy Green	2	3	18	9.00	0	12
TE Al Chandler	1	2	2	2.00	0	2
RB Ed Jenkins	1	1	9	9.00	5	9
WR Benny Malone	1	6	22	22.00	17	22
WR Melvin Wilber	1	1	2	2.00	0	2

Interception Statistics

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

St. Louis	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Terry Schmidt	1	4	4.00	0

Fumble Statistics

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force
Cleveland Franklin	1	0	0
James Mayberry	1	0	0
Steve Wilson	0	1	0
Bo McConnell	0	0	1

St. Louis	Fumb	Recov	Force
Ed Jenkins	1	0	0
Ray Brown	0	1	0
Dennis Lick	0	1	0
Stan Lewis	0	0	1
Richard Wood	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Dan Melville	6	268	44.7	40.7	51	4

St. Louis	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Bucky Dilts	7	323	46.1	35.9	58	2

Kicking Statistics

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Dave Jacobs	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	1/1

St. Louis	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Toni Linhart	1/1	0/0	0/0	32	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Mike Haynes	2	12	6.0	0

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Roland Hooks	2	24	12.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Al Walker	2	42	21.0	0

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Benny Malone	1	33	33.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Brent Sexton	6	3	0.0	19	28
ILB Joe Federspiel	6	0	0.0	19	26
S Tommy Myers	5	3	0.0	24	33
S Mike Haynes	4	2	0.0	24	31
ILB Kim Bokamper	4	1	0.0	16	18
CB Bo McConnell	4	0	0.0	13	24
DE Bill Stanfill	3	1	0.0	21	25
DE Greg Foggie	2	0	0.0	20	22
CB Louis Wright	2	0	0.0	21	25
OLB Pete Wysocki	2	0	0.0	12	13
CB Van Terry	1	3	0.0	17	26
DT Doug Sutherland	1	2	0.0	13	20
DE Al Cowlings	1	1	0.0	9	8
DE Derek Check	1	1	0.0	13	20
ILB Rick Kay	1	0	0.0	6	7
DE Tody Smith	1	0	0.0	21	28
WR Patrick Schulz	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Larry Keller	1	0	0.0	2	3

St. Louis	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Mark Cooney	8	1	26	24
S Ray Brown	7	0	25	19
CB Terry Schmidt	5	1	24	23
CB Roger Wehrli	3	1	21	22
OLB Bob Breunig	3	1	12	11
DT Gary Johnson	3	1	13	13
S Marvin Switzer	3	0	12	10
OLB Dave Lewis	2	2	23	18
S John Sanders	2	1	20	23
DE Kenyon Hill	2	1	14	15
DE Ed McAleney	2	1	13	8
ILB Richard Wood	2	0	5	5
CB Hugh Rodgers	1	3	18	22
DE Ron Rydalich	1	1	20	21
OLB Sedrick Gourdoux	1	1	6	6
OLB Marv Kellum	1	0	5	2
CB Seth Bullock	1	0	14	11
DE Stan Lewis	1	0	18	21
S Tony Peters	1	0	7	12
DT Kent Kremer	0	2	23	14

Pass Rush Statistics

New Orleans	Hurry	PPlay
ILB Joe Federspiel	3	26
DT Doug Sutherland	1	20
CB Louis Wright	1	25

St. Louis	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Stan Lewis	0.0	1	0	0	21
DE Ron Rydalich	0.0	0	2	0	21

Pass Defense Statistics

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
ILB Joe Federspiel	4	0	26
S Brent Sexton	4	0	28
CB Bo McConnell	3	0	24
S Tommy Myers	2	1	33
S Mike Haynes	2	1	31
OLB Pete Wysocki	2	0	13
CB Van Terry	1	2	26
ILB Rick Kay	1	0	7
ILB Kim Bokamper	1	0	18
DE Al Cowlings	0	1	8

St. Louis	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Terry Schmidt	3	0	1	23
OLB Bob Breunig	3	0	0	11
S Ray Brown	2	0	0	19
S Marvin Switzer	2	0	0	10
S John Sanders	1	3	0	23
OLB Dave Lewis	1	1	0	18
ILB Mark Cooney	1	0	0	24
OLB Marv Kellum	1	0	0	2
CB Roger Wehrli	1	0	0	22
DE Kenyon Hill	1	0	0	15
CB Hugh Rodgers	1	0	0	22
CB Seth Bullock	1	0	0	11
OLB Sedrick Gourdoux	1	0	0	6
S Tony Peters	1	0	0	12

Blocking Statistics

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Frank Austin	3	6	22	25
Steve Wilson	2	7	22	26
Bob Brooks	2	5	25	25
Mark Nordquist	1	5	27	21
Will Grant	1	1	4	8
Rocky Freitas	0	2	6	4
Henry Childs	0	1	23	24
Babe Morgan	0	1	24	19
Stephen Johnstone	0	1	7	10
Cleveland Franklin	0	1	22	15

St. Louis	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
Larry McCarren	4	6	1	20	29
Dennis Lick	2	4	0	24	26
Ron Coder	1	3	0	5	9
David Carter	1	3	0	13	15
George Kunz	0	4	0	20	24
Dan Dierdorf	0	3	0	22	29
Ron Mikolajczyk	0	2	0	17	22

Special Teams Tackles

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Cleveland Franklin	1	15
Al Walker	1	8
James Mayberry	1	5

St. Louis	Tackles	STPlays
Roland Hooks	2	17
Roosevelt Leaks	1	17
Terry Schmidt	1	4

Participation

New Orleans	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Tommy Myers	---	---	24	33	8	65
Mike Haynes	---	---	24	31	8	63
Don Horn	31	29	---	---	---	60
Bo McConnell	---	---	13	24	19	56
Bill Stanfill	---	---	21	25	6	52
Cleveland Franklin	22	15	---	---	15	52
Mark Nordquist	27	21	---	---	3	51
Tody Smith	---	---	21	28	2	51
Henry Childs	23	24	---	---	3	50
Bob Brooks	25	25	---	---	---	50
Steve Wilson	22	26	---	---	---	48
Frank Austin	22	25	---	---	---	47
Van Terry	---	---	17	26	4	47
Brent Sexton	---	---	19	28	---	47
Louis Wright	---	---	21	25	1	47
Joe Federspiel	---	---	19	26	1	46
Babe Morgan	24	19	---	---	---	43
Greg Foggie	---	---	20	22	1	43
Derek Check	---	---	13	20	8	41
Larry Wilcox	21	20	---	---	---	41
Al Walker	16	16	---	---	8	40
Patrick Schulz	17	17	---	---	3	37
Mike Renfro	13	14	---	---	10	37
Kim Bokamper	---	---	16	18	1	35
Doug Sutherland	---	---	13	20	1	34
Terdell Middleton	19	13	---	---	2	34
Tom Dinkel	---	---	5	6	22	33
James Mayberry	12	16	---	---	5	33
Walter Landers	6	6	---	---	15	27
Pete Wysocki	---	---	12	13	---	25
Stephen Johnstone	7	10	---	---	6	23
John McMakin	6	4	---	---	10	20
Billy Bryan	9	3	---	---	6	18
Will Grant	4	8	---	---	6	18
Al Cowlings	---	---	9	8	---	17
Rick Kay	---	---	6	7	4	17
Rocky Freitas	6	4	---	---	6	16
Sam Claphan	9	4	---	---	3	16
Larry Keller	---	---	2	3	3	8
Dan Melville	0	0	---	---	6	6
Dave Jacobs	0	0	---	---	2	2
Tom Wittum	0	0	---	---	---	0
Charles Swift	0	0	---	---	---	0
Guy Benjamin	0	0	---	---	---	0

St. Louis	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Joe Montana	25	33	---	---	---	58
Larry McCarren	20	29	---	---	5	54
Mark Cooney	---	---	26	24	2	52
Dan Dierdorf	22	29	---	---	---	51
Terry Schmidt	---	---	24	23	4	51
Dennis Lick	24	26	---	---	---	50
Roland Hooks	10	20	---	---	17	47
Roy Green	17	20	---	---	10	47
Ray Brown	---	---	25	19	2	46
Alfred Jenkins	21	24	---	---	---	45
Roosevelt Leaks	14	14	---	---	17	45
George Kunz	20	24	---	---	---	44
John Sanders	---	---	20	23	1	44
Freddie Scott	16	26	---	---	2	44
John Grant	---	---	22	19	2	43
Ron Mikolajczyk	17	22	---	---	4	43
Roger Wehrli	---	---	21	22	---	43
Dave Lewis	---	---	23	18	1	42
Ron Rydalich	---	---	20	21	---	41
Hugh Rodgers	---	---	18	22	---	40
Stan Lewis	---	---	18	21	1	40
Kent Kremer	---	---	23	14	---	37
Brooks Williams	10	13	---	---	11	34
Al Chandler	13	12	---	---	7	32
Seth Bullock	---	---	14	11	7	32
Ed Jenkins	15	8	---	---	6	29
Kenyon Hill	---	---	14	15	---	29
Gary Johnson	---	---	13	13	3	29
David Carter	13	15	---	---	1	29
Benny Malone	6	16	---	---	5	27
Bob Breunig	---	---	12	11	4	27
Ed McAleney	---	---	13	8	6	27
Tony Peters	---	---	7	12	7	26
Sedrick Gourdoux	---	---	6	6	13	25
Billy Taylor	2	5	---	---	16	23
Ron Coder	5	9	---	---	8	22
Marvin Switzer	---	---	12	10	---	22
Jim Pietrzak	1	7	---	---	8	16
Aaron Meyer	3	4	---	---	8	15
Richard Wood	---	---	5	5	4	14
Marv Kellum	---	---	5	2	4	11
Melvin Wilber	1	7	---	---	1	9
Bucky Dilts	0	0	---	---	8	8
Toni Linhart	0	0	---	---	3	3
Brandon Hermeling	0	0	---	---	---	0
Matt Robinson	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	32	3.2
Middle	12	69	5.8
Right	8	18	2.3
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	9	33	3.7
Middle	13	55	4.2
Right	3	9	3.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Don Horn	29	20	1	1	0	4	2	0	1

St. Louis	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Joe Montana	33	20	2	2	1	5	5	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	8	5	46	5.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	10	73	6.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	5	64	9.1
Long (19+ Yds)	2	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	3	2	0.4
Short (0-8 Yds)	18	12	94	5.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	4	32	3.6
Long (19+ Yds)	1	1	19	19.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Patrick Schulz	6	3	36	0	17
TE Henry Childs	4	3	19	0	24
WR Larry Wilcox	4	3	20	0	20
WR Al Walker	4	4	37	0	16
WR Mike Renfro	3	1	10	0	14
RB James Mayberry	3	2	11	0	16
FB Cleveland Franklin	2	2	32	1	15
RB Terdell Middleton	2	1	8	0	13
TE John McMakin	1	1	10	0	4

St. Louis	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Alfred Jenkins	7	4	0	24	0	24
WR Benny Malone	6	1	0	22	1	16
WR Freddie Scott	6	4	0	53	1	26
RB Roland Hooks	5	4	1	6	0	20
WR Roy Green	3	2	0	18	0	20
TE Al Chandler	2	1	0	2	0	12
TE Brooks Williams	2	2	0	11	0	13
RB Ed Jenkins	1	1	0	9	0	8
WR Melvin Wilber	1	1	0	2	0	7

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Ed Jenkins	1	4	4.00	4.20

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Don Horn	2	0	0	0.00	6.31

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Joe Montana	2	1	0	0.00	4.45

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Henry Childs	1	0	0	0.00	4.75
WR Patrick Schulz	1	0	0	0.00	6.00

St. Louis	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Roland Hooks	2	1	0	0.00	1.20

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
James Mayberry	3	1
Don Horn	1	0
Terdell Middleton	1	1

St. Louis	Rushes	Conversions
Roland Hooks	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Don Horn	8	5	3

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Conversions
Joe Montana	14	9	6

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Patrick Schulz	2	1	1
RB James Mayberry	2	1	0
TE Henry Childs	1	1	1
WR Larry Wilcox	1	1	0
WR Al Walker	1	1	1
WR Mike Renfro	1	0	0

St. Louis	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Freddie Scott	3	2	1
RB Roland Hooks	3	2	1
WR Benny Malone	2	0	0
WR Alfred Jenkins	2	2	1
WR Roy Green	2	1	1
TE Al Chandler	1	1	1
TE Brooks Williams	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 52,700 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 17,100 (21,400)
End Zone 10,900 (15,400)
Mezzanine 6,400 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 9,300 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,200 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,800 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	52,700 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	17,100 (21,400)
End Zone	10,900 (15,400)
Mezzanine	6,400 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	9,300 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,200 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,800 (3,300)