Week 3, 1989

played in New Orleans, LA

69 degrees, fair, 1 mph wind

Detroit Lions	10	7	3	0	-	20
New Orleans Saints	7	0	0	7	-	14

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:12 NOS - Ernest Givins 22 pass from Randall Cunningham (Morten Andersen extra point)
1Q: 07:04 DET - Uwe Von Schamann 48 field goal
1Q: 01:28 DET - Quinn Early 1 pass from Doug Flutie (Uwe Von Schamann extra point)
2Q: 04:24 DET - Crash Davis 12 run (Uwe Von Schamann extra point)
3Q: 02:55 DET - Uwe Von Schamann 56 field goal
4Q: 07:42 NOS - Ernest Givins 7 pass from Randall Cunningham (Morten Andersen extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:12 NOS - Ernest Givins 22 pass from Randall Cunningham (Morten Andersen extra point)
1Q: 07:04 DET - Uwe Von Schamann 48 field goal
1Q: 01:28 DET - Quinn Early 1 pass from Doug Flutie (Uwe Von Schamann extra point)
2Q: 04:24 DET - Crash Davis 12 run (Uwe Von Schamann extra point)
3Q: 02:55 DET - Uwe Von Schamann 56 field goal
4Q: 07:42 NOS - Ernest Givins 7 pass from Randall Cunningham (Morten Andersen extra point)

Team Statistics DET NOS
Record 2-1 2-1
First Downs 20 14
- by Rushing 12 5
- by Passing 6 9
- by Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 349 255
- Offensive Plays 67 57
- Yards per Play 5.21 4.47
Net Rushing Yards 232 98
- Rushing Attempts 45 21
- Yards per Rush 5.16 4.67
Net Passing Yards 117 157
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 19 - 11 - 1 36 - 20 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 134 157
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/17 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 5.32 4.36
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 4/14 4/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.6 8.2
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/2
Penalties/Yards 4/30 6/35
Punt Returns/Yards 1/6 2/12
Kick Returns/Yards 1/19 4/65
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/0 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 37
Time of Possession 35:08 24:52

Team Statistics	DET	NOS
Record	2-1	2-1
First Downs	20	14
- by Rushing	12	5
- by Passing	6	9
- by Penalty	2	0
Total Net Yards	349	255
- Offensive Plays	67	57
- Yards per Play	5.21	4.47
Net Rushing Yards	232	98
- Rushing Attempts	45	21
- Yards per Rush	5.16	4.67
Net Passing Yards	117	157
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	19 - 11 - 1	36 - 20 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	134	157
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/17	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	5.32	4.36
Fumbles/Lost	2/1	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	4/14	4/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.6	8.2
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/2
Penalties/Yards	4/30	6/35
Punt Returns/Yards	1/6	2/12
Kick Returns/Yards	1/19	4/65
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/0	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 28	OWN 37
Time of Possession	35:08	24:52

Drive Charts

Detroit Lions
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:59	4:02	OWN 19	8	50	Field Goal
1	3:15	1:56	OWN 7	4	93	Touchdown
2	14:43	4:33	OWN 42	10	46	Interception
2	6:58	2:40	OPP 32	5	32	Touchdown
2	2:04	2:04	OWN 18	5	30	Half
3	15:00	5:42	OWN 20	10	40	Missed FG
3	6:47	3:57	OWN 39	7	22	Field Goal
4	15:00	3:20	OWN 20	6	12	Punt
4	9:37	1:14	OWN 21	3	2	Fumble
4	7:35	2:24	OWN 20	3	-3	Punt
4	2:25	0:40	OWN 5	3	8	Punt
4	1:16	1:16	OPP 39	3	2	Game

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:01	OWN 27	7	73	Touchdown
1	6:57	3:42	OWN 23	6	26	Punt
1	1:19	1:36	OWN 22	3	0	Punt
2	10:10	3:12	OWN 20	5	16	Punt
2	4:18	2:14	OWN 20	8	31	Punt
3	9:18	2:31	OWN 47	4	21	Missed FG
3	2:50	2:50	OWN 29	6	13	Punt
4	11:40	2:03	OWN 38	3	8	Punt
4	8:23	0:48	OPP 12	2	12	Touchdown
4	5:11	2:46	50	9	45	Downs
4	1:45	0:29	OWN 49	4	-10	Downs

Game MVP: Crash Davis, Detroit Lions

Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Crash Davis	27	145	5.37	67	2	1
Billy Sims	14	84	6.00	13	3	0
Doug Flutie	2	3	1.50	4	0	0
Ron Wolfley	1	-2	-2.00	-2	0	0
Marion Butts	1	2	2.00	2	0	0

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Bill Johnson	13	57	4.38	14	3
Ottis Anderson	5	13	2.60	6	0
Randall Cunningham	2	22	11.00	16	1
Craig Heyward	1	6	6.00	6	0

Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Doug Flutie	19	11	134	3/17	1	35	1	75.3

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Randall Cunningham	36	20	157	0/0	2	22	0	85.0

Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Wesley Walls	4	4	56	14.00	25	23	0
WR Carlos Carson	2	3	44	22.00	7	35	0
WR Phil McConkey	2	5	16	8.00	0	18	0
TE Mike Mularkey	1	2	9	9.00	11	9	0
WR Quinn Early	1	1	1	1.00	0	1	1
RB Crash Davis	1	2	8	8.00	0	8	0
WR Darren Flutie	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Ernest Givins	8	12	68	8.50	12	22	2
TE Ethan Horton	7	11	66	9.43	24	20	0
WR Rick Parros	3	4	18	6.00	1	11	0
RB Bill Johnson	1	2	-1	-1.00	0	-1	0
WR Buster Rhymes	1	5	6	6.00	1	6	0
WR Odessa Turner	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Detroit	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB Lawrence Taylor	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Detroit	Fumb	Recov
Phil McConkey	1	0
Doug Flutie	1	0
Tom Newberry	0	1

New Orleans	Recov	Force
Carl Lews	1	0
Gill Byrd	0	1
Curt Jarvis	0	1

Punting Statistics

Detroit	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Russell Erxleben	3	113	37.7	33.7	47	0

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Mike Saxon	6	208	34.7	30.3	58	2

Kicking Statistics

Detroit	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Uwe Von Schamann	2/3	2/3	1/2	56	2/2

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Morten Andersen	0/1	0/1	0/0	0	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Phil McConkey	1	6	6.0	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ottis Anderson	2	12	6.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ronnie Lott	1	19	19.0	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ottis Anderson	3	47	15.7	0
Greg Bright	1	18	18.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Detroit	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Chris Spielman	8	1	0.0	19	27
S Ronnie Lott	6	0	0.0	21	35
S Fred Marion	4	5	0.0	19	32
S Tom Flynn	3	3	0.0	14	26
CB Ron Francis	3	1	0.0	14	20
DE Jacob Green	3	0	0.0	12	23
OLB Duane Bickett	2	4	0.0	21	28
CB Duane Galloway	2	2	0.0	17	27
CB Bobby Butler	2	1	0.0	15	29
ILB Niko Noga	1	1	0.0	2	9
DE Bruce Clark	1	0	0.0	9	13
OLB Jeff Rohrer	1	0	0.0	6	12
DT Jerome Sally	1	0	0.0	12	19
DT Brian Sochia	1	0	0.0	17	27
WR Phil McConkey	1	0	---	---	---
QB Doug Flutie	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Tim Cofield	1	0	0.0	5	10
DE Jason Buck	0	1	0.0	13	19

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Chip Banks	6	2	0.0	32	14
DE Kevin Fagan	5	0	2.0	29	17
OLB Lawrence Taylor	5	4	0.0	25	9
DE Pierce Holt	5	2	0.0	36	18
CB Gill Byrd	5	1	0.0	32	15
ILB Cliff Odom	4	4	0.0	42	19
S Greg Bright	4	3	0.0	30	17
DT Andrew Provence	4	1	0.0	30	12
DT Curt Jarvis	3	2	1.0	27	13
DE Ron Holmes	3	0	0.0	33	16
S Marcus Paul	2	2	0.0	41	20
CB Issiac Holt	2	0	0.0	25	14
CB Lorenzo Lynch	2	0	0.0	33	12
OLB Wes Pritchett	2	0	0.0	11	6
S Greg Jackson	2	0	0.0	18	12
ILB Kurt Gouveia	1	0	0.0	3	3
S Carl Lews	0	2	0.0	23	13
DE Tony Colorito	0	1	0.0	23	10

Pass Rush Statistics

Detroit	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Brian Sochia	2	1	1	27
DE Randy Edwards	0	3	2	17
DE Jacob Green	0	2	1	23
DE Jason Buck	0	1	0	19

New Orleans	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Kevin Fagan	2.0	2	0	1	17
DT Curt Jarvis	1.0	0	1	0	13
DE Pierce Holt	0.0	1	0	0	18
DE Ron Holmes	0.0	0	1	0	16

Pass Defense Statistics

Detroit	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Fred Marion	4	2	32
S Tom Flynn	3	1	26
S Ronnie Lott	3	0	35
CB Ron Francis	3	0	20
CB Duane Galloway	2	0	27
ILB Chris Spielman	2	0	27
DE Jacob Green	1	0	23
CB Bobby Butler	1	0	29
ILB Niko Noga	1	0	9

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Gill Byrd	2	0	0	15
OLB Wes Pritchett	2	0	0	6
S Greg Jackson	2	0	0	12
ILB Cliff Odom	1	1	0	19
S Greg Bright	1	0	0	17
OLB Chip Banks	1	0	0	14
CB Issiac Holt	1	0	0	14
CB Lorenzo Lynch	1	0	0	12
OLB Lawrence Taylor	0	0	1	9

Blocking Statistics

Detroit	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Guy McIntyre	4	5	1	45	0	22
Ron Wolfley	3	5	1	18	0	6
Paul Jetton	2	10	0	45	0	22
Randy Grimes	2	8	0	45	1	22
Cody Risien	2	6	0	30	1	17
Anthony Munoz	2	4	0	42	1	20
Tim Spencer	1	2	0	22	0	9
Tom Newberry	1	2	0	18	0	7
Wesley Walls	1	1	0	31	0	12

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
Rick Donnalley	2	5	1	18	34
Ed Simmons	2	2	0	18	24
Jeff Dellenbach	1	3	0	19	29
David Jones	1	1	0	3	2
Ethan Horton	1	1	0	16	28
Craig Heyward	0	2	0	12	21
Todd Kalis	0	2	0	5	14
Keith Slough	0	2	0	18	27
Tony Jones	0	1	0	19	34
Jimmie Johnson	0	1	0	9	5

Special Teams Tackles

Detroit	Tackles	STPlays
Kurt Cobain	2	21
Tom Flynn	2	9
Phil McConkey	1	13
Tim Spencer	1	4

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Hubert Oliver	1	12
Emanuel King	1	9

Participation

Detroit	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Randy Grimes	45	22	---	---	6	73
Paul Jetton	45	22	---	---	6	73
Anthony Munoz	42	20	---	---	6	68
Guy McIntyre	45	22	---	---	---	67
Doug Flutie	45	22	---	---	---	67
Ronnie Lott	---	---	21	35	9	65
Cody Risien	30	17	---	---	6	53
Fred Marion	---	---	19	32	1	52
Phil McConkey	24	14	---	---	13	51
Duane Bickett	---	---	21	28	1	50
Ron Francis	---	---	14	20	16	50
Tom Flynn	---	---	14	26	9	49
Chris Spielman	---	---	19	27	3	49
Duane Galloway	---	---	17	27	3	47
Crash Davis	28	18	---	---	---	46
Bobby Butler	---	---	15	29	1	45
Brian Sochia	---	---	17	27	1	45
Wesley Walls	31	12	---	---	---	43
Billy Sims	16	4	---	---	20	40
Carlos Carson	23	14	---	---	---	37
Mike Mularkey	20	11	---	---	6	37
Jacob Green	---	---	12	23	1	36
Darren Flutie	22	14	---	---	---	36
Tim Spencer	22	9	---	---	4	35
Jason Buck	---	---	13	19	3	35
Ron Wolfley	18	6	---	---	10	34
Jerome Sally	---	---	12	19	1	32
Tom Newberry	18	7	---	---	6	31
Kurt Cobain	---	---	0	8	21	29
Randy Edwards	---	---	8	17	3	28
Bruce Clark	---	---	9	13	4	26
Jeff Rohrer	---	---	6	12	8	26
Emanuel Weaver	---	---	7	15	2	24
Ozzie Newsome	8	1	---	---	14	23
Quinn Early	8	4	---	---	7	19
Don Beebe	4	3	---	---	12	19
Tim Cofield	---	---	5	10	---	15
Niko Noga	---	---	2	9	1	12
Matt Millen	---	---	0	0	11	11
Uwe Von Schamann	0	0	---	---	8	8
Gary Marangi	0	0	---	---	3	3
Russell Erxleben	0	0	---	---	3	3
Marion Butts	1	0	---	---	2	3
Ron Hall	0	0	---	---	---	0
Rick Strom	0	0	---	---	---	0
Michele Akers	0	0	---	---	---	0

New Orleans	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Cliff Odom	---	---	42	19	6	67
Marcus Paul	---	---	41	20	5	66
Ethan Horton	16	28	---	---	15	59
Greg Bright	---	---	30	17	10	57
Randall Cunningham	21	36	---	---	---	57
Pierce Holt	---	---	36	18	3	57
Rick Donnalley	18	34	---	---	3	55
Ron Holmes	---	---	33	16	5	54
Gill Byrd	---	---	32	15	6	53
Jeff Dellenbach	19	29	---	---	5	53
Tony Jones	19	34	---	---	---	53
Keith Slough	18	27	---	---	6	51
Ernest Givins	18	32	---	---	---	50
Kevin Fagan	---	---	29	17	2	48
Chip Banks	---	---	32	14	1	47
Lorenzo Lynch	---	---	33	12	2	47
Carl Lews	---	---	23	13	10	46
Greg Jackson	---	---	18	12	15	45
Lawrence Taylor	---	---	25	9	9	43
Andrew Provence	---	---	30	12	---	42
Issiac Holt	---	---	25	14	3	42
Curt Jarvis	---	---	27	13	2	42
Ed Simmons	18	24	---	---	---	42
Ottis Anderson	7	17	---	---	17	41
Craig Heyward	12	21	---	---	7	40
Bill Johnson	14	19	---	---	4	37
Tony Colorito	---	---	23	10	1	34
Buster Rhymes	10	22	---	---	1	33
Mike Kelley	5	16	---	---	5	26
Todd Kalis	5	14	---	---	7	26
Wes Pritchett	---	---	11	6	9	26
Odessa Turner	8	16	---	---	---	24
Hubert Oliver	4	6	---	---	12	22
Rick Parros	6	13	---	---	1	20
Jimmie Johnson	9	5	---	---	4	18
Kenny Jackson	1	1	---	---	10	12
David Jones	3	2	---	---	7	12
Danny Pittman	0	0	---	---	9	9
Emanuel King	---	---	0	0	9	9
Fred Robinson	---	---	2	2	4	8
Kurt Gouveia	---	---	3	3	2	8
Mike Saxon	0	0	---	---	6	6
Morten Andersen	0	0	---	---	4	4
Eric Wilson	---	---	0	0	3	3
Mike Howard	0	0	---	---	1	1
Steve Fuller	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	12	59	4.9
Middle	20	73	3.7
Right	12	101	8.4
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	22	4.4
Middle	8	33	4.1
Right	8	43	5.4
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Doug Flutie	19	11	2	1	0	1	2	1	1

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Randall Cunningham	36	20	2	1	3	3	7	4	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	3	12	3.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	6	6	69	11.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	3	0	0	0.0
Long (19+ Yds)	6	2	53	8.8

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	18	13	69	3.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	14	7	88	6.3
Long (19+ Yds)	4	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Phil McConkey	5	2	16	0	14
TE Wesley Walls	4	4	56	1	12
WR Carlos Carson	3	2	44	1	14
TE Mike Mularkey	2	1	9	0	11
WR Darren Flutie	2	0	0	0	14
RB Crash Davis	2	1	8	0	18
WR Quinn Early	1	1	1	0	4

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Ernest Givins	12	8	0	68	1	32
TE Ethan Horton	11	7	1	66	1	28
WR Buster Rhymes	5	1	0	6	0	22
WR Rick Parros	4	3	1	18	0	13
RB Bill Johnson	2	1	0	-1	0	19
WR Odessa Turner	2	0	1	0	0	16

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Crash Davis	4	21	5.25	5.37

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Bill Johnson	1	6	6.00	4.38

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Doug Flutie	2	1	1	0.50	7.05

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Randall Cunningham	5	3	11	2.20	4.36

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Quinn Early	1	1	1	1.00	1.00
WR Darren Flutie	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Ethan Horton	2	1	5	2.50	6.00
RB Bill Johnson	1	1	-1	-1.00	-0.50
WR Ernest Givins	1	1	7	7.00	5.67
WR Odessa Turner	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Rushes	Conversions
Crash Davis	2	2
Billy Sims	1	0
Doug Flutie	1	0
Marion Butts	1	1

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
Bill Johnson	3	3
Ottis Anderson	1	0
Randall Cunningham	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Conversions
Doug Flutie	8	3	1

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Randall Cunningham	8	4	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Phil McConkey	3	2	0
WR Carlos Carson	2	1	1
WR Darren Flutie	2	0	0
RB Crash Davis	1	0	0

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Buster Rhymes	4	1	0
TE Ethan Horton	2	2	1
RB Bill Johnson	1	1	0
WR Ernest Givins	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 42,300 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 13,600 (21,400)
End Zone 8,900 (15,400)
Mezzanine 5,100 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 8,000 (13,600)
Club Seats 4,900 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 1,800 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	42,300 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	13,600 (21,400)
End Zone	8,900 (15,400)
Mezzanine	5,100 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	8,000 (13,600)
Club Seats	4,900 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	1,800 (3,300)