| Played in New Orleans, LA, weather: 68 degrees, fair, 1 mph wind. |
| New Orleans won the toss and elected to receive. |
| Start of first quarter. |
| (1Q: 15:00) Allan Leavitt kicked off 61 yards from the NED30. Roger Carr returned the ball 15 yards to the NOS24. Tackled by Herman Edwards. |
| 1-10-NOS24 (1Q: 14:29) Bill Johnson ran around the left tackle for 11 yards. Tackled by ILB Jerry Blanton, assisted by OLB Dan Lloyd. The ball was fumbled and recovered by NED S Doug Greene for 16 yards to the NOS19. Tackled by Walt Arnold. |
| 1-10-NOS19 (1Q: 14:22) PENALTY: New England was called for a False Start. |
| 1-15-NOS24 (1Q: 14:16) Steve Bartkowski pass completed to WR Mike Wilson for 18 yards. Tackled by OLB Chip Banks. Wilson gained 6 yards after the catch. |
| 1-6-NOS06 (1Q: 13:34) Steve Bartkowski pass completed to RB Sweetness Payton for 6 yards and a TOUCHDOWN! Payton gained 7 yards after the catch. New England 6, New Orleans 0 |
| (1Q: 13:34) Extra point by Bucky Wallace was good. New England 7, New Orleans 0 |
| (1Q: 13:26) Allan Leavitt kicked off 71 yards from the NED30. Cleo Montgomery returned the ball 16 yards to the NOS15. Tackled by Sylvester Stamps. |
| 1-10-NOS15 (1Q: 12:56) PENALTY: New Orleans was called for a False Start. |
| 1-15-NOS10 (1Q: 12:48) Randall Cunningham pass completed to FB Billy Jackson for 3 yards. Tackled by ILB Jerry Blanton. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 2-12-NOS13 (1Q: 12:04) PENALTY: New Orleans was called for a False Start. |
| 2-17-NOS08 (1Q: 11:57) Randall Cunningham pass was blocked at the line, intended for WR Tony Woodruff. DE Jim Young blocked the pass. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 3-17-NOS08 (1Q: 11:51) Randall Cunningham pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Roger Carr. S Doug Greene defended the pass. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 4-17-NOS08 (1Q: 11:44) Mike Saxon punted 44 yards. Stanley Morgan returned the kick 10 yards to the NOS42. Tackled by Cleo Montgomery. |
| 1-10-NOS42 (1Q: 11:34) Tony Nathan ran inside the left guard for 2 yards. Tackled by ILB Cliff Odom. |
| 2-8-NOS40 (1Q: 11:00) Tony Nathan ran inside the left tackle for 3 yards. Tackled by OLB Chip Banks. |
| 3-5-NOS37 (1Q: 10:26) Tony Nathan ran around left end for 0 yards. Tackled by CB Jo Jo Heath. |
| 4-5-NOS37 (1Q: 09:47) Rick Engles punted 33 yards. The ball was downed at the NOS04. PENALTY: New Orleans was called for Offsides. |
| 1-10-NOS32 (1Q: 09:39) Walter Payton ran around right end for 7 yards. Tackled by DE Elvis Franks, assisted by S Carl Lews. Key block delivered by Duval Love. |
| 2-3-NOS25 (1Q: 08:55) Walter Payton ran inside the left guard for 3 yards. Tackled by DT Ray Yakavonis. Key block delivered by Larry Tearry. |
| 1-10-NOS22 (1Q: 08:20) Tony Nathan ran a draw inside the right guard for 1 yard. Tackled by DT Phil Murphy, assisted by OLB Chip Banks. The ball was fumbled and recovered by NOS S Greg Bright to the NOS21. |
| 1-10-NOS21 (1Q: 08:14) Bill Johnson ran outside the right tackle for 6 yards. Tackled by OLB Sam Hunt. Key block delivered by Jeff Dellenbach. |
| 2-4-NOS27 (1Q: 07:36) Randall Cunningham pass completed to WR Kris Haines for 12 yards. Tackled by CB Rufus Bess, assisted by S Mike Davis. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. |
| 1-10-NOS39 (1Q: 06:52) Bill Johnson ran around right end for 6 yards and was forced out of bounds. Tackled by S Mike Davis. Key block delivered by Jeff Dellenbach. |
| 2-4-NOS45 (1Q: 06:27) Randall Cunningham pass was dropped by WR Roger Carr. |
| 3-4-NOS45 (1Q: 06:21) PENALTY: New Orleans was called for a False Start. |
| 3-9-NOS40 (1Q: 06:14) Randall Cunningham pass was thrown incomplete, intended for WR Roger Carr. |
| 4-9-NOS40 (1Q: 06:05) Mike Saxon punted 28 yards. Stanley Morgan returned the kick 13 yards to the NED45. PENALTY: New England was called for Holding on the Punt Return. |
| 1-10-NED31 (1Q: 05:54) Bartman Bartkowski sacked by DT Stafford Mays for a loss of 6 yards. Sack allowed by Bill Story. |
| 2-16-NED25 (1Q: 05:16) Tony Nathan ran inside the left tackle for 10 yards. Tackled by CB Jo Jo Heath. |
| 3-6-NED35 (1Q: 04:36) Steve Bartkowski pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Mike Wilson. ILB Cliff Odom hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 4-6-NED35 (1Q: 04:30) Rick Engles punted 41 yards. Roger Carr returned the kick 3 yards to the NOS27. Tackled by Mark Murphy. |
| 1-10-NOS27 (1Q: 04:23) Bill Johnson ran around right end for 0 yards. Tackled by CB Herman Edwards, assisted by DT Pete Koch. |
| 2-10-NOS27 (1Q: 04:00) Larry Heater ran around the left tackle for 2 yards. Tackled by OLB Dan Lloyd. |
| 3-8-NOS29 (1Q: 03:33) Randall Cunningham pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Roger Carr. DE Jim Young hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. |
| 4-8-NOS29 (1Q: 03:27) Mike Saxon punted 44 yards. Stanley Morgan returned the kick 7 yards to the NED34. Tackled by Larry Heater. |
| 1-10-NED34 (1Q: 03:20) Tony Nathan ran inside the left tackle for 2 yards. Tackled by ILB Cliff Odom. |
| 2-8-NED36 (1Q: 02:54) Tony Nathan ran a counterplay inside the right tackle for 5 yards. Tackled by CB Gill Byrd, assisted by DE Mike Calhoun. |
| 3-3-NED41 (1Q: 02:22) Bartman Bartkowski pass fell incomplete, intended for TE Lin Dawson. CB Gill Byrd defended the pass. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 4-3-NED41 (1Q: 02:14) Rick Engles punted 39 yards. The ball was downed at the NOS20. |
| 1-10-NOS20 (1Q: 02:03) Larry Heater ran inside the left guard for -2 yards. Tackled by DE Bruce Clark. |
| 2-12-NOS18 (1Q: 01:22) PENALTY: New Orleans was called for a False Start. |
| 2-17-NOS13 (1Q: 01:14) Randall Cunningham pass completed to RB Bill Johnson for 3 yards. Tackled by CB Daryl Smith. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. |
| 3-14-NOS16 (1Q: 00:39) Randall Cunningham pass was dropped by TE Ethan Horton. |
| 4-14-NOS16 (1Q: 00:31) Mike Saxon punted 37 yards. Lynn Swann returned the kick 12 yards to the NOS41. Tackled by Don Greco. |
| 1-10-NOS41 (1Q: 00:20) Steve Bartkowski pass completed to TE Lin Dawson for 20 yards. Tackled by S Rod Kush. Dawson gained 12 yards after the catch. |
| Start of second quarter. |
| 1-10-NOS21 (2Q: 15:00) Walter Payton ran around the left tackle for 10 yards. Tackled by S Greg Bright, assisted by DE Mike Calhoun. Key block delivered by Bill Story. |
| 1-10-NOS11 (2Q: 14:28) Steve Bartkowski pass completed to RB Sweetness Payton for 4 yards. Tackled by OLB Lawrence Taylor. |
| 2-6-NOS07 (2Q: 13:57) Steve Bartkowski sacked by DE Doug McDougald for a loss of 5 yards. Sack allowed by Bill Story. |
| 3-11-NOS12 (2Q: 13:12) Steve Bartkowski pass completed to WR George Farmer for 12 yards and a TOUCHDOWN! The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. New England 13, New Orleans 0 |
| (2Q: 13:12) Extra point by Bucky Wallace was good. New England 14, New Orleans 0 |
| (2Q: 13:04) Allan Leavitt kicked off 79 yards from the NED30. Touchback. |
| 1-10-NOS20 (2Q: 13:04) Randall Cunningham scrambled for 6 yards. Tackled by CB Daryl Smith. |
| 2-4-NOS26 (2Q: 12:27) Bill Johnson ran inside the left tackle for 1 yard. Tackled by DT Ron Fernandes. |
| 3-3-NOS27 (2Q: 11:55) Randall Cunningham pass completed to RB Bill Johnson for 3 yards. Tackled by CB Louis Wright. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. |
| 1-10-NOS30 (2Q: 11:17) Randall Cunningham pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Carl Roaches. OLB Dan Lloyd hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 2-10-NOS30 (2Q: 11:10) Bill Johnson ran around left end for 4 yards. Tackled by CB Rufus Bess. |
| 3-6-NOS34 (2Q: 10:34) Randall Cunningham pass completed to WR Roger Carr for 5 yards. Tackled by OLB Dan Lloyd. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. |
| 4-1-NOS39 (2Q: 09:55) Mike Saxon punted 48 yards. Stanley Morgan returned the kick 11 yards to the NED24. Tackled by Emanuel King. |
| 1-10-NED24 (2Q: 09:48) Steve Bartkowski pass completed to TE Lin Dawson for 7 yards. The receiver went out of bounds. Tackled by OLB Fred Robinson. |
| 2-3-NED31 (2Q: 09:23) Tony Nathan ran outside the right tackle for 11 yards. Tackled by CB Gill Byrd, assisted by ILB Cliff Odom. Key block delivered by Revie Sorey. |
| 1-10-NED42 (2Q: 08:39) Walter Payton ran outside the right tackle for 5 yards. Tackled by DT Stafford Mays. Key block delivered by Larry Tearry. Tearry ran over Mike Calhoun to set up the play. |
| 2-5-NED47 (2Q: 07:57) Walter Payton ran around right end for 6 yards. Tackled by DE Elvis Franks, assisted by CB Issiac Holt. Key block delivered by Ron Solt. Solt ran over Phil Murphy to set up the play. |
| 1-10-NOS47 (2Q: 07:39) Tony Nathan ran inside the left guard for 4 yards. Tackled by OLB Chip Banks. |
| 2-6-NOS43 (2Q: 07:22) Steve Bartkowski pass completed to WR Lynn Swann for 14 yards. Tackled by CB Issiac Holt. The quarterback threw into double coverage. |
| 1-10-NOS29 (2Q: 07:04) Bartman Bartkowski pass completed to RB Tony Nathan for 25 yards. Tackled by ILB Cliff Odom. Nathan gained 10 yards after the catch. |
| 1-4-NOS04 (2Q: 06:48) Sweetness Payton ran around the left tackle for 3 yards. Tackled by CB Issiac Holt. |
| 2-1-NOS01 (2Q: 06:28) Tony Nathan ran inside the left tackle for 1 yard and a TOUCHDOWN! Key block delivered by Bill Story. New England 20, New Orleans 0 |
| (2Q: 06:28) Extra point by Bucky Wallace was good. New England 21, New Orleans 0 |
| (2Q: 06:22) Allan Leavitt kicked off 62 yards from the NED30. Cleo Montgomery returned the ball 18 yards to the NOS26. Tackled by Sylvester Stamps. |
| 1-10-NOS26 (2Q: 06:06) Bill Johnson ran around left end for 12 yards. Tackled by ILB John Anderson. Key block delivered by Rich Strenger. |
| 1-10-NOS38 (2Q: 05:38) Randall Cunningham pass completed to WR Roger Carr for 6 yards. Tackled by CB Herman Edwards, assisted by ILB John Anderson. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 2-4-NOS44 (2Q: 05:16) Randall Cunningham pass completed to WR Carl Roaches for 26 yards. Tackled by ILB Shane Nelson. |
| 1-10-NED30 (2Q: 04:54) Randall Cunningham pass completed to WR Roger Carr for 18 yards. The receiver went out of bounds. Tackled by S Doug Greene. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 1-10-NED12 (2Q: 04:32) Randall Cunningham pass fell incomplete, intended for TE Walt Arnold. DE Bruce Clark hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 2-10-NED12 (2Q: 04:23) Randall Cunningham pass completed to WR Carl Roaches for 3 yards. Tackled by CB Herman Edwards. |
| 3-7-NED09 (2Q: 04:07) Randall Cunningham pass completed to WR Roger Carr for 6 yards. The receiver went out of bounds. Tackled by S Fred Bohannon. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. |
| 4-1-NED03 (2Q: 03:50) Morten Andersen attempted a 20 yard field goal and succeeded. New England 21, New Orleans 3 |
| (2Q: 03:43) Morten Andersen kicked off 77 yards from the NOS30. Touchback. |
| 1-10-NED20 (2Q: 03:43) Tony Nathan ran outside the right tackle for 5 yards. Tackled by DT Ray Yakavonis. Key block delivered by Ron Solt. |
| 2-5-NED25 (2Q: 03:05) Tony Nathan ran around the left tackle for 3 yards. Tackled by DT Stafford Mays. |
| 3-2-NED28 (2Q: 02:26) Tony Nathan ran inside the left tackle for 14 yards. Tackled by DE Mike Calhoun. Key block delivered by Lin Dawson. |
| Official time out for the two-minute warning. |
| 1-10-NED42 (2Q: 02:00) Bartman Bartkowski pass completed to WR Benny Malone for 11 yards. Tackled by OLB Emanuel King. |
| 1-10-NOS47 (2Q: 01:44) Tony Nathan ran around right end for 6 yards. Tackled by DT Stafford Mays. Key block delivered by Larry Tearry. |
| 2-4-NOS41 (2Q: 01:27) Bartman Bartkowski pass completed to FB Stan Edwards for 8 yards. Tackled by CB Jo Jo Heath. Edwards gained 8 yards after the catch. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. PENALTY: New England was called for Offensive Holding. |
| 2-14-NED49 (2Q: 01:21) Tony Nathan ran around the left tackle for 7 yards. Tackled by S Greg Bright, assisted by S Carl Lews. |
| 3-7-NOS44 (2Q: 00:59) Bartman Bartkowski pass fell incomplete, intended for RB Tony Nathan. DT Phil Murphy hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. |
| 4-7-NOS44 (2Q: 00:55) Rick Engles punted 31 yards. Roger Carr called for a fair catch at the NOS13. |
| 1-10-NOS13 (2Q: 00:46) Randall Cunningham pass completed to WR Roger Carr for 4 yards. Tackled by S Mike Davis. Carr gained 4 yards after the catch. |
| 2-6-NOS17 (2Q: 00:14) Bill Johnson ran outside the right tackle for 12 yards. Tackled by DT Pete Koch. Key block delivered by Billy Lindstrom. |
| Start of third quarter. |
| (3Q: 15:00) Morten Andersen kicked off 77 yards from the NOS30. Touchback. |
| 1-10-NED20 (3Q: 15:00) Tony Nathan ran outside the right tackle for -2 yards. Tackled by S Rod Kush, assisted by CB Gill Byrd. New Orleans's Greg Bright was hurt on the play. This appears to be a minor ankle injury. He should be able to remain in the game. |
| 2-12-NED18 (3Q: 14:15) Stan Edwards ran around the left tackle for 17 yards. Tackled by S Carl Lews. Key block delivered by Bill Story. |
| 1-10-NED35 (3Q: 13:31) Tony Nathan ran around left end for 1 yard. Tackled by ILB Cliff Odom. |
| 2-9-NED36 (3Q: 12:49) Tony Nathan ran inside the left guard for 1 yard. Tackled by DE Mike Calhoun, assisted by ILB Cliff Odom. |
| 3-8-NED37 (3Q: 12:19) Steve Bartkowski pass was dropped by WR Lynn Swann. The quarterback threw into double coverage. |
| 4-8-NED37 (3Q: 12:11) Rick Engles punted 48 yards. Roger Carr returned the kick 6 yards to the NOS21. Tackled by Lynn Swann. |
| 1-10-NOS21 (3Q: 12:04) Bill Johnson ran inside the right guard for -1 yards. Tackled by DE Al Harris. |
| 2-11-NOS20 (3Q: 11:34) Randall Cunningham pass completed to WR Tony Woodruff for 5 yards. Tackled by CB Rufus Bess, assisted by CB Garcia Lane. |
| 3-6-NOS25 (3Q: 10:57) Randall Cunningham pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Tony Woodruff. CB Herman Edwards knocked the ball out of his grasp. |
| 4-6-NOS25 (3Q: 10:52) Mike Saxon punted 56 yards. Lynn Swann returned the kick 11 yards to the NED30. Tackled by Larry Heater. |
| 1-10-NED30 (3Q: 10:42) Steve Bartkowski scrambled for 2 yards. Tackled by S Rod Kush. |
| 2-8-NED32 (3Q: 10:06) Bartman Bartkowski pass completed to RB Tony Nathan for 9 yards. Tackled by CB Gill Byrd. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 1-10-NED41 (3Q: 09:18) Tony Nathan ran a counterplay inside the left tackle for 0 yards. Tackled by DE Doug McDougald. |
| 2-10-NED41 (3Q: 08:56) Bartman Bartkowski pass completed to WR Mike Wilson for 8 yards. Tackled by S Carl Lews. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. Wilson gained 3 yards after the catch. The quarterback threw into double coverage. |
| 3-2-NED49 (3Q: 08:23) Tony Nathan ran inside the left tackle for 1 yard. Tackled by ILB Cliff Odom, assisted by S Carl Lews. |
| 4-1-NOS50 (3Q: 07:47) Rick Engles punted 50 yards. Touchback. |
| 1-10-NOS20 (3Q: 07:41) Larry Heater ran around right end for 2 yards. Tackled by S Mike Davis. |
| 2-8-NOS22 (3Q: 07:05) Larry Heater ran around right end for 4 yards. Tackled by CB Rufus Bess. |
| 3-4-NOS26 (3Q: 06:30) Randall Cunningham pass completed to WR Tony Woodruff for 4 yards. Tackled by ILB Jerry Blanton. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 1-10-NOS30 (3Q: 05:49) Roger Carr ran around the left tackle for 2 yards. Tackled by S Mike Davis. |
| 2-8-NOS32 (3Q: 05:18) Bill Johnson ran outside the right tackle for 12 yards. Tackled by DE Al Harris. Key block delivered by Billy Jackson. |
| 1-10-NOS44 (3Q: 04:36) Randall Cunningham kept the ball, running inside the right tackle for 1 yard. Tackled by OLB Greg Gaines. DE Jim Young knocked down Jeff Dellenbach to break up the play. |
| 2-9-NOS45 (3Q: 04:00) Randall Cunningham pass completed to TE Ethan Horton for 1 yard. The receiver went out of bounds. Tackled by CB Rufus Bess. |
| 3-8-NOS46 (3Q: 03:32) Randall Cunningham pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Carl Roaches. DE Jim Young hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. |
| 4-8-NOS46 (3Q: 03:25) Mike Saxon punted 54 yards. Touchback. |
| 1-10-NED20 (3Q: 03:20) Steve Bartkowski pass completed to WR Lynn Swann for 5 yards. Tackled by ILB Cliff Odom, assisted by OLB Lawrence Taylor. Swann gained 4 yards after the catch. New Orleans's Lawrence Taylor was hurt on the play. |
| 2-5-NED25 (3Q: 02:47) Stan Edwards ran inside the right guard for 10 yards. Tackled by S Greg Bright, assisted by DT Ray Yakavonis. Key block delivered by Wade Griffin. |
| 1-10-NED35 (3Q: 02:17) Tony Nathan ran inside the right guard for 6 yards. Tackled by CB Issiac Holt, assisted by OLB Mel Kaufman. Key block delivered by Larry Tearry. |
| 2-4-NED41 (3Q: 01:35) Tony Nathan ran around the left tackle for 0 yards. Tackled by S Greg Bright, assisted by ILB Cliff Odom. |
| 3-4-NED41 (3Q: 01:09) Tony Nathan ran around right end for 3 yards. Tackled by CB Gill Byrd, assisted by OLB Mel Kaufman. |
| 4-1-NED44 (3Q: 00:38) Rick Engles punted 36 yards. Roger Carr returned the kick 6 yards to the NOS26. Tackled by Sylvester Stamps. |
| 1-10-NOS26 (3Q: 00:30) Randall Cunningham pass completed to WR Kris Haines for 15 yards. Tackled by ILB John Anderson. Haines gained 2 yards after the catch. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. New England's Garcia Lane was hurt on the play. |
| Start of fourth quarter. |
| 1-10-NOS41 (4Q: 15:00) Bill Johnson ran around the left tackle for 8 yards. Tackled by ILB Jerry Blanton. Key block delivered by Billy Lindstrom. |
| 2-2-NOS49 (4Q: 14:39) Larry Heater ran inside the left tackle for 2 yards. Tackled by DE Jim Young. Key block delivered by Edwin Bailey. |
| 1-10-NED49 (4Q: 14:00) Randall Cunningham scrambled for 10 yards. Tackled by S Mike Davis and assisted by CB Herman Edwards. PENALTY: New England was called for Defensive Holding. The penalty was declined. |
| 1-10-NED39 (4Q: 13:47) Bill Johnson ran inside the left tackle for 9 yards. Tackled by DE Al Harris, assisted by ILB John Anderson. Key block delivered by Jeff Dellenbach. |
| 2-1-NED30 (4Q: 13:12) Randall Cunningham pass completed to WR Roger Carr for 30 yards and a TOUCHDOWN! Carr gained 11 yards after the catch. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. New England 21, New Orleans 9 |
| (4Q: 13:12) Randall Cunningham passed to Kris Haines for the successful two-point conversion. New England 21, New Orleans 11 |
| (4Q: 12:55) Morten Andersen kicked off 76 yards from the NOS30. Touchback. |
| 1-10-NED20 (4Q: 12:55) PENALTY: New England was called for a False Start. |
| 1-15-NED15 (4Q: 12:51) Walter Payton ran around the left tackle for 4 yards. Tackled by CB Jo Jo Heath, assisted by DT Stafford Mays. |
| 2-11-NED19 (4Q: 12:16) Steve Bartkowski pass completed to WR Mike Wilson for 12 yards. Tackled by S Carl Lews. Wilson gained 7 yards after the catch. The quarterback threw into double coverage. |
| 1-10-NED31 (4Q: 11:31) Tony Nathan ran around right end for 0 yards. Tackled by DT Phil Murphy, assisted by OLB Emanuel King. |
| 2-10-NED31 (4Q: 10:50) Tony Nathan ran inside the left tackle for 4 yards. Tackled by ILB Cliff Odom, assisted by S Greg Bright. |
| 3-6-NED35 (4Q: 10:13) Bartman Bartkowski pass completed to WR Lynn Swann for 2 yards. Tackled by OLB Mel Kaufman. The quarterback threw into double coverage. |
| 4-4-NED37 (4Q: 09:29) Rick Engles punted 43 yards. Roger Carr returned the kick 6 yards to the NOS26. Tackled by Walter White. |
| 1-10-NOS26 (4Q: 09:20) Randall Cunningham pass was intended for WR Carl Roaches and was intercepted by ILB Shane Nelson at the NED41. The interception was returned 13 yards. Tackled by Bill Johnson. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 1-10-NOS46 (4Q: 09:12) Steve Bartkowski scrambled for 2 yards. Tackled by S Greg Bright. |
| 2-8-NOS44 (4Q: 08:36) Walter Payton ran around the left tackle for 3 yards. Tackled by ILB Cliff Odom, assisted by OLB Fred Robinson. |
| 3-5-NOS41 (4Q: 07:59) Steve Bartkowski pass completed to WR George Farmer for 12 yards. Tackled by OLB Mel Kaufman. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 1-10-NOS29 (4Q: 07:14) PENALTY: New England was called for a False Start. |
| 1-15-NOS34 (4Q: 07:07) Sweetness Payton ran around right end for 4 yards. Tackled by DT Stafford Mays, assisted by OLB Mel Kaufman. |
| 2-11-NOS30 (4Q: 06:23) Tony Nathan ran around right end for 5 yards. Tackled by S Rod Kush, assisted by DE Elvis Franks. |
| 3-6-NOS25 (4Q: 05:38) Tony Nathan ran around left end for 4 yards. Tackled by DE Mike Calhoun. |
| 4-2-NOS21 (4Q: 04:53) Bucky Wallace attempted a 38 yard field goal and succeeded. New England 24, New Orleans 11 |
| (4Q: 04:48) Allan Leavitt kicked off 76 yards from the NED30. Touchback. |
| 1-10-NOS20 (4Q: 04:48) Larry Heater ran inside the left tackle for 2 yards. Tackled by S Mark Murphy. The ball was fumbled and recovered by NOS Hubert Oliver to the NOS22. |
| 2-8-NOS22 (4Q: 04:22) Randall Cunningham pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Roger Carr. DT Ron Fernandes hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. |
| 3-8-NOS22 (4Q: 04:15) Randall Cunningham pass was dropped by WR Roger Carr. |
| 4-8-NOS22 (4Q: 04:08) Mike Saxon punted 42 yards. Stanley Morgan returned the kick 10 yards to the NED46. Tackled by Larry Heater. |
| 1-10-NED46 (4Q: 04:01) Tony Nathan ran around the left tackle for -1 yards. Tackled by ILB Cliff Odom. The defense looked extremely familiar with that play. |
| 2-11-NED45 (4Q: 03:14) Tony Nathan ran around the left tackle for 4 yards. Tackled by DT Stafford Mays, assisted by CB Issiac Holt. |
| 3-7-NED49 (4Q: 02:30) Walter Payton ran around the left tackle for 9 yards. Tackled by DE Doug McDougald. Key block delivered by Wade Griffin. |
| New Orleans called a time out. |
| 1-10-NOS42 (4Q: 02:22) Tony Nathan ran outside the right tackle for 3 yards. Tackled by DE Elvis Franks. |
| New Orleans called a time out. |
| 2-7-NOS39 (4Q: 02:12) Tony Nathan ran inside the left tackle for 2 yards. Tackled by ILB Cliff Odom, assisted by DT Phil Murphy. |
| New Orleans called a time out. |
| 3-5-NOS37 (4Q: 02:04) Walter Payton ran a draw inside the left guard for 7 yards. Tackled by ILB Cliff Odom, assisted by OLB Mel Kaufman. Key block delivered by Duval Love. |
| Official time out for the two-minute warning. |
| 1-10-NOS30 (4Q: 01:55) Sweetness Payton ran around right end for 4 yards. Tackled by ILB Cliff Odom, assisted by DE Elvis Franks. |
| 2-6-NOS26 (4Q: 01:11) Tony Nathan ran outside the right tackle for 1 yard. Tackled by OLB Fred Robinson. |
| 3-5-NOS25 (4Q: 00:23) Bartman Bartkowski dropped to one knee for -1 yards. |
| Final Score: New England Patriots 24, New Orleans Saints 11 |