San Diego 36, New Orleans 22

10-16-94


San Diego 14 13 6 3--36 New Orleans 0 7 7 8--22

First Quarter

SD--Means 16 run (Carney kick), 5:56. Drive: 55 yards, 8 plays.
Key plays: Means 7 run; Means 9 run.
San Diego 7, New Orleans 0.

SD--Means 8 run (Carney kick), 14:37. Drive: 72 yards, 8 plays.
Key plays: Humphries 31 pass to Young; Humphries 15 pass to Martin.
San Diego 14, New Orleans 0.

Second Quarter

SD--FG Carney 49, 3:05. Drive: 24 yards, 5 plays.
Key plays: Humphries 18 pass to Jefferson.
San Diego 17, New Orleans 0.

SD--Means 1 run (Carney kick), 4:14. Drive: 28 yards, 2 plays.
Key plays: Hendrickson fumble recovery at Saints' 28; 21-yard pass interefence penalty on C.Lee.
San Diego 24, New Orleans 0.

NO--Early 18 pass from Everett (Andersen kick), 6:50. Drive 80 yards, 5 plays.
Key plays: 8-yard and 27-yard pass interference penalties on Harper; Everett 12 pass to Haynes.
San Diego 24, New Orleans 7.

SD--FG Carney 31, 14:00. Drive 78 yards, 15 plays.
Key plays: Harmon 15 run; Humphries 13 pass to Martin; Humphries 10 pass to Means.
San Diego 27, New Orleans 7.

Third Quarter

SD--FG Carney 29, 1:14. Drive: 42 yards, 5 plays.
Key plays: Coleman 48 kickoff return; 41-yard pass interference penalty on Lee.
San Diego 30, New Orleans 7.

NO--Smith 1 pass from Everett (Andersen kick), 4:35. Drive: 75 yards, 7 plays.
Key plays: Haynes 15 run; D.Brown 16 run; Everett 25 pass to Small.
San Diego 30, New Orleans 14.

SD--FG Carney 29, 12:29. Drive: 60 yards, 15 plays.
Key plays: Humphries 16 pass to Pupunu; Humphries 10 pass to Harmon.
San Diego 33, New Orleans 14.

Fourth Quarter

NO--Neal 1 run (Walls pass from Everett), 5:21. Drive: 84 yards, 11 plays.
Key plays: Brown 15 run; Everett 13 pass to Early.
San Diego 33, New Orleans 22.

SD--FG Carney 28, 11:21. Drive: 2 yards, 4 plays.
Key plays: Gordon recovery of Brown fumble and 13 return to Saints 12.
San Diego 36, New Orleans 22.

A--50,565. No-shows--5,830.

                    	   SD       NO
FIRST DOWNS          	   25       24
 Rushing             	   13        9
 Passing             	   10       10
 Penalty             	    2        5
THIRD DOWN EFF       	 7-14      1-7
FOURTH DOWN EFF      	  0-0      0-1
TOTAL NET YARDS      	  378      280
 Total Plays         	   70       56
 Avg Gain            	  5.4      5.0
NET YARDS RUSHING    	  198      104
 Rushes              	   40       18
 Avg per rush        	  5.0      5.8
NET YARDS PASSING    	  180      176
 Completed-Att.      	17-29    24-35
 Yards-Pass Play     	  6.0      4.6
 Sacked-Yds lost     	  1-6     3-30
 Had Intercepted     	    0        0
PUNTS-Avg.           	 2-44     3-45
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE 	  111      197
 Punts Returns       	  2-8      1-1
 Kickoffs Returns    	4-103    8-196
 Interceptions       	  0-0      0-0
PENALTIES-Yds        	 8-92     4-77
FUMBLES-Lost         	  0-0      2-2
TIME OF POSSESSION   	34:06    25:54

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

San Diego--Means 26-120, Bieniemy 8-53, Harmon 4-27, Humphries 2-(minus 2).
New Orleans--Brown 13-81, Haynes 1-15, Early 1-8, Neal 3-0.

PASSING

San Diego--Humphries 17-29-0-186.
New Orleans--Everett 24-35-0-206.

RECEIVING

San Diego--T.Martin 5-51, Harmon 4-34, Young 3-41, Jefferson 2-30, Pupunu 2-20, Means 1-10.
New Orleans--Haynes 7-51, Early 6-58, Brown 5-29, Small 3-48, Walls 2-19, Smith 1-1.

TACKLES-ASSISTS-SACKS

San Diego--Seau 11-2-0, Richard 5-2-0, Gordon 5-0-0, Vanhorse 5-0-0, Carrington 4-2-0, Harper 4-1-0, Bush 4-0-0, Mims 3-0-2, O'Neal 2-1-0, Griggs 2-0-0, Young 2-0-0, S.Lee 1-0-1, Carney 1-0-0, Coleman 1-0-0, Harrison 1-0-0, Gibson 0-1-0.

New Orleans--Mills 7-4-0, Buck 6-1-0, Williams 6-1-0, Johnson 6-0-0, Tubbs 5-1-0, Hughes 5-0-0, Lumpkin 4-3-0, C.Lee 4-1-0, W.Martin 3-1-1, Henderson 2-0-0, Spencer 2-0-0, Turnbull 2-0-0, Connor 1-1-0, Dixon 1-0-0, Warren 1-0-0, McCleskey 1-0-0, Ned 1-0-0, Winston 1-0-0, Miller 0-1-0.

INTERCEPTIONS

None.

MISSED FIELD GOALS

New Orleans--Andersen 54, 38.


OFFICIALS--Referee Howard Roe, Ump Ron Botchan, HL Terry Gierke, LJ Tom Barnes, BJ George Coleman, SJ Doug Toole, FJ Ed Merrifield.

Time: 2:57.