| 1974 - Week 2 |
| New Orleans Saints at Los Angeles Rams |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| New Orleans Saints | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
| Los Angeles Rams | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Scoring Plays | Saints | Rams | ||
| 1st Quarter | ||||
| Saints | 10:25 | A.Manning 4 yd. run ( B.McClard Kick ) ( 6-40, 3:37 ) | 7 | 0 |
| Rams | 4:42 | L.McCutcheon 1 yd. run ( D.Ray Kick missed ) ( 10-89, 5:43 ) | 7 | 6 |
| 2nd Quarter | ||||
| Rams | 9:27 | D.Ray 44 yd. Field Goal ( 7-19, 3:46 ) | 7 | 9 |
| 4th Quarter | ||||
| Saints | 8:26 | H.Stevens 4 yd. run ( B.McClard Kick ) ( 12-68, 5:33 ) | 14 | 9 |
| Saints | 2:53 | B.McClard 35 yd. Field Goal ( 6-27, 2:39 ) | 17 | 9 |
| Drive Charts | |||||||||||
| Los Angeles Rams | New Orleans Saints | ||||||||||
| Start | Time | Drive | # of | Yards | Start | Time | Drive | # of | Yards | ||
| Time | Poss | Began | Plays | Gained | Result | Time | Poss | Began | Plays | Gained | Result |
| 15:00 | 0:58 | LARm 34 | 2 | 6 | Fumble | 14:02 | 3:37 | LARm 40 | 6 | 40 | Touchdown |
| 10:25 | 5:43 | LARm 11 | 11 | 89 | Touchdown | 4:42 | 2:43 | NO 10 | 6 | 17 | Punt |
| 1:59 | 1:46 | LARm 47 | 3 | 1 | Punt | 0:13 | 2:04 | NO 3 | 6 | 12 | Punt |
| 13:09 | 3:46 | NO 46 | 7 | 19 | Field Goal | 9:23 | 1:56 | NO 29 | 4 | 1 | Punt |
| 7:27 | 1:41 | LARm 40 | 3 | 5 | Punt | 5:46 | 1:40 | NO 21 | 3 | -5 | Punt |
| 4:06 | 1:02 | NO 49 | 3 | -1 | Punt | 3:04 | 1:11 | NO 16 | 3 | 9 | Punt |
| 1:53 | 1:13 | LARm 20 | 6 | 39 | Punt | 0:40 | 0:40 | NO 5 | 1 | 3 | End of Half |
| 12:10 | 1:44 | LARm 20 | 3 | 4 | Punt | 15:00 | 2:50 | NO 32 | 5 | 13 | Punt |
| 6:38 | 4:14 | LARm 4 | 7 | 16 | Punt | 10:26 | 3:48 | NO 25 | 6 | 20 | Punt |
| 0:43 | 1:44 | LARm 26 | 3 | 7 | Punt | 2:24 | 1:41 | NO 27 | 3 | 5 | Punt |
| 8:26 | 0:08 | 0 | 0 | Fumble | 13:59 | 5:33 | NO 32 | 12 | 68 | Touchdown | |
| 5:57 | 0:29 | LARm 29 | 2 | 16 | Fumble | 8:18 | 2:21 | LARm 28 | 3 | -1 | Missed FG |
| 2:49 | 1:29 | LARm 15 | 7 | 30 | Downs | 5:28 | 2:39 | LARm 45 | 6 | 27 | Field Goal |
| 1:20 | 1:20 | LARm 45 | 2 | 14 | End of Reg. | ||||||
| 25:57 | LARm 19 | 57 | 231 | 34:03 | NO 32 | 66 | 223 | ||||
| Time of Possession by Quarter | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Total |
| New Orleans Saints | 6:33 | 7:18 | 8:19 | 11:53 | 34:03 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | 8:27 | 7:42 | 6:41 | 3:07 | 25:57 |
| Team Statistics | Saints | Rams |
| Total Points | 17 | 9 |
| 1st Downs | 16 | 12 |
| Rushing | 8 | 4 |
| Passing | 7 | 6 |
| Penalty | 1 | 2 |
| 3rd-Down Conversions | 6-16 | 2-12 |
| 4th-Down Conversions | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| Penalties-Yards | 3-22 | 2-10 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 1-0 | 5-3 |
| Time Of Pos. | 34:03 | 25:57 |
| Total Net Yards | 217 | 216 |
| Total Plays | 66 | 57 |
| Average Gain | 3.3 | 3.8 |
| Net Yards Rushing | 111 | 73 |
| Rushes | 40 | 28 |
| Avg. Per Rush | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| Net Yards Passing | 106 | 143 |
| Completions | 14 | 12 |
| Attempts | 23 | 24 |
| Completion % | 60.9 | 50.0 |
| Yards Per Completion | 9.0 | 14.9 |
| Sacks | 3 | 5 |
| Had Intercepted | 0 | 0 |
| Touchdowns | 2 | 1 |
| Rushing | 2 | 1 |
| Passing | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 0 | 0 |
| Extra Points | 2-2 | 0-1 |
| Field Goals | 1-2 | 1-1 |
| New Orleans Saints | Los Angeles Rams | ||||||||||||||||||
| Passing | Att | Cmp | Yds | Sk | Yds | TD | LG | IN | RT | Passing | Att | Cmp | Yds | Sk | Yds | TD | LG | IN | RT |
| Archie Manning | 23 | 14 | 126 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 76 | John Hadl | 24 | 12 | 179 | 5 | 36 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 75 |
| Totals | 23 | 14 | 126 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 76 | Totals | 24 | 12 | 179 | 5 | 36 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 75 |
| Rushing | Att | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | Rushing | Att | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
| Alvin Maxson | 15 | 37 | 2.5 | 14 | 0 | Lawrence McCutcheon | 16 | 54 | 3.4 | 12 | 1 |
| Jess Phillips | 11 | 7 | 0.6 | 4 | 0 | John Cappelletti | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 3 | 0 |
| Jack Degrenier | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 | Tony Baker | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Rod McNeill | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 | Jim Bertelsen | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Howard Stevens | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 8 | 1 | John Hadl | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Archie Manning | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 18 | 1 | ||||||
| Bill E. Butler | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 40 | 111 | 2.8 | 18 | 2 | Totals | 28 | 73 | 2.6 | 15 | 1 |
| Receiving | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | Receiving | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
| Joel Parker | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 | Lawrence McCutcheon | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Alvin Maxson | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 9 | 0 | Jack Snow | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Paul Seal | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 22 | 0 | Lance Rentzel | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Bob Newland | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 16 | 0 | Harold Jackson | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Bob Klein | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 14 | 126 | 9.0 | 22 | 0 | Totals | 12 | 179 | 14.9 | 31 | 0 |
| Punting | No | Yds | Avg | TB | In 20 | LG | Punting | No | Yds | Avg | TB | In 20 | LG |
| Tom Blanchard | 8 | 379 | 47.4 | 1 | 1 | 64 | Dave Chapple | 7 | 304 | 43.4 | 0 | 3 | 53 |
| Totals | 8 | 379 | 47.4 | 1 | 1 | 64 | Totals | 7 | 304 | 43.4 | 0 | 3 | 53 |
| Kicking | FGA | FGM | LG | XPA | XPM | Kicking | FGA | FGM | LG | XPA | XPM |
| Bill McClard | 2 | 1 | 35 | 2 | 2 | David Ray | 1 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 2 | 1 | 35 | 2 | 2 | Totals | 1 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 0 |
| Punt Returns | No | Yds | Avg | FC | LG | TD | Punt Returns | No | Yds | Avg | FC | LG | TD |
| Howard Stevens | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | Cullen Bryant | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| Dave Elmendorf | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Totals | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | Totals | 6 | 52 | 8.7 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| Kickoff Returns | No | Yds | Avg | LG | TD | Kickoff Returns | No | Yds | Avg | LG | TD |
| Howard Stevens | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 20 | 0 | Cullen Bryant | 4 | 79 | 19.8 | 28 | 0 |
| Jess Phillips | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 29 | 0 | Totals | 4 | 79 | 19.8 | 28 | 0 |
| Interceptions | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | Interceptions | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | Totals |
| Sacks | No | Yds | Avg | Sacks | No | Yds | Avg |
| Rick Middleton | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | Bill H. Nelson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 |
| Elex Price | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | Jim Youngblood | 1 | 8 | 8.0 |
| Derland Moore | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | Charles Stukes | 1 | 7 | 7.0 |
| Jim Merlo | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | ||||
| Totals | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | Totals | 3 | 20 | 6.7 |
| Fumbles | No | Lost | Rec | Yds | TD | Fumbles | No | Lost | Rec | Yds | TD |
| Archie Manning | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cullen Bryant | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Moore | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Lawrence McCutcheon | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Fuller | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Lance Rentzel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Didion | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | Isiah Robertson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Jim Merlo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | Totals | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 |