1979 New Orleans (6-3) 7 3 0 7 17 1979 Washington (6-3) 7 3 3 7 20 1 8:46 New Orleans TD Galbreath 11 run (Yepremian) (7-66-3:22) 7-0 1 4:12 Washington TD Theismann 27 pass to Buggs (Moseley) (7-80-4:29) 7-7 2 12:46 Washington FG Moseley 40 (8-28-4:15) 7-10 2 2:23 New Orleans FG Yepremian 19 (10-78-5:38) 10-10 3 6:05 Washington FG Moseley 36 (9-26-4:44) 10-13 4 12:44 New Orleans TD Galbreath 8 run (Yepremian) (8-45-3:59) 17-13 4 6:48 Washington TD Theismann 19 pass to Thompson (Moseley) (11-71-5:43) 17-20 NO Was First Downs 16 17 Rushes 30-155 38-128 Passes 22-10-178 26-16-194 Sacked 0-0 1-8 Fumble 2 2 Penalties 5-47 2-15 Turnovers 4 1 Time 25:20 34:40 Third Down 5-10 8-15 Fourth Down 0-0 1-2 Net Offense 333 314 Injuries: Houston(Was-2)-hamstring, Felton(NO-2)-neck, *Mauti-knee(NO-1) < New Orleans > < Washington > Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Manning 22 10 178 0 2 3 0 34.1 Theismann 26 16 194 1 1 0 2 110.1 Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Galbreath 9 69 7.7 3 3 27 2 Riggins 22 69 3.1 3 0 8 0 Muncie 10 48 4.8 2 2 13 0 Malone 14 45 3.2 2 1 10 0 Strachan 10 28 2.8 1 0 6 0 Theismann 2 14 7.0 1 1 11 0 Manning 1 10 10.0 1 1 10 0 38 128 3.4 6 2 11 0 30 155 5.2 7 6 27 2 Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Childs 3 0 64 21.3 3 1 37 0 Riggins 4 2 33 8.3 1 0 14 0 Chandler 2 0 30 15.0 2 0 18 0 McDaniel 3 0 39 13.0 3 0 14 0 Muncie 2 1 15 7.5 1 0 8 0 Thompson 3 0 55 18.3 2 0 19 1 Galbreath 1 0 3 3.0 0 0 3 0 Buggs 3 0 47 15.7 3 1 27 1 Owens 1 0 8 8.0 1 0 8 0 Malone 2 0 14 7.0 1 0 8 0 Mauti 1 0 58 58.0 1 1 58 0 Warren 1 0 6 6.0 0 0 6 0 Strachan 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Fumbles No Rec TD Fumbles No Rec TD Muncie 1 0 0 Thompson 1 0 0 Strachan 1 0 0 Riggins 1 0 0 Dobler 0 1 0 Butz 0 1 0 Gray 0 1 0 Kuziel 0 1 0 Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Wilson 4 74 18.5 25 0 Hammond 4 77 19.3 27 0 Mauti 1 15 15.0 15 0 Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Mauti 1 0 1 1.0 1 0 Hammond 1 1 -5 -5.0 0 0 Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Yepremian 1-2 19 2-2 5 Moseley 2-2 40 2-2 8 Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Partridge 2 81 40.5 0 0 0 42 Bragg 3 110 36.7 1 0 0 53 Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Myers 10 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 Lorch 7 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Federspiel 6 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Parrish 6 0 1 0 0 0 2-24 Hughes 6 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Peters 5 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 Moore 6 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Olkewicz 5 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 Chapman 6 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Butz 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Reese 5 1 0 0 1 0 0-0 Bacon 3 0 1 0 3 1 0-0 Fultz 5 0 1 1 0 1 0-0 Coleman 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Felton 5 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 Smith 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Grooms 2 0 0 0 3 0 0-0 Murphy 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Schwartz 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Dusek 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Price 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Lavender 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Ray 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Talbert 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Mathis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Brooks 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Pietrzak 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Milot 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Bennett 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Fritsch 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 McGill 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Hover 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Harris 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Jones 0 0 0 0 1 0 0-0
Play-By-Play Play-By-Play 1st Quarter KO 14:55 Was Hammond ret of 20 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own27 14:16 Was Malone 5 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 sZ Key-Riggins 2 5 own32 13:33 Was Theisma-Buggs 11 Bas S-Hitch 4-3 tM Run-Riggins 1 10 own43 12:54 Was Riggins 1 Bas Trap-L 4-3 Z Key-Riggins 2 9 own44 12:20 Was Theisma-Riggins 6 Bas S-Hitch 4-2 Z Basic 3 3 50 12:14 Was Theisma-Riggins X Bas S-Hitch/sec 4-3 Z Pass 4 3 50 12:08 Was Bragg 16,Mauti 0 --- Pt-side --- Return 1 10 own34 11:27 NO Galbreath 2 Bas Draw 4-3 Z Basic 2 8 own36 11:18 NO Galbreath 0 Bas Pitch-L 4-3 Z Basic 3 8 own36 10:43 NO Manning-Chandler 12 3W1 S-Slant 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 own48 9:47 NO Galbreath 12 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 opp40 9:08 NO Galbreath 2 Bas Dive 4-3 Z Basic 2 8 opp38 8:57 NO Galbreath 27 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 opp11 8:46 NO Galbreath 11/TD Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 sZ Basic 7-0 KO 8:41 Was Hammond ret of 13 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 8:05 Was Theisma-McDaniel 13 Bas M-Hitch 4-3 M Pass 1 10 own33 7:12 Was Theisma-Malone 6 Bas M-Cross/sec 4-3 tM Key-Malone 2 4 own39 6:31 Was Riggins 3 Bas Trap-L 4-3 Z Run 3 1 own42 5:29 Was Theismann 11 Bas S-Hitch 4-3 M Key-Malone 1 10 opp47 5:20 Was Malone 3 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 M Run 2 7 opp44 4:37 Was Riggins 2 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 M Pass 3 5 opp42 4:25 Was NO Pen15(Hughes) 3W1 M-Hitch 3-3 M Pass-Dbl-Thompson 1 10 opp27 4:12 Was Theisma-Buggs 27/TD Bas L-Slant 4-3 Z Basic 7-7 KO 3:59 NO Wilson ret of 25 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own32 3:20 NO Galbreath 4 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 Z Basic 2 6 own36 2:44 NO Manning 10 Bas B-Fly 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 own46 2:09 NO Galbreath 3 Bas Dive 4-3 Z Basic 2 7 own49 2:01 NO Muncie 2/F Bas Dive 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 own49 1:18 Was Riggins 5 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 tM Dbl-Buggs 2 5 opp46 0:42 Was Malone 5 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 M Basic 1 10 opp41 0:03 Was Riggins 2 Bas Trap-L 4-3 Z Run 2 8 opp39 0:00 Was Malone 6 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 sZ Key-Riggins 2nd Quarter 3 2 opp33 14:07 Was Riggins 2 Bas Trap-L 4-3 tM Run 1 10 opp31 13:32 Was Theisma-Warren 6 Bas L-Slant/sec 4-3 Z Basic 2 4 opp25 12:54 Was Malone 2 Bas Trap-L 4-3 sZ Basic 3 2 opp23 12:46 Was Theisma-Warren X Bas S-Hitch/sec 4-3 M Pass/C 4 2 opp23 12:41 Was FG Moseley 40/G --- FG --- Block 7-10 KO 12:36 NO Wilson ret of 18 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own25 12:29 NO Manning-Childs X Bas M-Hitch 4-3 Z Basic 2 10 own25 11:57 NO Manning-Galbreat 3 Bas Screen 4-3 Z Basic 3 7 own28 11:46 NO Manning-Chandler X 3W1 B-Post 4-3 Z Basic 4 7 own28 11:43 NO Partridge 42,Hammond --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own25 11:00 Was Malone 2 Bas Trap-L 4-3 Z Key-Malone/Li 2 8 own27 10:18 Was Riggins 4 Bas Trap-L 4-3 sZ Key-Riggins 3 4 own31 9:40 Was Theisma-Malone 8 Bas S-Hitch/sec 4-3 M Pass 1 10 own39 9:00 Was Malone 3 Bas Trap-L 4-3 Z Basic 2 7 own42 8:16 Was Riggins 5 Bas Trap-L 4-3 Z Key-Malone 3 2 own47 8:08 Was Theisma-Riggins X Bas S-Hitch/sec 4-3 Z Run/Li 4 2 own47 8:01 Was Bragg 53,Mauti 0 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 7:45 NO Manning-Childs 37 Bas L-Out 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 opp43 7:08 NO Strachan 2 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 Z Basic 2 8 opp41 6:30 NO Strachan 4 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Basic 3 4 opp37 5:49 NO Strachan 6 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 sZiBasic 1 10 opp31 5:08 NO Strachan 1 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 Z Basic 2 9 opp30 5:04 NO Manning-Childs X Bas S-Cross 4-3 Z Basic 3 9 opp30 4:15 NO Manning-Chandler 18 3W2 M-Hitch 3-2 Z Basic 1 10 opp12 3:38 NO Muncie 3 Bas Dive 4-3 Z Basic 2 7 opp9 2:59 NO Muncie 6 Bas Dive 4-3 Z Basic 3 1 opp3 2:23 NO Strachan 1/F 3W2 Overtop 4-3 tM Goalline 4 0 opp2 2:20 NO FG Yepremian 19/G --- FG --- Block 10-10 KO 2:15 Was Hammond ret of 17 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own22 2:00 Was Theisma-Riggins 8 Bas M-Hitch/sec 4-2 Z Basic 2 2 own30 1:38 Was Theisma-McDaniel 14 Bas M-Hitch 4-2 sZ Basic 1 10 own44 1:33 Was Theisma-Riggins 5 Bas M-Hitch/sec 4-2 Z Basic 2 5 own49 1:27 Was Theisma-Riggins X 3W1 M-Hitch/sec 3-3 Z Basic 3 5 own49 1:16 Was Theisma-Thompson 17/ 3W1 M-Hitch 3-3 M Pass-Dbl-Buggs 1 10 own34 1:11 NO Manning-Muncie 8 3W2 M-Out/HO/sec 3-2 Z Basic 2 2 own42 1:11 NO Pen5(Dobler) 3W2 M-Out/HO 3-2 Z Basic 2 7 own37 1:02 NO NO Pen15(Woods) 3W2 Dive/HO 3-2 Z Basic 2 22 own22 0:57 NO Manning-Chandler X 3W2 M-Out/HO 3-2 Z Basic 3 22 own22 0:50 NO Manning-Owens X 3W2 L-Out/HO 3-2 Z Basic 4 22 own22 0:43 NO Partridge 39,Hammond --- Pt-deep --- Block 1 10 own39 0:08 Was Riggins 5 Bas Trap-L 4-2 M Basic 2 5 own44 0:00 Was Theisma-Warren X Bas B-Post/sec 4-2 M Pass/Ll 3rd Quarter KO 14:54 NO Mauti ret of 15 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own15 14:18 NO Muncie 3 Bas Pitch-L 4-3 Z Basic 2 7 own18 13:43 NO Manning-Muncie 7 Bas M-Cross/sec 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 own25 13:08 NO Muncie 2 Bas FakeReverse 4-3 Z Basic 2 8 own27 12:32 NO Manning-Childs 16 Bas M-Cross 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 own43 11:42 NO Strachan 3 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Basic 2 7 own46 11:01 NO Strachan 2 Bas Draw 4-3 Z Basic 3 5 own48 10:49 NO Manning-INT-Parrish 3W1 S-Cross 4-2 sZiBasic 1 10 opp45 10:08 Was Malone 0 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 Z Key-Riggins 2 10 opp45 9:14 Was Riggins 2 Bas Trap-L 3-3 Z Pass 3 8 opp43 8:22 Was Theisma-McDaniel 12 Bas M-Hitch 4-2 Z Pass 1 10 opp31 7:43 Was Malone 2 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 sZ Run 2 8 opp29 7:03 Was Riggins 2 Bas Trap-L 4-3 Z Run 3 6 opp27 6:27 Was Theisma-Buggs 9 Bas M-Hitch 3-3 M Pass 1 10 opp18 6:21 Was Theisma-McDaniel X Bas M-Slant 4-3 M Dbl-Buggs 2 10 opp18 6:11 Was Malone -1 Bas Sweep-L 4-2 tM Basic/Bz1 3 11 opp19 6:05 Was Theisma-Warren X 3W1 M-Slant/sec 3-3 lM Pass 4 11 opp19 6:02 Was FG Moseley 36/G --- FG --- Block 10-13 KO 5:52 NO Wilson ret of 16 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own26 5:00 NO Manning-Mauti 58 Bas B-Fly 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 opp16 4:20 NO Strachan 3 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 Z Basic 2 7 opp13 4:12 NO Manning-Chandler X Bas M-Hitch 4-3 Z Basic 3 7 opp13 4:05 NO Manning-Strachan X 3W1 Screen 3-2 sZ Basic 4 7 opp13 4:00 NO FG Yepremian 30/M --- FG --- Block 1 10 own20 3:18 Was Malone 0 Bas Trap-L 4-3 M Run 2 10 own20 3:11 Was Was Pen10(Malone) Bas S-Hitch/sec 4-3 Z Basic 2 20 own10 2:30 Was Riggins 3 3W1 Draw 3-3 lM Pass/Bz1 3 17 own13 1:50 Was Sk-Reese -8 3W1 M-Hitch 3-3 M Pass 4 25 own5 1:43 Was Bragg 41,Mauti 1 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 opp45 1:04 NO Strachan 3 Bas Dive 4-3 Z Basic 2 7 opp42 0:17 NO Manning-Owens 8 Bas S-Cross 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 opp34 0:00 NO Strachan 3 Bas Dive 4-3 Z Basic 4th Quarter 2 7 opp31 14:55 NO Manning-Childs X Bas M-Cross 4-3 Z Basic 3 7 opp31 14:16 NO Manning-Childs 11 3W1 S-Slant 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 opp20 13:34 NO Muncie 1 Bas Trap-L 4-3 Z Basic 2 9 opp19 12:51 NO Muncie 11 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 Z Basic 1 8 opp8 12:44 NO Galbreath 8/TD Bas Sweep-R 4-3 tM Basic 17-13 KO 12:31 Was Hammond ret of 27 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own29 11:40 Was Riggins 5 3W1 Draw 3-3 M Basic 2 5 own34 11:01 Was Theisma-Thompson 19 3W1 M-Hitch 3-3 M Dbl-2 1 10 opp47 10:23 Was Riggins 4 3W1 Draw 3-3 M Basic 2 6 opp43 9:41 Was Riggins 5 3W1 Draw 3-3 M Basic 3 1 opp38 8:50 Was Riggins 2 3W1 Draw 3-3 Z Basic 1 10 opp36 8:46 Was Theisma-Riggins X 3W1 M-Hitch/sec 3-3 Z Basic/Li 2 10 opp36 8:39 Was Theisma-Buggs X 3W1 M-Hitch 3-3 M Pass 3 10 opp36 7:45 Was Theismann 3 3W1 M-Hitch 3-3 dZ Pass 4 7 opp33 7:10 Was Theisma-Riggins 14 3W1 S-Slant 3-3 Z Pass/Bz1 1 10 opp19 7:03 Was Theisma-McDaniel X 3W1 M-Slant 3-3 Z Basic 2 10 opp19 6:48 Was Theisma-Thompson 19/ 3W1 M-Cross 3-3 M Basic 17-20 KO 6:40 NO Wilson ret of 15 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own15 6:02 NO Muncie 3 Bas Trap-L 4-3 Z Basic 2 7 own18 5:12 NO Muncie 4 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 Z Basic 3 3 own22 4:30 NO Muncie 13 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 own35 4:25 NO Manning-Muncie X Bas B-Fly/sec 4-3 Z Basic 2 10 own35 4:14 NO Manning-INT-Parrish Bas S-Cross 4-2 Z Basic 1 10 opp28 3:22 Was Malone 5 Bas Trap-L 4-3 M Run 2 5 opp23 2:29 Was Malone 10 Bas Trap-L 4-3 tM Key-Riggins 1 10 opp13 2:00 Was Riggins 8 Bas Trap-L 4-3 tM Basic 2 2 opp5 1:52 Was Riggins 3 Bas Trap-L 4-3 sZ Key-Riggins/Bz1/to 1 2 opp2 1:45 Was Was Pen5(Starke) Bas Trap-L 4-3 sZ Basic 1 7 opp7 1:39 Was Riggins 5 Bas Trap-L 4-3 tM Key-Riggins/to 2 2 opp2 1:00 Was Riggins -1/F Bas Trap-L 4-3 sZ Basic 3 3 opp3 0:23 Was Riggins 2 Bas Dive 4-3 sZ Key-Riggins 4 1 opp1 0:14 Was Riggins 0 Bas Dive 4-3 tM Basic 1 10 own1 0:01 NO Manning-INT-Peters 3W2 B-Fly/NS 3-2 Z Pass 1 10 opp32 0:00 Was Malone 3 Bas Dive 4-3 Z Basic Game