1979 San Diego (15-0) 3 7 7 7 24 1979 New Orleans (6-9) 3 7 0 10 20 1 11:27 San Diego FG Benirschke 34 (5-37-2:30) 3-0 1 8:49 New Orleans FG Yepremian 39 (4-69-2:27) 3-3 2 10:57 New Orleans TD Manning 33 pass to Childs (Yepremian) (4-48-2:39) 3-10 2 7:22 San Diego TD Fouts 8 pass to Winslow (Benirschke) (8-73-3:21) 10-10 3 7:57 San Diego TD Fouts 9 pass to Winslow (Benirschke) (2-43-0:56) 17-10 4 14:38 San Diego TD Fouts 45 pass to Jefferson (Benirschke) (9-79-4:31) 24-10 4 10:34 New Orleans FG Yepremian 30 (8-69-3:56) 24-13 4 6:27 New Orleans TD Galbreath 1 run (Yepremian) (3-10-0:55) 24-20 SD NO First Downs 25 12 Rushes 30-166 25-130 Passes 36-25-323 25-9-182 Sacked 1-4 0-0 Fumble 2 1 Penalties 5-41 6-50 Turnovers 4 1 Time 34:30 25:30 Third Down 12-15 3-11 Fourth Down 0-0 0-0 Net Offense 485 312 Injuries: Harris(NO-0)-shoulder, Edwards(SD-1)-arm < San Diego > < New Orleans > Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Fouts 36 25 323 1 4 3 3 90.4 Manning 25 9 182 0 3 1 1 59.1 Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Williams 19 106 5.6 5 3 20 0 Muncie 19 110 5.8 3 2 60 0 Thomas 6 37 6.2 2 2 13 0 Strachan 1 15 15.0 1 1 15 0 Matthews 2 12 6.0 1 0 7 0 Manning 1 6 6.0 0 0 6 0 Fouts 1 9 9.0 1 0 9 0 Galbreath 4 -1 -0.3 1 0 2 1 Mitchell 2 2 1.0 0 0 2 0 25 130 5.2 5 3 60 1 30 166 5.5 9 5 20 0 Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Jefferson 6 0 104 17.3 5 1 45 1 Chandler 4 0 114 28.5 3 2 51 0 Winslow 6 0 57 9.5 5 0 14 2 Childs 3 1 52 17.3 2 1 33 1 Joiner 5 1 83 16.6 3 2 34 0 Muncie 1 0 7 7.0 0 0 7 0 Williams 5 0 19 3.8 1 0 7 0 Williams 1 0 9 9.0 1 0 9 0 Matthews 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Klein 1 0 52 52.0 1 1 52 0 Mitchell 1 0 8 8.0 0 0 8 0 Fumbles No Rec TD Fumbles No Rec TD Fuller 2 0 0 Wilson 1 1 0 Dean 0 1 0 Dobler 0 1 0 Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Owens 4 98 24.5 37 0 Wilson 4 43 10.8 12 0 Fuller 1 10 10.0 10 0 Mauti 1 17 17.0 17 0 Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Fuller 5 0 41 8.2 12 0 Mauti 0 2 0 0.0 0 0 Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Benirschke 1-1 34 3-3 6 Yepremian 2-3 39 2-2 8 Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg West 3 108 36.0 0 2 0 41 Partridge 5 221 44.2 0 0 0 47 Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Dean 5 0 1 1 1 0 0-0 Felton 7 0 2 0 0 0 1-0 Fuller 5 0 0 0 0 1 1-0 Federspiel 7 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Williams 5 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Myers 6 0 0 0 0 0 2-55 Johnson 5 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 Reese 6 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Jones 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Fultz 5 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 Lowe 2 0 2 0 0 0 0-0 Hughes 5 0 0 0 0 2 0-0 Preston 2 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Schwartz 5 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Edwards 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Chapman 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Kelcher 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Gray 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Young 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Grooms 3 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Stringert 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Moore 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Horn 1 0 2 0 0 0 0-0 Bordelon 2 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Buchanon 1 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Brown 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Shaw 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Campbell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Lee 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Pietrzak 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Goode 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Bennett 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Price 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Kovach 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0
Play-By-Play Play-By-Play 1st Quarter KO 14:54 NO Wilson ret of 12 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own19 14:18 NO Muncie 2 Bas Dive 4-3 Z Basic 2 8 own21 14:10 NO Manning-Childs X Bas M-Fly 4-3 sZ Pass 3 8 own21 14:05 NO Manning-Hill X 3W1 Screen 4-2 Z Pass 4 8 own21 13:57 NO Partridge 43,Fuller --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own46 13:15 SD Fouts-Jefferso 14 Bas S-Hitch 4-3 Z Basic/Bz1 1 10 opp40 12:21 SD Fouts-Winslow 14 Bas S-Cross 4-3 M Key-Williams 1 10 opp26 12:13 SD Fouts-Williams 7 Bas S-Flat 4-3 sZ Basic 2 3 opp19 11:31 SD Thomas 2 Bas Trap-R 4-3 Z Run 3 1 opp17 11:27 SD Fouts-Winslow X 3W1 S-Slant 3-3 sZ Basic 4 1 opp17 11:23 SD FG Benirschke 34/G --- FG --- Block 3-0 KO 11:16 NO Wilson ret of 9 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own9 10:10 NO Muncie 60 Bas Dive 4-3 Z Run 1 10 opp31 10:02 NO Muncie 6 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Basic 2 4 opp25 9:25 NO Muncie 3 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Pass 3 1 opp22 8:49 NO Galbreath 0 2T2 Pitch-R 4-3 sZ Run 4 1 opp22 8:45 NO FG Yepremian 39/G --- FG --- Block 3-3 KO 8:31 SD Owens ret of 37 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own40 7:50 SD Williams 0 Bas Pitch-L 4-3 Z Run 2 10 own40 7:08 SD Thomas 3 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 M Basic 3 7 own43 6:34 SD Fouts-Joiner 5 Bas S-Hitch 4-2 Z Pass 4 2 own48 6:28 SD West 37,Mauti 0 --- Pt-side --- Return 1 10 own15 6:25 NO Manning-Childs 10 Bas S-Out 4-3 Z Pass 1 10 own25 5:46 NO Muncie -2 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 Z Basic 2 12 own23 5:08 NO Manning 6 3W1 B-Fly 4-2 Z Basic 3 6 own29 4:34 NO Manning-Williams 9 3W1 Screen 4-2 Z Pass 1 10 own38 4:28 NO Muncie 1 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Run 2 9 own39 3:52 NO Galbreath -4 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 Z Pass 3 13 own35 3:47 NO Manning-Mauti X 3W2 M-Slant 4-3 M Pass 4 13 own35 3:39 NO Pen11(Preston) --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own10 3:35 SD Fouts-Winslow X Bas S-Hitch/sec 4-3 M Dbl-Jefferson 2 10 own10 2:55 SD Williams 9 3W1 Draw 3-3 tM Basic 3 1 own19 2:52 SD Fouts-Winslow 8 3W1 S-Out 3-3 Z Basic 1 10 own27 2:04 SD Williams 11 3W1 Sweep-R 3-3 M Basic 1 10 own38 2:04 SD Pen5(Winslow) 3W1 Dive 3-3 Z Basic 1 15 own33 1:23 SD Williams 6 3W1 Draw 3-3 M Basic 2 9 own39 0:42 SD Williams 4 3W1 Draw 3-3 Z Pass 3 5 own43 0:02 SD Williams 4 3W1 Sweep-L 3-3 M Pass-Dbl-Joiner/Lr 4 1 own47 0:00 SD West 30,Mauti 0 --- Pt-side --- Return 2nd Quarter 1 10 own23 14:51 NO NO Pen10(Woods) Bas L-Cross 4-3 Z Pass 1 20 own13 13:58 NO Muncie 4 Bas Draw 4-3 Z Basic 2 16 own17 13:49 NO Manning-Childs X 3W1 M-Cross 4-2 M Pass 3 16 own17 13:46 NO Manning-Chandler X 3W2 M-Out 4-2 M Pass 4 16 own17 13:36 NO Partridge 43,Fuller --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 opp48 12:43 NO Muncie 0 Bas Dive 4-3 Z Run 2 10 opp48 11:52 NO Manning-Childs 9 Bas S-Cross 4-3 Z Run 3 1 opp39 11:12 NO Muncie 11 2T2 Pitch-L 4-3 sZ Basic 1 10 opp28 11:12 NO Pen5(Team) Bas Sweep-L 4-3 M Run 1 15 opp33 10:57 NO Manning-Childs 33/TD Bas L-Cross 4-3 M Pass 3-10 KO 10:43 SD Owens ret of 21 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own27 9:47 SD Thomas 11 Bas Pitch-L 4-3 tM Run 1 10 own38 9:12 SD Fouts-Jefferso 5 Bas S-Slant 4-3 M Basic 2 5 own43 8:32 SD Williams 3 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 Z Basic 3 2 own46 7:51 SD Fouts-Joiner 6 Bas S-Slant 4-3 M Pass-Dbl-Jefferson 1 10 opp48 7:39 SD Fouts-Joiner 27/Pen1 Bas L-Out 4-3 M Dbl-Joiner 1 10 opp10 7:30 SD Williams 2 3W1 Pitch-R 3-3 sZ Basic 2 8 opp8 7:22 SD Fouts-Winslow 8/TD 3W1 S-Out/sec 3-3 sZ Basic 10-10 KO 7:16 NO Wilson ret of 10 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own12 6:22 NO Muncie 6 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 Z Basic 2 4 own18 5:44 NO Muncie 6 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 own24 5:40 NO Manning-Galbreat X Bas L-Out/sec 4-3 Z Basic 2 10 own24 4:43 NO Strachan 15 Bas Dive 4-3 sZ Pass 1 10 own39 3:50 NO Muncie 3 Bas Dive 4-3 Z Run 2 7 own42 3:50 NO Pen5(Woods) Bas Sweep-R 4-3 M Pass 2 12 own37 3:04 NO Manning-Chandler 33 3W1 L-Hitch 4-3 M Pass 1 10 opp30 2:55 NO SD Pen5(Williams) Bas L-Fly 4-3 M Basic 1 10 opp25 2:14 NO Muncie 0 3W2 Draw 4-3 M Run 2 10 opp25 2:07 NO NO Pen10(Muncie)/ob 3W2 Screen/HO 4-3 Z Pass 2 20 opp35 2:00 NO Manning-INT-Fuller 3W2 B-Fly/HO 4-3 Z Pass 1 10 own2 1:26 SD Williams 2 3W1 OffTkl-L 3-3 M Basic 2 8 own4 0:51 SD Williams 3 3W1 Trap-R 3-3 Z Basic 3 5 own7 0:35 SD Williams 20 3W1 OffTkl-R 3-3 M Pass/Li/A 1 10 own27 0:30 SD Fouts-Williams 5 3W1 M-Hitch/sec 3-3 M Dbl-Joiner 2 5 own32 0:23 SD Fouts-Winslow X 3W1 M-Hitch 3-3 sZ Pass 3 5 own32 0:17 SD Fouts-Williams 6 3W1 S-Out/HO/sec 3-3 Z Pass 1 10 own38 0:08 SD Fouts-Jefferso X 3W1 L-Cross/HO 3-3 Z Basic/Bz1 2 10 own38 0:00 SD Fouts-Klein 52 3W1 M-Cross/HO 3-3 M Pass 3rd Quarter KO 14:54 SD Owens ret of 17 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own21 14:14 SD Fouts-Mitchell 8 Bas S-Flat 4-3 M Pass-Dbl-Jefferson 2 2 own29 13:31 SD Matthews 5 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 own34 12:56 SD Fouts-Matthews 0 Bas Screen 4-3 M Basic 2 10 own34 12:18 SD Fouts-Winslow 9 Bas S-Slant 4-3 M Basic 3 1 own43 11:36 SD Williams 2 Bas Dive 4-3 sZ Run 1 10 own45 10:53 SD Thomas 13 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 Z Key-Williams 1 10 opp42 10:13 SD Thomas 2 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Basic 2 8 opp40 9:38 SD Sk-Fultz -4 3W1 S-Hitch 3-3 Z Basic 3 12 opp44 9:35 SD Fouts-Williams X 3W1 S-Hitch 3-3 dZ Pass 4 12 opp44 9:30 SD Pen10(Washington) --- Pt-side --- LetRoll 4 22 own46 9:23 SD West 41,Mauti 0 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own13 9:16 NO Manning-Chandler X Bas M-Cross 4-3 Z Pass 2 10 own13 9:09 NO Manning-Chandler X Bas M-Cross 4-3 Z Pass 3 10 own13 9:01 NO Manning-Chandler X 3W2 M-Cross 4-3 sZ Pass 4 10 own13 8:53 NO Partridge 42,Fuller --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 opp43 8:06 SD Fouts-Joiner 34 3W1 L-Fly 3-3 M Dbl-Jefferson 1 9 opp9 7:57 SD Fouts-Winslow 9/TD 3W1 S-Slant 3-3 sZ Basic 17-10 KO 7:48 NO Wilson ret of 12 FMB --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own13 7:41 NO Manning-Galbreat X Bas Screen 4-3 Z Pass 2 10 own13 7:03 NO Manning-Muncie 7 Bas S-Slant/sec 4-3 Z Pass 3 3 own20 6:11 NO Galbreath 2 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 Z Run 4 1 own22 6:04 NO Partridge 47,Fuller --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own40 5:48 SD Fouts-INT-Myers Bas M-Hitch 4-3 M Pass 1 10 opp25 4:57 NO Muncie 2 Bas Dive 4-3 Z Run 2 8 opp23 4:18 NO Muncie 2 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 sZ Basic 3 6 opp21 4:13 NO Manning-Galbreat X 3W1 M-Fly/sec 4-2 sZ Pass 4 6 opp21 4:09 NO FG Yepremian 38/M --- FG --- Block 1 10 own21 3:10 SD Williams 3 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 M Pass 2 7 own24 2:27 SD Thomas 6 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 M Key-Williams 3 1 own30 1:44 SD Fouts-Jefferso 13 Bas S- 4-3 M Run-Williams,C 1 10 own43 1:37 SD Fouts-Jefferso X Bas L- 4-3 sZ Basic 2 10 own43 0:55 SD Williams 3 3W1 Draw 3-3 tM Basic 3 7 own46 0:15 SD Fouts-Winslow 9 3W1 M-Hitch 3-3 Z Pass 1 10 opp45 0:00 SD Fouts-Williams 0 3W1 S-Flat 3-3 tM Basic 4th Quarter 2 10 opp45 14:52 SD Fouts-Joiner X 3W1 M-Seam 3-3 Z Pass 3 10 opp45 14:38 SD Fouts-Jefferso 45/TD 3W1 L-Cross/sec 3-3 tM Pass-Dbl-Joiner 24-10 KO 14:30 NO Mauti ret of 17 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own18 14:25 NO NO Pen9(Taylor) 3W2 S-Flat/sec 4-3 Z Pass 1 19 own9 14:19 NO Manning-Owens X 3W2 M-Slant 4-3 Z Pass 2 19 own9 13:44 NO Manning-Chandler 21 3W2 M-Hitch 4-3 Z Pass 1 10 own30 12:53 NO Muncie 3 3W2 Sweep-R 4-3 Z Basic 2 7 own33 11:53 NO Manning-Chandler 51 3W2 B-Post 4-3 Z Run 1 10 opp16 11:14 NO Muncie 3 3W2 OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Run 2 7 opp13 10:37 NO Muncie 0 3W2 Sweep-L 4-3 tM Pass 3 7 opp13 10:34 NO Manning-Chandler X 3W2 S-Flat 4-3 tM Pass 4 7 opp13 10:31 NO FG Yepremian 30/G --- FG --- Block 24-13 KO 10:20 SD Owens ret of 23 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own29 9:27 SD Matthews 7 Bas Pitch-L 4-3 Z Basic/Li 2 3 own36 9:20 SD SD Pen10(Wilkerson) Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 tM Run 2 13 own26 8:28 SD Williams 9 3W1 Pitch-L 3-3 lM Pass 3 4 own35 7:34 SD Williams 4 3W1 Draw 4-3 sZ Run 1 10 own39 7:22 SD Fouts-INT-Myers Bas S-Flat 4-3 sZ Basic 1 10 opp10 7:02 NO Manning-Chandler 9 3W2 S-Hitch 4-3 Z Pass 2 1 opp1 6:32 NO Muncie 0 3W2 Sweep-L 4-3 tM Run 3 1 opp1 6:27 NO Galbreath 1/TD 3W2 Dive 4-3 tM Run 24-20 KO 6:19 SD Fuller ret of 10 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own17 6:10 SD Fouts-Jefferso X Bas M-Slant 4-3 M Basic 2 10 own17 5:19 SD Fouts-Williams 1 Bas S-Flat 4-3 tM Basic 3 9 own18 4:22 SD Fouts 9 3W1 S-Out 3-3 M Pass 1 10 own27 3:14 SD Fouts-Jefferso 13 3W1 S-Cross 3-3 M Basic 1 10 own40 2:23 SD Williams 7 3W1 OffTkl-L 3-3 M Basic 2 3 own47 2:00 SD Fouts-Joiner 11 3W1 S-Slant 3-3 Z Pass 1 10 opp42 1:47 SD Fouts-Jefferso 14 3W1 S-Hitch 4-3 M Run/to 1 10 opp28 1:37 SD Williams 3 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 sZ Run/to 2 7 opp25 1:26 SD Williams 11 Bas Dive 4-3 M Basic/to 1 10 opp14 0:51 SD Mitchell 2 Bas Trap-L 4-3 M Run 2 8 opp12 0:18 SD Mitchell 0 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 Z Run 3 8 opp12 0:12 SD Fouts-INT-Felton Bas S-Flat/sec 4-3 Z Basic/Bz1 1 10 own2 0:02 NO Manning-Chandler X 4WR B-Out/NS/HO 3-1 dZ Prevent 2 10 own2 0:00 NO Manning-Childs X 4WR Hail/NS/HO 3-1 dZ Prevent Game