Week 3, 1989

played in New Orleans, LA

82 degrees, fair, 4 mph wind

Detroit Lions	10	6	3	7	-	26
New Orleans Saints	0	7	0	0	-	7

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:53 DET - Chester Jacobsen 38 field goal
1Q: 06:03 DET - Kitrick Taylor 10 pass from Scott Lindquist (Chester Jacobsen extra point)
2Q: 08:55 DET - Chester Jacobsen 34 field goal
2Q: 02:00 NOS - Charles Lockett 22 pass from Marty Cortez (Rex Robinson extra point)
2Q: 00:03 DET - Chester Jacobsen 33 field goal
3Q: 09:30 DET - Chester Jacobsen 39 field goal
4Q: 02:27 DET - Curtis Dickey 3 run (Chester Jacobsen extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:53 DET - Chester Jacobsen 38 field goal
1Q: 06:03 DET - Kitrick Taylor 10 pass from Scott Lindquist (Chester Jacobsen extra point)
2Q: 08:55 DET - Chester Jacobsen 34 field goal
2Q: 02:00 NOS - Charles Lockett 22 pass from Marty Cortez (Rex Robinson extra point)
2Q: 00:03 DET - Chester Jacobsen 33 field goal
3Q: 09:30 DET - Chester Jacobsen 39 field goal
4Q: 02:27 DET - Curtis Dickey 3 run (Chester Jacobsen extra point)

Team Statistics DET NOS
Record 3-0 1-2
First Downs 22 14
- by Rushing 9 3
- by Passing 12 11
- by Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 459 291
- Offensive Plays 67 62
- Yards per Play 6.85 4.69
Net Rushing Yards 163 84
- Rushing Attempts 28 21
- Yards per Rush 5.82 4.00
Net Passing Yards 296 207
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 36 - 25 - 0 39 - 20 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 312 217
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/16 2/10
- Yards per Pass Play 7.59 5.05
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 3/2
3rd Down Conversions 4/13 4/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.8 8.0
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/2
Penalties/Yards 4/27 5/35
Punt Returns/Yards 0/0 2/6
Kick Returns/Yards 1/19 2/50
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/2 0/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 24
Time of Possession 34:33 25:27

Team Statistics	DET	NOS
Record	3-0	1-2
First Downs	22	14
- by Rushing	9	3
- by Passing	12	11
- by Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yards	459	291
- Offensive Plays	67	62
- Yards per Play	6.85	4.69
Net Rushing Yards	163	84
- Rushing Attempts	28	21
- Yards per Rush	5.82	4.00
Net Passing Yards	296	207
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	36 - 25 - 0	39 - 20 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	312	217
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/16	2/10
- Yards per Pass Play	7.59	5.05
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	3/2
3rd Down Conversions	4/13	4/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.8	8.0
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/2
Penalties/Yards	4/27	5/35
Punt Returns/Yards	0/0	2/6
Kick Returns/Yards	1/19	2/50
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/2	0/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 29	OWN 24
Time of Possession	34:33	25:27

Drive Charts

Detroit Lions
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:12	OWN 23	6	56	Field Goal
1	8:34	2:37	OWN 20	7	80	Touchdown
1	3:40	4:18	OWN 25	7	30	Punt
2	12:47	4:00	OWN 35	9	48	Field Goal
2	8:02	1:46	OPP 36	3	8	Missed FG
2	5:13	1:25	OWN 9	3	5	Punt
2	1:50	1:50	OWN 25	5	59	Field Goal
3	12:36	3:12	OWN 20	7	58	Field Goal
3	5:03	2:30	OWN 20	6	39	Punt
4	13:05	1:20	OWN 20	3	9	Punt
4	9:31	5:53	OWN 4	9	45	Punt
4	3:14	0:55	OPP 8	2	8	Touchdown

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:48	2:14	OWN 25	5	23	Punt
1	5:57	2:17	OWN 23	3	8	Punt
2	14:22	1:35	OWN 20	3	7	Punt
2	8:47	0:45	OWN 25	2	11	Fumble
2	6:16	1:03	OWN 35	3	1	Punt
2	3:48	1:58	OWN 34	8	66	Touchdown
3	15:00	2:24	OWN 38	4	23	Punt
3	9:24	4:21	OWN 25	8	37	Punt
3	2:33	4:28	OWN 20	9	35	Punt
4	11:45	2:14	OWN 25	4	24	Punt
4	3:38	0:24	OWN 3	3	5	Fumble
4	2:19	2:19	OWN 25	10	21	Downs

Game MVP: Scott Lindquist, Detroit Lions

Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Curtis Dickey	14	94	6.71	35	2	1
RB Randall Morris	12	70	5.83	35	1	0
QB Scott Lindquist	1	6	6.00	6	0	0
WR Dennis McKinnon	1	-7	-7.00	-7	0	0

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
QB Marty Cortez	9	63	7.00	12	2
RB Robert Lavette	6	2	0.33	4	0
RB George Adams	5	17	3.40	9	0
WR Haywood Jeffires	1	2	2.00	2	0

Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Scott Lindquist	36	25	312	3/16	1	38	0	105.3

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Marty Cortez	39	20	217	2/10	1	30	0	76.5

Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE William Harris	9	11	99	11.00	24	19	0
WR Kitrick Taylor	5	7	76	15.20	42	38	1
FB Booker Moore	3	3	20	6.67	0	7	0
WR Daryl Turner	3	4	56	18.67	38	32	0
TE Marv Cook	2	2	17	8.50	0	12	0
RB Curtis Dickey	1	2	9	9.00	10	9	0
WR Preston Brown	1	1	19	19.00	17	19	0
WR Dennis McKinnon	1	4	16	16.00	0	16	0
WR Jimmy Childs	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
RB Randall Morris	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Haywood Jeffires	6	16	60	10.00	35	23	0
TE Chris Combs	4	8	40	10.00	19	24	0
WR Michael Irvin	3	5	32	10.67	17	30	0
WR Steve Tasker	2	2	24	12.00	11	14	0
WR Charles Lockett	2	4	33	16.50	14	22	1
RB Donald Jordan	1	1	5	5.00	2	5	0
RB George Adams	1	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
TE Tony Davis	1	1	23	23.00	14	23	0
RB Robert Lavette	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Detroit	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Detroit	Fumb	Recov	Force
RB Randall Morris	1	0	0
DT Harvey Armstrong	0	1	0
T Sal Cerario	0	1	0
DE Josh Troy	0	1	0
DE Bill Acker	0	0	1
S Andre Young	0	0	1
CB Reyna Thompson	0	0	1

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
QB Marty Cortez	3	1	0	0
ILB Darryl Talley	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Detroit	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Mike Black	5	238	47.6	38.4	54	2

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
John Kidd	8	358	44.8	34.8	55	2

Kicking Statistics

Detroit	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Chester Jacobsen	4/5	0/1	0/0	39	2/2

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Rex Robinson	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Issiac Holt	2	6	3.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Preston Brown	1	19	19.0	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Michael Irvin	2	50	25.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Detroit	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Elbert Shelley	7	3	0.0	20	39
CB Ronnie Burgess	7	1	0.0	20	37
ILB Jim Eliopulos	4	0	0.0	11	34
CB Reyna Thompson	4	0	0.0	17	34
OLB Greg Lloyd	3	2	0.0	20	34
CB Alonzo Estep	3	0	0.0	7	20
DE Jim Jeffcoat	2	1	1.0	19	27
OLB Ken Woodard	2	2	0.0	11	14
DT Brian Luft	2	1	0.0	15	29
ILB Jerry Muckensturm	2	0	0.0	8	6
DE Bill Acker	1	0	1.0	5	18
S Albert Myers	1	2	0.0	19	32
DT Tony Chickillo	1	0	0.0	6	15
CB Devon Mitchell	1	0	0.0	11	26
DE Josh Troy	0	2	0.0	16	30

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Brad Edwards	7	2	0.0	28	38
OLB Tim Green	6	2	0.0	25	29
CB Mike Richardson	6	0	0.0	27	39
ILB Sam Anno	5	4	0.0	28	35
S Deron Cherry	5	2	0.0	28	39
DE Walt Bowyer	4	0	2.5	27	35
DE Keith Ferguson	4	2	0.5	25	33
DT Darryl Grant	3	2	0.0	27	36
CB Leonard Coleman	3	2	0.0	17	29
CB Carl Lee	3	0	0.0	12	14
OLB Jesse Penn	3	0	0.0	13	23
ILB Darryl Talley	2	1	0.0	12	11
OLB Fred Strickland	2	0	0.0	18	26
CB Issiac Holt	1	0	0.0	16	28

Pass Rush Statistics

Detroit	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Jim Jeffcoat	1.0	1	2	1	27
DE Bill Acker	1.0	1	0	0	18
DE Josh Troy	0.0	1	0	2	30
DT Mike Stensrud	0.0	0	2	0	15
CB Ronnie Burgess	0.0	0	1	0	37
OLB Greg Lloyd	0.0	0	1	0	34

New Orleans	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Walt Bowyer	2.5	1	1	0	35
DE Keith Ferguson	0.5	0	1	0	33
DT Darryl Grant	0.0	0	1	0	36
DE Doug Reed	0.0	0	1	0	8
ILB Sam Anno	0.0	0	0	1	35

Pass Defense Statistics

Detroit	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Ronnie Burgess	4	0	37
S Elbert Shelley	3	1	39
ILB Jim Eliopulos	3	0	34
CB Alonzo Estep	3	0	20
OLB Greg Lloyd	2	1	34
CB Reyna Thompson	2	0	34
CB Devon Mitchell	1	1	26
DT Brian Luft	1	0	29
S Albert Myers	1	0	32

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Mike Richardson	5	0	39
S Brad Edwards	5	0	38
OLB Tim Green	4	0	29
S Deron Cherry	3	0	39
CB Carl Lee	2	0	14
OLB Jesse Penn	2	0	23
ILB Sam Anno	1	2	35
CB Leonard Coleman	1	0	29
CB Issiac Holt	1	0	28
OLB Fred Strickland	1	0	26
DT Darryl Grant	0	1	36

Blocking Statistics

Detroit	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
T Reggie McElroy	4	9	0	28	2	39
C Jim Sweeney	3	4	1	28	0	39
G Dave Heffernan	2	3	0	28	1	39
G Brian Habib	1	6	0	28	0	39
T Sal Cerario	1	4	0	28	0	39
TE William Harris	1	1	0	28	0	30

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
C Jeff Dellenbach	2	5	21	0	41
T Brian Blados	0	2	21	1	41
G Jeff Bregel	0	2	21	1	41
G Jeff Zimmerman	0	2	21	0	41
T Tootie Robbins	0	1	21	0	41

Special Teams Tackles

Detroit	Tackles	STPlays
Booker Moore	1	26
Jimmy Childs	1	21
Curtis Dickey	1	18
Buddy Hardaway	1	11

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Tim Green	1	17

Participation

Detroit	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
T Reggie McElroy	28	39	---	---	10	77
G Dave Heffernan	28	39	---	---	10	77
T Sal Cerario	28	39	---	---	10	77
G Brian Habib	28	39	---	---	10	77
QB Scott Lindquist	28	39	---	---	---	67
C Jim Sweeney	28	39	---	---	---	67
WR Dennis McKinnon	27	38	---	---	---	65
CB Reyna Thompson	---	---	17	34	8	59
S Elbert Shelley	---	---	20	39	---	59
TE William Harris	28	30	---	---	---	58
CB Ronnie Burgess	---	---	20	37	---	57
WR Kitrick Taylor	26	29	---	---	2	57
ILB Jim Eliopulos	---	---	11	34	10	55
OLB Greg Lloyd	---	---	20	34	---	54
S Albert Myers	---	---	19	32	---	51
WR Daryl Turner	18	28	---	---	2	48
RB Curtis Dickey	15	13	---	---	18	46
DE Jim Jeffcoat	---	---	19	27	---	46
DE Josh Troy	---	---	16	30	---	46
DT Brian Luft	---	---	15	29	---	44
FB Booker Moore	4	13	---	---	26	43
CB Alonzo Estep	---	---	7	20	16	43
RB Randall Morris	13	26	---	---	---	39
S Andre Young	---	---	4	18	16	38
CB Devon Mitchell	---	---	11	26	---	37
DT Harvey Armstrong	---	---	12	23	---	35
DT Mike Stensrud	---	---	9	15	8	32
DE Bill Acker	---	---	5	18	8	31
WR Jimmy Childs	1	5	---	---	21	27
TE Chris Dressel	0	0	---	---	26	26
OLB Ken Woodard	---	---	11	14	---	25
OLB Hugh Green	---	---	1	0	21	22
DT Tony Chickillo	---	---	6	15	---	21
WR Preston Brown	0	3	---	---	16	19
TE Marv Cook	8	9	---	---	---	17
ILB Jerry Muckensturm	---	---	8	6	---	14
T Buddy Hardaway	0	0	---	---	11	11
K Chester Jacobsen	0	0	---	---	11	11
P Mike Black	0	0	---	---	10	10
C Alfred Palmer	0	0	---	---	10	10
RB Joe Carter	0	0	---	---	6	6
TE Damone Johnson	0	1	---	---	---	1
C Paul Tabor	0	0	---	---	---	0
G Terry Tausch	0	0	---	---	---	0
T Daryle Smith	0	0	---	---	---	0
QB Timm Rosenbaugh	0	0	---	---	---	0

New Orleans	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
S Brad Edwards	---	---	28	38	17	83
S Deron Cherry	---	---	28	39	5	72
CB Mike Richardson	---	---	27	39	5	71
OLB Tim Green	---	---	25	29	17	71
T Tootie Robbins	21	41	---	---	8	70
T Brian Blados	21	41	---	---	8	70
G Jeff Zimmerman	21	41	---	---	8	70
G Jeff Bregel	21	41	---	---	8	70
OLB Fred Strickland	---	---	18	26	25	69
DT Darryl Grant	---	---	27	36	4	67
DE Walt Bowyer	---	---	27	35	5	67
ILB Sam Anno	---	---	28	35	4	67
CB Leonard Coleman	---	---	17	29	18	64
DE Keith Ferguson	---	---	25	33	4	62
QB Marty Cortez	21	41	---	---	---	62
C Jeff Dellenbach	21	41	---	---	---	62
WR Haywood Jeffires	19	40	---	---	3	62
WR Michael Irvin	17	34	---	---	10	61
TE Chris Combs	19	38	---	---	---	57
CB Issiac Holt	---	---	16	28	9	53
OLB Jesse Penn	---	---	13	23	4	40
WR Charles Lockett	11	17	---	---	8	36
RB Donald Jordan	3	14	---	---	16	33
RB Robert Lavette	12	17	---	---	---	29
FB Patrick Shepard	5	10	---	---	13	28
CB Carl Lee	---	---	12	14	1	27
TE Mike Williams	2	2	---	---	21	25
ILB Darryl Talley	---	---	12	11	1	24
WR Steve Tasker	3	12	---	---	9	24
TE Tony Davis	8	11	---	---	---	19
DE Doug Reed	---	---	4	8	6	18
RB George Adams	6	9	---	---	---	15
WR James Maness	0	1	---	---	13	14
ILB Steve Busick	---	---	0	1	12	13
DT Jumpy Geathers	---	---	1	3	6	10
C Joshua George	0	0	---	---	8	8
P John Kidd	0	0	---	---	8	8
K Rex Robinson	0	0	---	---	2	2
DE Jason Buck	---	---	0	2	---	2
T Gary Kowalski	0	0	---	---	---	0
RB Buford McGee	0	0	---	---	---	0
QB Jared Drake	0	0	---	---	---	0
P Mark Royals	0	0	---	---	---	0
G Tyrone Sorrells	0	0	---	---	---	0
S Steve Gage	---	---	0	0	---	0
C Courtney Hall	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	8	2.7
Middle	14	46	3.3
Right	11	109	9.9
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	2	0	0.0
Middle	16	82	5.1
Right	3	2	0.7
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Scott Lindquist	36	25	3	1	2	3	4	1	0

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Marty Cortez	39	20	6	4	3	3	6	3	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	4	47	9.4
Short (0-8 Yds)	17	12	108	6.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	13	8	141	10.8
Long (19+ Yds)	1	1	16	16.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	4	22	3.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	12	116	7.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	15	4	79	5.3
Long (19+ Yds)	3	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE William Harris	11	9	1	99	0	30
WR Kitrick Taylor	7	5	0	76	1	29
WR Dennis McKinnon	4	1	1	16	0	38
WR Daryl Turner	4	3	0	56	2	28
FB Booker Moore	3	3	0	20	0	13
RB Curtis Dickey	2	1	0	9	0	13
TE Marv Cook	2	2	0	17	0	9
WR Jimmy Childs	1	0	0	0	0	5
WR Preston Brown	1	1	0	19	0	3
RB Randall Morris	1	0	0	0	0	26

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Haywood Jeffires	16	6	2	60	2	40
TE Chris Combs	8	4	0	40	1	38
WR Michael Irvin	5	3	1	32	1	34
WR Charles Lockett	4	2	0	33	1	17
WR Steve Tasker	2	2	0	24	0	12
RB Donald Jordan	1	1	0	5	0	14
RB Robert Lavette	1	0	0	0	0	17
RB George Adams	1	1	0	0	0	9
TE Tony Davis	1	1	0	23	1	11

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Curtis Dickey	2	8	4.00	6.71

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Scott Lindquist	5	2	13	2.60	8.67

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Dennis McKinnon	2	0	0	0.00	4.00
WR Kitrick Taylor	2	2	13	6.50	10.86
TE William Harris	1	0	0	0.00	9.00

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Rushes	Conversions
RB Randall Morris	2	1

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
QB Marty Cortez	2	0
RB George Adams	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Conversions
Scott Lindquist	11	7	3

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Marty Cortez	12	5	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Dennis McKinnon	2	1	0
WR Daryl Turner	2	1	1
WR Kitrick Taylor	2	1	1
RB Curtis Dickey	1	1	1
FB Booker Moore	1	1	0
RB Randall Morris	1	0	0
TE William Harris	1	1	0
TE Marv Cook	1	1	0

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Haywood Jeffires	5	1	0
TE Chris Combs	3	3	2
WR Michael Irvin	2	0	0
WR Steve Tasker	1	1	1
WR Charles Lockett	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 49,300 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 14,700 (21,400)
End Zone 9,700 (15,400)
Mezzanine 6,400 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 9,900 (13,600)
Club Seats 5,600 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,000 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	49,300 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	14,700 (21,400)
End Zone	9,700 (15,400)
Mezzanine	6,400 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	9,900 (13,600)
Club Seats	5,600 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,000 (3,300)