Sunday, December 21, 1980
| NWE | NOR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Saints | Jimmy Rogers 23 yard pass from Jack Holmes (Benny Ricardo kick) | 0 | 7 |
| Saints | Benny Ricardo 30 yard field goal | 0 | 10 | |
| Patriots | John Smith 22 yard field goal | 3 | 10 | |
| 2nd | Patriots | Russ Francis 39 yard pass from Matt Cavanaugh (John Smith kick) | 10 | 10 |
| Patriots | Andy Johnson 11 yard pass from Matt Cavanaugh (John Smith kick) | 17 | 10 | |
| Saints | Benny Ricardo 38 yard field goal | 17 | 13 | |
| 3rd | Patriots | Andy Johnson 6 yard pass from Matt Cavanaugh (John Smith kick) | 24 | 13 |
| Saints | Wayne Wilson 1 yard rush (Benny Ricardo kick) | 24 | 20 | |
| 4th | Saints | Wes Chandler 23 yard pass from Archie Manning (Benny Ricardo kick) | 24 | 27 |
| Patriots | Don Calhoun 22 yard rush (John Smith kick) | 31 | 27 | |
| Patriots | Mosi Tatupu 4 yard rush (John Smith kick) | 38 | 27 |
| NWE | NOR | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 27 | 23 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 38-240-2 | 23-89-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 16-28-233-3-1 | 26-41-367-2-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 1-8 |
| Net pass yards | 233 | 359 |
| Total yards | 473 | 448 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-95 | 8-69 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Matt Cavanaugh | NWE | 16 | 28 | 233 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Don Calhoun | NWE | 16 | 113 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Vagas Ferguson | NWE | 15 | 82 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 63 | 0 | 21 | ||||||
| Russ Francis | NWE | 2 | 54 | 1 | 39 | ||||||||||
| Andy Johnson | NWE | 4 | 44 | 2 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Harold Jackson | NWE | 2 | 35 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Mosi Tatupu | NWE | 4 | 21 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Archie Manning | NOR | 24 | 39 | 301 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Wes Chandler | NOR | 1 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 98 | 1 | 23 |
| Henry Childs | NOR | 5 | 94 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Jimmy Rogers | NOR | 4 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 75 | 1 | 43 | ||||||
| Jack Holmes | NOR | 1 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 16 |
| Ike Harris | NOR | 2 | 45 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Tony Galbreath | NOR | 6 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Wayne Wilson | NOR | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | ||
| Allan Clark | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Horace Ivory | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 126 | 31.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Roland James | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Elois Grooms | NOR | 0.0 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy Rogers | NOR | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 118 | 19.7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Wayne Wilson | NOR | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Mike Hubach | NWE | 3 | 111 | 37.0 | 0 | ||||
| John Smith | NWE | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Russell Erxleben | NOR | 4 | 160 | 40.0 | 0 | ||||
| Benny Ricardo | NOR | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |