| Detroit Lions at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 9, 1978 Location: Tampa, FL |
| Venue: Tampa Stadium Attendance: 64445 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 84 F Humidty: 67% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Ricky Bell 1 run (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Benny Ricardo 48 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Jesse Thompson 9 pass from Greg Landry (Benny Ricardo kick blocked) | 9 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Benny Ricardo 47 FG | 12 | 7 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Benny Ricardo 27 FG | 15 | 7 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dexter Bussey | 21 | 88 | 4.2 | 36 | 0 |
| Horace King | 17 | 38 | 2.2 | 14 | 0 |
| Lawrence Gaines | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Andy Bolton | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Rick Kane | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Ricky Bell | 15 | 98 | 6.5 | 56 | 1 |
| Johnny Davis | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Louis Carter | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 8 | 0 |
| George Ragsdale | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Greg Landry | 10 | 8 | 80.0 | 0 | 55 | 5.5 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 122.9 |
| Gary Danielson | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 14 | 3.5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41.7 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Gary Huff | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 1 | 48 | 5.3 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 21.8 |
| Mike Boryla | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 0 | 15 | 3.0 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 57 | 47.9 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jesse Thompson | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 13 | 1 |
| Horace King | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Ray Jarvis | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Rick Kane | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| David Hill | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Jimmie Giles | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Morris Owens | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Isaac Hagins | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Johnny Davis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Louis Carter | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| James Hunter | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Tom Skladany | 9 | 379 | 42.1 | 52 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Dave Green | 8 | 352 | 44.0 | 55 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Jesse Thompson | 3 | 0 | 30 | 10.0 | 21 | 0 |
| James Hunter | 1 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Luther Blue | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Mark Cotney | 5 | 1 | 38 | 7.6 | 10 | 0 |
| Cedric Brown | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Leonard Thompson | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| George Ragsdale | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 19 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| Bubba Baker | 3.0 |
| John Woodcock | 2.0 |
| Dave Gallagher | 1.0 |
| Ed O'Neil | 1.0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| Lee Roy Selmon | 1.0 |
| Dave Pear | 1.0 |
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