| Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Chicago Bears Game Statistics |
| Date: September 30, 1979 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Soldier Field Attendance: 55258 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 66 F Humidty: 75% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Chicago Bears | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | TB | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Jerry Eckwood 61 run (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Neil O'Donoghue 30 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Chicago Bears | Bob Thomas 34 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 3 | Chicago Bears | Bob Thomas 42 FG | 10 | 6 |
| 4 | Chicago Bears | Walter Payton 65 pass from Vince Evans (Bob Thomas kick) | 10 | 13 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Isaac Hagins 8 pass from Doug Williams (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 17 | 13 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Jerry Eckwood | 23 | 120 | 5.2 | 61 | 0 |
| Ricky Bell | 14 | 60 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Doug Williams | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Johnny Davis | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Jimmie Giles | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Walter Payton | 15 | 46 | 3.1 | 12 | 0 |
| Vince Evans | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Jack Deloplaine | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Robin Earl | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Doug Williams | 31 | 14 | 45.2 | 2 | 168 | 5.4 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 46.2 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Vince Evans | 23 | 12 | 52.2 | 2 | 173 | 7.5 | 65t | 1 | 2 | 21 | 55.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Isaac Hagins | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 1 | |
| Jerry Eckwood | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Gordon Jones | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Ricky Bell | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Jimmie Giles | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| Morris Owens | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Walter Payton | 5 | 88 | 17.6 | 65 | 1 |
| Brian Baschnagel | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | |
| Robin Earl | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| James Scott | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Golden Richards | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Cedric Brown | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jeris White | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Virgil Livers | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Gary Fencik | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 6 | 225 | 37.5 | 44 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bob Parsons | 7 | 278 | 39.7 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Danny Reece | 6 | 0 | 43 | 7.2 | 13 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Steve Schubert | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| George Ragsdale | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Dana Nafziger | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Lenny Walterscheid | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 18 | 0 | |
| Rickey Watts | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Greg Latta | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| Mark Cotney | 1.0 |
| Wally Chambers | 1.0 |
| Chicago Bears | |
| Dan Hampton | 1.0 |
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