| Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: October 7, 1979 Location: East Rutherford, NJ |
| Venue: Giants Stadium Attendance: 72841 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 61 F Humidty: 58% Wind: 21 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| New York Giants | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | TB | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | New York Giants | Billy Taylor 2 run (Joe Danelo kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New York Giants | Billy Taylor 1 run (Joe Danelo kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Larry Mucker 14 pass from Doug Williams (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | New York Giants | Joe Danelo 47 FG | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Jimmie Giles 11 pass from Doug Williams (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 14 | 17 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Johnny Davis | 7 | 40 | 5.7 | 0 | |
| Ricky Bell | 12 | 35 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Rick Berns | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jerry Eckwood | 7 | 7 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Billy Taylor | 33 | 148 | 4.5 | 2 | |
| Kenny Johnson | 9 | 21 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Emery Moorehead | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Doug Kotar | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Dave Jennings | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Phil Simms | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Doug Williams | 38 | 14 | 36.8 | 3 | 182 | 4.8 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 37.4 |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Phil Simms | 12 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 37 | 3.1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 56.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Jimmie Giles | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 1 | |
| Isaac Hagins | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 0 | |
| Larry Mucker | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 1 | |
| Ricky Bell | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Jerry Eckwood | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Rick Berns | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Gary Shirk | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| Kenny Johnson | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Johnny Perkins | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Billy Taylor | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| New York Giants | |||||
| Odis McKinney | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Brian Kelley | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Terry Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 8 | 323 | 40.4 | 55 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Dave Jennings | 8 | 391 | 48.9 | 59 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Danny Reece | 6 | 0 | 43 | 7.2 | 13 | 0 |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Dwight Scales | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Beasley Reece | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Terry Jackson | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| George Ragsdale | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Tony Davis | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Beasley Reece | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Doug Kotar | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Earnest Gray | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| Aaron Brown | 1.0 |
| Dave Lewis | 1.0 |
| New York Giants | |
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