| Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 12, 1976 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 42228 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | TB | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Fred Willis 13 pass from Dan Pastorini (Skip Butler kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Skip Butler 33 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Ken Burrough 42 pass from Dan Pastorini (Skip Butler kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Skip Butler 44 FG | 0 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Lee McGriff |
| 89 | WR | John McKay |
| 72 | LOG | Howard Fest |
| 51 | LOT | Dan Ryczek |
| 73 | C | John Ward |
| 77 | ROG | Everett Little |
| 74 | ROT | Mike Current |
| 86 | TE | Bob Moore |
| 11 | QB | Steve Spurrier |
| 32 | RB | Louis Carter |
| 35 | RB | Jimmy DuBose |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Council Rudolph |
| 76 | LDT | Dave Pear |
| 63 | RDT | Lee Roy Selmon |
| 66 | RDE | Pat Toomay |
| 58 | LLB | Cal Peterson |
| 52 | MLB | Steve Reese |
| 30 | RLB | Jimmy Gunn |
| 40 | LCB | Mike Washington |
| 33 | LS | Mark Cotney |
| 28 | RS | Ken Stone |
| 21 | RCB | Joe Blahak |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 00 | WR | Ken Burrough |
| 84 | WR | Billy Johnson |
| 73 | LOT | Greg Sampson |
| 70 | LOG | Conway Hayman |
| 55 | C | Carl Mauck |
| 60 | ROG | Ed Fisher |
| 75 | ROT | Elbert Drungo |
| 82 | TE | Mack Alston |
| 7 | QB | Dan Pastorini |
| 47 | RB | Ronnie Coleman |
| 44 | RB | Fred Willis |
| Offense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Tody Smith |
| 78 | MG | Curley Culp |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 59 | LOLB | Ted Washington |
| 57 | LILB | Steve Kiner |
| 54 | RILB | Gregg Bingham |
| 52 | ROLB | Robert Brazile |
| 19 | LCB | Willie Alexander |
| 28 | LS | Mike Weger |
| 38 | RS | C.L. Whittington |
| 22 | RCB | Zeke Moore |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Essex Johnson | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Davis | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Louis Carter | 12 | 7 | 0.6 | 0 | |
| Jimmy DuBose | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | |
| Parnell Dickinson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Vince Kendrick | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Steve Spurrier | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ronnie Coleman | 25 | 142 | 5.7 | 0 | |
| Fred Willis | 8 | 30 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Joe Dawkins | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Don Hardeman | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Mel Baker | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dan Pastorini | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Steve Spurrier | 21 | 8 | 38.1 | 2 | 90 | 4.3 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 12.1 |
| Parnell Dickinson | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 15 | 3.0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 39.6 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 27 | 17 | 63.0 | 1 | 194 | 7.2 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 93.7 |
| John Hadl | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 11 | 5.5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| John McKay | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 0 | |
| Jimmy DuBose | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Manfred Moore | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Essex Johnson | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ken Burrough | 5 | 92 | 18.4 | 1 | |
| Billy Johnson | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Coleman | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 | |
| Fred Willis | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13t | 1 |
| John Sawyer | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Mack Alston | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Mel Baker | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Don Hardeman | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Ken Stone | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| C.L. Whittington | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 0 | |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Dave Green | 11 | 466 | 42.4 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Dan Pastorini | 5 | 199 | 39.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Danny Reece | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Cotney | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Isaac Hagins | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | 7 | 76 | 10.9 | 0 | ||
| C.L. Whittington | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Manfred Moore | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 0 | ||
| Isaac Hagins | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | ||
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Don Hardeman | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| Lee Roy Selmon | 2.0 |
| Houston Oilers | |
| Curley Culp | 2.0 |
| Elvin Bethea | 1.0 |
| Ted Washington | 1.0 |
| Tim Rossovich | 0.5 |
| Ted Thompson | 0.5 |
| Robert Brazile | 0.5 |
| Steve Kiner | 0.5 |
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