| Buffalo Bills at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 26, 1976 Location: Tampa, FL |
| Venue: Tampa Stadium Attendance: 42805 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 85 F Humidty: 63% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Dave Green 39 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Dave Green 24 FG | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Bob Chandler 58 pass from Joe Ferguson (Benny Ricardo kick) | 7 | 6 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Dave Green 19 FG | 7 | 9 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Reuben Gant 15 pass from Joe Ferguson (Benny Ricardo kick) | 14 | 9 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Bob Chandler |
| 80 | WR | John Holland |
| 78 | LOT | Dave Foley |
| 67 | LOG | Reggie McKenzie |
| 53 | C | Mike Montler |
| 68 | ROG | Joe DeLamielleure |
| 74 | ROT | Donnie Green |
| 88 | TE | Reuben Gant |
| 12 | QB | Joe Ferguson |
| 36 | RB | Jeff Kinney |
| 32 | RB | O.J. Simpson |
| Defense | ||
| 69 | LDE | Ken Jones |
| 71 | LDT | Mike Kadish |
| 79 | RDT | Marty Smith |
| 83 | RDE | Sherm White |
| 55 | LLB | John Skorupan |
| 52 | MLB | Merv Krakau |
| 51 | RLB | Dan Jilek |
| 29 | LCB | Mario Clark |
| 24 | LS | Doug Jones |
| 43 | RS | Tony Greene |
| 28 | RCB | Dwight Harrison |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Lee McGriff |
| 89 | WR | John McKay |
| 71 | LOT | Steve Young |
| 72 | LOG | Howard Fest |
| 73 | C | John Ward |
| 67 | ROG | Tom Alward |
| 74 | ROT | Mike Current |
| 82 | TE | Fred Pagac |
| 11 | QB | Steve Spurrier |
| 26 | RB | Charlie Davis |
| 43 | RB | Ed Williams |
| Offense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Council Rudolph |
| 76 | LDT | Dave Pear |
| 63 | RDT | Lee Roy Selmon |
| 66 | RDE | Pat Toomay |
| 58 | LLB | Cal Peterson |
| 56 | MLB | Bert Cooper |
| 57 | RLB | Jim Peterson |
| 40 | LCB | Mike Washington |
| 33 | LS | Mark Cotney |
| 28 | RS | Ken Stone |
| 46 | RCB | Danny Reece |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Jeff Kinney | 12 | 62 | 5.2 | 0 | |
| O.J. Simpson | 20 | 39 | 2.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Darnell Powell | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Joe Ferguson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Louis Carter | 12 | 72 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Ed Williams | 12 | 50 | 4.2 | 0 | |
| Charlie Davis | 10 | 31 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Essex Johnson | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Jimmy DuBose | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Moore | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Manfred Moore | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Joe Ferguson | 22 | 12 | 54.5 | 0 | 188 | 8.5 | 58 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 113.4 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Steve Spurrier | 27 | 13 | 48.1 | 1 | 170 | 6.3 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 53.0 |
| Louis Carter | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Bob Chandler | 5 | 110 | 22.0 | 1 | |
| Reuben Gant | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 1 | |
| O.J. Simpson | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 11 | 0 |
| John Holland | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jeff Kinney | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Bob Moore | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 0 | |
| Charlie Davis | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | |
| Morris Owens | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| John McKay | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Ed Williams | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Barry Smith | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Dave Green | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Louis Carter | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Tony Greene | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Marv Bateman | 7 | 289 | 41.3 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Dave Green | 5 | 200 | 40.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Roland Hooks | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keith Moody | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roscoe Word | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Manfred Moore | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 0 | ||
| Danny Reece | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Roscoe Word | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | ||
| Keith Moody | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Roland Hooks | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Louis Carter | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Charlie Davis | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Jimmy DuBose | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |
| Marty Smith | 1.0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| Dave Pear | 1.0 |
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