| Seattle Seahawks at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 17, 1976 Location: Tampa, FL |
| Venue: Tampa Stadium Attendance: 41112 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 82 F Humidty: 72% Wind: 15 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle SeahawksSEA | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SEA | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Dave Green 38 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Seattle SeahawksSEA | Sam McCullum 15 pass from Jim Zorn (John Leypoldt kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Seattle SeahawksSEA | John Leypoldt 25 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 2 | Seattle SeahawksSEA | John Leypoldt 39 FG | 13 | 3 |
| 3 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Morris Owens 1 pass from Louis Carter (Dave Green kick) | 13 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Steve Largent |
| 84 | WR | Sam McCullum |
| 63 | LOT | Nick Bebout |
| 67 | LOG | Bob Penchion |
| 54 | C | Art Kuehn |
| 65 | ROG | John Demarie |
| 64 | ROT | Gordon Jolley |
| 87 | TE | Ron Howard |
| 10 | QB | Jim Zorn |
| 44 | RB | Ralph Nelson |
| 42 | RB | Don Testerman |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Dave Tipton |
| 71 | LDT | Steve Niehaus |
| 77 | RDT | Rich Harris |
| 70 | RDE | Bob Lurtsema |
| 36 | LLB | Ken Geddes |
| 38 | MLB | Ed Bradley |
| 32 | RLB | Mike Curtis |
| 41 | LCB | Eddie McMillan |
| 29 | LS | Al Matthews |
| 22 | RS | Dave Brown |
| 45 | RCB | Rolly Woolsey |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | John McKay |
| 85 | WR | Morris Owens |
| 71 | LOT | Steve Young |
| 72 | LOG | Howard Fest |
| 51 | C | Dan Ryczek |
| 67 | ROG | Tom Alward |
| 74 | ROT | Mike Current |
| 86 | TE | Bob Moore |
| 11 | QB | Steve Spurrier |
| 26 | RB | Charlie Davis |
| 43 | RB | Ed Williams |
| Offense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Council Rudolph |
| 76 | LDT | Dave Pear |
| 61 | RDT | Dewey Selmon |
| 66 | RDE | Pat Toomay |
| 30 | LLB | Jimmy Gunn |
| 52 | MLB | Steve Reese |
| 54 | RLB | Richard Wood |
| 25 | LCB | Curtis Jordan |
| 33 | LS | Mark Cotney |
| 28 | RS | Ken Stone |
| 46 | RCB | Danny Reece |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||
| Sherman Smith | 10 | 45 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Ralph Nelson | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Rick Engles | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Hugh McKinnis | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 0 | |
| Don Testerman | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 0 | |
| Oliver Ross | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Zorn | 3 | -6 | -2.0 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Louis Carter | 15 | 66 | 4.4 | 0 | |
| Essex Johnson | 12 | 54 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Charlie Davis | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Rod McNeill | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Steve Spurrier | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ed Williams | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||||||||
| Jim Zorn | 27 | 11 | 40.7 | 1 | 167 | 6.2 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 58.7 |
| Bill Munson | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 56.2 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Steve Spurrier | 30 | 18 | 60.0 | 0 | 170 | 5.7 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 75.7 |
| Louis Carter | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 | 4 | 31 | 118.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||
| Sam McCullum | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 1 | |
| Steve Largent | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 0 | |
| Ron Howard | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | |
| Sherman Smith | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ralph Nelson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Morris Owens | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 1 | |
| Ed Williams | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| John McKay | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Louis Carter | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | |
| Bob Moore | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| Essex Johnson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Mark Cotney | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||
| Rick Engles | 7 | 272 | 38.9 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Dave Green | 8 | 315 | 39.4 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | ||||||
| Lyle Blackwood | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Brown | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | ||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Danny Reece | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | ||
| Manfred Moore | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Cotney | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | ||||||
| Lyle Blackwood | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | ||
| Sherman Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Essex Johnson | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Fred Pagac | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | |
| Steve Niehaus | 2.0 |
| Mike Curtis | 1.0 |
| Rich Harris | 1.0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| Pat Toomay | 1.0 |
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