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New England Patriots at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Game Statistics
Date: December 12, 1976 Location: Tampa, FL
Venue: Tampa Stadium Attendance: 39606
Weather: Partly Cloudy Temp: 80 F Humidty: 69% Wind: 7 mph
Data CoverageStat Key
Score By Quarters1st2nd3rd4thFinal
New England PatriotsNE0771731
Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB0140014
QtrTeamScoring PlaysNETB
2Tampa Bay BuccaneersTBEd Williams 17 run (Dave Green kick)07
2New England PatriotsNEAndy Johnson 69 run (John Smith kick)77
2Tampa Bay BuccaneersTBMorris Owens 17 pass from Steve Spurrier (Dave Green kick)714
3New England PatriotsNEAndy Johnson 9 run (John Smith kick)1414
4New England PatriotsNESam Hunt 68 interception return (John Smith kick)2114
4New England PatriotsNEJohn Smith 30 FG2414
4New England PatriotsNESteve Grogan 1 run (Steve Zabel kick)3114
LINEUPS
New England Patriots
Offense
88WRMarlin Briscoe
82WRSteve Burks
70LOTLeon Gray
73LOGJohn Hannah
67CBill Lenkaitis
61ROGSam Adams
66ROTBob McKay
87TEAl Chandler
14QBSteve Grogan
39RBSam Cunningham
32RBAndy Johnson
Defense
78LDETony McGee
71NTRay Hamilton
85RDEJulius Adams
54LOLBSteve Zabel
51LILBDonnie Thomas
90RILBGeorge Webster
59ROLBPete Barnes
24LCBBobby Howard
34LSPrentice McCray
48RSTim Fox
40RCBMike Haynes
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Offense
89WRJohn McKay
85WRMorris Owens
71LOTSteve Young
72LOGHoward Fest
51CDan Ryczek
67ROGTom Alward
74ROTMike Current
80TEJack Novak
11QBSteve Spurrier
19RBEssex Johnson
43RBEd Williams
Offense
78LDECouncil Rudolph
65LDTMaulty Moore
64RDTGlenn Robinson
66RDEPat Toomay
54LLBRichard Wood
59MLBMike Lemon
55RLBJimmy Sims
25LCBCurtis Jordan
33LSMark Cotney
28RSKen Stone
24RCBRoscoe Word
RUSHINGATTYDSAVGLGTD
New England Patriots
Andy Johnson141279.12
Don Calhoun12685.70
Sam Cunningham6396.590
Jess Phillips3227.30
Steve Grogan320.71
Steve Burks122.020
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Ed Williams15583.91
Louis Carter14322.30
Rod McNeill6193.20
Steve Spurrier4133.30
Essex Johnson451.30
Jimmy DuBose144.040
Fred Pagac144.040
PASSINGATTCOMPCTINTYDSAVGLGTDTSYLRTG
New England Patriots
Steve Grogan14428.61402.9170009.8
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Steve Spurrier171270.611458.527t111291.5
Louis Carter100.0000.000039.6
RECEIVINGNOYDSAVGLGTD
New England Patriots
Steve Burks11717.0170
Don Calhoun11212.0120
Randy Vataha188.080
Sam Cunningham133.030
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Ed Williams4338.30
Jack Novak35518.30
Essex Johnson294.50
Morris Owens12727.027t1
Barry Smith11616.0160
Jimmy DuBose155.050
INTERCEPTIONSNOYDSAVGLGTD
New England Patriots
Sam Hunt16868.068t1
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Ken Stone12626.0260
PUNTINGNOYDSAVGLGBL
New England Patriots
Mike Patrick729241.70
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Dave Green517635.20
PUNT RETURNSNOFCYDSAVGLGTD
New England Patriots
Mike Haynes35317.70
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Freddie Douglas47819.50
KICKOFF RETURNSNOFCYDSAVGLGTD
New England Patriots
Don Calhoun23115.50
Dick Conn12626.0260
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Freddie Douglas38528.30
Essex Johnson25125.50
SACKSNO
New England Patriots
Dave Tipton1.0
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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