| 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 |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 31 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Ed Williams 17 run (Dave Green kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New England Patriots | Andy Johnson 69 run (John Smith kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Morris Owens 17 pass from Steve Spurrier (Dave Green kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | New England Patriots | Andy Johnson 9 run (John Smith kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 4 | New England Patriots | Sam Hunt 68 interception return (John Smith kick) | 21 | 14 |
| 4 | New England Patriots | John Smith 30 FG | 24 | 14 |
| 4 | New England Patriots | Steve Grogan 1 run (Steve Zabel kick) | 31 | 14 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Andy Johnson | 14 | 127 | 9.1 | 2 | |
| Don Calhoun | 12 | 68 | 5.7 | 0 | |
| Sam Cunningham | 6 | 39 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Jess Phillips | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | |
| Steve Grogan | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 1 | |
| Steve Burks | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Ed Williams | 15 | 58 | 3.9 | 1 | |
| Louis Carter | 14 | 32 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Rod McNeill | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| Steve Spurrier | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Essex Johnson | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| Jimmy DuBose | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Fred Pagac | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Steve Grogan | 14 | 4 | 28.6 | 1 | 40 | 2.9 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.8 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Steve Spurrier | 17 | 12 | 70.6 | 1 | 145 | 8.5 | 27t | 1 | 1 | 12 | 91.5 |
| Louis Carter | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Steve Burks | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Don Calhoun | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Randy Vataha | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Sam Cunningham | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Ed Williams | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 0 | |
| Jack Novak | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 0 | |
| Essex Johnson | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Morris Owens | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27t | 1 |
| Barry Smith | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Jimmy DuBose | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Sam Hunt | 1 | 68 | 68.0 | 68t | 1 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Ken Stone | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Mike Patrick | 7 | 292 | 41.7 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Dave Green | 5 | 176 | 35.2 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Mike Haynes | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 0 | ||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Freddie Douglas | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Don Calhoun | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | ||
| Dick Conn | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Freddie Douglas | 3 | 85 | 28.3 | 0 | ||
| Essex Johnson | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |
| Dave Tipton | 1.0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
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