| Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: December 11, 1977 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 40124 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 3 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 33 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | TB | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Dave Green 40 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Dave Green 25 FG | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Morris Owens 5 pass from Gary Huff (Dave Green kick) | 13 | 0 |
| 3 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Mike Washington 45 interception return (Dave Green kick) | 20 | 0 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Richard Wood 10 interception return (Dave Green kick failed) | 26 | 0 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Archie Manning 2 run (Rich Szaro kick) | 26 | 7 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Greg Johnson EZ interception return (Dave Green kick) | 33 | 7 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | John Gilliam 11 pass from Archie Manning (Rich Szaro kick) | 33 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | John McKay |
| 85 | WR | Morris Owens |
| 75 | LOT | Dave Reavis |
| 62 | LOG | Jeff Winans |
| 79 | C | Steve Wilson |
| 68 | ROG | Dan Medlin |
| 70 | ROT | Darryl Carlton |
| 83 | TE | Dana Nafziger |
| 19 | QB | Gary Huff |
| 42 | RB | Ricky Bell |
| 35 | RB | Jimmy DuBose |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Council Rudolph |
| 76 | NT | Dave Pear |
| 63 | RDE | Lee Roy Selmon |
| 57 | LOLB | Dave Lewis |
| 61 | LILB | Dewey Selmon |
| 54 | RILB | Richard Wood |
| 56 | ROLB | Cecil Johnson |
| 45 | LCB | Jeris White |
| 33 | SS | Mark Cotney |
| 34 | FS | Cedric Brown |
| 50 | RCB | Mike Washington |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Don Herrmann |
| 86 | WR | Jim Thaxton |
| 77 | LOT | Marv Montgomery |
| 68 | LOG | Terry Stieve |
| 62 | C | John Hill |
| 79 | ROG | Emanuel Zanders |
| 76 | ROT | Don Morrison |
| 85 | TE | Henry Childs |
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning |
| 34 | RB | Tony Galbreath |
| 42 | RB | Chuck Muncie |
| Offense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Elois Grooms |
| 82 | LDT | Bob Pollard |
| 72 | RDT | Mike Fultz |
| 73 | RDE | Joe Campbell |
| 57 | LLB | Jim Merlo |
| 58 | MLB | Joe Federspiel |
| 54 | RLB | Pat Hughes |
| 30 | LCB | Ernie Jackson |
| 37 | SS | Tommy Myers |
| 44 | FS | Chuck Crist |
| 24 | RCB | Clarence Chapman |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Jimmy DuBose | 17 | 59 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Ricky Bell | 14 | 34 | 2.4 | 0 | |
| Ed Williams | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 0 | |
| Louis Carter | 11 | 16 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Gary Huff | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tony Galbreath | 9 | 35 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| Archie Manning | 6 | 33 | 5.5 | 1 | |
| Chuck Muncie | 11 | 21 | 1.9 | 12 | 0 |
| Kim Jones | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Mike Strachan | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Gary Huff | 9 | 7 | 77.8 | 0 | 96 | 10.7 | 1 | 148.1 | |||
| Dave Green | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 21 | 13 | 61.9 | 3 | 154 | 7.3 | 1 | 60.5 | |||
| Bobby Scott | 12 | 4 | 33.3 | 3 | 36 | 3.0 | 0 | 2.8 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Jimmy DuBose | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Morris Owens | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 1 | |
| Ed Williams | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Danny Reece | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Louis Carter | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Don Herrmann | 4 | 92 | 23.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Henry Childs | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Greg Boykin | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Tony Galbreath | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Chuck Muncie | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 14 | 0 |
| John Gilliam | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11t | 1 |
| Kim Jones | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jim Thaxton | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Mike Washington | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 1 | |
| Richard Wood | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 1 | |
| Jeris White | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Greg Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0t | 1 |
| Cedric Brown | 0 | 27 | 27L | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Dave Green | 5 | 197 | 39.4 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 4 | 169 | 42.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Danny Reece | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | ||
| Isaac Hagins | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Rich Mauti | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| George Ragsdale | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Rich Mauti | 6 | 147 | 24.5 | 0 | ||
| Clarence Chapman | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| Dewey Selmon | 3.0 |
| Council Rudolph | 1.0 |
| Cecil Johnson | 1.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Elois Grooms | 1.0 |
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