| St. Louis Cardinals at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 18, 1977 Location: Tampa, FL |
| Venue: Tampa Stadium Attendance: 56922 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 67 F Humidty: 39% Wind: 18 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | STL | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Louis Carter 1 run (Dave Green kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Morris Owens 61 pass from Gary Huff (Dave Green kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Wayne Morris 3 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Dave Green 23 FG | 7 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Mel Gray |
| 84 | WR | Ike Harris |
| 60 | LOT | Roger Finnie |
| 64 | LOG | Bob Young |
| 54 | C | Tom Banks |
| 66 | ROG | Conrad Dobler |
| 72 | ROT | Dan Dierdorf |
| 88 | TE | J.V. Cain |
| 17 | QB | Jim Hart |
| 21 | RB | Terry Metcalf |
| 35 | RB | Jim Otis |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Ron Yankowski |
| 73 | NT | Mike Dawson |
| 76 | RDE | Charlie Davis |
| 53 | LOLB | Steve Neils |
| 55 | LILB | Eric Williams |
| 56 | RILB | Tim Kearney |
| 57 | ROLB | Mark Arneson |
| 27 | LCB | Carl Allen |
| 36 | SS | Ken Reaves |
| 30 | FS | Bill Bradley |
| 22 | RCB | Roger Wehrli |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 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 |
| 80 | TE | Jack Novak |
| 19 | QB | Gary Huff |
| 32 | RB | Louis Carter |
| 43 | RB | Ed Williams |
| Offense | ||
| 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 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Wayne Morris | 19 | 64 | 3.4 | 1 | |
| Steve Jones | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Jim Otis | 9 | 19 | 2.1 | 0 | |
| Jerry Latin | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | |
| Terry Metcalf | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jim Hart | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Louis Carter | 20 | 45 | 2.3 | 1 | |
| Jimmy DuBose | 11 | 45 | 4.1 | 0 | |
| Ed Williams | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 0 | |
| Gary Huff | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 29 | 16 | 55.2 | 2 | 162 | 5.6 | 0 | 42.6 | |||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Gary Huff | 12 | 7 | 58.3 | 1 | 171 | 14.3 | 1 | 95.8 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Ike Harris | 6 | 94 | 15.7 | 0 | |
| Jerry Latin | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Mel Gray | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Steve Jones | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Otis | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Terry Metcalf | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Wayne Morris | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Morris Owens | 4 | 138 | 34.5 | 1 | |
| Jimmy DuBose | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Jack Novak | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Isaac Hagins | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Mark Arneson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Mark Cotney | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Washington | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Duane Carrell | 4 | 153 | 38.3 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Dave Green | 5 | 218 | 43.6 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Bill Bradley | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | ||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Danny Reece | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Bill Bradley | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Metcalf | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Steve Jones | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| George Ragsdale | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
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