| Chicago Bears at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 22, 1978 Location: Tampa, FL |
| Venue: Tampa Stadium Attendance: 68146 |
| Weather: More Than Half Cloudy Temp: 83 F Humidty: 59% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | 0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 19 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 6 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 33 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Ricky Bell 1 run (Neil O'Donoghue kick failed) | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Chicago Bears | James Scott 34 pass from Bob Avellini (Bob Thomas kick) | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Jim Obradovich 28 pass from Doug Williams (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | Chicago Bears | Bob Thomas 21 FG | 10 | 13 |
| 3 | Chicago Bears | Roland Harper 2 run (Bob Thomas kick blocked) | 16 | 13 |
| 3 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Doug Williams 1 run (Neil O'Donoghue kick blocked) | 16 | 19 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Morris Owens 40 pass from Doug Williams (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 16 | 26 |
| 4 | Chicago Bears | Bob Thomas 27 FG | 19 | 26 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Johnny Davis 3 run (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 19 | 33 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Roland Harper | 10 | 65 | 6.5 | 25 | 1 |
| Walter Payton | 15 | 34 | 2.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Bob Avellini | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bob Parsons | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Ricky Bell | 27 | 95 | 3.5 | 11 | 1 |
| Johnny Davis | 13 | 41 | 3.2 | 13 | 1 |
| Doug Williams | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 6 | 1 |
| Louis Carter | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Bob Avellini | 29 | 15 | 51.7 | 3 | 218 | 7.5 | 34t | 1 | 2 | 15 | 48.4 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Doug Williams | 19 | 11 | 57.9 | 1 | 180 | 9.5 | 40t | 2 | 1 | 7 | 103.0 |
| Louis Carter | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| James Scott | 5 | 105 | 21.0 | 34t | 1 |
| Walter Payton | 5 | 74 | 14.8 | 30 | 0 |
| Steve Schubert | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Roland Harper | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Golden Richards | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Morris Owens | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 40t | 1 |
| Ricky Bell | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Jim Obradovich | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28t | 1 |
| Larry Mucker | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Frank Grant | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Louis Carter | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Gary Fencik | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Dave Lewis | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Cedric Brown | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bob Parsons | 5 | 218 | 43.6 | 53 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Dave Green | 5 | 181 | 36.2 | 43 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Steve Schubert | 3 | 0 | 20 | 6.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Lenny Walterscheid | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Danny Reece | 4 | 0 | 46 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Lenny Walterscheid | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Wentford Gaines | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| John Skibinski | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Greg Latta | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| George Ragsdale | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 43 | 0 | |
| Danny Reece | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 31 | 0 | |
| Alvin Maxson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
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