| Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: November 12, 1978 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 60320 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 0 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 23 |
| Detroit Lions | 7 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 34 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | TB | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit Lions | David Hill 2 pass from Gary Danielson (Benny Ricardo kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Jim Obradovich 12 pass from Mike Rae (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Neil O'Donoghue 27 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Horace King 75 run (Benny Ricardo kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Neil O'Donoghue 45 FG | 13 | 14 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | David Hill 14 pass from Gary Danielson (Benny Ricardo kick) | 13 | 21 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Dexter Bussey 1 run (Benny Ricardo kick) | 13 | 28 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Benny Ricardo 38 FG | 13 | 31 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Neil O'Donoghue 28 FG | 16 | 31 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Benny Ricardo 28 FG | 16 | 34 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | George Ragsdale 31 pass from Gary Huff (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 23 | 34 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| TB | Ricky Bell | 18 | 70 | 3.9 | 11 | 0 |
| TB | Johnny Davis | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 12 | 0 |
| TB | Mike Rae | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| TB | Louis Carter | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| DET | Horace King | 12 | 104 | 8.7 | 75t | 1 |
| DET | Dexter Bussey | 12 | 47 | 3.9 | 24 | 1 |
| DET | Lawrence Gaines | 6 | 33 | 5.5 | 12 | 0 |
| DET | Ed O'Neil | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| DET | Gary Danielson | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| DET | Rick Kane | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| DET | Freddie Scott | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| DET | Jesse Thompson | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| TB | Mike Rae | 17 | 10 | 58.8 | 0 | 89 | 5.2 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 52 | 92.5 |
| TB | Gary Huff | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 0 | 37 | 7.4 | 31t | 1 | 1 | 10 | 105.8 |
| TB | Dave Green | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| DET | Gary Danielson | 24 | 15 | 62.5 | 1 | 206 | 8.6 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 100.3 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| TB | Ricky Bell | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 12 | 0 |
| TB | Jimmie Giles | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 11 | 0 |
| TB | George Ragsdale | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31t | 1 |
| TB | Danny Reece | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| TB | Morris Owens | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| TB | Jim Obradovich | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12t | 1 |
| TB | Frank Grant | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| TB | Larry Mucker | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| TB | Johnny Davis | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| DET | David Hill | 7 | 106 | 15.1 | 32 | 2 |
| DET | Dexter Bussey | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
| DET | Horace King | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| DET | Freddie Scott | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| DET | Luther Blue | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| DET | Jesse Thompson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| DET | Rick Kane | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| TB | Curtis Jordan | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| TB | Dave Green | 5 | 213 | 42.6 | 52 | 0 |
| DET | Tom Skladany | 2 | 74 | 37.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| TB | Danny Reece | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 |
| DET | Jesse Thompson | 3 | 0 | 38 | 12.7 | 22 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| TB | George Ragsdale | 4 | 105 | 26.3 | 31 | 0 |
| TB | Louis Carter | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| TB | Jimmie Giles | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| TB | Jim Obradovich | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| DET | Luther Blue | 1 | 60 | 60.0 | 60 | 0 |
| DET | Jesse Thompson | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| DET | Freddie Scott | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| DET | Nat Terry | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| TB | Lee Roy Selmon | 1.0 |
| DET | Bubba Baker | 5.0 |
| DET | Dave Pureifory | 1.5 |
| DET | John Woodcock | 1.0 |
| DET | Dave Washington | 0.5 |
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