| Green Bay Packers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 3, 1978 Location: Tampa, FL |
| Venue: Tampa Stadium Attendance: 67754 |
| Weather: Partly Cloudy Temp: 83 F Humidty: 65% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay PackersGB | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | GB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Green Bay PackersGB | James Lofton 10 pass from David Whitehurst (Chester Marcol kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Green Bay PackersGB | Chester Marcol 27 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | George Ragsdale 14 run (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Green Bay PackersGB | Barty Smith 1 run (Chester Marcol kick) | 17 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | James Lofton |
| 43 | WR | Aundra Thompson |
| 76 | LOT | Tim Stokes |
| 57 | LOG | Derrel Gofourth |
| 54 | C | Larry McCarren |
| 71 | ROG | Mel Jackson |
| 68 | ROT | Greg Koch |
| 81 | TE | Rich McGeorge |
| 17 | QB | David Whitehurst |
| 34 | HB | Terdell Middleton |
| 33 | FB | Barty Smith |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Mike Butler |
| 74 | LDT | Dave Roller |
| 75 | RDT | Carl Barzilauskas |
| 78 | RDE | Ezra Johnson |
| 52 | LLB | Gary Weaver |
| 55 | MLB | Mike Hunt |
| 60 | RLB | John Anderson |
| 28 | LCB | Willie Buchanon |
| 46 | SS | Steve Luke |
| 24 | FS | Johnnie Gray |
| 29 | RCB | Mike McCoy |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | John McKay |
| 85 | WR | Morris Owens |
| 75 | LOT | Dave Reavis |
| 64 | LOG | Greg Horton |
| 79 | C | Steve Wilson |
| 72 | ROG | Garry Puetz |
| 70 | ROT | Darryl Carlton |
| 88 | TE | Jimmie Giles |
| 15 | QB | Mike Rae |
| 32 | TB | Louis Carter |
| 38 | FB | Johnny Davis |
| Offense | ||
| 73 | LDE | Charley Hannah |
| 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 |
| 40 | RCB | Mike Washington |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Terdell Middleton | 12 | 30 | 2.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Barty Smith | 8 | 21 | 2.6 | 5 | 1 |
| Jim Culbreath | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Nate Simpson | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Eric Torkelson | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| David Whitehurst | 4 | -3 | -0.8 | 6 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| George Ragsdale | 12 | 70 | 5.8 | 14t | 1 |
| Louis Carter | 12 | 29 | 2.4 | 10 | 0 |
| Mike Rae | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Johnny Davis | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 10 | 0 |
| Charlie White | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Larry Mucker | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||||||||
| David Whitehurst | 19 | 13 | 68.4 | 1 | 113 | 5.9 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 79.5 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Mike Rae | 31 | 14 | 45.2 | 2 | 178 | 5.7 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 36.8 |
| Louis Carter | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| James Lofton | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 20 | 1 |
| Barty Smith | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Terdell Middleton | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Aundra Thompson | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Rich McGeorge | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Eric Torkelson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Louis Carter | 6 | 66 | 11.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Morris Owens | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Charlie White | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Jimmie Giles | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 16 | 0 |
| John McKay | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Estus Hood | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Mike McCoy | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Mike Washington | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| David Beverly | 7 | 289 | 41.3 | 49 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Dave Green | 4 | 166 | 41.5 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Johnnie Gray | 3 | 0 | 43 | 14.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Danny Reece | 4 | 0 | 29 | 7.3 | 13 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Aundra Thompson | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Howard Sampson | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| George Ragsdale | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Jimmie Giles | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |
| Carl Barzilauskas | 2.0 |
| John Anderson | 1.0 |
| Dave Roller | 1.0 |
| Mike Butler | 1.0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| Charley Hannah | 1.0 |
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