| New Orleans Saints at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 17, 1978 Location: Tampa, FL |
| Venue: Tampa Stadium Attendance: 51207 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 73 F Humidty: 68% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Steve Mike-Mayer 32 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Neil O'Donoghue 47 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Chuck Muncie 21 run (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) | 10 | 3 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Jimmie Giles 2 pass from Doug Williams (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 10 | 10 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Henry Childs 1 pass from Archie Manning (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) | 17 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Wes Chandler |
| 82 | WR | Ike Harris |
| 71 | LOT | J.T. Taylor |
| 68 | LOG | Fred Sturt |
| 62 | C | John Hill |
| 64 | ROG | Dave Lafary |
| 65 | ROT | Robert Woods |
| 85 | TE | Henry Childs |
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning |
| 42 | HB | Chuck Muncie |
| 34 | FB | Tony Galbreath |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Elois Grooms |
| 75 | LDT | Elex Price |
| 74 | RDT | Derland Moore |
| 73 | RDE | Joe Campbell |
| 57 | LLB | Jim Merlo |
| 58 | MLB | Joe Federspiel |
| 54 | RLB | Pat Hughes |
| 24 | LCB | Clarence Chapman |
| 27 | SS | Ray Brown |
| 37 | FS | Tommy Myers |
| 29 | RCB | Maurice Spencer |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Larry Mucker |
| 75 | LOT | Dave Reavis |
| 64 | LOG | Greg Horton |
| 79 | C | Steve Wilson |
| 72 | ROG | Garry Puetz |
| 70 | ROT | Darryl Carlton |
| 88 | TE | Jimmie Giles |
| 86 | TE | Jim Obradovich |
| 12 | QB | Doug Williams |
| 32 | TB | Louis Carter |
| 38 | FB | Johnny Davis |
| Offense | ||
| 73 | LDE | Charley Hannah |
| 76 | NT | Dave Pear |
| 77 | RDE | Bill Kollar |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Chuck Muncie | 11 | 68 | 6.2 | 21t | 1 |
| Tony Galbreath | 11 | 60 | 5.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Mike Strachan | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 8 | 0 |
| Kim Jones | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 8 | 0 |
| Archie Manning | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Johnny Davis | 9 | 44 | 4.9 | 18 | 0 |
| Louis Carter | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 17 | 0 |
| George Ragsdale | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 18 | 0 |
| Doug Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 36 | 25 | 69.4 | 2 | 250 | 6.9 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Doug Williams | 22 | 7 | 31.8 | 0 | 96 | 4.4 | 48 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 61.9 |
| Louis Carter | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Henry Childs | 6 | 80 | 13.3 | 21 | 1 |
| Wes Chandler | 6 | 56 | 9.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Tony Galbreath | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Larry Hardy | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Rich Mauti | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Chuck Muncie | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Ike Harris | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Kim Jones | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Larry Mucker | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 48 | 0 |
| Jimmie Giles | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 17 | 1 |
| George Ragsdale | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Louis Carter | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Mike Washington | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Dave Lewis | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 4 | 168 | 42.0 | 50 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Dave Green | 9 | 361 | 40.1 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Wes Chandler | 5 | 1 | 36 | 7.2 | 14 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Danny Reece | 3 | 0 | 37 | 12.3 | 16 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Rich Mauti | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 | |
| Wes Chandler | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| Don Schwartz | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Jimmie Giles | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Danny Reece | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Joe Campbell | 1.0 |
| Don Reese | 1.0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
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