| Detroit Lions at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 1, 1979 Location: Tampa, FL |
| Venue: Tampa Stadium Attendance: 68225 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 79 F Humidty: 88% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 16 |
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 10 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Neil O'Donoghue 31 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Lee Roy Selmon 29 opponents fumble recovery (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | David Hill 11 pass from Joe Reed (Benny Ricardo kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Ricky Bell 7 run (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Jimmie Giles 66 pass from Doug Williams (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 7 | 24 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Jim Obradovich 2 pass from Doug Williams (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 7 | 31 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Rick Kane 3 run (Benny Ricardo kick) | 14 | 31 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Safety, Mike Rae tackled in end zone by Doug English | 16 | 31 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Luther Blue |
| 87 | WR | Freddie Scott |
| 76 | LOT | Karl Baldischwiler |
| 61 | LOG | Homer Elias |
| 66 | C | Karl Chandler |
| 73 | ROG | Russ Bolinger |
| 70 | ROT | Keith Dorney |
| 81 | TE | David Hill |
| 14 | QB | Joe Reed |
| 24 | HB | Dexter Bussey |
| 25 | FB | Horace King |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Dave Pureifory |
| 72 | LDT | Cleveland Elam |
| 78 | RDT | Doug English |
| 60 | RDE | Bubba Baker |
| 53 | LLB | Jon Brooks |
| 55 | MLB | Ed O'Neil |
| 59 | RLB | Charlie Weaver |
| 21 | LCB | Walt Williams |
| 40 | SS | Jimmy Allen |
| 28 | FS | James Hunter |
| 27 | RCB | Luther Bradley |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Gordon Jones |
| 85 | WR | Morris Owens |
| 75 | LOT | Dave Reavis |
| 64 | LOG | Greg Horton |
| 50 | C | Steve Wilson |
| 61 | ROG | Greg Roberts |
| 73 | ROT | Charley Hannah |
| 88 | TE | Jimmie Giles |
| 12 | QB | Doug Williams |
| 42 | RB | Ricky Bell |
| 43 | RB | Jerry Eckwood |
| Offense | ||
| 60 | LDE | Wally Chambers |
| 77 | NT | Bill Kollar |
| 63 | RDE | Lee Roy Selmon |
| 57 | LOLB | Dave Lewis |
| 58 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Horace King | 10 | 53 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Dexter Bussey | 9 | 28 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Bo Robinson | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 0 | |
| Freddie Scott | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Ken Callicutt | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Rick Kane | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 1 | |
| Lawrence Gaines | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Jeff Komlo | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Jerry Eckwood | 20 | 121 | 6.1 | 46 | 0 |
| Ricky Bell | 13 | 53 | 4.1 | 1 | |
| Johnny Davis | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Doug Williams | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Rick Berns | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| George Ragsdale | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Jeff Komlo | 21 | 5 | 23.8 | 0 | 45 | 2.1 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 39.6 |
| Joe Reed | 15 | 8 | 53.3 | 0 | 61 | 4.1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 85.7 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Doug Williams | 16 | 4 | 25.0 | 0 | 99 | 6.2 | 66t | 2 | 0 | 0 | 92.4 |
| Mike Rae | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 12 | 3.0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 39.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| David Hill | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 1 | |
| Horace King | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 0 | |
| Freddie Scott | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Ken Callicutt | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Luther Blue | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Dexter Bussey | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Jimmie Giles | 3 | 97 | 32.3 | 1 | |
| Rick Berns | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jim Obradovich | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Larry Swider | 8 | 346 | 43.3 | 50 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 5 | 176 | 35.2 | 46 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Leonard Thompson | 2 | 0 | 27 | 13.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Tony Leonard | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Danny Reece | 8 | 0 | 42 | 5.3 | 12 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Tony Leonard | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 28 | 0 | |
| Leonard Thompson | 2 | 81 | 40.5 | 31 | 0 | |
| Ken Callicutt | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 13 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| George Ragsdale | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Tony Davis | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| Doug English | 1.0 |
| William Gay | 1.0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| Bill Kollar | 1.0 |
| Dave Logan | 1.0 |
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