Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7 Cleveland Browns 24
Sunday 21 November 1976 at Tampa Stadium
CLE 2:17-1Q Miller 2 run (Cockroft kick)
TB 0:51-2Q Johnson 12 pass from Spurrier (Green kick)
CLE 6:34-3Q Warfield 15 pass from Sipe (Cockroft kick)
CLE 14:22-4Q Jones recovered fumble in endzone (Cockroft kick)
CLE 8:56-4Q Cockroft FG32
The video clip shown is Pat Toomay making a big defensive play

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Williams 11-39, McNeill 4-37, Carter 12-25, Spurrier 1-1.
BROWNS: Miller 14-49, GPruitt 10-44, Poole 13-38, Sipe 1-10, MPruitt 2-4, Duncan 1-4.
PASSING
BUCS: Spurrier 28-15-135-0-1, Dickinson 3-2-29-1-0, Davis 1-1-(-7)-0-0.
BROWNS: Sipe 18-10-131-0-1, Phipps 5-2-11-0-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: BMoore 5-56, Owens 4-50, Johnson 4-31, Carter 2-7, McKay 1-11, Williams 1-9, Novak 1-(-7).
BROWNS: Warfield 4-79, Rucker 3-25, Logan 1-18, Miller 1-15, Poole 1-4, Duncan 1-4, GPruitt 1-(-3).
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
BROWNS: Brown 1-24.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Carter 3-69, McNeil 1-30.
OPPONENTS: Feacher 1-21, Holden 1-17.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Reece 2-22, Stone 1-11.
OPPONENTS: Holden 4-38.
SACKS
BUCS: Pear 1-9.
OPPONENTS: Jones 1-6, Sherk 1-10, Team 1-16.
GAME REPORTS AND COMMENTS
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The Bucs, winless and frustrated after 11 games, outplayed the Browns in all areas in the first half but went to the locker room tied at seven apiece.

QB Brian Sipe finally got the sluggish Browns, 15 point favourites, moving in the second half and found WR Paul Warfield wide open at the goal-line for a 15-yard scoring strike.

John McKay's take on the game:" We didn't play with the same enthusiasm in the second half. We played them like a bunch of old ...., well I don't want to say that."
OFFENSEDEFENSE
LT71 Young LDE78 Rudolph
LG72 Fest DT76 Pear
C51 Ryczek DT61 DSelmon
RG79 Wilson RDE66 Toomay
RT74 Current LLB30 Gunn
TE86 Moore MLB52 Reese
WR85 Owens RLB54 Wood
WR89 McKay LCB25 Jordan
FB43 Williams SS33 Cotney
RB32 Carter FS28 Stone
QB11 Spurrier RCB46 Reese
SUBSTITUTIONS
4 Green, 19 Johnson, 20 Pierson, 22 McNeill, 27 Davis, 35 DuBose, 44 Moore, 53 Ball, 56 Cooper, 59 Lemon, 64 Robinson, 65 Moore, 67 Alward, 70 Young, 77 Little, 80 Novak, 82 Pagac, 84 Douglas, 88 Smith
DID NOT PLAY
18 Dickinson, 24 Word
INACTIVE
5 Hanratty, 26 Davis, 40 Washington