Tampa Bay Buccaneers 0 Atlanta Falcons 17
Sunday 27 November 1977 at Tampa Stadium
ATL8:11-1Q Steinfort FG26
ATL14:06-3Q Stanback 1 run (Steinfort kick)
ATL1:34-3Q Stanback 1 run (Steinfort kick)

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Ragsdale 2-23, Carter 7-22, Bell 6-11, Williams 2-2, Huff 1-2, Davis 1-1, DuBose 1-1.
FALCONS: Stanback 21-75, Esposito 8-39, Thompson 17-32, McIntyre 6-32, Pritchett 1-6, Bartkowski 6-(-3), Mitchell 1-(-6).
PASSING
BUCS: Huff 11-4-38-3-0, Hedberg 12-1-17-1-0.
FALCONS: Bartkowski 14-9-82-0-0, Esposito 1-0-0-0-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Owens 1-17, McKay 1-17, DuBose 1-10, Hagins 1-6, Bell 1-5.
FALCONS: Mitchell 2-32, Jenkins 2-25, Francis 2-12, Stanback 2-6, Thompson 1-7.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
FALCONS: Easterling 1-36, Pennywell 1-10, Lawrence 1-0, Ortega 1-(-1), Brown 0-8.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Hagins 2-53, Reece 1-24, A.Davis 1-15.
OPPONENTS: Farmer 1-27.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Reece 1-12.
OPPONENTS: Ryckman 3-25, Lawrence 1-7.
SACKS
BUCS: L.Selmon 2-23, Harris 1-12.
OPPONENTS: Merrow 2-21, Pennywell 1-16, Team 1-2.
GAME REPORTS AND COMMENTS
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Another home game and another shutout, the fourth in a row at home. The Bucs had marginally more completions (five) to their own players than interceptions (four).

The Tampa Bay offensive total for the game was a paltry 78 yards. The Falcons were 10 point favourites against ths spread in spite of the game being in Tampa.
OFFENSEDEFENSE
LT75 Reavis LDE78 Rudolph
LG62 Winans DT76 Pear
C79 Wilson RDE63 L Selmon
RG68 Medlin LOLB57 Lewis
RT70 Carlton LILB61 D Selmon
TE83 Nafziger RILB54 Wood
WR85 Owens ROLB52 Harris
WR81 Hagins LCB45 White
FB28 Davis SS33 Cotney
RB 42 Bell FS34 Brown
QB19 Huff RCB40 Washington
SUBSTITUTIONS
4 Green, 14 Hedberg, 23 Ragsdale, 32 L Carter, 35 DuBose, 43 Williams, 46 Reece, 51 Ryczek, 53 Bonness, 59 Lemon, 64 Robinson, 65 R Johnson, 66 B Carter, 72 G Johnson, 77 Kollar, 80 Novak, 87 Mucker, 89 McKay
DID NOT PLAY
9 Leavitt, 25 Jordan, 56 C Johnson
INACTIVE
17 Blount, 82 Waddell