Tampa Bay Buccaneers 0 Chicago Bears 10
Sunday 4 December 1977 at Tampa Stadium
All the scoring took place in the fourth quarter. After a Bob Thomas field goal, Walter Payton ran three yards for a
touchdown. Again, the Bucs offense had its problems and ten possessions ended in punts. Behind Randy Hedberg
who was back starting at quarterback, the Bucs generated 21 yards passing. The Bears had been 15 point
favourites in this one. After the 10-0 defeat, the Buccaneers had managed just seven points over their last five
games and were on a 26-game losing streak. Hugh Culverhouse joked about getting the number one pick in the
following year's draft. "It's set. The commissioner's office figured it out according to the formula, at my request."
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Bell 25-94, Williams 8-18, DuBose 2-8, Hagins 1-2,
Ragsdale 1-(-2), Carter 5-(-6).
BEARS: Payton 33-101, Harper 9-27, Scott 1-10, Musso 1-3.
PASSING
BUCS: Hedberg 15-4-36-2-0.
BEARS: Avellini 25-11-130-1-0, Parsons 1-1-32-0-0, Harper 1-0-0-
0-0 .
RECEIVING
BUCS: Hagins 1-10, McKay 1-9, Novak 1-9, Carter 1-8.
BEARS: Scott 7-79, Schubert 3-60, Latta 1-15, Harper 1-8.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: White 1-0.
BEARS: Livers 1-29, Fencik 1-10.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Hagins 1-24.
BEARS: Musso 1-15.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Reece 2-3, Hagins 2-(-3).
BEARS: Schubert 7-22.
SACKS
BUCS: L.Selmon 2-19, Pear 1-10.
BEARS: Osborne 1-11, Newsome 1-4.
SCORING
CHI
11:07-4Q
Thomas FG32
CHI
3:18-4Q
Payton 3 run (Thomas kick)
COMMENTARY CREW
Lindsey Nelson and Bob Hornung
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
75 Reavis
LDE
78 Rudolph
LG
62 Winans
DT
76 Pear
C
79 Wilson
RDE
63 L Selmon
RG
68 Medlin
LOLB
57 Lewis
RT
70 Carlton
LILB
61 D Selmon
TE
83 Nafziger
RILB
54 Wood
WR
85 Owens
ROLB
56 C Johnson
WR
89 McKay
LCB
45 White
FB
43 Williams
SS
33 Cotney
RB
42 Bell
FS
34 Brown
QB
14 Hedberg
RCB
40 Washington
SUBSTITUTIONS
4 Green, 23 Ragsdale, 32 L Carter, 35 DuBose, 46
Reece, 51 Ryczek, 52 Harris, 53 Bonness, 59 Lemon,
64 Robinson, 65 R Johnson, 72 G Johnson, 77 Kollar,
80 Novak, 81 Hagins, 87 Mucker
DID NOT PLAY
5 Swider, 19 Huff, 25 Jordan, 66 B Carter, 82 Waddell
INACTIVE
17 Blount, 28 Davis
VIDEO CLIPS
Jeris White recorded an early interception of Bob Avellini
Ricky Bell’s 12-yard run was unfortunately one of the offensive highlights
Lee Roy Selmon recorded one of his two sacks to end a Chicago drive