Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 St.Louis Cardinals 7
Sunday 18 December 1977 at Tampa Stadium
And then they made it two in a row. The Bucs won again, for the first time at home, and the 1977 season ended on
a high for the Buccaneers. Speaking of the fans, who stormed the field and tore down the goal posts, McKay
commented "They never got to see us win before, but I guess a lot of people can say that." He also joked, "I'm
going to go home, take a shower and tell myself what a great coach I am. Fifteen more and we'll tie the record for
most consecutive wins. It certainly makes our Christmas. I hope it adds something to the Christmas of all our fans
everywhere."
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Carter 20-45, DuBose 11-45, Williams 7-17, Huff 1-1.
CARDINALS: Morris 19-64, Jones 4-34, Otis 9-19, Latin 3-17,
Metcalf 1-4, Hart 1-(-4).
PASSING
BUCS: Huff 12-7-171-1-1.
CARDINALS: Hart 29-16-162-2-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Owens 4-138, DuBose 1-16, Novak 1-15, Hagins 1-2.
CARDINALS: Harris 6-94, Latin 3-10, Gray 2-28, Jones 2-10, Otis
1-9, Metcalf 1-8, Morris 1-3.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Cotney 1-0, Washington 1-0.
CARDINALS: Arneson 1-8.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Ragsdale 2-28.
CARDINALS: Bradley 2-42, Metcalf 1-35, Jones 1-17.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Reece 2-24.
CARDINALS: Bradley 3-19.
SACKS
BUCS: none.
CARDINALS: none.
SCORING
TB
6:54-1Q
Carter 1 run (Green kick)
TB
5:01-2Q
Owens 61 pass from Huff (Green kick)
STL
0:51-2Q
Morris 3 run (Bakken kick)
TB
4:17-3Q
Green FG23
COMMENTARY CREW
Gary Bender and Emerson Boozer
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
TE
80 Novak
ROLB
56 C Johnson
WR
85 Owens
LCB
45 White
FB
43 Williams
SS
33 Cotney
RB
32 L Carter
FS
34 Brown
QB
19 Huff
RCB
40 Washington
SUBSTITUTIONS
4 Green, 23 Ragsdale, 25 Jordan, 30 Packer, 35
DuBose, 46 Reece, 51 Ryczek, 52 Harris, 53 Bonness,
59 Lemon, 64 Robinson, 66 B Carter, 72 G Johnson,
77 Kollar, 81 Hagins, 87 Mucker, 89 McKay
DID NOT PLAY
14 Hedberg, 17 Blount, 65 R Johnson, 82 Waddell
INACTIVE
42 Bell, 84 Boyett
VIDEO CLIPS
Louis Carter’s 4th down touchdown run was the Bucs’ first one at Tampa Stadium all season
Gary Huff hooked up with Morris Owens on a scoring bomb to extend the lead in the second quarter
And then from the one-yard line, the same combination did it again to set up Dave Green’s third quarter fieldgoal