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  Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3 Minnesota Vikings 9
Saturday 24 September 1977 at Tampa Stadium
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| | MIN | 12:48-2Q | Safety - Hedberg sacked by Eller in the endzone |
| TB | 1:57-2Q | Leavitt FG19 |
| MIN | 7:25-3Q | Foreman 31 pass from Tarkenton (Cox kick) |
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| INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS |
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RUSHING
BUCS: Bell 21-66, Hedberg 6-25, DuBose 3-12, Davis 1-2, Williams 1-0, Carter 2-(-1).
VIKINGS: Foreman 14-58, McClanahan 9-33, Johnson 4-11, Miller 2-5, Tarkenton 3-(-3).
PASSING
BUCS: Hedberg 14-4-51-3-0, Huff 3-1-(-3)-0-0.
VIKINGS: Tarkenton 38-25-223-2-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Owens 2-26, McKay 2-25, DuBose 1-(-3).
VIKINGS: McClanahan 5-46, Miller 5-45, Foreman 4-52, White 3-40, Voight 3-14, Rashad 3-13, Johnson 2-13.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: D Selmon 1-9, White 1-3.
VIKINGS: Krause 1-25, Blair 1-18, Wright 1-5.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: A.Davis 1-27, Hagins 1-26.
OPPONENTS: McClanahan 1-18, Miller 1-17, Grim 1-4.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Reece 2-19, Hagins 1-9.
OPPONENTS: Grim 5-15.
SACKS
BUCS: Rudolph 1-12.
OPPONENTS: White 1-12, Eller 1-2.
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| GAME REPORTS AND COMMENTS |
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| Click here for the gamebook and the play-by-play |
Randy Hedberg completed seven passes but three of them were to the Vikings and any hopes of winning the home opener in 1977 went the same way.
The Bucs were knocking on the Minnesota goal-line in the second half but had to resort to an Allan Leavitt fieldgoal from the one-yard line and never threatened again. The winning score came in the third quarter when Fran Tarkenton scrambled around in his famous way, and found Chuck Foreman from 31 yards out.
The Bucs were 14 point underdogs in this game but once again, did manage to cover the spread.
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| OFFENSE | DEFENSE |
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| LT | 75 Reavis
| LDE | 78 Rudolph |
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| LG | 62 Winans
| DT | 76 Pear |
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| C | 51 Ryczek
| RDE | 63 L Selmon |
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| RG | 68 Medlin
| LOLB | 57 Lewis |
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| RT | 70 Carlton
| LILB | 61 D Selmon |
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| TE | 86 Moore
| RILB | 54 Wood |
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| WR | 85 Owens
| ROLB | 56 C Johnson |
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| WR | 89 McKay
| LCB | 45 White |
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| FB | 35 DuBose
| SS | 33 Cotney |
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| RB | 42 Bell
| FS | 34 Brown |
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| QB | 14 Hedberg
| RCB | 40 Washington |
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SUBSTITUTIONS |
| 4 Green, 9 Leavitt, 19 Huff, 25 Jordan, 28 Davis, 32 L Carter, 36 Winfrey, 43 Williams, 46 Reece, 52 Harris, 53 Bonness, 59 Lemon, 64 Robinson, 65 R Johnson, 66 B Carter, 73 Hannah, 77 Kollar, 79 Wilson, 81 Hagins, 83 Nafziger, 87 Mucker
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INACTIVE |
| 17 Blount, 80 Novak |
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