Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23 Los Angeles Rams 26
Sunday 5 November 1978 at the Coliseum
SCORING
LA
3:57-1Q
Corral FG29
LA
14:50-2Q
Cromwell 16 run (Corral kick)
TB
9:10-2Q
O'Donoghue FG42
LA
0:55-2Q
Waddy 68 pass from Haden (Corral kick)
TB
0:01-2Q
O'Donoghue FG25
TB
13:02-3Q
O'Donoghue FG30
LA
4:23-3Q
Corral FG27
TB
13:41-4Q
Bell 1 run (O'Donoghue kick)
LA
8:08-4Q
Corral FG32
TB
0:47-4Q
McKay 23 pass from Rae (O'Donoghue kick)
LA
0:03-4Q
Corral FG27
GAME REPORTS
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For the second straight week, the Bucs lost to a division leader on a late fieldgoal. They also lost Doug
Williams for over a month with a broken jaw after being hit by Fred Dryer who went on to star in that awful TV
Cop Show "Hunter" in the 1980s. The Rams' final drive covered 72 yards in three plays in just 41 seconds.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Bell 21-104, Rae 4-95, Davis 5-12, Carter 2-1, Ragsdale 2-
(-1), Mucker 1-(-2).
RAMS: Cappelletti 9-48, McCutcheon 14-30, Cromwell 1-16,
Bryant 2-10, Haden 2-10, Nelson 1-10, Jodat 1-(-2).
PASSING
BUCS: Williams 4-1-13-0-0, Rae 17-9-123-3-1, Carter 1-1-66-0-0.
RAMS: Haden 27-15-233-0-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Bell 3-10, McKay 2-51, Obradovich 2-31, Giles 2-25,
Owens 1-66, Grant 1-19.
RAMS: Miller 6-105, Cappelletti 4-12, McCutcheon 3-35, Waddy
1-68, Jessie 1-13.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
RAMS: Cromwell 1-32, Thomas 1-0, Perry 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Ragsdale 1-25, Carter 1-21, Obradovich 1-14, Giles 1-9.
RAMS: Latin 4-77, Jodat 1-4.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Reece 6-31, Mucker 1-11.
RAMS: Wallace 4-48.
SACKS
BUCS: Pear 1-7, Kollar 1-3, Bonness 1-3, Hannah 1-1.
RAMS: Jones 3-34, Brudzinski 2-14, Jack Youngblood 1-9, Jim
Youngblood 1-7, Dryer 1-6.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
75 Reavis
DE
73 Hannah
LG
64 Horton
DT
76 Pear
C
79 Wilson
DE
63 L Selmon
RG
72 Puetz
LOLB
57 Lewis
RT
70 Carlton
LILB
61 D Selmon
TE
86 Obradovich
RILB
54 Wood
WR
85 Owens
ROLB
53 Bonness
WR
83 Grant
LCB
45 White
FB
38 J Davis
RCB
40 Washington
RB
42 Bell
SS
33 Cotney
QB
12 Williams
FS
34 Brown
PLAYED
4 Green, 6 O'Donoghue, 15 Rae, 23 Ragsdale, 25 Jordan, 28
White, 32 L Carter, 44 Cesare, 46 Reece, 55 Brown, 65
Johnson, 68 Medlin, 71 Crowder, 74 Freitas, 77 Kollar, 84
Farmer, 87 Mucker, 88 Giles, 89 McKay
DID NOT PLAY
19 Huff, 51 Nafziger, 56 Johnson, 60 Chambers
COMMENTARY CREW
Bob Costas and Tom Matte
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
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Ricky Bell had a touchdown run in his old stomping ground of the Coliseum
Louis Carter’s 66-yard option pass still remains the longest non-QB pass in franchise history
Mike Rae added his own USC connection when he found John McKay Jr for an all-Trojan touchdown