Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23 Los Angeles Rams 26 Sunday 5 November 1978 at the Coliseum 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 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. GAME REPORT 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. Click here for the play by play from this game OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 75 Reavis LDE 73 Hannah LG 64 Horton DT 76 Pear C 79 Wilson RDE 63 L Selmon RG 72 Puetz LOLB 57 Lewis RT 70 Carlton LILB 61 D Selmon WR 85 Owens RILB 54 Wood TE 86 Obradovich ROLB 53 Bonness WR 83 Grant LCB 45 White FB 38 Davis SS 33 Cotney RB 42 Bell FS 34 Brown QB 12 Williams RCB 40 Washington SUBSTITUTIONS 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 INACTIVE