Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31 Buffalo Bills 10
Sunday 19 November 1978 at Tampa Stadium
SCORING
TB
9:24-1Q
Bell 12 run (O'Donoghue kick)
TB
5:59-2Q
O'Donoghue FG28
TB
9:00-3Q
Owens 22 pass from Rae (O'Donoghue kick)
BUF
3:47-3Q
Dempsey FG37
TB
12:47-4Q
Giles 33 pass from Rae (O'Donoghue kick)
TB
4:44-4Q
Davis 3 run (O'Donoghue kick)
BUF
2:43-4Q
Chandler 9 pass from Munson (Dempsey kick)
GAME REPORTS
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In the five years Doug Williams played in Tampa, this was the only time the Bucs won without him. He was
out injured and Ricky Bell joined him on the sideline with a season-ending knee injury in the second quarter.
A decade later, Buffalo starting QB Joe Ferguson joined the Bucs.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Davis 18-73, Bell 8-54, Carter 8-34, White 4-23, Rae 5-11,
Ragsdale 3-10.
BILLS: Brown 14-44, Miller 7-20, Hooks 3-12, Johnson 2-3.
PASSING
BUCS: Rae 14-7-121-1-2.
BILLS: Ferguson 16-6-47-2-0, Munson 22-12-112-2-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Owens 3-50, Mucker 2-29, Giles 1-33, Carter 1-9.
BILLS: Chandler 6-60, Gant 4-39, Hooks 2-20, Brown 2-10, Lewis
1-15, Miller 1-3, Piccone 1-11, Johnson 1-1.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Brown 2-24, White 1-23, Cotney 1-0.
BILLS: Clark 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Ragsdale 2-64.
BILLS: Moody 3-46, Johnson 1-41.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Reece 4-28.
BILLS: Piccone 1-12, Moody 1-4.
SACKS
BUCS: Harris 1-10, L.Selmon 1-9, Chambers 1-8.
BILLS: Sanford 1-8, Kadish 0.5-3, Hardison 0.5-3
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
75 Reavis
DE
73 Hannah
LG
64 Horton
DT
76 Pear
C
79 Wilson
DE
63 L Selmon
RG
68 Medlin
LOLB
57 Lewis
RT
72 Puetz
LILB
61 D Selmon
TE
86 Obradovich
RILB
54 Wood
WR
85 Owens
ROLB
51 Nafziger
WR
89 McKay
LCB
45 White
FB
38 J Davis
RCB
40 Washington
RB
42 Bell
SS
33 Cotney
QB
15 Rae
FS
34 Brown
PLAYED
4 Green, 6 O'Donoghue, 23 Ragsdale, 25 Jordan, 28 White, 32
L Carter, 44 Cesare, 46 Reece, 52 Harris, 53 Bonness, 55
Brown, 60 Chambers , 71 Crowder, 74 Freitas, 77 Kollar, 83
Grant, 87 Mucker, 88 Giles
DID NOT PLAY
19 Huff, 56 Johnson, 65 Johnson, 70 Carlton
INACTIVES
12 Williams
COMMENTARY CREW
Unknown
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
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