Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3 Chicago Bears 14
Sunday 26 November 1978 at Soldier Field
SCORING
TB
13:29-2Q
O'Donoghue FG44
CHI
4:51-3Q
Payton 3 run (Thomas kick)
CHI
11:58-4Q
Avellini 3 run (Thomas kick)
GAME REPORTS
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Walter Payton and Roland Harper became the first Bear backs to rush for more than 100 yards in the same
game in 23 years as Chicago ran their way to success. The Bucs were held to -7 yards passing and 92 yards
of total offense.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Carter 12-56, Rae 3-23, Davis 5-10, Ragsdale 2-10.
BEARS: Harper 25-144, Payton 27-105, Evans 2-3, Avellini 6-(-1).
PASSING
BUCS: Rae 12-4-54-0-0, Green 1-1-0-0-0.
BEARS: Avellini 6-4-62-1-0, Evans 1-0-0-0-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Davis 2-0, Grant 1-19, Obradovich 1-18, McKay 1-17.
BEARS: Payton 2-26, Latta 1-20, Scott 1-16.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Brown 1-27.
BEARS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Reece 1-22, Ragsdale 1-16, Carter 1-15.
BEARS: Baschnagel 2-50.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Reece 3-24.
BEARS: Livers 3-5.
SACKS
BUCS: Pear 1-12.
BEARS: Page 3-25, Hartenstine 2-14, Osborne 1-10, Meyers 1-7,
Campbell 1-5.
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
87 Mucker
ROLB
56 Johnson
WR
89 McKay
LCB
45 White
FB
38 J Davis
RCB
40 Washington
RB
32 Carter
SS
33 Cotney
QB
15 Rae
FS
34 Brown
PLAYED
4 Green, 6 O'Donoghue, 23 Ragsdale, 25 Jordan, 28 White, 44
Cesare, 46 Reece, 51 Nafziger, 52 Harris, 53 Bonness, 55
Brown, 60 Chambers, 71 Crowder, 74 Freitas, 77 Kollar, 83
Grant, 85 Owens, 88 Giles
DID NOT PLAY
12 Williams, 19 Huff, 42 Bell, 65 Johnson, 70 Carlton
COMMENTARY CREW
Bob Costas and Johnny Morris
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
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Not many Buccaneer highlights from this game but Neil O’Donoghue did have a 44-yard fieldgoal to open the scoring
Cedric Brown had an interception for the defense
Cecil Johnson recovered a Chicago fumble