Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7 Green Bay Packers 14 Sunday 3 December 1978 at Tampa Stadium GB 7:15-1Q Lofton 10 pass from Whitehurst (Marcol kick) GB 4:42-1Q Marcol FG27 TB 11:09-2Q Ragsdale 14 run (O'Donoghue kick) GB 1:58-2Q Smith 1 run (Marcol kick) INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Ragsdale 12-70, Carter 12-29, Rae 5-29, Davis 5-21, White 5-16, Mucker 1-12. PACKERS: Middleton 12-30, Smith 8-21, Culbreath 2-9, Torkelson 2-3, Simpson 2-5, Whitehurst 4-(-3). PASSING BUCS: Rae 31-14-178-2-0, Carter 1-0-0-0-0. PACKERS: Whitehurst 19-13-113-1-1. RECEIVING BUCS: Carter 6-66, Owens 3-38, White 2-31, Giles 2-25, McKay 1-18. PACKERS: Lofton 3-39, Smith 3-21, Middleton 3-20, Thompson 2-23, McGeorge 1-5, Torkelson 1-5. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Washington 1-8. PACKERS: Hood 1-18, McCoy 1-11. GAME REPORT The Bucs had the most possession in team history and the longest scoring drive in team history too, but could not find enough to prevent the Packers completing a season sweep. George Ragsdale's TD run was the longest such play the Bucs had in 1978. 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 88 Giles ROLB 56 Johnson WR 89 McKay LCB 45 White FB 38 Davis SS 33 Cotney RB 32 L Carter FS 34 Brown QB 15 Rae RCB 40 Washington SUBSTITUTIONS 4 Green, 6 O'Donoghue, 19 Huff, 23 Ragsdale, 25 Jordan, 28 White, 41 Farmer, 46 Reece, 51 Nafziger, 52 Harris, 53 Bonness, 55 Brown, 60 Chambers, 65 Johnson, 68 Medlin, 71 Crowder, 74 Freitas, 77 Kollar, 83 Grant, 86 Obradovich, 87 Mucker DID NOT PLAY INACTIVE 12 Williams, 42 Bell