Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3 San Francisco 49ers 6
Sunday 10 December 1978 at Candlestick Park
SCORING
SF
12:09-2Q
Wersching FG28
TB
2:49-2Q
Green FG35
SF
0:00-4Q
Wersching FG30
GAME REPORTS
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Dave Pear had three sacks and the Bucs forced four interceptions, two off future Buc QB Steve DeBerg, but
the Niners came out on top in a battle of fieldgoals in Candlestick Park. Mike Rae once again started at
quarterback for Tampa Bay but Doug Williams had promised to return from his broken jaw injury for the
season finale the following week.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Carter 15-60, Davis 7-24, Rae 2-14, Mucker 2-12, White 2-
3.
49ERS: Hofer 17-55, Ferrell 9-15, Bull 3-9, DeBerg 1-5, Williams
1-4, Boykin 1-1.
PASSING
BUCS: Rae 27-13-140-1-0.
49ERS: DeBerg 15-11-89-2-0, Bull 17-10-98-2-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Carter 4-32, Grant 3-47, Obradovich 2-26, Giles 2-14,
Mucker 1-11, Owens 1-10.
49ERS: Hofer 7-65, Harrison 6-78, Boykin 3-18, Williams 3-7,
Steptoe 1-11, Ferrell 1-8.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Cotney 1-28, A. Brown 1-10, C.Brown 1-6, White 1-0.
49ERS: Crist 1-32.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Reece 1-18, Carter 1-10.
49ERS: Hofer 1-2, Downing 1-0, Williams 0-4.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Reece 2-11.
49ERS: Steptoe 6-73, Shumann 1-8.
SACKS
BUCS: Pear 3-26, Hannah 2-12.
49ERS: Webb 2-19, Reese 1-10, Hardman 1-10, Nichols 1-10,
Bradley 1-8.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
75 Reavis
DE
73 Hannah
LG
64 Horton
DT
76 Pear
C
79 Wilson
DE
77 Kollar
RG
72 Puetz
LOLB
57 Lewis
RT
70 Carlton
LILB
61 D Selmon
TE
88 Giles
RILB
54 Wood
WR
87 Mucker
ROLB
56 Johnson
WR
83 Grant
LCB
45 White
FB
28 White
RCB
40 Washington
RB
32 Carter
SS
33 Cotney
QB
15 Rae
FS
34 Brown
PLAYED
4 Green, 25 Jordan, 38 Davis, 41 Farmer, 46 Reece, 51
Nafziger, 52 Harris, 53 Bonness, 55 Brown, 59 Inmon, 65
Johnson, 68 Medlin, 74 Freitas, 85 Owens, 86 Obradovich, 89
McKay
DID NOT PLAY
6 O'Donoghue, 12 Williams, 19 Huff, 23 Ragsdale, 42 Bell, 60
Chambers, 71 Crowder
COMMENTARY CREW
Frank Gleiber and Johnny Morris
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
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Dave Pear had a career high three sacks from his nose tackle position
Mark Cotney had one of the four Tampa Bay interceptions
Dave Green stepped in as kicker and just about made a 35-yard fieldgoal