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  Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 Atlanta Falcons 9
Sunday 24 September 1978 at Tampa Stadium
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| | ATL | 8:16-1Q | Safety - blocked punt through the endzone |
| TB | 2:32-1Q | Washington 79 return of blocked fieldgoal (O'Donoghue kick) |
| ATL | 9:32-3Q | Jackson 5 pass from Barkowski (Steinfort kick) |
| TB | 8:01-4Q | Obradovich 15 pass from Williams (O'Donoghue kick) |
| INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS |
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RUSHING
BUCS: Bell 18-50, DuBose 11-50, Davis 1-2, Williams 4-(-8).
FALCONS: Stanback 23-112, Bean 10-29, Patton 3-6, Bartkowski 4-1.
PASSING
BUCS: Williams 23-6-74-0-1, Carter 1-1-21-0-0.
FALCONS: Bartkowski 24-12-81-3-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Hagins 4-45, Obradovich 2-36, McKay 1-14.
FALCONS: Ryckman 4-23, Bean 4-23, Jackson 2-19, Stanback 1-13, Esposito 1-3.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Washington 1-0, D.Selmon 1-0, Jordan 1-0.
FALCONS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Ragsdale 2-56.
OPPONENTS: Jackson 2-47, Strong 1-19.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Hagins 3-23, Hagins 2-4, Reece 0-0.
OPPONENTS: Jackson 5-33.
SACKS
BUCS: L.Selmon 1-12.
OPPONENTS: Pridemore 1-13.
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| GAME REPORTS AND COMMENTS |
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The Bucs managed to reach .500 for the first time in their history thanks to Doug Williams' TD strike to TE Jim Obradovich with 8:01 remaining in the game. Dewey Selmon had the game's biggest play when he blocked a Fred Steinfort fieldgoal attempt and Mike Washington returned it 79 yards for the go-ahead score.
After the Bucs went 14-9 up and forced Atlanta to punt, they ran out the last five minutes of the clock including an option pass from Louis Carter in the process.
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| OFFENSE | DEFENSE |
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| LT | 75 Reavis
| LDE | 73 Hannah |
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| LG | 78 Schumacher
| DT | 76 Pear |
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| C | 79 Wilson
| RDE | 63 L Selmon |
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| RG | 68 Medlin
| LOLB | 57 Lewis |
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| RT | 70 Carlton
| LILB | 61 D Selmon |
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| TE | 88 Giles
| RILB | 54 Wood |
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| WR | 87 Mucker
| ROLB | 56 Johnson |
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| WR | 81 Hagins
| LCB | 45 White |
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| WR | 89 McKay
| SS | 33 Cotney |
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| RB | 35 DuBose
| FS | 25 Jordan |
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| QB | 12 Williams
| RCB | 40 Washington |
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SUBSTITUTIONS |
| 4 Green, 6 O'Donoghue, 19 Huff, 23 Ragsdale, 32 L Carter, 38 Davis, 42 Bell, 44 Cesare, 46 Reece, 51 Nafziger, 53 Bonness, 55 Brown, 64 Horton, 67 Moritz, 71 Crowder, 74 Freitas, 77 Kollar, 82 Darby, 85 Owens, 86 Obradovich
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DID NOT PLAY |
| 15 Rae, 60 Chambers, 65 Johnson |
INACTIVE |
| 34 Brown |
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