Tampa Bay Buccaneers 33 Chicago Bears 19
Sunday 22 October 1978 at Tampa Stadium
SCORING
TB
8:37-1Q
Bell 1 run (kick failed)
CHI
12:28-2Q
Scott 34 pass from Avellini (Thomas kick)
TB
1:54-2Q
Obradovich 28 pass from Williams (O'Donoghue kick)
CHI
0:03-2Q
Thomas FG21
CHI
10:17-3Q
Harper 2 run (kick failed)
TB
6:35-3Q
Williams 1 run (kick failed)
TB
9:48-4Q
Owens 40 pass from Williams (O'Donoghue kick)
CHI
6:46-4Q
Thomas FG27
TB
1:13-4Q
Davis 3 run (O'Donoghue kick)
The Bucs upped their season record to 4-4 and scored five touchdowns in a game for the first time in their
history. Ricky Bell set a Buc record with 27 carries in a single game and it was also the first time Doug
Williams had thrown two scores in the NFL.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Bell 27-95, Davis 13-41, Williams 5-9, Carter 3-2.
BEARS: Harper 10-65, Payton 15-34, Avellini 3-21, Parsons 1-0.
PASSING
BUCS: Williams 19-11-180-1-2, Carter 1-0-0-0-0.
BEARS: Avellini 29-15-218-3-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Owens 4-82, Bell 3-45, Obradovich 1-28, Mucker 1-11,
Grant 1-8, Carter 1-6.
BEARS: J.Scott 5-105, Payton 5-74, Schubert 2-33, Harper 2-3,
Richards 1-3.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Lewis 2-17, Brown 1-29.
BEARS: Fencik 1-11.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Ragsdale 2-60, Reece 2-47, Maxson 1-17.
BEARS: Waterscheid 2-52, Gaines 2-48, Skibinski 1-12, Latta 1-8.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Reece 4-46.
BEARS: Schubert 3-20, Waterscheid 1-6.
SACKS
BUCS: Lewis 1-8, Pear 1-7.
BEARS: Page 1-7, Hicks 1-1.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
75 Reavis
DE
60 Chambers
LG
64 Horton
DT
76 Pear
C
79 Wilson
DE
63 L Selmon
RG
68 Medlin
LOLB
57 Lewis
RT
70 Carlton
LILB
61 D Selmon
TE
86 Obradovich
RILB
54 Wood
TE
88 Giles
ROLB
56 Johnson
WR
83 Grant
LCB
45 White
FB
38 J Davis
RCB
40 Washington
RB
42 Bell
SS
33 Cotney
QB
12 Williams
FS
34 Brown
PLAYED
4 Green, 6 O'Donoghue, 23 Ragsdale, 25 Jordan, 28 Maxson,
32 L Carter, 46 Reece, 51 Nafziger, 53 Bonness, 55 Brown, 65
Johnson, 71 Crowder, 72 Puetz, 73 Hannah, 74 Freitas, 77
Kollar, 84 Levenseller, 85 Owens, 87 Mucker, 89 McKay
DID NOT PLAY
15 Rae, 19 Huff, 44 Cesare
COMMENTARY CREW
Tim Ryan and Johnny Morris
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
Click on the boxes below to view the big plays
Jim Obradovich was the recipient of another Doug Williams touchdown pass
Williams scored himself on a quarterback sneak
The fourth quarter saw Williams find his favourite deep target Morris Owens once more