INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Berns 15-67, Bell 8-25, Eckwood 6-16, J.Davis 1-2, Williams
4-(-6).
LIONS: Robinson 7-20, Kane 14-7, Bussey 1-4, Komlo 4-4, Gaines
1-3.
PASSING
BUCS: Williams 34-17-182-1-1.
LIONS: Komlo 32-19-242-1-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Giles 7-66, Eckwood 3-34, Mucker 2-34, Bell 2-12, Owens 1-
13, Hagins 1-13, Berns 1-10.
LIONS: Scott 9-148, Hill 6-61, Kane 1-14, Robinson 1-7, King 1-6,
Washington 1-6.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Cotney 1-0.
LIONS: Bradley 1-11.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Ragsdale 3-50.
LIONS: Arnold 5-106.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Reece 4-36.
LIONS: Arnold 2-13, Callicut 1-3.
SACKS
BUCS: Crowder 1-13, L.Selmon 1-0.
LIONS: none.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 Detroit Lions 14
Sunday 11 November 1979 at the Silverdome
SCORING
DET
10:19-1Q
Robinson 7 run (Ricardo kick)
TB
0:38-2Q
O'Donoghue FG32
TB
7:58-3Q
O'Donoghue FG39
DET
3:24-3Q
Scott 14 pass from Komlo (Ricardo kick)
TB
3:56-4Q
O'Donoghue FG28
TB
3:20-4Q
Mucker 23 pass from Williams (O'Donoghue kick)
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
75 Reavis
LDE
60 Chambers
LG
64 Horton
NT
71 Crowder
C
50 Wilson
RDE
63 Selmon
RG
61 Roberts
LOLB
57 Lewis
RT
73 Hannah
LILB
58 Selmon
WR
85 Owens
RILB
54 Wood
WR
81 Hagins
ROLB
56 Johnson
TE
88 Giles
LCB
45 White
FB
36 Berns
SS
33 Cotney
RB
42 Bell
FS
34 Brown
QB
12 Williams
RCB
40 Washington
SUBSTITUTIONS
6 O'Donoghue, 16 Blanchard, 23 Ragsdale, 25 Jordan,
27 T Davis, 38 J Davis, 43 Eckwood, 44 Cesare, 46
Reece, 51 Nafziger, 53 Bonness, 55 Brown , 66 Yarno,
69 Austin, 70 Carlton, 74 Sanders, 79 Lewis, 86
Obradovich, 87 Mucker
DID NOT PLAY
14 Fusina, 15 Rae, 77 Kollar, 84 Jones
COMMENTARY CREW
Curt Gowdy and Hank Stram
The Bucs trailed 14-6 with five minutes to play but thanks to a 73-yard, 14-play drive, they pulled to within five on Neil
O'Donoghue's third fieldgoal of the game. Dana Nafziger then recovered a fumble two plays later, and Doug Williams
won it with a TD strike to a leaping Larry Mucker. The Lions did move into fieldgoal range late in the game but Dewey
Selmon forced a fumble that Curtis Jordan recovered and the Bucs went to 8-3 on the season.
GAME REPORTS
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GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
Dana Nafziger’s fumble recovery set up the winning score
Doug Williams hits Larry Mucker for the decisive touchdown
Curtis Jordan recovers a fumble inside the final 30 seconds to preserve the victory