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  Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31 New York Giants 3
Sunday 18 November 1979 at Tampa Stadium
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| | TB | 8:56-2Q | Mucker 10 pass from Williams (O'Donoghue kick) |
| TB | 2:09-2Q | Lewis 39 fumble return (O'Donoghue kick) |
| NYG | 11:27-3Q | Danelo FG21 |
| TB | 9:26-3Q | Mucker 42 pass from Williams (O'Donoghue kick) |
| TB | 0:54-3Q | O'Donoghue FG40 |
| TB | 1:05-4Q | Davis 4 run (O'Donoghue kick) |
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| INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS |
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RUSHING
BUCS: Bell 22-152, J.Davis 9-25, Eckwood 6-11, Williams 1-9, Mucker 1-(-10).
GIANTS: Kotar 11-44, Simms 4-25, Johnson 6-14, Taylor 2-12.
PASSING
BUCS: Williams 24-12-176-0-2.
GIANTS: Simms 33-17-180-2-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Giles 3-67, Hagins 3-41, Mucker 2-52, Obradovich 2-18, Bell 2-(-2).
GIANTS: Taylor 5-34, Shirk 4-70, Scales 4-67, J.Perkins 2-12, Johnson 2-(-3).
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Brown 1-72, Washington 1-0.
GIANTS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Ragsdale 1-19, T.Davis 1-3.
OPPONENTS: Odom 3-114, Taylor 2-53, Coffield 1-12.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Reece 2-(-1).
OPPONENTS: Odom 3-15.
SACKS
BUCS: L.Selmon 2-17, Lewis 1-30, Johnson 1-14, White 0.5-7, Crowder 0.5-7.
OPPONENTS: none.
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| GAME REPORTS AND COMMENTS |
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A decisive win that took the Bucs to 9-3, the best record in the NFC. Ricky Bell had 100 yards in the first half alone and two Doug Williams to Larry Mucker strikes were the aerial part of the Buc attack.
Cecil Johnson forced a fumble that David Lewis returned for a score, as the defense held their opponents without a touchdown for the third time that season.
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| OFFENSE | DEFENSE |
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| LT | 75 Reavis
| LDE | 60 Chambers |
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| LG | 64 Horton
| NT | 71 Crowder |
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| C | 50 Wilson
| RDE | 63 Selmon |
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| RG | 61 Roberts
| LOLB | 57 Lewis |
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| RT | 73 Hannah
| LILB | 58 Selmon |
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| WR | 85 Owens
| RILB | 54 Wood |
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| TE | 86 Obradovich
| ROLB | 56 Johnson |
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| TE | 88 Giles
| LCB | 45 White |
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| FB | 38 J Davis
| SS | 33 Cotney |
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| RB | 42 Bell
| FS | 34 Brown |
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| QB | 12 Williams
| RCB | 40 Washington |
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SUBSTITUTIONS |
| 6 O'Donoghue, 16 Blanchard, 23 Ragsdale, 25 Jordan, 27 T Davis, 36 Berns, 43 Eckwood, 44 Cesare, 46 Reece, 51 Nafziger, 53 Bonness, 66 Yarno, 69 Austin, 70 Carlton, 74 Sanders, 76 Logan, 77 Kollar, 79 Lewis, 81 Hagins, 87 Mucker |
DID NOT PLAY |
| 14 Fusina,15 Rae, 84 Jones |
INACTIVE |
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