INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Bell 28-101, J.Davis 8-43, Williams 6-39.
VIKINGS: Brown 12-52, Young 10-45, White 1-6, McClanahan 1-4,
Miller 2-2, Kramer 3-(-1).
PASSING
BUCS: Williams 38-19-242-0-0.
VIKINGS: Kramer 26-15-158-0-3.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Owens 4-66, Bell 4-43, Mucker 3-48, Hagins 3-37, Giles 1-
28, Obradovich 2-24, J.Davis 1-3, Eckwood 1-(-7).
VIKINGS: Rashad 6-93, Brown 4-13, Tucker 2-17, Young 2-9,
LeCount 1-26.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
VIKINGS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Ragsdale 5-113.
VIKINGS: Edwards 3-132.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Reece 2-2.
VIKINGS: Edwards 3-8.
SACKS
BUCS: none.
VIKINGS: none.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 22 Minnesota Vikings 23
Sunday 25 November 1979 at Tampa Stadium
SCORING
TB
9:39-1Q
Bell 2 run (kick blocked)
TB
13:23-2Q
O'Donoghue FG20
MIN
1:48-2Q
LeCount 26 pass from Kramer (Danmeier kick)
MIN
0:20-2Q
Rashad 32 pass from Kramer (Danmeier kick)
MIN
13:45-3Q
Danmeier FG44
TB
9:03-3Q
Davis 16 run (O'Donoghue kick)
MIN
3:12-3Q
Young 3 pass from Kramer (kick failed)
TB
0:19-4Q
Williams 13 run (kick blocked)
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
81 Hagins
RILB
54 Wood
WR
85 Owens
ROLB
56 Johnson
TE
88 Giles
LCB
45 White
TE
86 Obradovich
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, 36 Berns, 38 J Davis, 43 Eckwood, 44
Cesare, 46 Reece, 51 Nafziger, 53 Bonness, 66 Yarno,
69 Austin, 70 Carlton, 74 Sanders, 76 Logan, 77 Kollar,
79 Lewis, 84 Jones, 87 Mucker
DID NOT PLAY
14 Fusina, 15 Rae
COMMENTARY CREW
Pat Summerall and John Madden
With a chance to clinch a playoff berth, the old Bucs returned to haunt the 1979 version as they managed to miss three
short kicks including two extra points, and a punt, in losing by a single point to division rival Minnesota. The Bucs
gained 425 yards in offense, their most ever, and Ricky Bell went over the 1,000-yard rushing mark but it was all to no
avail.
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
Once more this season Ricky Bell opened the scoring with a touchdown run
Johnny Davis added his own score in the third quarter
Doug Williams thought he had taken the game to overtime until another blocked kick ruined the result