INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Bell 39-137, Eckwood 13-65, Williams 7-25, Davis 1-2, Blanchard 1-0, Ragsdale 1-(-5).. CHIEFS: Gant 6-25, Williams 5-15, McKnight 9-12, Fuller 2-6. PASSING BUCS: Williams 13-5-51-2-0. CHIEFS: Fuller 13-7-46-1-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Giles 3-25, Eckwood 2-26 . CHIEFS: Gant 3-24, Samuels 2-13, McKnight 1-5, Marshall 1-4. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Wood 1-13. CHIEFS: Collier 1-40, Christopher 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Reece 1-13. CHIEFS: Dirden 1-28. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Reece 6-41. CHIEFS: Smith 2-15. SACKS BUCS: Cotney 1-11, Crowder 1-7, L.Selmon 1-6. CHIEFS: Still 1-6.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3 Kansas City Chiefs 0 Sunday 16 December 1979 at Tampa Stadium
SCORING TB 7:10-4Q O'Donoghue FG19
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 70 Carlton LILB 58 Selmon WR 81 Hagins RILB 54 Wood WR 85 Owens ROLB 56 Johnson TE 88 Giles LCB 45 White FB 38 J Davis SS 33 Cotney RB 42 Bell FS 34 Brown QB 12 Williams RCB 46 Reece SUBSTITUTIONS 6 O'Donoghue, 16 Blanchard, 23 Ragsdale, 25 Jordan, 27 T Davis, 36 Berns, 43 Eckwood, 44 Cesare, 51 Nafziger, 53 Bonness, 55 Brown, 66 Yarno, 69 Austin, 74 Sanders, 76 Logan, 77 Kollar, 79 Lewis, 84 Jones, 86 Obradovich, 87 Mucker DID NOT PLAY 14 Fusina, 15 Rae, 40 Washington
The game that clinched that first precious division title and playoff berth. It poured with rain all day, passing was nigh impossible, but the Buc defense was up to the task. They held the Chiefs to a record-low 80 yards of total offense and just four first downs.
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip Neil O’Donoghue’s fieldgoal is one of the most famous kicks in franchise history The NFL’s 1979 highlight film naturally focused on this game In 1986, a re-match of the two teams saw a look back at what happened in the 1979 encounter