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