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 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3 Kansas City Chiefs 0
Sunday 16 December 1979 at Tampa Stadium
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| | TB | 7:10-4Q | O'Donoghue FG19 |
| 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.
OPPONENTS: Dirden 1-28.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Reece 6-41.
OPPONENTS: Smith 2-15.
SACKS
BUCS: Cotney 1-11, Crowder 1-7, L.Selmon 1-6.
OPPONENTS: Still 1-6.
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| GAME REPORTS AND COMMENTS |
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| Click here for Tom McEwen's morning-after column |
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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.
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| OFFENSE | DEFENSE |
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| 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 |
INACTIVE |
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