INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Bell 38-142, Eckwood 8-19, Williams 6-19 J.Davis 3-6,
Ragsdale 1-(-5).
EAGLES: Montgomery 13-35, Harris 4-13, Jaworski 1-0.
PASSING
BUCS: Williams 15-7-132-1-1.
EAGLES: Jaworski 39-15-199-0-2.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Giles 3-43, Hagins 2-34, Mucker 1-34, Owens 1-21.
EAGLES: Montgomery 4-35, Carmichael 3-92, Smith 3-49, Krepfle
3-23, Harris 1-2, Campfield 1-(-2).
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
EAGLES: Robinson 1-37.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Hagins 3-59, T.Davis 1-0.
EAGLES: Henry 3-72, Giammona 1-15.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Reece 3-33.
EAGLES: Henry 4-48.
SACKS
BUCS: L.Selmon 2-20.
EAGLES: none.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24 Philadelphia Eagles 17
Saturday 29 December 1979 at Tampa Stadium
SCORING
TB
5:26-1Q
Bell 4 run (O'Donoghue kick)
TB
8:06-2Q
O'Donoghue FG40
TB
5:24-2Q
Bell 1 run (O'Donoghue kick)
PHI
1:28-2Q
Smith 11 pass from Jaworski (Franklin kick)
PHI
10:44-3Q
Franklin FG42
TB
7::08-4Q
Giles 9 pass from Williams (O'Donoghue kick)
PHI
3:36-4Q
Carmichael 37 pass from Jaworski (Franklin kick)
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
43 Eckwood
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, 44 Cesare, 46 Reece,
51 Nafziger, 53 Bonness, 55 Brown, 66 Yarno, 69 Austin,
74 Sanders, 76 Logan, 77 Kollar, 86 Obradovich, 87
Mucker
DID NOT PLAY
14 Fusina, 15 Rae, 79 Lewis, 84 Jones
COMMENTARY CREW
Curt Gowdy and Hank Stram
The Bucs' first-ever playoff appearance turned out to be their first-ever playoff success too. In front of a packed Tampa
Stadium, the Bucs used the usual combination of Ricky Bell's power running and a strong defense to overturn the
heavily-favoured Eagles and progress to the NFC Championship Game.
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
Ricky Bell opened the scoring with a four-yard touchdown run to cap the 16-play opening drive
Jimmie Giles put the Bucs 24-10 up midway through the fourth quarter
The Buccaneer defense was in dominating form - here Ron Jaworski meets Lee Roy Selmon