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  Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24 Philadelphia Eagles 17
Saturday 29 December 1979 at Tampa Stadium
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| | 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) |
| INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS |
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RUSHING
BUCS: Bell 38-142, Eckwood 8-19, Williams 6-19 J.Davis 3-6, Ragsdale 1-(-5).
OPPONENTS: Montgomery 13-35, Harris 4-13, Jaworski 1-0.
PASSING
BUCS: Williams 15-7-132-1-1.
OPPONENTS: Jaworski 39-15-199-0-2.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Giles 3-43, Hagins 2-34, Mucker 1-34, Owens 1-21.
OPPONENTS: Montgomery 4-35, Carmichael 3-92, Smith 3-49, Krepfle 3-23, Harris 1-2, Campfield 1-(-2).
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
OPPONENTS: Robinson 1-37.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Hagins 3-59, T.Davis 1-0.
OPPONENTS: Henry 3-72, Giammona 1-15.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Reece 3-33.
OPPONENTS: Henry 4-48.
SACKS
BUCS: L.Selmon 2-20.
OPPONENTS: none.
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| GAME REPORTS AND COMMENTS |
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| Click here for the gamebook and the play-by-play |
| Click here for Jim Selman's game review |
| Click here for Tom McEwen's morning-after column |
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.
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| OFFENSE | DEFENSE |
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| LT | 75 Reavis
| LDE | 60 Chambers |
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| LG | 64 Horton
| NT | 71 Crowder |
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| C | 50 Wilson
| RDE | 63 Selmon |
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| RG | 61 Roberts
| LOLB | 57 Lewis |
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| RT | 70 Carlton
| LILB | 58 Selmon |
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| WR | 81 Hagins
| RILB | 54 Wood |
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| WR | 85 Owens
| ROLB | 56 Johnson |
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| TE | 88 Giles
| LCB | 45 White |
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| FB | 43 Eckwood
| SS | 33 Cotney |
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| RB | 42 Bell
| FS | 34 Brown |
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| QB | 12 Williams
| RCB | 40 Washington |
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SUBSTITUTIONS |
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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
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DID NOT PLAY |
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14 Fusina, 15 Rae, 79 Lewis, 84 Jones
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INACTIVE |
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