INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Eckwood 23-120, Bell 14-60, Williams 3-16, J.Davis 4-9,
Giles 1-9.
BEARS: Payton 15-46, Evans 3-17, Deloplaine 3-11, Earl 3-8.
PASSING
BUCS: Williams 31-14-168-2-1.
BEARS: Evans 23-12-173-2-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Hagins 4-37, Eckwood 3-46, Jones 2-28, Bell 2-17, Giles 2-
15, Owens 1-25.
BEARS: Payton 5-88, Baschnagel 2-36, Earl 2-22, J.Scott 2-19,
Richards 1-8.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: White 1-0, Brown 1-0.
BEARS: Livers 1-30, Fencik 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Ragsdale 3-60, Nafziger 1-19.
BEARS: Waterscheid 2-35, Watts 1-16, Latta 1-8.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Reece 6-43.
BEARS: Schubert 2-11, Waterscheid 0-0.
SACKS
BUCS: Cotney 1-11, Chambers 1-5.
BEARS: Hampton 1-9.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 Chicago Bears 13
Sunday 30 September 1979 at Soldier Field
SCORING
TB
14:47-2Q
Eckwood 61 run (O'Donoghue kick)
TB
2:24-2Q
O'Donoghue FG30
CHI
1:05-2Q
Thomas FG34
CHI
2:59-3Q
Thomas FG42
CHI
4:10-4Q
Payton 65 pass from Evans (Thomas kick)
TB
3:53-4Q
Hagins 8 pass from Williams (O'Donoghue kick)
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
75 Reavis
LDE
60 Chambers
LG
64 Horton
NT
77 Kollar
C
50 Wilson
RDE
63 Selmon
RG
61 Roberts
LOLB
57 Lewis
RT
73 Hannah
LILB
58 Selmon
WR
85 Owens
RILB
54 Wood
WR
81 Hagins
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,
70 Carlton, 71 Crowder, 74 Sanders, 84 Jones, 86
Obradovich, 87 Mucker
DID NOT PLAY
14 Fusina, 15 Rae, 79 Lewis
COMMENTARY CREW
Tim Ryan and Johnny Morris
And then it was five. The Bucs had the best record in the NFL thanks to a 54-yard, 10-play drive in the fourth quarter that
ended with Doug Williams 8-yard scoring pass to Isaac Hagins with 5:07 remaining. Interceptions by Jeris White and
Cedric Brown stopped the final two Chicago drives to secure a win that proved decisive in tie-breaker scenarios at the
end of the season.
GAME REPORTS
Click here for the gamebook and the play-by-play
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
Jerry Eckwood’s run was a version of the old USC play “Student body right”
Isaac Hagins had the winning touchdown late in the fourth quarter
Cedric Brown sealed the victory with an interception off Mike Evans