 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 21 Green Bay Packers 3 Sunday 21 October 1979 at Tampa Stadium
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| | TB | 6:00-1Q | Bell 9 pass from Williams (O'Donoghue kick) |
| TB | 6:51-2Q | Williams 1 run (O'Donoghue kick) |
| GB | 2:43-3Q | Marcol FG42 |
| TB | 1:56-4Q | Giles 2 pass from Williams (O'Donoghue kick) |
| INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS |
RUSHING
BUCS: Bell 28-167, Eckwood 10-25, Mucker 1-16, J.Davis 5-8, Berns 1-6, Williams 2-3, Ragsdale 1-3.
PACKERS: Simpson 17-35, Landers 6-7, Whitehurst 1-(-4).
PASSING
BUCS: Williams 10-6-85-0-2.
PACKERS: Whitehurst 35-22-261-3-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Giles 3-29, Eckwood 2-47, Bell 1-9.
PACKERS: Coffman 7-106, Lofton 4-80, Simpson 4-8, Tullis 3-42, Thompson 2-21, Landers 2-4.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Lewis 1-8, Brown 1-7, White 1-0.
PACKERS: none.
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| GAME REPORT |
The Bucs shook off their two-game losing streak and thanks to Ricky Bell's record-breaking 167 yard rushing performance, easily handled the Packers at Tampa Stadium.
Three interceptions kept Green Bay at bay, the final one from David Lewis setting up Doug Williams second TD pass of the game, a 2-yarder to Jimmie Giles with 1:56 remaining.
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| OFFENSE | DEFENSE |
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| 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 | 51 Nafziger |
| 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, 14 Fusina , 16 Blanchard, 23 Ragsdale,
25 Jordan, 27 T Davis, 36 Berns, 38 J Davis, 44 Cesare, 46 Reece, 53 Bonness, 55 Brown , 66 Yarno, 69 Austin, 70 Carlton, 71 Crowder, 74 Sanders, 79 Lewis, 84 Jones, 86 Obradovich, 87 Mucker |
DID NOT PLAY |
| 15 Rae, 56 Johnson |
INACTIVE |
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