Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23 Seattle Seahawks 30
Sunday 16 October 1977 at the Kingdome
Steve Myer threw for four touchdown passes as the two 1976 expansion teams played a far better game than their
penalty-stricken affair the previous season. Gary Huff's record-setting pass to Morris Owens tied the scores in the
fourth quarter and was the longest pass play in team history at the time. The Bucs only scored four offensive
touchdowns in the first 12 games of the 1977 season and half of them came in this game as well as scoring 23 of
their 50 points in one day. The Bucs were only one point underdogs in this one.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Davis 14-83, Williams 8-39, DuBose 8-37, Carter 3-8, Huff
1-0.
SEAHAWKS: Smith 19-94, Sims 10-28, Testermann 2-12, Benjamin
1-4, Myer 3-(-4).
PASSING
BUCS: Huff 32-18-217-4-1.
SEAHAWKS: Myer 30-20-252-2-4.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Owens 9-166, McKay 2-19, Davis 2-13, Williams 2-13,
Carter 2-4, DuBose 1-2.
SEAHAWKS: Smith 4-57, Largent 4-44, Testermann 4-26, Ferguson
3-65, Howard 3-44, Benjamin 2-16.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: White 1-26, Wood 1-16..
SEAHAWKS: Beamon 2-0. McMillan 1-21, Preece 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Hagins 5-117.
SEAHAWKS: Packer 3-59, Hunter 2-47, Smith 1-21.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Hagins 2-8.
SEAHAWKS: Packer 1-5.
SACKS
BUCS: L.Selmon 1-11.
SEAHAWKS: none.
SCORING
SEA
10:52-1Q
Largent 8 pass from Myer (Leypoldt kick)
TB
4:24-1Q
Leavitt FG40
TB
2:02-1Q
Leavitt FG37
SEA
12:43-2Q
Largent 4 pass from Myer (Leypoldt kick)
TB
0:47-2Q
Davis 1 run (Leavitt kick)
SEA
0:02-2Q
Leypoldt FG43
TB
9:53-3Q
Leavitt FG20
SEA
10:42-4Q
Ferguson 45 pass from Myer (Leypoldt kick)
TB
10:17-4Q
Owens 67 pass from Huff (Leavitt kick)
SEA
7:07-4Q
Smith 44 pass from Myer (kick failed)
COMMENTARY CREW
Jim Thacker and Johnny Unitas
GAME REPORTS
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STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
75 Reavis
LDE
78 Rudolph
LG
79 Wilson
DT
76 Pear
C
51 Ryczek
RDE
63 L Selmon
RG
68 Medlin
LOLB
57 Lewis
RT
62 Winans
LILB
61 D Selmon
TE
83 Nafziger
RILB
54 Wood
WR
85 Owens
ROLB
56 C Johnson
WR
89 McKay
LCB
45 White
FB
43 Williams
SS
33 Cotney
RB
28 Davis
FS
34 Brown
QB
19 Huff
RCB
40 Washington
SUBSTITUTIONS
4 Green, 9 Leavitt, 25 Jordan, 32 L Carter, 35 DuBose,
38 Wender, 46 Reece, 52 Harris, 53 Bonness, 59
Lemon, 64 Robinson, 66 B Carter, 70 Carlton, 73
Hannah, 77 Kollar, 81 Hagins, 82 Butler, 87 Mucker
DID NOT PLAY
14 Hedberg, 17 Blount, 65 R Johnson
INACTIVE
42 Bell, 80 Novak
VIDEO CLIPS
Anthony Davis scores the Bucs’ first offensive touchdown of the season
Gary Huff hooks up with Morris Owens for the then longest play in franchise history
Jeris White ended a Seattle scoring threat with this interception
