Tampa Bay Buccaneers 0 Los Angeles Rams 31
Sunday 6 November 1977 at the Coliseum
Pat Haden threw two second quarter touchdown passes to put this one away and the Rams used a posse of backs
to run the ball to success in the second half. The spread was a massive 21 points to the Rams in their own
backyard. The Bucs fielded an all-USC backfield of Anthony Davis and Ricky Bell on their old college stomping
ground of the Coliseum but with a totally opposite result to the one they used to enjoy as Trojans.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: DuBose 7-39, Davis 10-38, Bell 7-10, Williams 3-9, Blount 1-
8, Owens 1-5.
RAMS: McCutcheon 23-77, Tyler 11-50, Cappelletti 10-31, Jodat 4-
11, Phillips 3-3, Ferragamo 1-2.
PASSING
BUCS: Blount 21-8-83-2-0.
RAMS: Haden 21-10-123-0-2, Ferragamo 1-1-17-0-0, Walker 1-1-
13-0-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Ragsdale 2-17, DuBose 2-17, Davis 1-29, Owens 1-10, Bell
1-5, Carter 1-5.
RAMS: Jackson 3-67, Nelson 2-22, McCutcheon 2-8, Cappelletti 1-
18, Young 1-17, Wallace 1-13, Phillips 1-5, Tyler 1-3.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
RAMS: Thomas 1-30, Jim Youngblood 1-25.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: A.Davis 2-55.
RAMS: Tyler 1-25.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Reece 2-16.
RAMS: Waddy 4-(-5).
SACKS
BUCS: none.
RAMS: Jones 2.5-26.5, Robertson 1-11, Fanning 0.5-2.5.
SCORING
LA
6:19-1Q
Septien FG31
LA
13:59-2Q
Jackson 51 pass from Haden (Septien kick)
LA
0:45-2Q
McCutcheon 4 pass from Haden (Septien kick)
LA
14:08-3Q
Jim Youngblood 25 interception return (Septien kick)
LA
4:21-4Q
Jodat 1 run (Septien kick)
COMMENTARY CREW
Bob Costas and Sonny Jorgensen
GAME REPORTS
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STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
75 Reavis
LDE
78 Rudolph
LG
62 Winans
DT
76 Pear
C
51 Ryczek
RDE
63 L Selmon
RG
68 Medlin
LOLB
57 Lewis
RT
70 Carlton
LILB
61 D Selmon
TE
83 Nafziger
RILB
54 Wood
WR
85 Owens
ROLB
56 C Johnson
WR
89 McKay
LCB
45 White
FB
35 DuBose
SS
33 Cotney
RB
42 Bell
FS
34 Brown
QB
17 Blount
RCB
40 Washington
SUBSTITUTIONS
4 Green, 23 Ragsdale, 25 Jordan, 28 Davis, 32 L
Carter, 43 Williams, 46 Reece, 52 Harris, 53 Bonness,
59 Lemon, 64 Robinson, 65 R Johnson, 66 B Carter,
73 Hannah, 77 Kollar, 79 Wilson, 80 Novak, 81 Hagins,
87 Mucker
DID NOT PLAY
9 Leavitt, 14 Hedberg
INACTIVE
18 Dickinson, 19 Huff
VIDEO CLIPS
David Lewis forced a fumble on a 4th down run and Dewey Selmon recovered it
Anthony Davis had one of the longest plays of the day for the Buccaneer offense
Jeb Blount and Jimmy DuBose hooked up for a late 4th quarter completion
