Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7 Green Bay Packers 17
Sunday 3 December 1978 at Tampa Stadium
SCORING
GB
7:15-1Q
Lofton 10 pass from Whitehurst (Marcol kick)
GB
4:42-1Q
Marcol FG27
TB
11:09-2Q
Ragsdale 14 run (O'Donoghue kick)
GB
1:58-2Q
Smith 1 run (Marcol kick)
GAME REPORTS
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The Bucs had the most possession in team history and the longest scoring drive in team history too, but
could not find enough to prevent the Packers completing a season sweep. George Ragsdale's TD run was the
longest such play the Bucs had in 1978.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Ragsdale 12-70, Carter 12-29, Rae 5-29, Davis 5-21,
White 5-16, Mucker 1-12.
PACKERS: Middleton 12-30, Smith 8-21, Culbreath 2-9, Torkelson
2-3, Simpson 2-5, Whitehurst 4-(-3).
PASSING
BUCS: Rae 31-14-178-2-0, Carter 1-0-0-0-0.
PACKERS: Whitehurst 19-13-113-1-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Carter 6-66, Owens 3-38, White 2-31, Giles 2-25, McKay
1-18.
PACKERS: Lofton 3-39, Smith 3-21, Middleton 3-20, Thompson 2-
23, McGeorge 1-5, Torkelson 1-5.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Washington 1-8.
PACKERS: Hood 1-18, McCoy 1-11.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Ragsdale 2-42, Giles 1-10.
PACKERS: Thompson 1-31, Sampson 1-23.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Reece 4-29.
PACKERS: Gray 3-43.
SACKS
BUCS: Hannah 0.5-2.5, Lewis 0.5-2.5.
PACKERS: Barzilauskas 2-15, Anderson 1-10, Roller 1-5, Butler
1-4.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
75 Reavis
DE
73 Hannah
LG
64 Horton
DT
76 Pear
C
79 Wilson
DE
63 L Selmon
RG
72 Puetz
LOLB
57 Lewis
RT
70 Carlton
LILB
61 D Selmon
TE
88 Giles
RILB
54 Wood
WR
85 Owens
ROLB
56 Johnson
WR
89 McKay
LCB
45 White
FB
38 J Davis
RCB
40 Washington
RB
32 Carter
SS
33 Cotney
QB
15 Rae
FS
34 Brown
PLAYED
4 Green, 6 O'Donoghue, 19 Huff, 23 Ragsdale, 25 Jordan, 28
White, 41 Farmer, 46 Reece, 51 Nafziger, 52 Harris, 53
Bonness, 55 Brown, 60 Chambers, 65 Johnson, 68 Medlin, 71
Crowder, 74 Freitas, 77 Kollar, 83 Grant, 86 Obradovich, 87
Mucker
INACTIVES
12 Williams, 42 Bell
COMMENTARY CREW
Lindsay Nelson and Paul Hornung
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
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Charley Hannah and David Lewis shared the only Buccaneer sack
Mike Washington picked off another pass for the defense
George Ragsdale had the only Tampa Bay touchdown