INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Bell 13-41, Eckwood 9-31, J.Davis 2-4, Williams 1-0, Mucker
1-(-2).
FALCONS: Bean 3-67, Cason 21-65, Andrews 15-49, Mayberry 3-
16, Bartkowski 4-15.
PASSING
BUCS: Williams 24-11-198-1-1.
FALCONS: Bartkowski 20-11-80-1-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Mucker 3-68, Owens 2-76, Hagins 2-17, J.Davis 1-15, Giles
1-12, Ragsdale 1-6, Eckwood 1-4.
FALCONS: Andrews 4-16, Mitchell 3-19, Jenkins 2-29, Francis 2-16.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Lewis 1-11.
FALCONS: Lawrence 1-12.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Ragsdale 3-56.
FALCONS: Stanback 1-24, Pearson 1-23.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Reece 4-7.
FALCONS: Pearson 1-4.
SACKS
BUCS: Chambers 1-9, Nafziger 1-9, Lewis 1-8.
FALCONS: Brezina 1-4.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 Atlanta Falcons 17
Sunday 4 November 1979 at Fulton County Stadium
SCORING
TB
2:08-1Q
Bell 1 run (O'Donoghue kick)
ATL
4:58-2Q
Mazzetti FG30
ATL
11:10-4Q
Mitchell 4 pass from Bartkowski (Mazzetti kick)
ATL
1:22-4Q
Bean 60 run (Mazzetti kick)
TB
0:22-4Q
Giles 12 pass from Williams (O'Donoghue kick)
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LLT
75 Reavis
LDE
60 Chambers
LG
64 Horton
NT
71 Crowder
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
25 Jordan
QB
12 Williams
RCB
40 Washington
SUBSTITUTIONS
6 O'Donoghue, 16 Blanchard, 23 Ragsdale, 27 T Davis,
34 Brown, 36 Berns, 38 J Davis, 44 Cesare, 46 Reece,
51 Nafziger, 53 Bonness, 55 Brown , 66 Yarno, 69 Austin,
70 Carlton, 74 Sanders, 77 Kollar, 79 Lewis, 84 Jones, 86
Obradovich, 87 Mucker
DID NOT PLAY
14 Fusina,15 Rae
COMMENTARY CREW
Frank Gleiber and Paul Hornung
Early opportunities in this game were squandered by the Bucs and after taking a 7-0 lead, a Buc fumble set up the tying
touchdown and the Falcons were on their way to victory. The final Buc touchdown only came with 12 seconds left as
Atlanta controlled the clock with over 200 yards on the ground.
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
Ricky Bell opened the scoring with another short yardage touchdown run
Dana Nafziger made the most of his chance of defense with a sack
Jimmie Giles’ late touchdown reception gave the Bucs a chance of an onside kick