INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Bell 24-80, J.Davis 6-23, Giles 1-(-2), Williams 1-4, Rae 1-2.
BEARS: Payton 22-77, Williams 16-40, McClendon 8-24, Perrin 1-4,
Phipps 1-2.
PASSING
BUCS: Williams 19-5-60-4-0, Rae 12-6-98-1-0.
BEARS: Phipps 15-6-26-0-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Hagins 4-67, Owens 2-27, Giles 2-20, Obradovich 1-19, Bell
1-16, J.Davis 1-9.
BEARS: Williams 6-26.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
BEARS: Schmidt 2-16, Fencik 2-14, Ellis 1-21.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Reece 7-38.
BEARS: Walterscheid 2-16, Schubert 2-4.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Hagins 3-55.
BEARS: Walterscheid 1-23.
SACKS
BUCS: Nafziger 1-9.
BEARS: Page 1.5-15, Campbell 1-8, Hampton 0.5-4.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 0 Chicago Bears 14
Sunday 2 December 1979 at Tampa Stadium
SCORING
CHI
3:03-1Q
Payton 1 run (Thomas kick)
CHI
4:04-2Q
Williams 13 pass from Phipps (Thomas kick)
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
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
81 Hagins
RILB
54 Wood
WR
85 Owens
ROLB
51 Nafziger
TE
88 Giles
LCB
45 White
FB
38 J Davis
SS
25 Jordan
RB
42 Bell
FS
34 Brown
QB
12 Williams
RCB
40 Washington
SUBSTITUTIONS
6 O'Donoghue, 15 Rae, 16 Blanchard, 27 T Davis, 33
Cotney, 36 Berns, 43 Eckwood, 44 Cesare, 46 Reece, 53
Bonness, 56 Johnson, 69 Austin, 70 Carlton, 74 Sanders,
76 Logan, 77 Kollar, 79 Lewis, 86 Obradovich, 87 Mucker
DID NOT PLAY
14 Fusina, 23 Ragsdale, 66 Yarno, 84 Jones
COMMENTARY CREW
Tim Ryan and Johnny Morris
The Bucs were shutout for the first time in two seasons as they missed their second straight opportunity to clinch their
first division title. They held the Bears to 164 yards of total offense including just six completions all to RB Dave
Williams for just 26 yards. But five Buc interceptions, four by Doug Williams, kept the Bucs off the scoreboard and a
blocked punt set up Walter Payton's one-yard run early in the game.
GAME REPORTS
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GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
Dana Nafziger had the only sack of the game for the Tampa Bay defense
Two Hall of Famers collided when Lee Roy Selmon forced a fumble by Walter Payton
Mike Rae led an unsuccessful late drive including this strike to Isaac Hagins