Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7 San Francisco 49ers 23 Sunday 9 December 1979 at Candlestick Park CBS COMMENTARY CREW Lindsey Nelson and Paul Hornung
For the third straight week, the Bucs could not clinch their NFC Central Division title as five more Doug WIlliams interceptions stalled the offense on the West Coast. This game was notable for it being OJ Simpson's final home game in the NFL and several tributes were paid to the star running back at the end of the game.
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 70 Carlton LILB 58 Selmon WR 81 Hagins RILB 54 Wood WR 85 Owens ROLB 56 Johnson TE 88 Giles LCB 45 White FB 38 J Davis SS 33 Cotney RB 42 Bell FS 34 Brown QB 12 Williams RCB 40 Washington PLAYED 6 O'Donoghue, 15 Rae, 16 Blanchard, 23 Ragsdale, 25 Jordan, 27 T Davis, 36 Berns, 43 Eckwood, 44 Cesare, 46 Reece, 51 Nafziger, 53 Bonness, 66 Yarno, 69 Austin, 74 Sanders, 76 Logan, 77 Kollar, 79 Lewis, 84 Jones, 86 Obradovich, 87 Mucker DID NOT PLAY 14 Fusina
GAME SCORING SF 8:56-1Q Shumann 19 pass from DeBerg (Wersching) SF 5:00-1Q Wersching FG39 TB 5:14-2Q Giles 19 pass from Williams (O'Donoghue kick) SF 0:09-2Q Wersching FG27 SF 10:57-4Q Elliot 1 run (Wersching kick) SF 3:40-4Q Wersching FG45
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Bell 10-36, Eckwood 4-11, J.Davis 2-5. 49ERS: Francis 7-35, Simpson 6-26, Jackson 8-25, Elliot 6-13, Owens 1- 8, Bruer 2-5, Hofer 4-4, DeBerg 2-(-3). PASSING BUCS: Williams 24-10-167-5-1, Rae 8-4-61-0-0. 49ERS: DeBerg 30-22-186-0-1, Montana 4-3-30-0-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Hagins 3-90, Giles 3-55, Eckwood 3-35, Bell 3-26, Ragsdale 2- 22. 49ERS: MacAfee 5-40, Shumann 4-61, Francis 4-20, Hofer 3-21, Jackson 3-18, Bruer 2-27, Clark 2-17, Owens 1-9, Elliot 1-3. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. 49ERS: Hicks 2-21, Gray 1-20, Bunz 1-2, Williams 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Hagins 4-90, T.Davis 1-9, Berns 1-6. 49ERS: Owens 2-43. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Reece 3-20. 49ERS: Hicks 3-22. SACKS BUCS: Reece 1-2. 49ERS: Reese 1-10, Webb 1-7.
VIDEO CLIPS Doug Williams and Isaac Hagins connected to set up the only Buc TD Which was scored by Jimmie Giles on this 19-yard reception The only sack by the defense came on this busted play by Danny Reece