INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Bell 18-69, Eckwood 22-59, J.Davis 3-16, Williams 2-4.
RAMS: Peacock 6-47, Tyler 7-43, Bryant 4-15, McCutcheon 8-9,
Haden 1-6, Nelson 1-(-10).
PASSING
BUCS: Williams 20-5-101-1-2.
RAMS: Haden 27-13-64-0-0, Ferragamo 8-4-33-1-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Giles 1-29, Owens 1-28, Eckwood 1-25, Mucker 1-15, Hagins
1-4.
RAMS: McCutcheon 5-9, Bryant 4-20, Young 2-28, Dennard 2-20,
Peacock 2-14, Tyler 1-7, Hill 1-(-1).
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: White 1-39.
RAMS: Jim Youngblood 1-31.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Ragsdale 2-55.
RAMS: Hill 4-107.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Reece 5-39, T.Davis 1-7.
RAMS: Browne 7-29.
SACKS
BUCS: L.Selmon 2-21.
RAMS: none.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 21 Los Angeles Rams 6
Sunday 23 September 1979 at Tampa Stadium
SCORING
LA
4:11-1Q
Jim Youngblood 31 interception return (kick failed)
TB
14:13-2Q
Mucker 15 pass from Williams (O'Donoghue kick)
TB
6:32-2Q
Bell 5 run (O'Donoghue kick)
TB
0:33-2Q
Giles 29 pass from Williams (O'Donoghue kick)
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
75 Reavis
LDE
60 Chambers
LG
64 Horton
NT
77 Kollar
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
34 Brown
QB
12 Williams
RCB
40 Washington
SUBSTITUTIONS
6 O'Donoghue, 15 Rae, 16 Blanchard, 23 Ragsdale, 25
Jordan, 27 T Davis, 36 Berns, 38 J Davis, 44 Cesare, 46
Reece, 51 Nafziger, 53 Bonness, 55 Brown, 66 Yarno, 69
Austin, 70 Carlton, 71 Crowder, 74 Sanders, 84 Jones,
86 Obradovich, 87 Mucker
DID NOT PLAY
14 Fusina, 79 Lewis
COMMENTARY CREW
Vin Scully and George Allen
The Bucs made it four wins in a row to start the 1979 defense by shutting down the Ram offense. Not once in the second
half could they cross midfield, and they only scored on Jim Youngblood's interception return early in the game. Doug
Williams only completed five passes but two of them were for TDs in the second quarter, the first being set up by Bill
Kollar's fumble recovery.
GAME REPORTS
Click here for the gamebook and the play-by-play
Click here for Jim Selman's game report
Click here forTom McEwen's morning-after column
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
Larry Mucker had the first Buccaneer touchdown on a 15-yard pass from Doug Williams
Ricky Bell put the Bucs ahead for good with a 5-yard run
Late in the first half, Doug Williams and Jimmie Giles hooked up to extend the Tampa Bay lead.