| Detroit Lions at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 1, 1979 Location: Tampa, FL |
| Venue: Tampa Stadium Attendance: 68225 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 79 F Humidty: 88% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 16 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 10 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Neil O'Donoghue 31 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Lee Roy Selmon 29 opponents fumble recovery (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | David Hill 11 pass from Joe Reed (Benny Ricardo kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Ricky Bell 7 run (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Jimmie Giles 66 pass from Doug Williams (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 7 | 24 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Jim Obradovich 2 pass from Doug Williams (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 7 | 31 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Rick Kane 3 run (Benny Ricardo kick) | 14 | 31 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Safety, Mike Rae tackled in end zone by Doug English | 16 | 31 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Horace King | 10 | 53 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Dexter Bussey | 9 | 28 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Bo Robinson | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 0 | |
| Freddie Scott | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Ken Callicutt | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Rick Kane | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 1 | |
| Lawrence Gaines | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Jeff Komlo | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Jerry Eckwood | 20 | 121 | 6.1 | 46 | 0 |
| Ricky Bell | 13 | 53 | 4.1 | 1 | |
| Johnny Davis | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Doug Williams | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Rick Berns | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| George Ragsdale | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Jeff Komlo | 21 | 5 | 23.8 | 0 | 45 | 2.1 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 39.6 |
| Joe Reed | 15 | 8 | 53.3 | 0 | 61 | 4.1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 85.7 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Doug Williams | 16 | 4 | 25.0 | 0 | 99 | 6.2 | 66t | 2 | 0 | 0 | 92.4 |
| Mike Rae | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 12 | 3.0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 39.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| David Hill | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 1 | |
| Horace King | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 0 | |
| Freddie Scott | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Ken Callicutt | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Luther Blue | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Dexter Bussey | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Jimmie Giles | 3 | 97 | 32.3 | 1 | |
| Rick Berns | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jim Obradovich | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Larry Swider | 8 | 346 | 43.3 | 50 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 5 | 176 | 35.2 | 46 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Leonard Thompson | 2 | 0 | 27 | 13.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Tony Leonard | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Danny Reece | 8 | 0 | 42 | 5.3 | 12 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Tony Leonard | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 28 | 0 | |
| Leonard Thompson | 2 | 81 | 40.5 | 31 | 0 | |
| Ken Callicutt | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 13 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| George Ragsdale | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Tony Davis | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| Doug English | 1.0 |
| William Gay | 1.0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| Bill Kollar | 1.0 |
| Dave Logan | 1.0 |
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