1979 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (NFL) |
| 1st place • National Football Conference • Central Division • 10-6-0 .625 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: John McKay |
| Tom Bass | Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers |
| George Chaump | Running Backs |
| Wayne Fontes | Defensive Secondary |
| Abe Gibron | Chief Assistant/Defensive Line |
| Bill Johnson | Defensive Line |
| Phil Krueger | Special Teams |
| Bill Nelsen | Quarterbacks/Receivers |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/4/1979 | H | Washington Redskins | 7-9 | L | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 64493 | |
| Sat | 8/11/1979 | H | Miami Dolphins | 7-13 | L | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 64481 | |
| Sat | 8/18/1979 | H | New Orleans Saints | 14-7 | W | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 49042 | |
| Sat | 8/25/1979 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 24-13 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 44120 | |
| Sat | 9/1/1979 | H | Detroit Lions | 31-16 | W | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 68225 | |
| Sun | 9/9/1979 | A | Baltimore Colts | 29-26 | W | OT | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 36374 |
| Sun | 9/16/1979 | A | Green Bay Packers | 21-10 | W | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 55498 | |
| Sun | 9/23/1979 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 21-6 | W | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 69497 | |
| Sun | 9/30/1979 | A | Chicago Bears | 17-13 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 55258 | |
| Sun | 10/7/1979 | A | New York Giants | 14-17 | L | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 72841 | |
| Sun | 10/14/1979 | H | New Orleans Saints | 14-42 | L | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 67640 | |
| Sun | 10/21/1979 | H | Green Bay Packers | 21-3 | W | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 67186 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1979 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 12-10 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 46906 | |
| Sun | 11/4/1979 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 14-17 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 55150 | |
| Sun | 11/11/1979 | A | Detroit Lions | 16-14 | W | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 70461 | |
| Sun | 11/18/1979 | H | New York Giants | 31-3 | W | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 70261 | |
| Sun | 11/25/1979 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 22-23 | L | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 70039 | |
| Sun | 12/2/1979 | H | Chicago Bears | 0-14 | L | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 69508 | |
| Sun | 12/9/1979 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 7-23 | L | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 44506 | |
| Sun | 12/16/1979 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 3-0 | W | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 63624 | |
| NFC Divisional Playoff | |||||||||
| Sat | 12/29/1979 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 24-17 | W | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 71402 | |
| NFC Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 1/6/1980 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 0-9 | L | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 72033 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Darrell Austin | 69 | OG-C-OT | 6-4 | 255 | 28 | South Carolina | 16 | 0 |
| Ricky Bell | 42 | RB | 6-2 | 218 | 24 | Southern California | 16 | 16 |
| Rick Berns | 36 | RB | 6-2 | 210 | 23 | Nebraska | 16 | 1 |
| Tom Blanchard | 16 | P | 6-0 | 185 | 31 | Oregon | 16 | 0 |
| Rik Bonness | 53 | LB | 6-5 | 220 | 25 | Nebraska | 16 | 0 |
| Aaron Brown | 55 | LILB | 6-2 | 238 | 23 | Ohio State | 12 | 1 |
| Cedric Brown | 34 | FS | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | Kent State | 16 | 15 |
| Darryl Carlton | 70 | OT | 6-6 | 260 | 26 | Tampa | 16 | 2 |
| Billy Cesare | 44 | CB-S | 5-11 | 190 | 24 | Memphis; Miami (Florida) | 16 | 0 |
| Wally Chambers | 60 | LDE | 6-6 | 250 | 28 | Eastern Kentucky | 16 | 16 |
| Mark Cotney | 33 | SS | 6-0 | 205 | 27 | New Mexico Highlands; Cameron | 16 | 15 |
| Randy Crowder | 71 | NT | 6-2 | 252 | 27 | Penn State | 16 | 8 |
| Johnny Davis | 38 | RB | 6-1 | 235 | 23 | Alabama | 16 | 4 |
| Tony Davis | 27 | RB | 5-11 | 210 | 26 | Nebraska | 16 | 0 |
| Jerry Eckwood | 43 | RB | 6-0 | 198 | 25 | Arkansas | 16 | 10 |
| Chuck Fusina | 14 | QB | 6-1 | 197 | 22 | Penn State | 1 | 0 |
| Jimmie Giles | 88 | TE | 6-3 | 242 | 25 | Alcorn State | 16 | 16 |
| Isaac Hagins | 81 | WR | 5-9 | 179 | 25 | Southern University | 16 | 14 |
| Charley Hannah | 73 | ROT | 6-6 | 265 | 24 | Alabama | 14 | 14 |
| Greg Horton | 64 | LOG | 6-4 | 250 | 28 | Colorado | 16 | 16 |
| Cecil Johnson | 56 | ROLB | 6-2 | 230 | 24 | Pittsburgh | 15 | 14 |
| Gordon Jones | 84 | WR | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 1 |
| Curtis Jordan | 25 | SS | 6-2 | 205 | 25 | Texas Tech | 16 | 2 |
| Bill Kollar | 77 | NT | 6-4 | 256 | 27 | Montana State | 15 | 8 |
| Dave Lewis | 57 | LOLB | 6-4 | 245 | 25 | San Diego CC; Southern California | 16 | 16 |
| Reggie Lewis | 79 | DE | 6-3 | 255 | 23 | North Texas | 12 | 0 |
| Dave Logan | 76 | NT | 6-2 | 250 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 5 | 0 |
| Larry Mucker | 87 | WR | 5-11 | 180 | 25 | Arizona State | 16 | 4 |
| Dana Nafziger | 51 | ROLB | 6-1 | 221 | 26 | Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo) | 16 | 2 |
| Jim Obradovich | 86 | TE | 6-2 | 225 | 26 | El Camino JC; Southern California | 16 | 2 |
| Neil O'Donoghue | 6 | K | 6-6 | 210 | 26 | St. Bernard; Auburn | 16 | 0 |
| Morris Owens | 85 | WR | 6-0 | 192 | 26 | Arizona State | 16 | 12 |
| Mike Rae | 15 | QB | 6-0 | 200 | 28 | Southern California | 5 | 0 |
| George Ragsdale | 23 | RB | 5-11 | 185 | 27 | North Carolina A&T State | 15 | 0 |
| Dave Reavis | 75 | LOT | 6-4 | 260 | 29 | Arkansas | 16 | 16 |
| Danny Reece | 46 | CB-S | 5-11 | 188 | 24 | Southern California | 16 | 1 |
| Greg Roberts | 61 | ROG | 6-3 | 262 | 23 | Oklahoma | 16 | 16 |
| Gene Sanders | 74 | NT-DE | 6-3 | 285 | 23 | Texas A&M | 16 | 0 |
| Dewey Selmon | 58 | LILB | 6-1 | 240 | 26 | Oklahoma | 15 | 15 |
| Lee Roy Selmon | 63 | RDE | 6-3 | 256 | 25 | Oklahoma | 16 | 16 |
| Mike Washington | 40 | RCB | 6-3 | 190 | 26 | Alabama | 15 | 15 |
| Jeris White | 45 | LCB | 5-11 | 180 | 27 | Hawaii | 16 | 16 |
| Doug Williams | 12 | QB | 6-4 | 220 | 24 | Grambling State | 16 | 16 |
| Steve Wilson | 50 | C | 6-4 | 266 | 25 | Georgia | 16 | 16 |
| Richard Wood | 54 | RILB | 6-2 | 230 | 26 | Southern California | 16 | 16 |
| George Yarno | 68 | OG | 6-2 | 267 | 22 | Washington State | 15 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 2 | 33 | Greg Roberts | G | Oklahoma |
| 2 | 34 | Gordon Jones | WR | Pittsburgh |
| 3 | 60 | Jerry Eckwood | RB | Arkansas |
| 3 | 78 | Reggie Lewis | DE | North Texas |
| 3 | 80 | Rick Berns | RB | Nebraska |
| 5 | 133 | Chuck Fusina | QB | Penn State |
| 8 | 217 | Gene Sanders | DT | Texas A&M |
| 9 | 225 | Henry Vereen | WR | Nevada-Las Vegas |
| 11 | 281 | Bob Rippentrop | TE | Fresno State |
| 12 | 307 | Dave Logan | DT | Pittsburgh |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 33 | 106 | 44 | 87 | 3 | 273 |
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 61 | 46 | 80 | 0 | 237 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 267 | 107 | 137 | 23 | 92/264 34.8% | / % | 102 | 905 | |
| Opponents Totals | 247 | 116 | 111 | 20 | 79/247 32.0% | / % | 100 | 870 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neil O'Donoghue | 0 | 30 | 35 | 85.7 | 11 | 19 | 57.9 | 0 | 63 |
| Ricky Bell | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Jimmie Giles | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Larry Mucker | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Isaac Hagins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Johnny Davis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jerry Eckwood | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Doug Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Gordon Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dave Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Obradovich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Lee Roy Selmon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Washington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 35 | 30 | 35 | 85.7 | 11 | 19 | 57.9 | 0 | 273 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 25 | 28 | 89.3 | 14 | 24 | 58.3 | 1 | 237 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neil O'Donoghue | 11 | 19 | 57.9 | 1 | 44 | 1/1 | 3/4 | 5/9 | 2/5 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 11 | 19 | 57.9 | 1 | 44 | 1/1 | 3/4 | 5/9 | 2/5 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 24 | 58.3 | 0/0 | 4/4 | 5/9 | 5/11 | 0/0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Bell | 283 | 1263 | 4.5 | 49 | 7 |
| Jerry Eckwood | 194 | 690 | 3.6 | 61t | 2 |
| Johnny Davis | 59 | 221 | 3.7 | 18 | 2 |
| Doug Williams | 35 | 119 | 3.4 | 16 | 2 |
| Rick Berns | 23 | 102 | 4.4 | 16 | 0 |
| Larry Mucker | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Gordon Jones | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jimmie Giles | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 9 | 0 |
| George Ragsdale | 6 | 5 | 0.8 | 3 | 0 |
| Mike Rae | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tom Blanchard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 609 | 2437 | 4.0 | 61t | 13 |
| Opponents Totals | 539 | 1873 | 3.5 | 60t | 13 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Williams | 397 | 166 | 166 | 207 | 2448 | 6.2 | 14.7 | 66t | 18 | 4.5 | 24 | 6.0 | 7 | 57 | 2391 | 52.5 |
| Mike Rae | 36 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 252 | 7.0 | 14.8 | 29 | 1 | 2.8 | 2 | 5.6 | 5 | 31 | 221 | 56.7 |
| Jerry Eckwood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 434 | 183 | 183 | 225 | 2700 | 6.2 | 14.8 | 66t | 19 | 4.4 | 26 | 6.0 | 12 | 88 | 2612 | 52.8 |
| Opponents Totals | 436 | 250 | 250 | 172 | 2405 | 5.5 | 9.6 | 67t | 14 | 3.2 | 14 | 3.2 | 40 | 329 | 2076 | 70.2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmie Giles | 40 | 579 | 14.5 | 66t | 7 |
| Isaac Hagins | 39 | 692 | 17.7 | 57 | 3 |
| Ricky Bell | 25 | 248 | 9.9 | 26 | 2 |
| Jerry Eckwood | 22 | 268 | 12.2 | 31 | 0 |
| Morris Owens | 20 | 377 | 18.9 | 64 | 0 |
| Larry Mucker | 14 | 268 | 19.1 | 42t | 5 |
| Jim Obradovich | 6 | 63 | 10.5 | 19 | 1 |
| Johnny Davis | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 24 | 0 |
| Rick Berns | 5 | 40 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Gordon Jones | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 37t | 1 |
| George Ragsdale | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 183 | 2700 | 14.8 | 66t | 19 |
| Opponents Totals | 250 | 2405 | 9.6 | 67t | 14 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedric Brown | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 72 | 0 |
| Mike Washington | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 49t | 1 |
| Jeris White | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Richard Wood | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Dave Lewis | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Mark Cotney | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 14 | 238 | 17.0 | 72 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 324 | 12.5 | 40 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Blanchard | 93 | 3679 | 39.6 | 58 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 270 | 2909 | 30.6 |
| Team Totals | 95 | 3679 | 38.7 | 58 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 270 | 2909 | 30.6 |
| Opponents Totals | 104 | 4275 | 41.1 | 65 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 438 | 3677 | 35.4 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Reece | 70 | 1 | 431 | 6.2 | 17 | 0 |
| Tony Davis | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 71 | 2 | 438 | 6.2 | 17 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 47 | 8 | 270 | 5.7 | 26 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Ragsdale | 34 | 675 | 19.9 | 30 | 0 | |
| Isaac Hagins | 9 | 196 | 21.8 | 31 | 0 | |
| Tony Davis | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 16 | 0 | |
| Dana Nafziger | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Danny Reece | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Rick Berns | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 51 | 959 | 18.8 | 31 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 55 | 1254 | 22.8 | 83 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Lee Roy Selmon | 11.0 | |
| Randy Crowder | 5.5 | |
| Dave Lewis | 4.0 | |
| Wally Chambers | 4.0 | |
| Mark Cotney | 2.0 | |
| Dana Nafziger | 2.0 | |
| Bill Kollar | 2.0 | |
| Reggie Lewis | 1.0 | |
| Cecil Johnson | 1.0 | |
| Aaron Brown | 1.0 | |
| Mike Washington | 1.0 | |
| Dewey Selmon | 1.0 | |
| Curtis Jordan | 1.0 | |
| Dave Logan | 1.0 | |
| Danny Reece | 1.0 | |
| Jeris White | 0.5 | |
| (Team) | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 40.0 | 329.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 12.0 | 88.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Bell | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Berns | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Blanchard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | |
| Cedric Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Mark Cotney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Davis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Eckwood | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmie Giles | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaac Hagins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Horton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cecil Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Curtis Jordan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Kollar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Lewis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 1 |
| Reggie Lewis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Mucker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dana Nafziger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Neil O'Donoghue | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Morris Owens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Ragsdale | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Danny Reece | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Roberts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Roy Selmon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 1 |
| Jeris White | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Williams | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -5 | 0 | |
| Richard Wood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 17 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 70 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 31 | 0 |
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