| Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: November 14, 1976 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 46427 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 49 F Humidty: 33% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 7 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 34 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | TB | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Clark Gaines 14 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Rich Caster 3 pass from Joe Namath (Pat Leahy kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Pat Leahy 21 FG | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Steve Davis 5 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 0 | 24 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Lou Piccone 60 punt return (Pat Leahy kick) | 0 | 31 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Pat Leahy 30 FG | 0 | 34 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | John McKay |
| 85 | WR | Morris Owens |
| 71 | LOT | Steve Young |
| 72 | LOG | Howard Fest |
| 51 | C | Dan Ryczek |
| 79 | ROG | Steve Wilson |
| 74 | ROT | Mike Current |
| 86 | TE | Bob Moore |
| 11 | QB | Steve Spurrier |
| 32 | RB | Louis Carter |
| 35 | RB | Jimmy DuBose |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Council Rudolph |
| 76 | LDT | Dave Pear |
| 61 | RDT | Dewey Selmon |
| 66 | RDE | Pat Toomay |
| 30 | LLB | Jimmy Gunn |
| 52 | MLB | Steve Reese |
| 54 | RLB | Richard Wood |
| 25 | LCB | Curtis Jordan |
| 33 | LS | Mark Cotney |
| 28 | RS | Ken Stone |
| 46 | RCB | Danny Reece |
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | David Knight |
| 89 | WR | Lou Piccone |
| 72 | LOT | Robert Woods |
| 66 | LOG | Randy Rasmussen |
| 65 | C | Joe Fields |
| 67 | ROG | Darrell Austin |
| 78 | ROT | Garry Puetz |
| 88 | TE | Rich Caster |
| 14 | QB | Richard Todd |
| 25 | RB | Steve Davis |
| 21 | RB | Clark Gaines |
| Offense | ||
| 76 | LDE | Lawrence Pillers |
| 77 | LDT | Carl Barzilauskas |
| 85 | RDT | Ed Galigher |
| 81 | RDE | Richard Neal |
| 51 | LLB | Greg Buttle |
| 55 | MLB | John Ebersole |
| 59 | RLB | Bob Martin |
| 23 | LCB | Shafer Suggs |
| 27 | LS | Phil Wise |
| 22 | RS | Burgess Owens |
| 38 | RCB | Ed Taylor |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Louis Carter | 19 | 79 | 4.2 | 0 | |
| Rod McNeill | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Jimmy DuBose | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Parnell Dickinson | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Essex Johnson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Clark Gaines | 27 | 103 | 3.8 | 14 | 1 |
| Steve Davis | 16 | 76 | 4.8 | 1 | |
| Richard Todd | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 0 | |
| Louie Giammona | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Steve Spurrier | 19 | 8 | 42.1 | 1 | 75 | 3.9 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31.7 |
| Parnell Dickinson | 13 | 7 | 53.8 | 1 | 103 | 7.9 | 49 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 47.9 |
| Terry Hanratty | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 0 | 24 | 3.0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 45.8 |
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Joe Namath | 12 | 7 | 58.3 | 0 | 94 | 7.8 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 111.1 |
| Richard Todd | 10 | 3 | 30.0 | 0 | 50 | 5.0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 47.9 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Louis Carter | 6 | 37 | 6.2 | 0 | |
| Bob Moore | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| Morris Owens | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Rod McNeill | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| John McKay | 1 | 49 | 49.0 | 49 | 0 |
| Barry Smith | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Freddie Douglas | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Manfred Moore | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ed Williams | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Essex Johnson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Clark Gaines | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Rich Caster | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 1 | |
| Lou Piccone | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| David Knight | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| New York Jets | |||||
| Rich Sowells | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Ed Taylor | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Dave Green | 7 | 253 | 36.1 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Duane Carrell | 5 | 188 | 37.6 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Danny Reece | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | ||
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Lou Piccone | 6 | 112 | 18.7 | 1 | ||
| Louie Giammona | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Louis Carter | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 0 | ||
| Rod McNeill | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | ||
| Mike Lemon | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Lou Piccone | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| Richard Wood | 1.0 |
| New York Jets | |
| Richard Neal | 2.0 |
| Steve Poole | 1.0 |
| Ed Galigher | 1.0 |
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