| Atlanta Falcons at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 24, 1978 Location: Tampa, FL |
| Venue: Tampa Stadium Attendance: 58073 |
| Weather: Thstrm, Rain Temp: 78 F Humidty: 82% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta Falcons | Safety, Dave Green punt blocked out of end zone by (Team) | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Mike Washington 79 blocked field goal recovery (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Atlanta Falcons | Alfred Jackson 5 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Fred Steinfort kick) | 9 | 7 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Jim Obradovich 15 pass from Doug Williams (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 9 | 14 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Haskel Stanback | 23 | 112 | 4.9 | 26 | 0 |
| Bubba Bean | 10 | 29 | 2.9 | 7 | 0 |
| Ricky Patton | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Steve Bartkowski | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Ricky Bell | 18 | 50 | 2.8 | 7 | 0 |
| Jimmy DuBose | 11 | 50 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Johnny Davis | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Doug Williams | 4 | -8 | -2.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Steve Bartkowski | 24 | 12 | 50.0 | 3 | 81 | 3.4 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 32.1 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Doug Williams | 23 | 6 | 26.1 | 0 | 74 | 3.2 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 55.0 |
| Louis Carter | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Bubba Bean | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Billy Ryckman | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 7 | 0 |
| Alfred Jackson | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 14 | 1 |
| Haskel Stanback | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Mike Esposito | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Isaac Hagins | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Jim Obradovich | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 21 | 1 |
| John McKay | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Curtis Jordan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dewey Selmon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Washington | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| John James | 8 | 342 | 42.8 | 56 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Dave Green | 9 | 389 | 43.2 | 54 | 1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Alfred Jackson | 5 | 1 | 33 | 6.6 | 11 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Isaac Hagins | 3 | 0 | 23 | 7.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Larry Mucker | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Alfred Jackson | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 29 | 0 | |
| Ray Strong | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| George Ragsdale | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |
| Tom Pridemore | 1.0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| Lee Roy Selmon | 1.0 |
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