| Los Angeles Rams at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 23, 1979 Location: Tampa, FL |
| Venue: Tampa Stadium Attendance: 69497 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 86 F Humidty: 65% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | LARM | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Jim Youngblood 31 interception return (Frank Corral kick failed) | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Larry Mucker 15 pass from Doug Williams (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Ricky Bell 5 run (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 6 | 14 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Jimmie Giles 29 pass from Doug Williams (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 6 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Preston Dennard |
| 81 | WR | Ron Jessie |
| 77 | LOT | Doug France |
| 75 | LOG | John Williams |
| 61 | C | Rich Saul |
| 56 | ROG | Doug Smith |
| 78 | ROT | Jackie Slater |
| 83 | TE | Terry Nelson |
| 11 | QB | Pat Haden |
| 30 | RB | Lawrence McCutcheon |
| 32 | FB | Cullen Bryant |
| Defense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Jack Youngblood |
| 79 | LDT | Mike Fanning |
| 90 | RDT | Larry Brooks |
| 89 | RDE | Fred Dryer |
| 53 | LLB | Jim Youngblood |
| 64 | MLB | Jack Reynolds |
| 59 | RLB | Bob Brudzinski |
| 27 | LCB | Pat Thomas |
| 42 | SS | Dave Elmendorf |
| 21 | FS | Nolan Cromwell |
| 49 | RCB | Rod Perry |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Isaac Hagins |
| 85 | WR | Morris Owens |
| 75 | LOT | Dave Reavis |
| 64 | LOG | Greg Horton |
| 50 | C | Steve Wilson |
| 61 | ROG | Greg Roberts |
| 73 | ROT | Charley Hannah |
| 88 | TE | Jimmie Giles |
| 12 | QB | Doug Williams |
| 42 | RB | Ricky Bell |
| 43 | RB | Jerry Eckwood |
| Offense | ||
| 60 | LDE | Wally Chambers |
| 77 | NT | Bill Kollar |
| 63 | RDE | Lee Roy Selmon |
| 57 | LOLB | Dave Lewis |
| 58 | LILB | Dewey Selmon |
| 54 | RILB | Richard Wood |
| 56 | ROLB | Cecil Johnson |
| 45 | LCB | Jeris White |
| 33 | SS | Mark Cotney |
| 34 | FS | Cedric Brown |
| 40 | RCB | Mike Washington |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Elvis Peacock | 6 | 47 | 7.8 | 0 | |
| Wendell Tyler | 7 | 43 | 6.1 | 12 | 0 |
| Cullen Bryant | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Lawrence McCutcheon | 8 | 9 | 1.1 | 3 | 0 |
| Pat Haden | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Terry Nelson | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | -10 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Ricky Bell | 18 | 69 | 3.8 | 1 | |
| Jerry Eckwood | 22 | 59 | 2.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Johnny Davis | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Doug Williams | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Pat Haden | 27 | 13 | 48.1 | 0 | 64 | 2.4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.7 |
| Vince Ferragamo | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 1 | 33 | 4.1 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 21.4 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Doug Williams | 20 | 5 | 25.0 | 1 | 101 | 5.1 | 29t | 2 | 0 | 0 | 60.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Lawrence McCutcheon | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Cullen Bryant | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Charle Young | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Preston Dennard | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Elvis Peacock | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Wendell Tyler | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Eddie Hill | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Jimmie Giles | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29t | 1 |
| Morris Owens | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Jerry Eckwood | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Larry Mucker | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15t | 1 |
| Isaac Hagins | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Jim Youngblood | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31t | 1 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Jeris White | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Ken Clark | 8 | 320 | 40.0 | 54 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 9 | 398 | 44.2 | 50 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Eddie Brown | 7 | 0 | 29 | 4.1 | 10 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Danny Reece | 5 | 0 | 39 | 7.8 | 17 | 0 |
| Tony Davis | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Drew Hill | 4 | 107 | 26.8 | 31 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| George Ragsdale | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 30 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| Lee Roy Selmon | 2.0 |
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