| Green Bay Packers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 21, 1979 Location: Tampa, FL |
| Venue: Tampa Stadium Attendance: 67186 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 84 F Humidty: 59% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay PackersGB | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | GB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Ricky Bell 9 pass from Doug Williams (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Doug Williams 1 run (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Green Bay PackersGB | Chester Marcol 42 FG | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Jimmie Giles 2 pass from Doug Williams (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 3 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | James Lofton |
| 89 | WR | Aundra Thompson |
| 76 | LOT | Tim Stokes |
| 57 | LOG | Derrel Gofourth |
| 54 | C | Larry McCarren |
| 69 | ROG | Leotis Harris |
| 63 | ROT | Greg Koch |
| 82 | TE | Paul Coffman |
| 17 | QB | David Whitehurst |
| 48 | HB | Nate Simpson |
| 42 | FB | Walt Landers |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Mike Butler |
| 73 | LDT | Earl Edwards |
| 99 | RDT | Charles Johnson |
| 70 | RDE | Bob Barber |
| 52 | LLB | Gary Weaver |
| 50 | MLB | Rich Wingo |
| 53 | RLB | Mike Douglass |
| 38 | LCB | Estus Hood |
| 46 | SS | Steve Luke |
| 24 | FS | Johnnie Gray |
| 29 | RCB | Mike McCoy |
| 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 |
| 51 | ROLB | Dana Nafziger |
| 45 | LCB | Jeris White |
| 33 | SS | Mark Cotney |
| 34 | FS | Cedric Brown |
| 40 | RCB | Mike Washington |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Nate Simpson | 17 | 35 | 2.1 | 0 | |
| Walt Landers | 6 | 7 | 1.2 | 0 | |
| David Whitehurst | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Ricky Bell | 28 | 167 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Eckwood | 10 | 25 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Larry Mucker | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Johnny Davis | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 0 | |
| Rick Berns | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Doug Williams | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 1 | |
| George Ragsdale | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||||||||
| David Whitehurst | 35 | 22 | 62.9 | 3 | 261 | 7.5 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49.8 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Doug Williams | 10 | 6 | 60.0 | 0 | 85 | 8.5 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 127.1 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Paul Coffman | 7 | 106 | 15.1 | 0 | |
| James Lofton | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 0 | |
| Nate Simpson | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Walter Tullis | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Aundra Thompson | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Walt Landers | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Jimmie Giles | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 1 | |
| Jerry Eckwood | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 31 | 0 |
| Ricky Bell | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Dave Lewis | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Cedric Brown | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jeris White | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| David Beverly | 2 | 92 | 46.0 | 50 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 6 | 260 | 43.3 | 58 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Steve Odom | 3 | 1 | 29 | 9.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Danny Reece | 1 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Steve Odom | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Sammy Johnson | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| George Ragsdale | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
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