Tampa Bay Buccaneers 13 New York Giants 19
Saturday 2 September 1978 at Tampa Stadium
CBS COMMENTARY CREW unknown
Doug Williams started his first NFL game and promptly had his
second pass picked off and returned for a score by Terry Jackson.
He later sustained a shoulder dislocation following a hit from Gary
Jeter and missed the next game. The key play came with 6:51 left
in the third quarter when Joe Pisarcik, in for future Buc Jerry
Golsteyn, hit Johnny Perkins for a 67-yard score. This was the first
regular season sell-out at Tampa Stadium.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
75 Reavis
DE
73 Hannah
LG
62 Winans
DT
76 Pear
C
79 Wilson
DE
63 L Selmon
RG
68 Medlin
LOLB
57 Lewis
RT
70 Carlton
LILB
61 D Selmon
TE
82 Darby
RILB
54 Wood
WR
85 Owens
ROLB
56 Johnson
WR
87 Mucker
LCB
45 White
FB
35 DuBose
RCB
40 Washington
RB
42 Bell
SS
25 Jordan
QB
12 Williams
FS
34 Brown
PLAYED
4 Green, 6 O'Donoghue, 19 Huff, 23 Ragsdale, 31 Anderson, 32 L
Carter, 33 Cotney, 38 Davis, 44 Cesare, 46 Reece, 51 Nafziger, 53
Bonness, 55 Brown, 60 Chambers, 65 Johnson, 67 Moritz, 77 Kollar, 81
Hagins, 86 Obradovich, 88 Giles, 89 McKay
DID NOT PLAY
10 Boryla, 74 Freitas
INACTIVES
71 Crowder
VIDEO CLIPS
This is one of the few games not available on DVD - but I have been
able to obtain the NFL Films’ highlight reel of the game
GAME SCORING
NYG
14:08-1Q
Jackson 32 interception return (Danelo kick)
TB
7:31-1Q
DuBose 2 run (O'Donoghue kick)
TB
9:51-2Q
O'Donoghue FG34
NYG
1:57-2Q
Danelo FG42
NYG
6:51-3Q
Perkins 67 pass from Pisarcik (kick failed)
TB
13:12-4Q
O'Donoghue FG26
NYG
6:05-4Q
Danelo FG23
GAME REPORTS
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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Bell 13-54, DuBose 12-52, Davis 5-31, Carter 5-19, Huff 3-10,
Giles 1-(-1).
GIANTS: Csonka 6-28, Taylor 11-18, Spencer 9-16, Kotar 5-14, Doornink
4-0.
PASSING
BUCS: Williams 5-1-9-1-0, Huff 22-9-84-2-0, Green 1-0-0-0-0.
GIANTS: Golsteyn 10-3-27-0-0, Pisarcik 15-9-156-1-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Giles 5-57, Owens 2-22, Carter 2-5, Hagins 1-9.
GIANTS: Perkins 4-110, Robinson 2-28, Taylor 2-20, Doornink 2-14, Kotar
1-8, Spencer 1-3.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Washington 1-3.
GIANTS: Jackson 1-32, Carson 1-14, Rhodes 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Hagins 4-69, Obradovich 1-17.
GIANTS: Pough 2-64, Taylor 1-22, Skorupan 1-17.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Reece 5-76.
GIANTS: Hammond 1-0, Robinson 1-(-4), Jackson 2-(-7).
SACKS
BUCS: Chambers 1-6, Pear 1-6, Selmon 1-1, Wood 0.5-3.5, Johnson 0.5-
3.5.
GIANTS: Mendenhall 1-7.
