Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 Atlanta Falcons 9
Sunday 24 September 1978 at Tampa Stadium
CBS COMMENTARY CREW Tim Ryan and Johnny Unitas
The Bucs managed to reach .500 for the first time in their history
thanks to Doug Williams' TD strike to TE Jim Obradovich with
8:01 remaining in the game. Dewey Selmon had the game's
biggest play when he blocked a Fred Steinfort fieldgoal attempt
and Mike Washington returned it 79 yards for the go-ahead
score. After the Bucs went 14-9 up and forced Atlanta to punt,
they ran out the last five minutes of the clock including an option
pass from Louis Carter in the process.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
75 Reavis
DE
73 Hannah
LG
78 Schumacher
DT
76 Pear
C
79 Wilson
DE
63 L Selmon
RG
68 Medlin
LOLB
57 Lewis
RT
70 Carlton
LILB
61 D Selmon
TE
88 Giles
RILB
54 Wood
WR
87 Mucker
ROLB
56 Johnson
WR
81 Hagins
LCB
45 White
WR
89 McKay
RCB
40 Washington
RB
35 DuBose
SS
33 Cotney
QB
12 Williams
FS
25 Jordan
PLAYED
4 Green, 6 O'Donoghue, 19 Huff, 23 Ragsdale, 32 L Carter, 38 Davis,
42 Bell, 44 Cesare, 46 Reece, 51 Nafziger, 53 Bonness, 55 Brown, 64
Horton, 67 Moritz, 71 Crowder, 74 Freitas, 77 Kollar, 82 Darby, 85
Owens, 86 Obradovich
DID NOT PLAY
15 Rae, 60 Chambers, 65 Johnson
INACTIVES
34 Brown
GAME SCORING
ATL
8:16-1Q
Safety - blocked punt through the endzone
TB
2:32-1Q
Washington 79 blocked FG return (O'Donoghue)
ATL
9:32-3Q
Jackson 5 pass from Barkowski (Steinfort kick)
TB
8:01-4Q
Obradovich 15 pass from Williams (O'Donoghue)
GAME REPORTS
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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Bell 18-50, DuBose 11-50, Davis 1-2, Williams 4-(-8).
FALCONS: Stanback 23-112, Bean 10-29, Patton 3-6, Bartkowski 4-1.
PASSING
BUCS: Williams 23-6-74-0-1, Carter 1-1-21-0-0.
FALCONS: Bartkowski 24-12-81-3-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Hagins 4-45, Obradovich 2-36, McKay 1-14.
FALCONS: Ryckman 4-23, Bean 4-23, Jackson 2-19, Stanback 1-13,
Esposito 1-3.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Washington 1-0, D.Selmon 1-0, Jordan 1-0.
FALCONS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Ragsdale 2-56.
FALCONS: Jackson 2-47, Strong 1-19.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Hagins 3-23, Hagins 2-4, Reece 0-0.
FALCONS: Jackson 5-33.
SACKS
BUCS: L.Selmon 1-12.
FALCONS: Pridemore 1-13.
VIDEO CLIPS
Mike Washington’s blocked fieldgoal return for a touchdown
Jim Obradovich had the other touchdown on a 15-yard pass
Dewey Selmon had one of the three interceptions by the defense
