Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7 Minnesota Vikings 24
Sunday 1 October 1978 at Tampa Stadium
CBS COMMENTARY CREW Frank Gleiber and Johnny Unitas
Doug Williams passed for a career-high 311 yards but it was not
enough to beat the NFC Central champions. This game was the
first time the Bucs had sold out Tampa Stadium early enough for
the game to be televised locally. It was also deemed "Orange
Sunday" in which everyone was urged to wear orange to the
game. For the second straight week, Dave Green had a punt
blocked, this one leading the Minnesota's final score.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
75 Reavis
DE
73 Hannah
LG
78 Schumacher
DT
76 Pear
C
79 Wilson
DE
63 L Selmon
RG
64 Horton
LOLB
57 Lewis
RT
70 Carlton
LILB
61 D Selmon
TE
88 Giles
RILB
54 Wood
TE
86 Obradovich
ROLB
56 Johnson
WR
85 Owens
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, 23 Ragsdale, 32 L Carter, 34 Brown, 38 Davis,
42 Bell, 44 Cesare, 46 Reece, 51 Nafziger, 53 Bonness, 55 Brown, 60
Chambers, 67 Moritz, 71 Crowder, 77 Kollar, 80 Franklin, 82 Darby, 87
Mucker
DID NOT PLAY
15 Rae, 19 Huff, 65 Johnson, 68 Medlin, 74 Freitas
GAME SCORING
MIN
6:17-1Q
Miller 1 run (Danmeier kick)
MIN
6:25-2Q
Danmeier FG36
TB
2:18-2Q
Owens 56 pass from Williams (O'Donoghue kick)
MIN
0:29-2Q
White 21 pass from Tarkenton (Danmeier kick)
MIN
14:09-4Q
McNeill 16 blocked punt return (Danmeier kick)
GAME REPORTS
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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: DuBose 10-35, Bell 9-31, Carter 1-11, Williams 4-10.
VIKINGS: Miller 13-38, Young 15-38, McClanahan 4-19, Kellar 5-16.
PASSING
BUCS: Williams 35-16-311-3-1.
VIKINGS: Tarkenton 31-20-213-1-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Owens 5-132, McKay 3-54, Giles 3-36, Mucker 2-66, Bell 1-11,
Carter 1-9, DuBose 1-3 .
VIKINGS: Rashad 5-60, White 4-49, Miller 4-26, Voight 2-44, Tucker 2-14,
Young 2-13, Craig 1-7.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: White 1-2.
VIKINGS: McNeill 1-26, Turner 1-15, Bryant 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Ragsdale 3-73, Carter 1-12, Mucker 1-3.
VIKINGS: Miller 1-38, White 1-17.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Mucker 2-18, Reece 1-3.
VIKINGS: Miller 3-28.
SACKS
BUCS: Hannah 1-5.
VIKINGS: Blair 1-15.
VIDEO CLIPS
Charley Hannah had the Bucs’ sack - he was still playing defense in 78
Jeris White had the lone interception for the defense
Morris Owens juggled his reception but took it 56 yards to the endzone
