Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 New York Giants 17
Sunday 15 October 1978 at The Meadowlands
CBS COMMENTARY CREW Don Criqui and Sonny Jorgensen
The Bucs took a 14-3 lead into the fourth quarter but an
interception and a fumble set up a pair of Larry Csonka
touchdown runs to send Tampa home defeated. The Bucs had a
chance to tie the game in the final seconds but Neil
O'Donoghue's 42-yard fieldgoal into a strong wind was wide.
Jimmy DuBose had a 100-yard rushing game but suffered a knee
injury that would keep him out for the rest of the season.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
75 Reavis
DE
73 Hannah
LG
68 Medlin
DT
76 Pear
C
79 Wilson
DE
63 L Selmon
RG
64 Horton
LOLB
57 Lewis
RT
74 Freitas
LILB
61 D Selmon
TE
86 Obradovich
RILB
54 Wood
WR
87 Mucker
ROLB
56 Johnson
WR
85 Owens
LCB
45 White
FB
35 DuBose
RCB
40 Washington
RB
32 Carter
SS
33 Cotney
QB
12 Williams
FS
34 Brown
PLAYED
4 Green, 6 O'Donoghue, 23 Ragsdale, 25 Jordan, 38 Davis, 42 Bell, 44
Cesare, 46 Reece, 51 Nafziger, 53 Bonness, 55 Brown, 60 Chambers,
65 Johnson, 70 Carlton, 71 Crowder, 72 Puetz, 77 Kollar, 83 Grant, 88
Giles
DID NOT PLAY
15 Rae, 19 Huff, 67 Moritz, 82 Darby, 89 McKay
GAME SCORING
NYG
3:07-1Q
Danelo FG22
TB
11:00-2Q
Davis 3 run (O'Donoghue kick)
TB
3:16-2Q
DuBose 1 run (O'Donoghue kick)
NYG
10:14-4Q
Csonka 7 run (Danelo kick)
NYG
7:26-4Q
Csonka 17 run (Danelo kick)
GAME REPORTS
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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: DuBose 24-109, J.Davis 6-34, Bell 9-20, Williams 2-4, Carter 1-(-
3).
GIANTS: Hammond 15-63, Csonka 13-56, Taylor 9-52, Pisarcik 1-4, Kotar
2-(-2), Golsteyn 1-(-3).
PASSING
BUCS: Williams 27-7-100-2-0.
GIANTS: Pisarcik 13-4-45-2-0, Golsteyn 2-2-18-0-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Obradovich 3-45, Owens 2-39, Mucker 1-9, Davis 1-7.
GIANTS: Thompson 2-32, Hammond 2-13, Taylor 1-18, Kotar 1-0.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Johnson 1-4, White 1-0.
GIANTS: Carson 1-30, Kelley 1-20.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Reece 3-57.
GIANTS: Hammond 2-41.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Reece 2-8.
GIANTS: Hammond 1-(-2), Robinson 0-0.
SACKS
BUCS: L.Selmon 2-15.
GIANTS: Van Pelt 1-2.
VIDEO CLIPS
Johnny Davis scored his first Buc touchdown in the second quarter
Jimmy DuBose had the first 100-yard performance in franchise history
Jeris White had an early interception for the defense
