Tampa Bay Buccaneers 33 Chicago Bears 19Sunday 19 October 1978 at Tampa StadiumCBS COMMENTARY CREWTim Ryan and Johnny Morris
The Bucs upped their season record to 4-4 and scored five touchdowns in a game for the first time in their history. Ricky Bell set a Buc record with 27 carries in a single game and it was also the first time Doug Williams had thrown two scores in the NFL.
GAME SCORINGTB8:37-1Q Bell 1 run (kick failed)CHI12:28-2Q Scott 34 pass from Avellini (Thomas kick)TB1:54-2Q Obradovich 28 pass from Williams (O'Donoghue)CHI0:03-2Q Thomas FG21CHI10:17-3Q Harper 2 run (kick failed)TB6:35-3Q Williams 1 run (kick failed)TB9:48-4Q Owens 40 pass from Williams (O'Donoghue kick)CHI6:46-4Q Thomas FG27TB1:13-4Q Davis 3 run (O'Donoghue kick)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHINGBUCS: Bell 27-95, Davis 13-41, Williams 5-9, Carter 3-2.BEARS: Harper 10-65, Payton 15-34, Avellini 3-21, Parsons 1-0.PASSINGBUCS: Williams 19-11-180-1-2, Carter 1-0-0-0-0.BEARS: Avellini 29-15-218-3-1.RECEIVINGBUCS: Owens 4-82, Bell 3-45, Obradovich 1-28, Mucker 1-11, Grant 1-8, Carter 1-6.BEARS: J.Scott 5-105, Payton 5-74, Schubert 2-33, Harper 2-3, Richards 1-3.INTERCEPTIONSBUCS: Lewis 2-17, Brown 1-29.BEARS: Fencik 1-11.KICK RETURNSBUCS: Ragsdale 2-60, Reece 2-47, Maxson 1-17.BEARS: Waterscheid 2-52, Gaines 2-48, Skibinski 1-12, Latta 1-8.PUNT RETURNSBUCS: Reece 4-46.BEARS: Schubert 3-20, Waterscheid 1-6.SACKSBUCS: Lewis 1-8, Pear 1-7.BEARS: Page 1-7, Hicks 1-1.
VIDEO CLIPSJim Obradovich was the recipient of another Doug Williams TD passWilliams scored himself on a quarterback sneakThe 4Q saw Williams find his favourite deep target Morris Owens