The Bucs opened their magical 1979 season with an easy win over the Lions. Doug Williams only completed four passes but hit Jimmie Giles for his longest TD pass of the season. He also connected on another to Jim Obradovich from the seat of his pants after he had tripped backwards dropping back from center.

STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 75 Reavis LDE 60 Chambers LG 64 Horton NT 77 Kollar C 50 Wilson RDE 63 Selmon RG 61 Roberts LOLB 57 Lewis RT 73 Hannah LILB 58 Selmon WR 85 Owens RILB 54 Wood WR 84 Jones ROLB 56 Johnson TE 88 Giles LCB 45 White FB 43 Eckwood SS 33 Cotney RB 42 Bell FS 34 Brown QB 12 Williams RCB 40 Washington PLAYED 6 O'Donoghue, 15 Rae, 16 Blanchard, 23 Ragsdale, 25 Jordan, 27 T Davis, 36 Berns, 38 J Davis, 44 Cesare, 46 Reece, 51 Nafziger, 53 Bonness, 55 Brown, 66 Yarno, 69 Austin, 70 Carlton, 71 Crowder, 74 Sanders, 79 Lewis, 81 Hagins, 86 Obradovich, 87 Mucker DID NOT PLAY 14 Fusina

GAME SCORING TB 13:55-1Q O'Donoghue FG31 TB 4:30-1Q L Selmon 29 fumble return (O'Donoghue kick) DET 9:23-2Q Hill 11 pass from Reed (Ricardo kick) TB 4:41-2Q Bell 7 run (O'Donoghue kick) TB 1:58-2Q Giles 66 pass from Williams (O'Donoghue kick) TB 14:56-4Q Obradovich 2 pass from Williams (O'Donoghue) DET 4:39-4Q Kane 3 run (Ricardo kick) DET 1:03-4Q Safety - Rae sacked by English in the endzone

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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Eckwood 20-121, Bell 13-53, J.Davis 6-26, Williams 2-16, Berns 4-9., Ragsdale 3-4. LIONS: King 10-53, Bussey 9-28, Robinson 5-27, Scott 1-18, Callicutt 1- 10, Kane 2-5, Gaines 2-3, Komlo 2-(-2). PASSING BUCS: Williams 16-4-99-0-2, Rae 4-1-12-0-0. LIONS: Reed 15-8-61-0-1, Komlo 21-5-45-0-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Giles 3-97, Berns 1-12, Obradovich 1-2. LIONS: Hill 5-48, King 4-23, Scott 1-16, Callicutt 1-11, Blue 1-6, Bussey 1-2. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. LIONS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Ragsdale 1-19, T.Davis 1-16. OPPONENTS: Leonard 3-70, Thompson 2-81, Callicut 2-23. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Reece 8-42. OPPONENTS: Thompson 2-27, Leonard 1-7. SACKS BUCS: Kollar 1-9, Lewis 1-8. OPPONENTS: English 1-5, Gay 1-1.

VIDEO CLIPS Doug Williams’ famous pass to Jim Obradovich from the seat of his pants Earlier Doug hooked up with Jimmie Giles on a 66-yard touchdown pass Lee Roy Selmon scored the first Buccaneer touchdown of the year