Tampa Bay Buccaneers 0 Chicago Bears 14Sunday 2 December 1979 at Tampa StadiumCBS COMMENTARY CREWTim Ryan and Johnny Morris
The Bucs were shutout for the first time in two seasons as they missed their second straight opportunity to clinch their first division title. They held the Bears to 164 yards of total offense including just six completions all to RB Dave Williams for just 26 yards. But five Buc interceptions, four by Doug Williams, kept the Bucs off the scoreboard and a blocked punt set up Walter Payton's one-yard run early in the game.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHINGBUCS: Bell 24-80, J.Davis 6-23, Giles 1-(-2), Williams 1-4, Rae 1-2.BEARS: Payton 22-77, Williams 16-40, McClendon 8-24, Perrin 1-4, Phipps 1-2.PASSINGBUCS: Williams 19-5-60-4-0, Rae 12-6-98-1-0.BEARS: Phipps 15-6-26-0-0.RECEIVINGBUCS: Hagins 4-67, Owens 2-27, Giles 2-20, Obradovich 1-19, Bell 1-16, J.Davis 1-9.BEARS: Williams 6-26.INTERCEPTIONSBUCS: none.BEARS: Schmidt 2-16, Fencik 2-14, Ellis 1-21.KICK RETURNSBUCS: Reece 7-38.BEARS: Walterscheid 2-16, Schubert 2-4.PUNT RETURNSBUCS: Hagins 3-55.BEARS: Walterscheid 1-23.SACKSBUCS: Nafziger 1-9.BEARS: Page 1.5-15, Campbell 1-8, Hampton 0.5-4.
VIDEO CLIPSDana Nafziger had the only sack of the game for the Tampa Bay defenseTwo HofFamers collided when Lee Roy forced a fumble by Walter PaytonMike Rae led a late drive including this strike to Isaac Hagins