The Bucs' first loss in 1979 came at the hands of future Buc head coach Ray Perkins. Giants RB Billy Taylor was the only back to gain over 100 yards against the Bucs in the regular season and even though the Giants had only 18 yards passing in the game, they ran their way to success all game.

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 55 Brown WR 85 Owens RILB 54 Wood WR 81 Hagins 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, 16 Blanchard, 23 Ragsdale, 25 Jordan, 27 T Davis, 36 Berns, 38 J Davis, 44 Cesare, 46 Reece, 51 Nafziger, 53 Bonness, 66 Yarno, 69 Austin, 70 Carlton, 71 Crowder, 74 Sanders, 79 Lewis, 84 Jones, 86 Obradovich, 87 Mucker DID NOT PLAY 14 Fusina, 15 Rae, 58 Selmon

GAME SCORING NYG 14:18-2Q Taylor 2 run (Danelo kick) NYG 11:45-2Q Taylor 1 run (Danelo kick) TB 0:58-2Q Mucker 14 pass from Williams (O'Donoghue) NYG 11:07-4Q Danelo FG47 TB 1:10-4Q Giles 11 pass from Williams (O'Donoghue kick)

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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: J.Davis 7-40, Bell 12-35, Berns 1-9, Eckwood 7-7. GIANTS: Taylor 33-148, Johnson 9-21, Moorehead 4-13, Kotar 4-10, Jennings 1-9, Simms 3-1. PASSING BUCS: Williams 38-14-182-3-2. GIANTS: Simms 12-6-37-0-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Giles 5-43, Hagins 3-77, Mucker 2-31, Bell 2-13, Eckwood 1-11, Berns 1-7. GIANTS: Shirk 2-15, Johnson 2-11, Perkins 1-6, Taylor 1-5. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. GIANTS: McKinney 1-25, Kelley 1-12, Jackson 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Ragsdale 1-12, T.Davis 1-5. GIANTS: Reece 1-17, Kotar 1-16, Gray 1-0. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Reece 6-43. GIANTS: Scales 2-3, Reece 1-8, Jackson 1-5. SACKS BUCS: Brown 1-12, Lewis 1-7. GIANTS: none.

VIDEO CLIPS Doug Williams and Larry Mucker hooked up for a score Mark Cotney’s blitz forced a sack that Cedric Brown got the credit for Jimme Giles’ late touchdown brought the Bucs close in the final minute