Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31 New York Giants 3Sunday 18 November 1979 at Tampa StadiumCBS COMMENTARY CREWCurt Gowdy and Hank Stram
A decisive win that took the Bucs to 9-3, the best record in the NFC. Ricky Bell had 100 yards in the first half alone and two Doug Williams to Larry Mucker strikes were the aerial part of the Buc attack. Cecil Johnson forced a fumble that David Lewis returned for a score, as the defense held their opponents without a touchdown for the third time that season.
GAME SCORINGTB8:56-2Q Mucker 10 pass from Williams (O'Donoghue)TB2:09-2Q Lewis 39 fumble return (O'Donoghue kick)NYG11:27-3Q Danelo FG21TB9:26-3Q Mucker 42 pass from Williams (O'Donoghue)TB0:54-3Q O'Donoghue FG40TB1:05-4Q Davis 4 run (O'Donoghue kick)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHINGBUCS: Bell 22-152, J.Davis 9-25, Eckwood 6-11, Williams 1-9, Mucker 1-(-10).GIANTS: Kotar 11-44, Simms 4-25, Johnson 6-14, Taylor 2-12.PASSINGBUCS: Williams 24-12-176-0-2.GIANTS: Simms 33-17-180-2-0.RECEIVINGBUCS: Giles 3-67, Hagins 3-41, Mucker 2-52, Obradovich 2-18, Bell 2-(-2).GIANTS: Taylor 5-34, Shirk 4-70, Scales 4-67, J.Perkins 2-12, Johnson 2-(-3).INTERCEPTIONSBUCS: Brown 1-72, Washington 1-0.GIANTS: none.KICK RETURNSBUCS: Ragsdale 1-19, T.Davis 1-3.GIANTS: Odom 3-114, Taylor 2-53, Coffield 1-12.PUNT RETURNSBUCS: Reece 2-(-1).GIANTS: Odom 3-15.SACKSBUCS: L.Selmon 2-17, Lewis 1-30, Johnson 1-14, White 0.5-7, Crowder 0.5-7.GIANTS: none.
VIDEO CLIPSDavid Lewis set the tone for the defense with this fumble return scoreLarry Mucker’s second touchdown, a 42-yard strike from Doug WilliamsCedric Browns’ long interception return set up the final touchdown