Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3 Kansas City Chiefs 0Sunday 16 December 1979 at Tampa StadiumNBC COMMENTARY CREWunknown
The game that clinched that first precious division title and playoff berth. It poured with rain all day, passing was nigh impossible, but the Buc defense was up to the task. They held the Chiefs to a record-low 80 yards of total offense and just four first downs.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHINGBUCS: Bell 39-137, Eckwood 13-65, Williams 7-25, Davis 1-2, Blanchard 1-0, Ragsdale 1-(-5)..CHIEFS: Gant 6-25, Williams 5-15, McKnight 9-12, Fuller 2-6.PASSINGBUCS: Williams 13-5-51-2-0.CHIEFS: Fuller 13-7-46-1-0.RECEIVINGBUCS: Giles 3-25, Eckwood 2-26 .CHIEFS: Gant 3-24, Samuels 2-13, McKnight 1-5, Marshall 1-4.INTERCEPTIONSBUCS: Wood 1-13.CHIEFS: Collier 1-40, Christopher 1-0.KICK RETURNSBUCS: Reece 1-13.CHIEFS: Dirden 1-28.PUNT RETURNSBUCS: Reece 6-41.CHIEFS: Smith 2-15.SACKSBUCS: Cotney 1-11, Crowder 1-7, L.Selmon 1-6.CHIEFS: Still 1-6.
VIDEO CLIPSNeil O’Donoghue’s fieldgoal is one of the most famous kicks in historyThe NFL’s 1979 highlight film naturally focused on this gameIn 1986, a re-match saw a look back at what happened in 1979