INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Bell 10-101, Eckwood 13-44, J.Davis 1-4, Mucker 1-12.
SAINTS: Galbreath 21-87, Muncie 14-78, Strachan 9-55, Holmes 3-
12, Manning 1-2.
PASSING
BUCS: Williams 28-10-142-2-1, Rae 12-6-81-1-1.
SAINTS: Manning 14-11-141-0-1, Galbreath 1-1-22-0-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Hagins 4-71, Giles 4-50, Owens 2-24, Berns 2-11, Mucker 1-
20, Bell 1-26, Eckwood 1-15, J.Davis 1-6.
SAINTS: Chandler 4-47, Galbreath 3-24, Childs 2-24, Mauti 1-61,
Owens 1-6, Strachan 1-1.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
SAINTS: Gray 1-32, Myers 1-24, Grooms 1-(-2).
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Ragsdale 5-105, Hagins 2-51.
SAINTS: Wilson 1-31, Owens 1-10, Mauti 1-9.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Reece 3-25.
SAINTS: Mauti 2-8.
SACKS
BUCS: none.
SAINTS: Grooms 1-10.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 New Orleans Saints 42
Sunday 14 October 1979 at Tampa Stadium
SCORING
TB
13:56-3Q
Hagins 22 pass from Williams (O'Donoghue kick)
NO
9:04-3Q
Manning 2 run (Yepremian kick)
NO
2:58-3Q
Galbreath 6 run (Yepremian kick)
NO
1:57-3Q
Childs 15 pass from Manning (Yepremian kick)
NO
11:35-4Q
Galbreath 20 run (Yepremian kick)
NO
4:26-4Q
Strachan 7 run (Yepremian kick)
NO
3:15-4Q
Strachan 1 run (Yepremian kick)
TB
1:22-4Q
Giles 21 pass from Rae (O'Donoghue kick)
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
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
SUBSTITUTIONS
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,
86 Obradovich, 87 Mucker
DID NOT PLAY
14 Fusina
INACTIVE
84 Jones
COMMENTARY CREW
Curt Gowdy and Hank Stram
Amazingly this one was scoreless at half-time too. But after the Bucs took the lead on a 72-yard three-play drive to open
the second half, the Saints scored on six straight possessions to make it a blowout. No other team in 1979 scored more
than three TDs on the Bucs, yet New Orleans somehow doubled that number in one half. The Saints gained over 230
yards rushing on the day as the Tampa offense totally came unglued after their early lead.
GAME REPORTS
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GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
Ricky Bell had a nice run on a draw play during a miserable offensive day
Mike Rae came off the bench to throw a late touchdown pass to Jimmie Giles
Rae also hooked up on a long pass to Isaac Hagins late in the fourth quarter