1979 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

1979 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Statistics

Passing
Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Sack	Loss	Rating
Doug Williams	397	166	41.8	2448	6.17	66t	18	4.5	24	6.0	7	57	52.5
Mike Rae	36	17	47.2	252	7.00	29	1	2.8	2	5.6	5	31	56.7
Jerry Eckwood	1	0	0.0	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	39.6
TOTALS	434	183	42.2	2700	6.22	66t	19	4.4	26	6.0	0	0	52.8

Receiving Player Rec Yds Avg TD Lg Jimmie Giles 40 579 14.5 7 66t Isaac Hagins 39 692 17.7 3 57 Ricky Bell 25 248 9.9 2 26 Jerry Eckwood 22 268 12.2 0 31 Morris Owens 20 377 18.9 0 64 Larry Mucker 14 268 19.1 5 42t Jim Obradovich 6 63 10.5 1 19 Johnny Davis 5 57 11.4 0 24 Rick Berns 5 40 8.0 0 12 Gordon Jones 4 80 20.0 1 37t George Ragsdale 3 28 9.3 0 19 TOTALS 183 2700 14.8 19 66t

Rushing Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Ricky Bell 283 1263 4.5 7 49 Jerry Eckwood 194 690 3.6 2 61t Johnny Davis 59 221 3.7 2 18 Doug Williams 35 119 3.4 2 16 Rick Berns 23 102 4.4 0 16 Larry Mucker 4 16 4.0 0 16 Gordon Jones 1 12 12.0 0 12 Jimmie Giles 2 7 3.5 0 9 George Ragsdale 6 5 0.8 0 3 Mike Rae 1 2 2.0 0 2 Tom Blanchard 1 0 0.0 0 0 TOTALS 609 2437 4.0 13 61t

Kickoff Returns Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg George Ragsdale 34 675 19.9 0 30 Isaac Hagins 9 196 21.8 0 31 Dana Nafziger 2 36 18.0 0 19 Tony Davis 4 33 8.3 0 16 Danny Reece 1 13 13.0 0 13 Rick Berns 1 6 6.0 0 6 TOTALS 51 959 18.8 0 31

Punt Returns Player Att Yds Avg FC TD Lg Danny Reece 70 431 6.2 1 0 17 Tony Davis 1 7 7.0 1 0 6 TOTALS 71 438 6.2 2 0 17

Punting
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Ret	Yds	Net
Tom Blanchard	93	3679	39.6	58	25	14	2	47	270	30.6
TOTALS	93	3679	39.6	58	25	14	2	47	270	30.6

Kicking
Player	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	All	Lg	PAT	Pts
Neil O'Donoghue	1/1	3/4	5/9	2/5	0/0	11/19	44	30/35	63
TOTALS	1/1	3/4	5/9	2/5	0/0	11/19	44	30/35	63

Defense
Player	Sacks	Loss	Ints	Yds	Avg	TDs	Lg
Cedric Brown	--	--	3	79	26.3	0	72
Mark Cotney	--	--	1	0	0.0	0	0
Dave Lewis	--	--	2	19	9.5	0	11
Mike Washington	--	--	3	64	21.3	1	49t
Jeris White	--	--	3	39	13.0	0	39
Richard Wood	--	--	2	37	18.5	0	24
TOTALS	0.0	0.0	14	238	17.0	1	72

Bucs put Saints on ice
Biloxi Sun Herald | December 01, 2008
"Give them credit because they played very well and knew what to do to throw us off offensively and make the plays on defense. What hurts really is that we had a chance to win it in the end and didn't take it."

Audio Slidshow: Bucs-Saints View From The Field
Tampa Bay Online | December 01, 2008
Bucs-Saints audio slideshow

Full Monte: Defense Saves Bucs Again
Tampa Bay Online | December 01, 2008
Monte Kiffin emerged from the coaches dressing area in the Bucs locker room Sunday afternoon. Cameras, tape recorders and note pads awaited.