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Tampa Bay Buccaneers at San Francisco 49ers

December 10, 1978
Candlestick Park, San Francisco, CA

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tampa Bay BuccaneersTampa Bay (5-10)	0	3	0	0	3
San Francisco 49ersSan Francisco (2-13)	0	3	0	3	6

Scoring Summary

2nd Quarter		TB	SF
SF	FG Ray Wersching 28	0	3
TB	FG Dave Green 35	3	3
4th Quarter		TB	SF
SF	FG Ray Wersching 30	3	6

Team Stats

	Tampa BayTB	San FranciscoSF
First downs	13	17
Rushing	5	3
Passing	7	14
Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yards	196	239
Net Yards Rushing	113	90
Rushing Plays	28	32
Average Gain	4.0	2.8
Net Yards Passing	83	149
Att - Comp - Int	27-13-1	32-21-4
Sacked - Yds Lost	6-57	5-38
Gross Yards Passing	140	187
Avg. Yds/Att	5.2	5.8

	Tampa BayTB	San FranciscoSF
Punts - Average	8-37.4	5-35.2
Had Blocked	0	0
Punt Returns	2-11	7-81
Kickoff Returns	2-28	2-6
Interception Returns	4-44	1-32
Penalties - Yards	8-45	7-62
Fumbles - Lost	4-2	6-2
Field Goals	1-1	2-2
Third Downs	4-15-26%	8-16-50%
Total Plays	61	69
Average Gain	3.2	3.5

Passing

Tampa Bay BuccaneersTampa Bay	Att	Cmp	Yds	YPA	TD	Int	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
Mike RaeM. Rae	27	13	140	5.2	0	1	20	6	57	48.4

San Francisco 49ersSan Francisco	Att	Cmp	Yds	YPA	TD	Int	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
Scott BullS. Bull	17	10	98	5.8	0	2	15	4	28	35.5
Steve DeBergS. DeBerg	15	11	89	5.9	0	2	21	1	10	48.3

Rushing

Tampa Bay BuccaneersTampa Bay	Att	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Louis CarterL. Carter	15	60	4.00	10	0
Johnny DavisJ. Davis	7	24	3.43	11	0
Mike RaeM. Rae	2	14	7.00	9	0
Larry MuckerL. Mucker	2	12	6.00	7	0
Charlie WhiteC. White	2	3	1.50	2	0

San Francisco 49ersSan Francisco	Att	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Paul HoferP. Hofer	17	56	3.29	14	0
Bob FerrellB. Ferrell	9	15	1.67	4	0
Scott BullS. Bull	3	9	3.00	5	0
Steve DeBergS. DeBerg	1	5	5.00	5	0
Dave WilliamsD. Williams	1	4	4.00	4	0
Greg BoykinG. Boykin	1	1	1.00	1	0

Receiving

Tampa Bay BuccaneersTampa Bay	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Louis CarterL. Carter	4	32	8.00	17	0
Frank GrantF. Grant	3	47	15.67	20	0
Jimmie GilesJ. Giles	2	14	7.00	8	0
Jim ObradovichJ. Obradovich	2	26	13.00	20	0
Larry MuckerL. Mucker	1	11	11.00	11	0
Morris OwensM. Owens	1	10	10.00	10	0

San Francisco 49ersSan Francisco	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Paul HoferP. Hofer	7	65	9.29	13	0
Kenny HarrisonK. Harrison	6	78	13.00	21	0
Greg BoykinG. Boykin	3	18	6.00	8	0
Dave WilliamsD. Williams	3	7	2.33	11	0
Bob FerrellB. Ferrell	1	8	8.00	8	0
Jack SteptoeJ. Steptoe	1	11	11.00	11	0

Kickoff Returns

Tampa Bay BuccaneersTampa Bay	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Louis CarterL. Carter	1	10	10.00	0	10	0
Danny ReeceD. Reece	1	18	18.00	0	18	0

San Francisco 49ersSan Francisco	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Walt DowningW. Downing	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
Paul HoferP. Hofer	1	2	2.00	0	2	0
Dave WilliamsD. Williams	0	4	0.00	0	4	0

Punt Returns

Tampa Bay BuccaneersTampa Bay	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Danny ReeceD. Reece	2	11	5.50	0	9	0

San Francisco 49ersSan Francisco	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Jack SteptoeJ. Steptoe	6	73	12.17	0	25	0
Mike ShumannM. Shumann	1	8	8.00	0	8	0

Punting

Tampa Bay BuccaneersTampa Bay	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	Blk	Ret	RYds
Dave GreenD. Green	8	299	37.4	47	0	7	81

San Francisco 49ersSan Francisco	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	Blk	Ret	RYds
Mike ConnellM. Connell	5	176	35.2	42	0	2	11

Kicking

Tampa Bay BuccaneersTampa Bay	PAT	FG	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Lg	Miss	Pts
Dave GreenD. Green	0/0	1/1	0/0	0/0	1/1	0/0	0/0	35	--	3

San Francisco 49ersSan Francisco	PAT	FG	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Lg	Miss	Pts
Ray WerschingR. Wersching	0/0	2/2	0/0	1/1	1/1	0/0	0/0	30	--	6

Defense

Tampa Bay BuccaneersTampa Bay	Int	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Aaron BrownA. Brown	1	10	10.00	10	0
Cedric BrownC. Brown	1	6	6.00	6	0
Mark CotneyM. Cotney	1	28	28.00	28	0
Jeris WhiteJ. White	1	0	0.00	0	0

San Francisco 49ersSan Francisco	Int	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Chuck CristC. Crist	1	32	32.00	32	0

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FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
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FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
Buffalo	0	10	7	7	24
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FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
Dallas	14	0	10	7	31
Philadelphia	7	0	0	6	13

Cowboys/Eagles Box Score

FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
Green Bay	0	0	0	0	0
Chicago	0	7	7	0	14

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FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
Houston	7	3	0	7	17
New Orleans	0	0	7	5	12

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F/OT	1	2	3	4	5	T
NY Jets	0	10	0	24	0	34
Cleveland	7	10	10	7	3	37

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FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
St. Louis	0	0	0	0	0
NY Giants	10	0	0	7	17

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FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
Washington	0	10	0	7	17
Atlanta	7	3	7	3	20

Redskins/Falcons Box Score

FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
Kansas City	3	0	0	0	3
Denver	7	0	10	7	24

Chiefs/Broncos Box Score

FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
Oakland	0	0	6	0	6
Miami	3	0	3	17	23

Raiders/Dolphins Box Score

FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
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San Diego	3	17	0	17	37

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FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
Tampa Bay	0	3	0	0	3
San Francisco	0	3	0	3	6

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Monday, December 11, 1978

FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
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