Sunday, September 19, 1976
San Diego Chargers 23, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 0| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers (2-0-0) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 23 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0-2-0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SDG | TAM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | SDG | Toni Fritsch 48 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| 2nd | SDG | Toni Fritsch 48 yard field goal | 6 | 0 |
| 4th | SDG | Toni Fritsch 22 yard field goal | 9 | 0 |
| SDG | Rickey Young 46 yard rush (Toni Fritsch kick) | 16 | 0 | |
| SDG | Tom Hayes 37 yard interception return (Toni Fritsch kick) | 23 | 0 |
| SDG | TAM | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 5 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 41-195-1 | 33-129-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 14-22-154-0-0 | 3-18-13-0-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-23 | 2-17 |
| Net pass yards | 131 | -4 |
| Total yards | 326 | 125 |
| Fumbles-lost | 5-2 | 3-1 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-50 | 4-38 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Rickey Young | SDG | 13 | 85 | 1 | 46 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Dan Fouts | SDG | 14 | 21 | 154 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Don Woods | SDG | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 64 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| Charlie Joiner | SDG | 3 | 59 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Bo Matthews | SDG | 6 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Artie Owens | SDG | 2 | 26 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Pat Curran | SDG | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Larry Dorsey | SDG | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Sam Scarber | SDG | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Parnell Dickinson | TAM | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 54 | 0 | 46 | ||||
| Ed Williams | TAM | 11 | 44 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Essex Johnson | TAM | 5 | 23 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Bob Moore | TAM | 2 | 17 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Louis Carter | TAM | 3 | 8 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Steve Spurrier | TAM | 3 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Jimmy DuBose | TAM | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Davis | TAM | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Larry Lawrence | TAM | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| Manfred Moore | TAM | 2 | -3 | 0 | -1 | 1 | -4 | 0 | -4 | ||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Mike Fuller | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 105 | 13.1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Don Goode | SDG | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tom Hayes | SDG | 1 | 37 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Woodrow Lowe | SDG | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Bert Cooper | TAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Charlie Davis | TAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Manfred Moore | TAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Danny Reece | TAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||