Sunday, September 26, 1976
Buffalo Bills 14, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 9| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills (1-2-0) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0-3-0) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| BUF | TAM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | TAM | Dave Green 39 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| TAM | Dave Green 24 yard field goal | 0 | 6 | |
| 2nd | BUF | Bob Chandler 58 yard pass from Joe Ferguson (Benny Ricardo kick) | 7 | 6 |
| 4th | TAM | Dave Green 19 yard field goal | 7 | 9 |
| BUF | Reuben Gant 15 yard pass from Joe Ferguson (Benny Ricardo kick) | 14 | 9 |
| BUF | TAM | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 14 | 15 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 35-109-0 | 40-170-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 12-22-188-2-0 | 13-28-170-0-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-2 | 1-2 |
| Net pass yards | 186 | 168 |
| Total yards | 295 | 338 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-2 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-30 | 10-59 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Bob Chandler | BUF | 5 | 110 | 1 | 58 | ||||||||||
| Joe Ferguson | BUF | 12 | 22 | 188 | 2 | 0 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jeff Kinney | BUF | 12 | 62 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| O.J. Simpson | BUF | 20 | 39 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Reuben Gant | BUF | 3 | 50 | 1 | 19 | ||||||||||
| John Holland | BUF | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Darnell Powell | BUF | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Spurrier | TAM | 13 | 27 | 170 | 0 | 1 | 31 | ||||||||
| Louis Carter | TAM | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 72 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Bob Moore | TAM | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 65 | 0 | 31 | ||||||
| Ed Williams | TAM | 12 | 50 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Charlie Davis | TAM | 10 | 31 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 23 | ||||||
| Morris Owens | TAM | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| John McKay | TAM | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Essex Johnson | TAM | 3 | 14 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Barry Smith | TAM | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Dave Green | TAM | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Manfred Moore | TAM | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Jimmy DuBose | TAM | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Tony Greene | BUF | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Roland Hooks | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Keith Moody | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Roscoe Word | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | 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 | |||
| Louis Carter | TAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Charlie Davis | TAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jimmy DuBose | TAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Manfred Moore | TAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Danny Reece | TAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||