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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > New Orleans Saints at Tampa Bay Buccaneers - December 17th, 1978
New Orleans Saints 17 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10
Sunday, December 17, 1978
New Orleans Saints 17, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints (7-9-0) | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-11-0) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
Scoring
| NOR | TAM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NOR | Steve Mike-Mayer 32 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| TAM | Neil O'Donoghue 47 yard field goal | 3 | 3 | |
| 3rd | NOR | Chuck Muncie 21 yard rush (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) | 10 | 3 |
| 4th | TAM | Jimmie Giles 2 yard pass from Doug Williams (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 10 | 10 |
| NOR | Henry Childs 1 yard pass from Archie Manning (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) | 17 | 10 |
Team Stats
| NOR | TAM | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 24 | 10 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 38-171-1 | 22-102-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 25-36-250-1-2 | 7-23-96-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 2-21 |
| Net pass yards | 250 | 75 |
| Total yards | 421 | 177 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-49 | 5-30 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Archie Manning | NOR | 25 | 36 | 250 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tony Galbreath | NOR | 11 | 60 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 35 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Henry Childs | NOR | 6 | 80 | 1 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Chuck Muncie | NOR | 11 | 68 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Wes Chandler | NOR | 6 | 56 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Larry Hardy | NOR | 2 | 44 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Mike Strachan | NOR | 8 | 25 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Kim Jones | NOR | 5 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Ike Harris | NOR | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Rich Mauti | NOR | 2 | 9 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Larry Mucker | TAM | 2 | 56 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Doug Williams | TAM | 7 | 22 | 96 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Johnny Davis | TAM | 9 | 44 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Louis Carter | TAM | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 31 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| George Ragsdale | TAM | 5 | 27 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Jimmie Giles | TAM | 2 | 19 | 1 | 17 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Wes Chandler | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rich Mauti | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Don Schwartz | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 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 | |||
| Jimmie Giles | TAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dave R. Lewis | TAM | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Danny Reece | TAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Washington | TAM | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||