Sunday, October 14, 1979
New Orleans Saints 42, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints (3-4-0) | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 42 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-2-0) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| NOR | TAM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | TAM | Isaac Hagins 22 yard pass from Doug Williams (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 0 | 7 |
| NOR | Archie Manning 2 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| NOR | Tony Galbreath 6 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick) | 14 | 7 | |
| NOR | Henry Childs 15 yard pass from Archie Manning (Garo Yepremian kick) | 21 | 7 | |
| 4th | NOR | Tony Galbreath 20 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick) | 28 | 7 |
| NOR | Mike Strachan 1 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick) | 35 | 7 | |
| NOR | Mike Strachan 7 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick) | 42 | 7 | |
| TAM | Jimmie Giles 21 yard pass from Mike Rae (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 42 | 14 |
| NOR | TAM | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 22 | 16 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 48-234-5 | 25-161-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 12-15-163-1-0 | 16-40-223-2-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 1-10 |
| Net pass yards | 163 | 213 |
| Total yards | 397 | 374 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-22 | 8-78 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Tony Galbreath | NOR | 1 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 21 | 87 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 16 |
| Chuck Muncie | NOR | 14 | 78 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Archie Manning | NOR | 11 | 14 | 141 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Rich Mauti | NOR | 1 | 61 | 0 | 61 | ||||||||||
| Mike Strachan | NOR | 9 | 55 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Wes Chandler | NOR | 4 | 47 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Henry Childs | NOR | 2 | 24 | 1 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Jack Holmes | NOR | 3 | 12 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Tinker Owens | NOR | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Ricky Bell | TAM | 10 | 101 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 26 | ||||||
| Isaac Hagins | TAM | 4 | 71 | 1 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Doug Williams | TAM | 10 | 28 | 142 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jerry Eckwood | TAM | 13 | 44 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| Jimmie Giles | TAM | 4 | 50 | 1 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Mike Rae | TAM | 6 | 12 | 81 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Larry Mucker | TAM | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | ||||||
| Morris Owens | TAM | 2 | 24 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Rick Berns | TAM | 2 | 11 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Johnny Davis | TAM | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| David Gray | NOR | 1 | 32 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Elois Grooms | NOR | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rich Mauti | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tom Myers | NOR | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tinker Owens | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Wayne Wilson | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 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 | |||
| Isaac Hagins | TAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| George Ragsdale | TAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 105 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Danny Reece | TAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||