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Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 at Atlanta Falcons 17

Sunday, November 4, 1979

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14, Atlanta Falcons 17

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers (7-3-0)700714
Atlanta Falcons (4-6-0)0301417

Scoring

TAMATL
1stTAMRicky Bell 1 yard rush (Neil O'Donoghue kick)70
2ndATLTim Mazzetti 30 yard field goal73
4thATLJim R. Mitchell 4 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Tim Mazzetti kick)710
ATLBubba Bean 60 yard rush (Tim Mazzetti kick)717
TAMJimmie Giles 12 yard pass from Doug Williams (Neil O'Donoghue kick)1417

Team Stats

TAMATL
First downs1318
Rush-yards-TDs26-74-146-212-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT11-24-198-1-111-20-80-1-1
Sacked-yards1-43-26
Net pass yards19454
Total yards268266
Fumbles-lost3-21-0
Turnovers31
Penalties-yards5-535-55

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Doug Williams TAM 11 24 198 1 1 64 1 0 0 0
Morris Owens TAM 2 76 0 64
Larry Mucker TAM 1 -2 0 -2 3 68 0 29
Ricky Bell TAM 13 41 1 14
Jerry Eckwood TAM 9 31 0 11 1 4 0 4
Johnny Davis TAM 2 4 0 3 1 15 0 15
Isaac Hagins TAM 2 17 0 9
Jimmie Giles TAM 1 12 1 12
George Ragsdale TAM 1 6 0 6
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Bubba Bean ATL 3 67 1 60
Lynn Cain ATL 21 65 0 18
William Andrews ATL 15 49 0 9 4 16 0 8
Steve Bartkowski ATL 11 20 80 1 1 42 4 15 0 0
Alfred Jenkins ATL 2 29 0 18
Jim R. Mitchell ATL 3 19 1 9
James Mayberry ATL 3 16 0 16
Wallace Francis ATL 2 16 0 11

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Dave R. Lewis TAM 1 11 0 0
George Ragsdale TAM 0 0 0 0 3 56 18.7 0 0
Danny Reece TAM 0 0 0 0 4 7 1.8 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Rolland Lawrence ATL 1 12 0 0
Dennis Pearson ATL 0 0 0 0 1 23 23.0 0 0 1 4 4.0 0 0
Haskel Stanback ATL 0 0 0 0 1 24 24.0 0 0