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1979 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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Record: 10-6-0, Finished 1st in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 273 points (17.1/g), 21st of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 237 points (14.8/g), 1st.
Differential of 36 points (2.2/g), 9th.
Expected W-L: 9.3-6.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -3 (-0.2/g), 16th.
Simple Rating System: Total -2.8, Offense: -4.6, Defense: 1.8, SoS: -5.1, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
John McKay
Defensive Coordinator: Tom Bass
Training Camp: One Buc Place / Buccaneer Place (Tampa, Florida)
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Team Games & Schedule
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sat | September 1 | boxscore | W | 1-0 | Detroit Lions | 31 | 16 | 18 | 334 | 105 | 229 | 1 | 16 | 231 | 89 | 142 | 3 | ||
| 2 | Sun | September 9 | boxscore | W | OT | 2-0 | @ | Baltimore Colts | 29 | 26 | 17 | 294 | 196 | 98 | 5 | 18 | 206 | 114 | 92 | 4 |
| 3 | Sun | September 16 | boxscore | W | 3-0 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 21 | 10 | 19 | 367 | 132 | 235 | 1 | 18 | 274 | 185 | 89 | 3 | |
| 4 | Sun | September 23 | boxscore | W | 4-0 | Los Angeles Rams | 21 | 6 | 15 | 249 | 101 | 148 | 3 | 11 | 186 | 76 | 110 | 4 | ||
| 5 | Sun | September 30 | boxscore | W | 5-0 | @ | Chicago Bears | 17 | 13 | 18 | 373 | 159 | 214 | 3 | 11 | 234 | 152 | 82 | 3 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 7 | boxscore | L | 5-1 | @ | New York Giants | 14 | 17 | 15 | 273 | 182 | 91 | 3 | 15 | 220 | 18 | 202 | 1 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 14 | boxscore | L | 5-2 | New Orleans Saints | 14 | 42 | 16 | 374 | 213 | 161 | 4 | 22 | 397 | 163 | 234 | 1 | ||
| 8 | Sun | October 21 | boxscore | W | 6-2 | Green Bay Packers | 21 | 3 | 15 | 313 | 85 | 228 | 1 | 16 | 299 | 261 | 38 | 4 | ||
| 9 | Sun | October 28 | boxscore | W | 7-2 | @ | Minnesota Vikings | 12 | 10 | 20 | 360 | 258 | 102 | 1 | 21 | 330 | 219 | 111 | 1 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 4 | boxscore | L | 7-3 | @ | Atlanta Falcons | 14 | 17 | 13 | 268 | 194 | 74 | 3 | 18 | 266 | 54 | 212 | 1 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 11 | boxscore | W | 8-3 | @ | Detroit Lions | 16 | 14 | 17 | 286 | 182 | 104 | 1 | 16 | 267 | 229 | 38 | 3 | |
| 12 | Sun | November 18 | boxscore | W | 9-3 | New York Giants | 31 | 3 | 20 | 363 | 176 | 187 | 14 | 200 | 105 | 95 | 4 | |||
| 13 | Sun | November 25 | boxscore | L | 9-4 | Minnesota Vikings | 22 | 23 | 22 | 425 | 242 | 183 | 1 | 16 | 268 | 158 | 110 | 2 | ||
| 14 | Sun | December 2 | boxscore | L | 9-5 | Chicago Bears | 0 | 14 | 13 | 238 | 131 | 107 | 5 | 10 | 164 | 17 | 147 | 1 | ||
| 15 | Sun | December 9 | boxscore | L | 9-6 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 7 | 23 | 13 | 263 | 211 | 52 | 6 | 21 | 327 | 214 | 113 | 1 | |
| 16 | Sun | December 16 | boxscore | W | 10-6 | Kansas City Chiefs | 3 | 0 | 16 | 269 | 45 | 224 | 3 | 4 | 80 | 22 | 58 | 2 | ||
| Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Sat | December 29 | boxscore | W | 11-6 | Philadelphia Eagles | 24 | 17 | 17 | 318 | 132 | 186 | 1 | 15 | 227 | 179 | 48 | 1 | ||
| ConfChamp | Sun | January 6 | boxscore | L | 11-7 | Los Angeles Rams | 0 | 9 | 7 | 177 | 85 | 92 | 1 | 23 | 369 | 153 | 216 | 1 | ||
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