NYG 19 @ TB 13 - 1978 NFL

1978 Week 1

New York GiantsNYG

19-13

Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB

Sat, September 2, 1978 · 8:00PM · Tampa Stadium

Surface: grassLine: Tampa Bay Buccaneers -2.0

NYG: John McVay · TB: John McKay

NYG

Team Stats

1st Downs

35-76

Rushing

39-165

12-25-183

Passing

10-28-93

238

Total Yards

251

Scoring

1st Quarter

Terry Jackson 32 yard interception return (Joe Danelo kick)

Jimmy DuBose 2 yard rush (Neil O'Donoghue kick)

2nd Quarter

Neil O'Donoghue 34 yard field goal

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
NYG
Passing
Joe Pisarcik	9/15	156	1	1	2	89.9
Jerry Golsteyn	3/10	27	0	0	2	39.6
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Larry Csonka	6	28	0	12	0
Billy Taylor	11	18	0	19	0
Willie Spencer	9	16	0	5	0
Doug Kotar	5	14	0	5	0
Dan Doornink	4	0	0	3	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Bobby Hammond	1	0	0	0	0
Billy Taylor	2	2	20	0	11
Willie Spencer	1	1	3	0	3
Doug Kotar	2	1	8	0	8
Dan Doornink	2	2	14	0	9
Johnny Perkins	9	4	110	1	67
Jim Robinson	3	2	28	0	16
Al Dixon	3
TB
Passing
Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
Gary Huff	9/22	84	0	2	1	14.2
Doug Williams	1/5	9	0	1	0	0.0
Dave Green	0/1	0	0	0	0	39.6
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Gary Huff	3	10	0	10	0
Ricky Bell	13	54	0	28	0
Jimmy DuBose	12	52	1	9	0
Johnny Davis	5	31	0	15	0
Louis Carter	5	19	0	7	0
Jimmie Giles	1	-1	0	-1	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Ricky Bell	3
Johnny Davis	1
Louis Carter	3	2	5	0	4
Jimmie Giles	7	5	57	0	23
Morris Owens	5	2	22	0	18
Isaac Hagins	2	1	9	0	9
Larry Mucker	4
Al Darby	1

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
NYG
Harry Carson			0	1			0	0
Terry Jackson			0	1			0	0
Ray Rhodes			0	1			0	0
Jack Gregory			0					1
Dan Lloyd			0				1
TB
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
Mike Washington			0	1			0	0
Gary Huff			0	0			0	1
Morris Owens			0	0			0	1

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
NYG
Joe Danelo	1/2	2/2	0	0	-	-
Dave Jennings	-	-	9	390	43.3	-
TB
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
Neil O'Donoghue	1/1	2/2	0	0	-	-
Dave Green	-	-	7	310	44.3	-

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
NYG
Terry Jackson	0	0	0	2	-7	0
Bobby Hammond	0	0	0	1	0	0
Jim Robinson	0	0	0	1	-4	0
Ernest Pough	2	64	0	0	0	0
John Skorupan	1	17	0	0	0	0
Billy Taylor	1	22	0	0	0	0
TB
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
Danny Reece	0	0	0	5	76	0
Isaac Hagins	4	69	0	0	0	0
Jim Obradovich	1	17	0	0	0	0

NYG

Expected Points Added

6.2Total-6.2

-14.7Off Total-26.1

-3.3Off Pass-14.2

-9.5Off Rush-4.7

26.1Def Total14.7

14.2Def Pass3.3

4.7Def Rush9.5

-1.4

Starting Lineups

NYG

QBJerry Golsteyn

RBBobby Hammond

FBLarry Csonka

WRJim Robinson

WRJohnny Perkins

TEAl Dixon

LTGordon Gravelle

LGDoug Van Horn

CJim Clack

RGJ.T. Turner

NYG at TB, 1978 NFL game