DET 16 @ TB 31 - 1979 NFL

1979 Week 1

Detroit LionsDET

16-31

Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB

Sat, September 1, 1979 · 8:00PM · Tampa Stadium

Surface: grassLine: Tampa Bay Buccaneers -3.0O/U: 30.0 (over)

DET: Monte Clark · TB: John McKay

DET

Team Stats

1st Downs

32-142

Rushing

48-229

13-36-106

Passing

5-20-111

231

Scoring

1st Quarter

Neil O'Donoghue 31 yard field goal

Lee Roy Selmon 29 yard defensive fumble return (Neil O'Donoghue kick)

2nd Quarter

David Hill 11 yard pass from Joe Reed (Benny Ricardo kick)

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
DET
Passing
Jeff Komlo	5/21	45	0	0	1	39.6
Joe Reed	8/15	61	1	0	1	85.7
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Jeff Komlo	2	-2	0	0	0
Horace King	10	53	0	10	0
Dexter Bussey	9	28	0	7	0
Bo Robinson	5	27	0	12	0
Freddie Scott	1	18	0	18	0
Ken Callicutt	1	10	0	10	0
Rick Kane	2	5	1	3	0
Lawrence Gaines	2	3	0	2	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Horace King	4	4	23	0	11
Dexter Bussey	2	1	2	0	2
Bo Robinson	2
Freddie Scott	4	1	16	0	16
Ken Callicutt	2	1	11	0	11
Rick Kane	2
David Hill	11	5	48	1	17
Luther Blue	3	1	6	0	6
Gene Washington	3
TB
Passing
Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
Doug Williams	4/16	99	2	0	0	92.4
Mike Rae	1/4	12	0	0	2	39.6
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Doug Williams	2	16	0	11	0
Jerry Eckwood	20	121	0	46	0
Ricky Bell	13	53	1	9	0
Johnny Davis	6	26	0	9	0
Rick Berns	4	9	0	4	0
George Ragsdale	3	4	0	3	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Jerry Eckwood	3
Ricky Bell	2
Rick Berns	2	1	12	0	12
Jimmie Giles	4	3	97	1	66
Jim Obradovich	2	1	2	1	2
Isaac Hagins	3
Larry Mucker	1
Morris Owens	2

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
DET
Jeff Komlo			0	0			0	1
Bo Robinson			0	0			0	1
Luther Bradley			0					1
TB
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
George Ragsdale			0	0			0	1
Bill Kollar			0				1
Dave Lewis			0					1
Lee Roy Selmon			0					1

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
DET
Benny Ricardo	2/2	-	0	0	-	-
Larry Swider	-	-	8	346	43.3	-
TB
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
Neil O'Donoghue	4/4	1/2	0	0	-	-
Tom Blanchard	-	-	5	176	35.2	-

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
DET
Leonard Thompson	2	81	0	2	27	0
Tony Leonard	3	70	0	1	7	0
Ken Callicutt	2	23	0	0	0	0
TB
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
Danny Reece	0	0	0	8	42	0
Tony Davis	1	16	0	0	0	0
George Ragsdale	1	19	0	0	0	0

DET

Expected Points Added

-19.2Total19.2

-21.2Off Total-2.3

-16.3Off Pass-2.4

-5.8Off Rush-0.2

2.3Def Total21.2

2.4Def Pass16.3

0.2Def Rush5.8

-1.1

Starting Lineups

DET

QBJoe Reed

RBDexter Bussey

RBHorace King

WRFreddie Scott

WRLuther Blue

TEDavid Hill

LTKarl Baldischwiler

LGHomer Elias

CKarl Chandler

RGRuss Bolinger

DET at TB, 1979 NFL game