Sunday October 30, 1977 - San Francisco 49ers vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers Gameday Report

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 San Francisco 49ers 20

Jeb Blount inspired teammates with a courageous performance in the face of a strong San Francisco pass rush, despite that he was named the starter only two days previously.

Wilbur Jackson and Delvin Williams each ran for a touchdown, and Ray Wersching kicked a pair of field goals to give the San Francisco 49ers a lead that the Buccaneers would not overcome.

The Buccaneers rallied in the fourth quarter. Blount led a drive that ended with a 5-yard Louis Carter touchdown run, and was followed by an onside kick which the Buccaneers recovered. Dave Green threw a 45-yard completion to Danny Reece on a fake punt, but the offense stalled at San Francisco's 1-yard line.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

WEATHER: Clear - 63°F. - Humidity 28% - Wind W. 10-20 mph Wind Chill 61°F.

OFFICALS

REFEREE: Jim Tunney
UMPIRE: Pat Harder
LINE JUDGE: Bob McElwee
HEAD LINESMAN: Burl Toler
BACK JUDGE: Pat Knight
FIELD JUDGE: Don Hakes

SCORING

49ERS: 01:34-1Q Jackson 2 run (Wersching kick)
49ERS: 12:08-2Q Williams 35 run (Wersching kick)
BUCS: 08:02-3Q Leavitt FG29
49ERS: 00:55-3Q Wersching FG31
49ERS: 00:11-3Q Wersching FG43
BUCS: 04:21-4Q Carter 5 run (Leavitt kick)

STARTERS OFFENSE

WR: #89 J. McKay
LT: #75 D. Reavis
LG: #62 J. Winans
C: #51 D. Ryczek
RG: #68 D. Medlin
RT: #70 D. Carlton
TE: #83 D. Nafziger
WR: #85 M. Owens
QB: #17 J. Blount
RB: #35 J. DuBose
RB: #42 R. Bell

STARTERS DEFENSE

LE: #78 C. Rudolph
DT: #76 D. Pear
RE: #63 L. Selmon
OLB: #57 D. Lewis
ILB: #61 D. Selmon
ILB: #54 R. Wood
OLB: #56 C. Johnson
ICB: #45 J. White
RCB: #40 M. Washington
SS: #33 M. Cotney
FS: #34 C. Brown

SUBSTITUTIONS

4 Green, 9 Leavitt, 23 Ragsdale, 25 Jordan, 28 Davis, 32 L Carter, 43 Williams, 46 Reece, 52 Harris, 53 Bonness, 59 Lemon, 64 Robinson, 65 R Johnson, 66 B Carter, 73 Hannah, 77 Kollar, 79 Wilson, 80 Novak, 81 Hagins, 87 Mucker

DID NOT PLAY

14 Hedberg

INACTIVE

18 Dickinson, 19 Huff

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

BUCCANEERS: Bell 15-28, Williams 7-27, DuBose 6-23, Davis 5-15, Carter 2-10, Blount 1-1.
49ERS: Williams 21-94, Jackson 18-85, Harrison 1-15, Ferrell 1-7, Hofer 1-3, Plunkett 1-1.

PASSING

BUCCANEERS: Blount 29-11-145-1-0, Green 1-1-45-0-0, Carter 1-0-0-0-0.
49ERS: lunkett 20-12-145-1-0.

RECIEVING

BUCCANEERS: Bell 3-23, Owens 2-43, Nafziger 2-25, Davis 2-17, Reece 1-45, McKay 1-20, DuBose 1-17.
49ERS: Mitchell 6-61, Washington 3-53, Obradovich 2-16, Harrison 1-15.

INTERCEPTIONS

BUCCANEERS: Lewis 1-42.
49ERS: Vanderbunt 1-6.

KICK RETURNS

BUCCANEERS: Davis 3-53, Hagins 2-37.
49ERS: Hofer 2-40.

PUNT RETURNS

BUCCANEERS: Reece 2-29, Hagins 1-10.
49ERS: Leonard 2-12.

SACKS

BUCCANEERS: L. Selmon 1-10, Pear 1-3.
49ERS: Elam 4-40, Hardman 1-4.