Sunday December 10, 1978 - San Francisco 49ers vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers Gameday Report

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 03 San Francisco 49ers 06

In a meeting between the NFL's two worst offenses, the San Francisco 49ers’ Ray Wersching kicked a fourth-quarter field goal to win the first game in which the Buccaneer defense held their opposition without a touchdown.

The Buccaneers committed ten fumbles, were intercepted five times, allowed eleven sacks, and scored no touchdowns.

McKay was so upset that he cancelled his regular press conference the Monday following the game, and indicated that he would not be present at his Friday press conference. The 49ers fumbled six times, were intercepted twice, and allowed five sacks. Mark Cotney's 28-yard interception return set up Tampa Bay's only score, a 35-yard Dave Green field goal. The previous week's injury to Neil O'Donoghue became an issue, as Green's limited range prevented the Buccaneers from attempting potential game winning or tying field goals.

Bill Kollar started and led the team in tackles for the second week in a row. The boredom of the game was such that one of the coaches spoke of setting himself on fire on the sideline, prompting a Buccaneer publicist to request that the team band be ready to play "You Light Up My Life"

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

WEATHER: Clear - 51°F. - Humidity 34% - Wind W. 05-10 mph Wind Chill 48°F.

OFFICALS

REFEREE: Bob Frederic
UMPIRE: Lou Palazzi
LINE JUDGE: Art Holst
HEAD LINESMAN: Sid Semon
BACK JUDGE: Bill Swanson
FIELD JUDGE: Bob Wortman
SIDE JUDGE: Vince Jacob

SCORING

49ERS: 12:09-2Q Wersching FG28
BUCS: 02:49-2Q Green FG35
49ERS: 0:00-4Q Wersching FG30

STARTERS OFFENSE

WR: #87 F. Grant
LT: #75 D. Reavis
LG: #62 G. Horton
C: #51 S. Wilson
RG: #68 G. Puetz
RT: #70 D. Carlton
TE: #83 J. Giles
WR: #85 L. Mucker
QB: #17 M. Rae
FB: #35 C. White
HB: #42 L. Carter

STARTERS DEFENSE

LE: #73 C. Hannah
T: #76 D. Pear
RE: #77 B. Kollar
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, 25 Jordan, 38 Davis, 41 Farmer, 46 Reece, 51 Nafziger, 52 Harris, 53 Bonness, 55 Brown, 59 Inmon, 65 Johnson, 68 Medlin, 74 Freitas, 85 Owens, 86 Obradovich, 89 McKay

DID NOT PLAY

6 O'Donoghue, 12 Williams, 19 Huff, 23 Ragsdale, 42 Bell, 60 Chambers, 71 Crowder

INACTIVE

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

BUCCANEERS: Carter 15-60, Davis 7-24, Rae 2-14, Mucker 2-12, White 2-3.
49ERS: Hofer 17-55, Ferrell 9-15, Bull 3-9, DeBerg 1-5, Williams 1-4, Boykin 1-1.

PASSING

BUCCANEERS: Rae 27-13-140-1-0.
49ERS: DeBerg 15-11-89-2-0, Bull 17-10-98-2-0.

RECIEVING

BUCCANEERS: Carter 4-32, Grant 3-47, Obradovich 2-26, Giles 2-14, Mucker 1-11, Owens 1-10.
49ERS: Hofer 7-65, Harrison 6-78, Boykin 3-18, Williams 3-7, Steptoe 1-11, Ferrell 1-8.

INTERCEPTIONS

BUCCANEERS: otney 1-28, A. Brown 1-10, C.Brown 1-6, White 1-0.
49ERS: Crist 1-32.

KICK RETURNS

BUCCANEERS: Reece 1-18, Carter 1-10.
49ERS: Hofer 1-2, Downing 1-0, Williams 0-4.

PUNT RETURNS

BUCCANEERS: Reece 2-11.
49ERS: Steptoe 6-73, Shumann 1-8.

SACKS

BUCCANEERS: Pear 3-26, Hannah 2-12.
49ERS: Webb 2-19, Reese 1-10, Hardman 1-10, Nichols 1-10, Bradley 1-8.