Buccaneers vs. New Orleans Saints 
LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 New Orleans Saints 42
Archie Manning, who entered the game leading the NFL in passing yardage, went 11 of 14 with a touchdown each rushing and passing. Mike Strachan rushed for two touchdowns.
No other team in 1979 scored more than three TDs on the Bucs, yet New Orleans somehow doubled that number in one half. The Saints gained over 230 yards rushing on the day
GAMEDAY BRIEF
OFFICALS
- REFEREE: Pat Haggerty
- UMPIRE: Al Conway
- HEAD LINESMAN: Walt Peters
- LINE JUDGE: Vern Marshall
- SIDE JUDGE: Dick Creed
- BACK JUDGE: Jim Poole
- FIELD JUDGE: Bob Lewis
SCORING
- BUCCANEERS: 13:56-3Q Hagins 22 pass from Williams (O'Donoghue kick)
- SAINTS: 9:04-3Q Manning 2 run (Yepremian kick)
- SAINTS: 2:58-3Q Galbreath 6 run (Yepremian kick)
- SAINTS: 1:57-3Q Childs 15 pass from Manning (Yepremian kick)
- SAINTS: 11:35-4Q Galbreath 20 run (Yepremian kick)
- SAINTS: 4:26-4Q Strachan 7 run (Yepremian kick)
- SAINTS: 3:15-4Q Strachan 1 run (Yepremian kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 1:22-4Q Giles 21 pass from Rae (O'Donoghue kick)
STARTERS OFFENSE
- WR: #81 I. Hagins
- LT: #75 D. Reavis
- LG: #64 G. Horton
- C: #79 S. Wilson
- RG: #61 G. Roberts
- RT: #73 C. Hannah
- TE: #88 J. Giles
- WR: #85 M. Owens
- QB: #12 D. Williams
- RB: #43 J. Eckwood
- RB: #42 R. Bell
STARTERS DEFENSE
- LE: #60 W. Chambers
- NT: #77 B. Kollar
- RE: #63 L. Selmon
- LOLB: #57 D. Lewis
- LILB: #61 D. Selmon
- RILB: #54 R. Wood
- ROLB: #C. Johnson
- LCB: #45 J. White
- RCB: #40 M. Washington
- SS: #33 M. Cothey
- FS: #34 C. Brown
SUBSTITUTIONS
- 6 O'Donoghue, 15 Rae, 16 Blanchard, 23 Ragsdale, 25 Jordan, 27 T Davis, 36 Berns, 38 J Davis, 44 Cesare, 46 Reece, 51 Nafziger, 53 Bonness, 55 Brown , 66 Yarno, 69 Austin, 70 Carlton, 71 Crowder, 74 Sanders, 79 Lewis, 86 Obradovich, 87 Mucker
DID NOT PLAY
- 14 Fusina
INACTIVE
- 84 Jones
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
- BUCCANEERS: Bell 10-101, Eckwood 13-44, J.Davis 1-4, Mucker 1-12.
- SAINTS: Galbreath 21-87, Muncie 14-78, Strachan 9-55, Holmes 3-12, Manning 1-2.
PASSING
- BUCCANEERS: Williams 28-10-142-2-1, Rae 12-6-81-1-1.
- SAINTS: Manning 14-11-141-0-1, Galbreath 1-1-22-0-0.
RECIEVING
- BUCCANEERS: Hagins 4-71, Giles 4-50, Owens 2-24, Berns 2-11, Mucker 1-20, Bell 1-26, Eckwood 1-15, J.Davis 1-6.
- SAINTS: Chandler 4-47, Galbreath 3-24, Childs 2-24, Mauti 1-61, Owens 1-6, Strachan 1-1.
INTERCEPTIONS
- BUCCANEERS: none
- SAINTS: none
KICK RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Ragsdale 5-105, Hagins 2-51.
- SAINTS: Wilson 1-31, Owens 1-10, Mauti 1-9.
PUNT RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Reece 3-25.
- SAINTS: Mauti 2-8.
SACKS
- BUCCANEERS: none
- SAINTS: Grooms 1-10.
