Sunday, December 11, 1977
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buccaneers (1-12-0) | 3 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 33 |
| Saints (3-10-0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| TAM | NOR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Buccaneers | Dave Green 40 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| 2nd | Buccaneers | Dave Green 25 yard field goal | 6 | 0 |
| Buccaneers | Morris Owens 5 yard pass from Gary Huff (Dave Green kick) | 13 | 0 | |
| 3rd | Buccaneers | Mike Washington 45 yard interception return (Dave Green kick) | 20 | 0 |
| 4th | Buccaneers | Richard Wood 10 yard interception return (kick failed) | 26 | 0 |
| Saints | Archie Manning 2 yard rush (Rich Szaro kick) | 26 | 7 | |
| Buccaneers | Greg Johnson 0 yard fumble return (Dave Green kick) | 33 | 7 | |
| Saints | John Gilliam 11 yard pass from Archie Manning (Rich Szaro kick) | 33 | 14 |
| TAM | NOR | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 14 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 48-135-0 | 28-96-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 8-10-110-1-0 | 17-33-190-1-6 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-7 | 5-36 |
| Net pass yards | 103 | 154 |
| Total yards | 238 | 250 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 7 |
| Penalties-yards | 11-100 | 7-57 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Jimmy DuBose | TAM | 17 | 59 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Gary Huff | TAM | 7 | 9 | 96 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Morris Owens | TAM | 2 | 44 | 1 | 39 | ||||||||||
| Ed Williams | TAM | 4 | 25 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| Ricky Bell | TAM | 14 | 34 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Louis Carter | TAM | 11 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Danny Reece | TAM | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Dave Green | TAM | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||
| Archie Manning | NOR | 13 | 21 | 154 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 6 | 33 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Don Herrmann | NOR | 4 | 92 | 0 | 39 | ||||||||||
| Tony Galbreath | NOR | 9 | 35 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Chuck Muncie | NOR | 11 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| Henry Childs | NOR | 3 | 30 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Greg Boykin | NOR | 3 | 21 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Bobby Scott | NOR | 4 | 12 | 36 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||
| Kim Jones | NOR | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| John Gilliam | NOR | 1 | 11 | 1 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Jim Thaxton | NOR | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Mike Strachan | NOR | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | ||
| Isaac Hagins | TAM | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Greg Johnson | TAM | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| George Ragsdale | TAM | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Danny Reece | TAM | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Mike Washington | TAM | 0.0 | 2 | 45 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Jeris White | TAM | 0.0 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Richard Wood | TAM | 0.0 | 2 | 40 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Clarence Chapman | NOR | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Rich Mauti | NOR | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 147 | 24.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Dave Green | TAM | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 197 | 39.4 | 0 |
| Tom Blanchard | NOR | 4 | 169 | 42.3 | 0 | ||||