Sunday, September 17, 1978
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buccaneers (1-2-0) | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| Vikings (1-2-0) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| TAM | MIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Buccaneers | Neil O'Donoghue 42 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| Vikings | Ahmad Rashad 4 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Rick Danmeier kick) | 3 | 7 | |
| 2nd | Buccaneers | Ricky Bell 2 yard rush (kick failed) | 9 | 7 |
| 3rd | Buccaneers | Morris Owens 5 yard pass from Doug Williams (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 16 | 7 |
| 4th | Vikings | Rick Danmeier 47 yard field goal | 16 | 10 |
| TAM | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 10 | 15 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 40-92-1 | 28-73-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 5-19-63-1-0 | 25-37-189-1-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 4-43 |
| Net pass yards | 63 | 146 |
| Total yards | 155 | 219 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 3-2 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 5 |
| Penalties-yards | 11-96 | 8-61 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Ricky Bell | TAM | 21 | 59 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Morris Owens | TAM | 4 | 42 | 1 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Jimmy DuBose | TAM | 15 | 37 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Doug Williams | TAM | 5 | 19 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 | -4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jimmie Giles | TAM | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Dave Green | TAM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | MIN | 23 | 31 | 180 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Sammy White | MIN | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 62 | 0 | 29 | ||||||
| Chuck Foreman | MIN | 12 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Ahmad Rashad | MIN | 4 | 38 | 1 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Bob Tucker | MIN | 3 | 37 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Rickey Young | MIN | 7 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Robert Miller | MIN | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Tommy Kramer | MIN | 2 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 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 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Cecil Johnson | TAM | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Curtis Jordan | TAM | 0.0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Larry Mucker | TAM | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| George Ragsdale | TAM | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jeris White | TAM | 0.0 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Kevin Miller | MIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 93 | 23.3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Dave Green | TAM | 10 | 395 | 39.5 | 0 | ||||
| Neil O'Donoghue | TAM | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Danmeier | MIN | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Wood | MIN | 4 | 130 | 32.5 | 0 | ||||