Sunday, September 24, 1978
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falcons (1-3-0) | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| Buccaneers (2-2-0) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| ATL | TAM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Falcons | Safety, punt blocked out of end zone | 2 | 0 |
| Buccaneers | Mike Washington 79 yard blocked field goal return (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 2 | 7 | |
| 3rd | Falcons | Alfred Jackson 5 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Fred Steinfort kick) | 9 | 7 |
| 4th | Buccaneers | Jim Obradovich 15 yard pass from Doug Williams (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 9 | 14 |
| ATL | TAM | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 13 | 10 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 40-148-0 | 34-94-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 12-24-81-1-3 | 7-24-95-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-12 | 1-13 |
| Net pass yards | 69 | 82 |
| Total yards | 217 | 176 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-55 | 9-73 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Haskel Stanback | ATL | 23 | 112 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Bubba Bean | ATL | 10 | 29 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Steve Bartkowski | ATL | 12 | 24 | 81 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Billy Ryckman | ATL | 4 | 23 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Alfred Jackson | ATL | 2 | 19 | 1 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Ricky Patton | ATL | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Mike Esposito | ATL | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Jimmy DuBose | TAM | 11 | 50 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Ricky Bell | TAM | 18 | 50 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Isaac Hagins | TAM | 4 | 45 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Jim Obradovich | TAM | 2 | 36 | 1 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Doug Williams | TAM | 6 | 23 | 74 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 4 | -8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John McKay | TAM | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Louis Carter | TAM | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||
| Johnny Davis | TAM | 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 | ||
| Alfred Jackson | ATL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ray Strong | ATL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Isaac Hagins | TAM | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Curtis Jordan | TAM | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Larry Mucker | TAM | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| George Ragsdale | TAM | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Dewey Selmon | TAM | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mike Washington | TAM | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| John James | ATL | 8 | 342 | 42.8 | 0 | ||||
| Fred Steinfort | ATL | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Green | TAM | 9 | 389 | 43.2 | 0 | ||||