Tampa Bay Buccaneers

10-6-0 • 1st in NFC Central •
Logo for the 1979 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

PPG

17.1

21st

OPP PPG

14.8

1st

RUSH YDS/G

152.3

8th

PASS YDS/G

168.8

24th

Overview Stats Scores & Schedule Roster Splits History

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers were 10-6 in 1979. They finished 1st in the NFC Central and 3rd in the NFC. They fell to the Los Angeles Rams, 9 to 0, in the 1979 NFC Championship game.

Scores & Schedules

See schedule
DATE OPP SCORE
Sun
1/6
 		vs
LA logo LA
L
0-9
Sat
12/29
 		vs
PHI logo PHI
W
24-17
Sun
12/16
 		vs
KC logo KC
W
3-0
Sun
12/9
 		@
SF logo SF
L
7-23
Sun
12/2
 		vs
CHI logo CHI
L
0-14

Team Leaders

See roster

PASS YDS

2,448

Williams

Williams

RUSH YDS

1,263

Bell

Bell

REC YDS

692

Hagins

Hagins

1979 Division Standings

TEAM W L T PCT
Bears logo Bears
10 6 0 .625
Buccaneers logo Buccaneers
10 6 0 .625
Vikings logo Vikings
7 9 0 .438
Packers logo Packers
5 11 0 .313
Lions logo Lions
2 14 0 .125

1979 Stats

See stats
GP PTS YDS PLY AVG RUSH YDS RUSH ATT RUSH AVG PASS YDS PASS ATT PASS AVG SCK SCKY 1DWN RUSH 1DWN PASS 1DWN PEN 1DWN PEN PEN YDS
Team 16 273 5,049 1,055 4.8 2,437 609 4.0 2,700 434 6.2 12 88 267 107 137 23 102 905
Team Rank 21st 14th 10th 15th 8th 4th 14th 24th 18th 23rd 1st 28th 23rd 23rd 18th 17th 14th 19th
Opponent 16 237 3,949 1,015 3.9 1,873 539 3.5 2,405 436 5.5 40 329 247 116 111 20 100 870
Opponent Rank 1st 1st 6th 1st 7th 16th 4th 1st 7th 1st 12th 18th 2nd 11th 1st 9th 18th 15th
Net +36 +1,100 +40 +0.9 +564 +70 +0.5 +295 -2 +0.7 -28 -241 +20 -9 +26 +3 +2 +35
Net Rank 9th 5th 9th 2nd 3rd 7th 5th 11th 16th 7th 2nd 27th 10th 18th 10th 8th 15th 19th

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