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Super Bowl XXXVII: Cleveland Browns vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

January 21, 1979
32°
Soldier Field (Chicago, IL) Attendance: 74,921 (100%)
Cleveland Browns 0 3 3 6 - 12
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3 0 0 0 - 3

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 4-3-CLE 30 (9:31) 18-George Tolbert 47 yard field goal is GOOD. TB. 3 CLE 0
(Qtr 2) Cleveland Browns: 4-7-TB. 32 (2:00) 16-Daniel Duval 50 yard field goal is GOOD. TB. 3 CLE 3
(Qtr 3) Cleveland Browns: 4-9-TB. 17 (9:32) 16-Daniel Duval 35 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 82-Robert Velarde was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. TB. 3 CLE 6
(Qtr 4) Cleveland Browns: 4-11-TB. 15 (7:00) 16-Daniel Duval 33 yard field goal is GOOD. TB. 3 CLE 9
(Qtr 4) Cleveland Browns: 4-4-TB. 19 (4:51) 16-Daniel Duval 38 yard field goal is GOOD. TB. 3 CLE 12

Team Statistics

Tampa Bay Buccaneers Cleveland Browns
First Downs 16 14
- Rushing 2 4
- Passing 12 9
- Penalty 2 1
Total Net Yards 222 214
- Offensive Plays 64 61
- Yards Per Play 3.47 3.51
Net Rushing Yards 51 64
- Rushing Attempts 15 28
- Yards Per Rush 3.40 2.29
Net Passing Yards 171 150
- Att/Comp/Int 48 / 31 / 3 33 / 24 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 182 150
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 11 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.49 4.55
- Yards Per Completion 5.87 6.25
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 15 4 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.1 7.1
4th Down Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 6 / 36 2 / 23
Punt Returns/Yards 3 / 29 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 32 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 3 / 24
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 0 0 / 3
Avg Drive Start OWN 35 OWN 24
Time of Possession 28:10 31:51

Drive Charts

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 5:33 OWN 22 9 48 Field Goal
1 6:06 6:06 OWN 24 10 34 Punt
2 12:59 1:35 OWN 45 3 5 Punt
2 10:07 0:37 OPP 36 2 11 Interception
2 8:02 3:02 OWN 28 8 26 Interception
2 1:57 1:06 OWN 25 5 17 Punt
3 9:29 1:45 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
3 6:20 3:25 OWN 41 6 15 Punt
3 1:20 1:20 OWN 20 3 -1 Punt
4 6:57 0:41 OWN 25 2 14 Fumble
4 4:48 2:41 OWN 25 9 62 Downs
4 1:48 0:19 OPP 19 4 12 Interception

Cleveland Browns

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 9:27 3:21 OWN 25 6 17 Punt
1 0:00 2:01 OWN 6 3 7 Punt
2 11:24 1:17 OWN 5 3 23 Interception
2 9:30 1:28 OWN 15 3 7 Punt
2 5:00 3:03 OPP 45 5 14 Field Goal
2 0:51 0:51 OWN 9 2 -2 Half
3 15:00 5:31 OWN 25 9 58 Field Goal
3 7:44 1:24 OWN 10 3 8 Punt
3 2:55 1:35 OWN 13 5 22 Punt
3 0:00 8:03 OWN 32 13 54 Field Goal
4 6:16 1:29 OPP 26 3 6 Field Goal
4 2:07 0:19 OWN 32 3 -1 Fumble
4 1:29 1:29 OWN 5 3 15 Game

Rushing Stats

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Dale Hart 5 24 4.80 7 0 0
William Sullivan 3 13 4.33 12 1 0
Jason Campbell 2 11 5.50 8 0 0
Joshua Davis 5 3 0.60 7 0 0

Cleveland Browns

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Lewis Riffle 8 48 6.00 17 2 0
Rodney Green 15 14 0.93 10 1 0
Herman Watkins 1 5 5.00 5 0 0
Jack Neil 4 -3 -0.75 0 0 0

Passing Stats

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Joseph Foster 48 31 182 1 / 11 0 14 3 45.66

Cleveland Browns

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
John Hart 33 24 150 0 / 0 0 19 1 69.00

Receiving Stats

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Joshua Davis 6 56 9.33 14 0
Robert Reynolds 9 46 5.11 11 0
Joseph Dennis 3 16 5.33 7 0
Dale Johnson 3 15 5.00 8 0
Jose Elledge 2 14 7.00 11 0
Cletus Hong 1 14 14.00 14 0
Roland Woods 2 12 6.00 7 0
Dale Hart 3 5 1.67 3 0
William Sullivan 1 3 3.00 3 0
Jason Campbell 1 1 1.00 1 0

Cleveland Browns

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Robert Velarde 5 46 9.20 11 0
Frank Boozer 3 34 11.33 12 0
Rodney Green 9 23 2.56 12 0
Robert Rodriguez 1 19 19.00 19 0
Thomas Estes 1 18 18.00 18 0
Lewis Riffle 3 8 2.67 7 0
Herman Watkins 1 2 2.00 2 0
Jack Neil 1 0 0.00 0 0

Blocking Stats

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Larry Funk 55 27 1 1
Rodney Forward 0 3 0 0
William Croker 0 4 0 0
William Sullivan 6 3 0 0
Simon Ford 20 11 0 0
Edward Jordan 1 6 0 0
Glenn Wiliams 0 3 0 1
Larry Mullins 0 2 0 0
Kevin Kenyon 0 4 0 1
Nathan Lerner 14 8 0 0
Scott Bryan 0 2 0 0
Thomas Pringle 0 1 0 0
Nicholas Robinson 0 1 0 0
David Walters 0 1 0 0
Juan Crawford 0 2 0 0
Dale Hart 2 0 0 0
Luke Williams 4 1 0 0
Joseph Dennis 0 9 0 0
Joshua Davis 0 12 0 0
Roland Woods 9 19 0 2
Jose Elledge 0 14 0 1
Jason Campbell 6 1 0 0
Lewis Hicks 0 1 0 0
Mark Porter 2 4 0 0
Benny Grace 0 4 0 0
Michael Harrison 0 2 0 0
Thomas Dooley 0 4 0 0
Dale Johnson 6 15 0 1
Carlos Church 29 11 0 0
Joseph Staub 36 20 0 1
Rex Moak 24 12 0 0
Robert Reynolds 19 12 0 0
Robert Sigler 50 20 0 2
William Cervantes 44 17 0 1
Cletus Hong 0 1 0 0
Allan Nabors 0 1 0 0

Cleveland Browns

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Charles Tilman 42 38 0 0
Rodney Green 2 1 0 0
Micheal Ho 0 1 0 0
David Nichols 0 1 0 0
David Morris 0 1 0 0
Efrain Tang 0 2 0 0
Ricardo Brooks 0 2 0 0
Richard Rodriguez 0 2 0 0
Maynard Joseph 0 1 0 0
Michael Preiss 0 1 0 0
Lewis Riffle 1 1 0 0
Jayson Stewart 0 2 0 0
James McDonagh 0 1 0 0
Michael Cleveland 0 1 0 0
Frank Boozer 0 17 0 1
Jack Neil 26 16 0 0
Robert Rodriguez 0 5 0 0
Gerald Jones 3 4 0 1
Vincent Looney 9 0 0 0
Michael Odaniel 7 3 0 0
Michael McDowell 5 3 0 0
James Lindsay 5 5 0 0
Thomas Estes 0 24 0 1
Herman Watkins 0 13 0 0
Robert Velarde 6 27 0 0
Randy Elkins 42 34 0 1
Charles Cunningham 33 31 0 0
Micheal Huggins 35 35 0 3
Walter Shand 37 27 0 0
Roosevelt Rockett 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Carlos Walker 1 0 0.00 0

Cleveland Browns

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Jayson Stewart 1 24 24.00 0
Michael Preiss 1 0 0.00 0
Micheal Ho 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Joseph Foster 1 0 0 0
Carlos Walker 0 1 1 0

Cleveland Browns

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Jack Neil 1 0 0 0
David Morris 0 1 1 0

Punting

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Rodney Forward 6 266 44.33 44.33 57 5

Cleveland Browns

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Terrance Whitford 5 262 52.40 42.80 65 0

Kicking

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
George Tolbert 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 47 0 / 0

Cleveland Browns

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Daniel Duval 4 / 4 1 / 1 0 / 0 50 0 / 0

Punt Return

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Joshua Davis 3 29 9.7 10 0

Cleveland Browns

Kick Return

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Dale Hart 1 32 32.0 0

Cleveland Browns

Defensive Stats

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Name Tackles Sacks
Mark Porter 11 0
William Croker 8 0
Michael Harrison 8 0
Benny Grace 5 0
Carlos Walker 5 0
Scott Bryan 3 0
Allan Nabors 3 0
Juan Crawford 2 0
Boyd Oneil 2 0
Lewis Hicks 2 0
Jose Elledge 1 0
Glenn Wiliams 1 0
Robert Reynolds 1 0
David Walters 1 0
William Cervantes 1 0
William Sullivan 1 0

Cleveland Browns

Name Tackles Sacks
Maynard Joseph 8 0
Micheal Ho 7 0
Roosevelt Rockett 7 0
Benjamin Brand 6 0
Jayson Stewart 6 0
Richard Rodriguez 5 0
Michael Preiss 4 0
Kelly Thompson 3 0
Michael Odaniel 1 0
Vincent Looney 1 0
Robert Velarde 1 0
Jack Neil 1 0
Efrain Tang 1 0
Randy Elkins 1 0
David Morris 0 1