NFL game summary for 10/28/1979:

Neil O'Donoghue booted field goals of 22 and 44 yards and Ricky Bell scored on a two-yard run as Tampa Bay increased its NFC Central lead to three games. Bell, who established a club single-season rushing record, picked up 75 yards on 19 carries. The Buccaneers' Doug Williams completed 12 of 25 passes for 267 yards, but did not throw a touchdown pass for the first time in nine games.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	OFFENSE	167.9  (3)	152.6  (22)	320.4  (10)	20
	DEFENSE	121.0  (9)	138.4  (3)	259.4  (3)	20
Minnesota Vikings	OFFENSE	100.2  (26)	184.6  (13)	284.9  (21)	22
	DEFENSE	171.6  (25)	157.0  (12)	328.6  (18)	16

Line: Vikings by 1

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (7-2-0)	3	0	3	6	12
Minnesota Vikings (4-5-0)	0	10	0	0	10

( 3- 0) TB  Neil O'Donoghue 22 yard field goal
( 3- 3) MIN Rick Danmeier 28 yard field goal
( 3-10) MIN Stu Voigt 2 yard pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick)
( 6-10) TB  Neil O'Donoghue 44 yard field goal
(12-10) TB  Ricky Bell 2 yard rush (kick failed)

                     TB              MIN
First Downs:         20              21
Rushes-yards:        40-102          33-111
Yards/rush:          2.5             3.4
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     12-25-267-0     22-36-223-1
Sacked-yards:        1-9             4-4
Net pass yards:      258             219
Net yards/pass:      9.9             5.5
Total net yards:     360             330
Total plays:         66 (60% run)    73 (45% run)  
Yards/play:          5.5             4.5
Fumbles-lost:        3-1             3-0
Turnovers:           1               1
Penalties-yards:     3-19            10-87

Attendance: 46,906

Passing:
TB: Doug Williams, 12 of 25 for 267 yards
MIN: Tommy Kramer, 22 of 36 for 223 yards and 1 TD (1 int)

Rushing:
TB: Ricky Bell, 19 for 75 yards and 1 TD; Jerry Eckwood, 19 for 28 yards; Doug Williams, 2 for -1 yards
MIN: Ted Brown, 20 for 85 yards; Rickey Young, 8 for 1 yard; Tommy Kramer, 3 for 22 yards; Chuck Foreman, 2 for 3 yards

Receiving:
TB: Isaac Hagins, 5 for 149 yards; Jimmie Giles, 2 for 43 yards; Morris Owens, 2 for 36 yards; Jerry Eckwood, 2 for 25 yards; Ricky Bell, 1 for 14 yards
MIN: Ahmad Rashad, 7 for 117 yards; Rickey Young, 6 for 45 yards; Ted Brown, 6 for 35 yards; Terry LeCount, 1 for 17 yards; Bob Tucker, 1 for 7 yards; Stu Voigt, 1 for 2 yards and 1 TD

Kick returns:
TB: Dana Nafziger, 1 for 17 yards; George Ragsdale, 1 for 0 yards
MIN: Jimmy Edwards, 3 for 58 yards; Stu Voigt, 1 for 0 yards

Punt returns:
TB: Danny Reece, 3 for 8 yards
MIN: Jimmy Edwards, 4 for 45 yards

Interceptions:
TB: Mike Washington, 1 for 15 yards

Punting:
TB: Tom Blanchard, 6 for 244 yards
MIN: Greg Coleman, 8 for 320 yards

Field Goals:
TB: Neil O'Donoghue, 2/2
MIN: Rick Danmeier, 1/1

---