Week 12, 1975

played in Birmingham, AL

36 degrees, fair, 11 mph wind

Tampa Bay Buccaneers	14	3	7	3	-	27
Birmingham Bombers	0	7	0	0	-	7

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:04 TBY - Jim Mitchell 14 pass from Sonny Jurgensen (Jim Turner extra point)
1Q: 04:13 TBY - George Amundson 6 run (Jim Turner extra point)
2Q: 10:14 BIR - Rickey Young 11 run (Bucky Wallace extra point)
2Q: 00:10 TBY - Jim Turner 47 field goal
3Q: 09:26 TBY - George Amundson 4 run (Jim Turner extra point)
4Q: 03:10 TBY - Jim Turner 19 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:04 TBY - Jim Mitchell 14 pass from Sonny Jurgensen (Jim Turner extra point)
1Q: 04:13 TBY - George Amundson 6 run (Jim Turner extra point)
2Q: 10:14 BIR - Rickey Young 11 run (Bucky Wallace extra point)
2Q: 00:10 TBY - Jim Turner 47 field goal
3Q: 09:26 TBY - George Amundson 4 run (Jim Turner extra point)
4Q: 03:10 TBY - Jim Turner 19 field goal

Team Statistics TBY BIR
Record 6-5 2-9
First Downs 17 12
- by Rushing 7 6
- by Passing 9 5
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 258 204
- Offensive Plays 64 57
- Yards per Play 4.03 3.58
Net Rushing Yards 118 85
- Rushing Attempts 40 21
- Yards per Rush 2.95 4.05
Net Passing Yards 140 119
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 22 - 17 - 0 35 - 16 - 3
- Gross Passing Yards 152 127
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/12 1/8
- Yards per Pass Play 5.83 3.31
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 7/16 4/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.0 7.1
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 8/55 8/51
Punt Returns/Yards 4/52 2/7
Kick Returns/Yards 2/58 4/81
Interception Ret./Yards 3/40 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3/1 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 46 OWN 28
Time of Possession 36:10 23:50

Team Statistics	TBY	BIR
Record	6-5	2-9
First Downs	17	12
- by Rushing	7	6
- by Passing	9	5
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	258	204
- Offensive Plays	64	57
- Yards per Play	4.03	3.58
Net Rushing Yards	118	85
- Rushing Attempts	40	21
- Yards per Rush	2.95	4.05
Net Passing Yards	140	119
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	22 - 17 - 0	35 - 16 - 3
- Gross Passing Yards	152	127
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/12	1/8
- Yards per Pass Play	5.83	3.31
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	7/16	4/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.0	7.1
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	8/55	8/51
Punt Returns/Yards	4/52	2/7
Kick Returns/Yards	2/58	4/81
Interception Ret./Yards	3/40	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	3/1	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 46	OWN 28
Time of Possession	36:10	23:50

Drive Charts

Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	5:01	OWN 38	8	62	Touchdown
1	7:46	3:39	OPP 45	6	45	Touchdown
1	1:41	1:48	OWN 4	3	5	Punt
2	10:07	2:09	OWN 46	3	-9	Punt
2	5:48	2:03	OWN 41	3	5	Punt
2	2:30	2:25	OWN 43	9	27	Field Goal
3	13:48	1:37	OPP 26	3	-2	Missed FG
3	10:17	1:01	OPP 31	2	31	Touchdown
3	6:11	3:45	OWN 33	6	24	Punt
3	2:01	2:35	OWN 35	4	17	Punt
4	13:04	3:22	OWN 34	6	14	Punt
4	9:09	6:04	OPP 25	8	23	Field Goal
4	2:14	0:34	OPP 38	3	2	Missed FG

Birmingham Bombers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	9:59	2:13	OWN 20	3	-5	Punt
1	4:07	2:26	OWN 23	5	28	Punt
2	14:53	4:46	OPP 39	9	39	Touchdown
2	7:58	2:10	OWN 23	6	7	Punt
2	3:45	1:15	OWN 27	3	14	Interception
3	15:00	1:12	OWN 20	3	-1	Interception
3	12:11	1:54	OWN 35	4	14	Interception
3	9:16	3:05	OWN 20	5	21	Punt
3	2:26	0:25	OWN 20	3	0	Punt
4	14:26	1:22	OWN 20	3	8	Punt
4	9:42	0:33	OWN 20	2	18	Fumble
4	3:05	0:51	OWN 39	4	-1	Downs
4	1:40	1:40	OWN 43	8	37	Game

Game MVP: Donnie Shell, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Rushing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
George Amundson	20	47	2.35	13	2	2
Wayne Mosley	16	59	3.69	17	1	0
Bryan Breech	3	9	3.00	4	0	0
Sonny Jurgensen	1	3	3.00	3	0	0

Birmingham	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Rickey Young	16	58	3.63	11	1	1
Darnell Goodwin	5	27	5.40	12	1	0

Passing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Sonny Jurgensen	21	16	149	2/12	1	23	0	111.0
Quentin Vaughn	1	1	3	0/0	0	3	0	79.2

Birmingham	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Pat Haden	29	13	100	1/8	0	21	3	14.2
Elton Davis	6	3	27	0/0	0	16	0	62.5

Receiving Statistics

Tampa Bay	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Al Dodd	5	6	52	10.40	5	23	0
TE Jim Mitchell	3	5	37	12.33	5	14	1
WR Barry Pearson	3	4	18	6.00	1	12	0
WR Ron Jessie	2	3	8	4.00	4	6	0
TE Al Chandler	1	1	16	16.00	2	16	0
WR Freddie Scott	1	1	10	10.00	0	10	0
FB Barty Smith	1	1	8	8.00	9	8	0
WR Norm Doyle	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	0

Birmingham	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
FB Boobie Clark	3	5	13	4.33	0	9
WR Hugh Stopek	3	8	47	15.67	5	21
WR Calvin Hickman	2	6	12	6.00	1	9
WR Al Walker	2	5	13	6.50	0	7
WR Rickey Young	2	4	17	8.50	0	9
RB Darnell Goodwin	1	1	5	5.00	4	5
TE Ken Garcia	1	1	8	8.00	0	8
TE Marc Forbes	1	1	3	3.00	0	3
WR Ken Bailey	1	4	9	9.00	0	9

Interception Statistics

Tampa Bay	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Donnie Shell	2	27	13.50	0
CB Everett Allen	1	13	13.00	0

Birmingham	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Tampa Bay	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Donnie Shell	0	1	0	0
Julius Adams	0	0	1	0

Birmingham	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Rickey Young	1	0	0	0

Punting Statistics

Tampa Bay	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Montrae Jones	6	247	41.2	30.0	52	0

Birmingham	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Ian Mooberry	6	274	45.7	37.0	53	2

Kicking Statistics

Tampa Bay	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Jim Turner	2/4	1/3	0/1	47	3/3

Birmingham	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Bucky Wallace	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Al Dodd	4	52	13.0	0

Birmingham	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Al Walker	2	7	3.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Al Dodd	1	35	35.0	0
Ron Jessie	1	23	23.0	0

Birmingham	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ken Sawyer	4	81	20.3	0

Defensive Statistics

Tampa Bay	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Donnie Shell	7	3	0.0	21	35
CB Jim Stienke	5	1	0.0	18	36
CB Mel Renfro	5	0	0.0	21	35
CB Everett Allen	4	3	0.0	18	32
DE Julius Adams	3	2	0.0	20	35
ILB Mark Arneson	2	1	1.0	20	31
OLB Chris Hanburger	2	2	0.0	21	36
DT Dave Pureifory	2	1	0.0	21	36
DT John Mendenhall	2	0	0.0	14	20
S Burgess Owens	2	0	0.0	21	35
S Bert Horn	2	0	0.0	6	15
DT Bob Rowe	1	0	0.0	2	2

Birmingham	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Jack Reynolds	14	1	0.0	40	24
S Bill Bradley	7	2	0.0	37	23
CB Ken Sawyer	7	1	0.0	37	23
DE Bill Kollar	5	0	1.0	31	22
DT Craig Fulcher	4	2	0.0	33	21
CB Ronnie Covington	4	0	0.0	17	16
OLB Jack Ham	3	3	1.0	39	23
S Willie Germany	3	0	0.0	5	8
DE Tyrell Garrison	2	2	0.0	36	23
DE Will Wynn	2	0	0.0	9	2
S Bill Simpson	1	2	0.0	22	18
DT Dusty Oliver	1	2	0.0	32	14
OLB Ron Pritchard	1	1	0.0	24	9
G Andy Dawson	1	0	---	---	---
CB Earl Dvorak	1	0	0.0	36	23
WR Hugh Stopek	1	0	---	---	---
WR Calvin Hickman	1	0	---	---	---
T Juan Bruce	1	0	---	---	---
CB Gerald Blackburn	1	0	0.0	5	2
DT Doug English	0	1	0.0	19	6

Pass Rush Statistics

Tampa Bay	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
ILB Mark Arneson	1.0	0	0	0	31
DE Julius Adams	0.0	1	2	0	35
DT Dave Pureifory	0.0	0	2	2	36
DE Elois Grooms	0.0	0	2	0	34

Birmingham	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Bill Kollar	1.0	1	1	22
OLB Jack Ham	1.0	0	0	23
S Bill Bradley	0.0	1	0	23

Pass Defense Statistics

Tampa Bay	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Mel Renfro	4	3	0	35
CB Jim Stienke	4	0	0	36
S Donnie Shell	3	0	2	35
CB Everett Allen	1	1	1	32
ILB Mark Arneson	1	1	0	31
OLB Chris Hanburger	1	1	0	36
S Bert Horn	1	1	0	15
DE Julius Adams	1	0	0	35

Birmingham	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Ken Sawyer	8	0	23
ILB Jack Reynolds	2	1	24
S Bill Bradley	2	0	23
CB Ronnie Covington	2	0	16
S Willie Germany	1	0	8
DT Craig Fulcher	1	0	21
CB Earl Dvorak	1	0	23
OLB Jack Ham	0	1	23

Blocking Statistics

Tampa Bay	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Dave Foley	4	5	35	0	24
Sid Smith	3	7	31	1	19
Charles Goodrum	2	6	31	0	23
Ed Newman	1	6	29	0	18
Barty Smith	1	1	14	0	10
Ralph Neely	0	8	26	1	19
Sam Bycroft	0	3	16	0	7
Booker Brown	0	1	20	0	5
Jim Mitchell	0	1	35	0	22
Cal Withrow	0	1	12	0	5

Birmingham	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Greg Sampson	4	7	18	1	33
Kris Wheeler	1	4	17	0	30
Juan Bruce	1	3	16	0	30
Boobie Clark	1	2	14	0	17
Vincent Forbes	1	1	3	0	5
Claude Minor	0	1	3	0	3
Mike Vardell	0	1	3	0	2
Ken Garcia	0	1	11	0	16
Darryl Kenyon	0	1	4	0	9

Special Teams Tackles

Tampa Bay	Tackles	STPlays
Mel Renfro	2	13
Al Chandler	1	18
Donnie Shell	1	12
John Saunders	1	6
Burgess Owens	1	2

Birmingham	Tackles	STPlays
Ken Bailey	2	12
Darnell Goodwin	1	20
Al Walker	1	13
Willie Germany	1	10
Darryl Kenyon	1	2

Participation

Tampa Bay	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Mel Renfro	---	---	21	35	13	69
Donnie Shell	---	---	21	35	12	68
Dave Foley	35	24	---	---	4	63
Jim Mitchell	35	22	---	---	6	63
Al Dodd	30	16	---	---	14	60
Sid Smith	31	19	---	---	10	60
Burgess Owens	---	---	21	35	2	58
Chris Hanburger	---	---	21	36	---	57
Dave Pureifory	---	---	21	36	---	57
Everett Allen	---	---	18	32	7	57
Julius Adams	---	---	20	35	---	55
Charles Goodrum	31	23	---	---	1	55
Sonny Jurgensen	32	23	---	---	---	55
Jim Stienke	---	---	18	36	1	55
Ed Newman	29	18	---	---	7	54
Mark Arneson	---	---	20	31	2	53
Elois Grooms	---	---	18	34	---	52
George Amundson	20	10	---	---	18	48
Bryan Breech	17	11	---	---	19	47
Ron Jessie	22	15	---	---	8	45
Ralph Neely	26	19	---	---	---	45
John Mendenhall	---	---	14	20	6	40
Booker Brown	20	5	---	---	10	35
Sam Bycroft	16	7	---	---	10	33
Al Chandler	9	4	---	---	18	31
Freddie Scott	19	9	---	---	1	29
Barty Smith	14	10	---	---	5	29
Barry Pearson	15	11	---	---	1	27
Wayne Mosley	17	9	---	---	---	26
Bert Horn	---	---	6	15	5	26
Cal Withrow	12	5	---	---	8	25
Gregg Bingham	---	---	0	0	19	19
Norm Doyle	2	3	---	---	12	17
Isaac Fulcher	---	---	3	4	6	13
Dallas Hickman	---	---	2	5	6	13
Derek Check	---	---	3	3	6	12
Jim Turner	0	0	---	---	10	10
Montrae Jones	0	0	---	---	10	10
Quentin Vaughn	8	1	---	---	---	9
John Saunders	---	---	0	1	6	7
Bob Rowe	---	---	2	2	---	4
Jim Turnbull	---	---	2	1	1	4
Kevin Calhoun	---	---	0	0	---	0
Malcolm Padavona	0	0	---	---	---	0
Will Cureton	0	0	---	---	---	0
Virgil Livers	---	---	0	0	---	0

Birmingham	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Ken Sawyer	---	---	37	23	11	71
Jack Reynolds	---	---	40	24	4	68
Jack Ham	---	---	39	23	5	67
Bill Bradley	---	---	37	23	5	65
Earl Dvorak	---	---	36	23	5	64
Tyrell Garrison	---	---	36	23	4	63
Craig Fulcher	---	---	33	21	6	60
Bill Kollar	---	---	31	22	2	55
Hugh Stopek	14	26	---	---	14	54
Ronnie Covington	---	---	17	16	20	53
Greg Sampson	18	33	---	---	---	51
Al Walker	10	28	---	---	13	51
Pat Haden	21	30	---	---	---	51
Pete Adams	18	31	---	---	---	49
Andy Dawson	17	27	---	---	5	49
Dusty Oliver	---	---	32	14	3	49
Kris Wheeler	17	30	---	---	---	47
Bill Simpson	---	---	22	18	6	46
Juan Bruce	16	30	---	---	---	46
Darnell Goodwin	6	18	---	---	20	44
Ken Garcia	11	16	---	---	14	41
Calvin Hickman	15	24	---	---	1	40
Boobie Clark	14	17	---	---	7	38
Ken Bailey	6	20	---	---	12	38
Rickey Young	16	22	---	---	---	38
Ron Pritchard	---	---	24	9	3	36
Marc Forbes	10	7	---	---	12	29
Doug English	---	---	19	6	1	26
Willie Germany	---	---	5	8	10	23
Frank LeMaster	---	---	2	0	19	21
Carlton Malone	5	6	---	---	6	17
John Pitts	---	---	4	1	11	16
Dan Ryczek	4	6	---	---	5	15
Otis Sistrunk	---	---	7	4	4	15
Darryl Kenyon	4	9	---	---	2	15
Will Wynn	---	---	9	2	2	13
Claude Minor	3	3	---	---	6	12
Mike Vardell	3	2	---	---	7	12
Bill Cooke	---	---	4	1	5	10
Vincent Forbes	3	5	---	---	---	8
Dave Graf	---	---	1	1	6	8
Gerald Blackburn	---	---	5	2	---	7
Elton Davis	0	6	---	---	---	6
Ian Mooberry	0	0	---	---	6	6
Bucky Wallace	0	0	---	---	2	2
Unknown	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	43	4.3
Middle	15	34	2.3
Right	15	41	2.7
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	31	5.2
Middle	11	44	4.0
Right	4	10	2.5
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Sonny Jurgensen	21	16	1	0	1	2	2	1	0
Quentin Vaughn	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Birmingham	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Pat Haden	29	13	1	1	1	5	5	2	3
Elton Davis	6	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	9	3.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	7	4	23	3.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	9	97	8.8
Long (19+ Yds)	1	1	23	23.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	2	5	1.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	8	6	33	4.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	18	7	68	3.8
Long (19+ Yds)	5	1	21	4.2

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Tampa Bay	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Al Dodd	6	5	0	52	1	16
TE Jim Mitchell	5	3	0	37	0	22
WR Barry Pearson	4	3	0	18	0	11
WR Ron Jessie	3	2	1	8	0	15
TE Al Chandler	1	1	0	16	0	4
WR Freddie Scott	1	1	0	10	0	9
FB Barty Smith	1	1	0	8	0	10
WR Norm Doyle	1	1	0	3	0	3

Birmingham	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Hugh Stopek	8	3	1	47	1	26
WR Calvin Hickman	6	2	0	12	0	24
FB Boobie Clark	5	3	0	13	0	17
WR Al Walker	5	2	0	13	0	28
WR Ken Bailey	4	1	0	9	0	20
WR Rickey Young	4	2	0	17	0	22
RB Darnell Goodwin	1	1	0	5	0	18
TE Ken Garcia	1	1	0	8	0	16
TE Marc Forbes	1	1	0	3	0	7

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
George Amundson	6	14	2.33	2.35
Wayne Mosley	4	10	2.50	3.69

Birmingham	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Rickey Young	2	18	9.00	3.63

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Sonny Jurgensen	1	1	14	14.00	7.10
Quentin Vaughn	1	1	3	3.00	3.00

Birmingham	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Pat Haden	2	1	9	4.50	3.45

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Tampa Bay	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Jim Mitchell	1	1	14	14.00	7.40
WR Norm Doyle	1	1	3	3.00	3.00

Birmingham	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
FB Boobie Clark	1	0	0	0.00	2.60
WR Rickey Young	1	1	9	9.00	4.25

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Rushes	Conversions
George Amundson	4	2
Bryan Breech	3	0

Birmingham	Rushes	Conversions
Rickey Young	3	3

Third Down Passing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Conversions
Sonny Jurgensen	7	6	4
Quentin Vaughn	1	1	1

Birmingham	Att	Comp	Conversions
Pat Haden	8	1	0
Elton Davis	2	2	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Tampa Bay	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Ron Jessie	2	1	0
WR Barry Pearson	2	2	1
WR Al Dodd	1	1	1
WR Freddie Scott	1	1	1
FB Barty Smith	1	1	1
WR Norm Doyle	1	1	1

Birmingham	Targ	Catch	Conversions
FB Boobie Clark	2	1	0
WR Hugh Stopek	2	1	1
WR Calvin Hickman	2	0	0
RB Darnell Goodwin	1	1	0
WR Ken Bailey	1	0	0
WR Al Walker	1	0	0
WR Rickey Young	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 47,500 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 14,500 (21,400)
End Zone 10,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine 6,000 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 9,600 (13,600)
Club Seats 4,800 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,200 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	47,500 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	14,500 (21,400)
End Zone	10,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine	6,000 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	9,600 (13,600)
Club Seats	4,800 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,200 (3,300)