Week 15, 1975

played in New Orleans, LA

65 degrees, fair, 1 mph wind

Tampa Bay Buccaneers	3	7	6	0	-	16
New Orleans Saints	0	0	0	0	-	0

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:56 TBY - Jim Turner 42 field goal
2Q: 02:37 TBY - Ron Jessie 44 pass from Sonny Jurgensen (Jim Turner extra point)
3Q: 10:59 TBY - Jim Turner 53 field goal
3Q: 05:12 TBY - Jim Turner 48 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:56 TBY - Jim Turner 42 field goal
2Q: 02:37 TBY - Ron Jessie 44 pass from Sonny Jurgensen (Jim Turner extra point)
3Q: 10:59 TBY - Jim Turner 53 field goal
3Q: 05:12 TBY - Jim Turner 48 field goal

Team Statistics TBY NOS
Record 8-6 3-11
First Downs 16 16
- by Rushing 6 2
- by Passing 9 8
- by Penalty 1 6
Total Net Yards 277 177
- Offensive Plays 73 55
- Yards per Play 3.79 3.22
Net Rushing Yards 139 76
- Rushing Attempts 46 22
- Yards per Rush 3.02 3.45
Net Passing Yards 138 101
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 24 - 14 - 0 29 - 14 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 160 129
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/22 4/28
- Yards per Pass Play 5.11 3.06
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 4/3
3rd Down Conversions 8/19 4/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 9.3 7.9
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/2
Penalties/Yards 12/99 3/20
Punt Returns/Yards 3/19 3/24
Kick Returns/Yards 1/34 4/64
Interception Ret./Yards 2/45 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/0 0/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 41 OWN 19
Time of Possession 37:00 23:00

Team Statistics	TBY	NOS
Record	8-6	3-11
First Downs	16	16
- by Rushing	6	2
- by Passing	9	8
- by Penalty	1	6
Total Net Yards	277	177
- Offensive Plays	73	55
- Yards per Play	3.79	3.22
Net Rushing Yards	139	76
- Rushing Attempts	46	22
- Yards per Rush	3.02	3.45
Net Passing Yards	138	101
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	24 - 14 - 0	29 - 14 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	160	129
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/22	4/28
- Yards per Pass Play	5.11	3.06
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	4/3
3rd Down Conversions	8/19	4/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	9.3	7.9
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/2
Penalties/Yards	12/99	3/20
Punt Returns/Yards	3/19	3/24
Kick Returns/Yards	1/34	4/64
Interception Ret./Yards	2/45	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/0	0/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 41	OWN 19
Time of Possession	37:00	23:00

Drive Charts

Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:11	OWN 48	8	27	Field Goal
1	5:24	6:41	OWN 20	13	39	Punt
2	12:25	4:29	OWN 15	10	46	Punt
2	6:55	0:50	OPP 24	3	6	Missed FG
2	3:29	1:10	OWN 47	4	53	Touchdown
2	0:56	0:56	OWN 20	2	6	Half
3	12:53	2:01	OPP 32	3	-4	Field Goal
3	9:02	3:58	OWN 45	7	24	Field Goal
3	3:20	2:54	OWN 20	7	29	Punt
4	13:20	3:17	OWN 36	5	11	Punt
4	8:06	2:35	OPP 39	3	-8	Punt
4	2:41	0:34	OWN 30	3	-1	Punt
4	2:07	2:07	OPP 44	5	14	Game

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:49	5:25	OWN 15	8	32	Punt
2	13:43	1:18	OWN 20	3	1	Punt
2	7:56	1:01	OWN 11	3	8	Interception
2	6:05	2:36	OWN 25	8	66	Interception
2	2:19	1:23	OWN 27	3	9	Punt
3	15:00	2:07	OWN 26	3	6	Fumble
3	10:52	1:50	OWN 25	3	-3	Punt
3	5:04	1:44	OWN 20	3	30	Punt
3	0:26	2:06	OWN 8	3	1	Punt
4	10:03	1:57	OWN 14	6	25	Fumble
4	5:31	2:50	OWN 24	12	46	Downs

Game MVP: Dave Pureifory, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Rushing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Wayne Mosley	21	60	2.86	9	0
George Amundson	17	37	2.18	10	1
Bryan Breech	7	43	6.14	12	2
Sonny Jurgensen	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Jim Kiick	15	58	3.87	14	2
Matt Muhammad	6	13	2.17	3	0
John Hadl	1	5	5.00	5	0

Passing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Sonny Jurgensen	24	14	160	3/22	1	44	0	92.3

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
John Hadl	29	14	129	4/28	0	29	2	32.1

Receiving Statistics

Tampa Bay	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Jim Mitchell	4	5	57	14.25	6	17	0
RB Wayne Mosley	2	4	11	5.50	0	10	0
WR Barry Pearson	2	5	19	9.50	1	14	0
WR Freddie Scott	2	3	14	7.00	0	12	0
TE Al Chandler	1	1	8	8.00	0	8	0
WR Al Dodd	1	1	7	7.00	0	7	0
WR Ron Jessie	1	2	44	44.00	26	44	1
RB Bryan Breech	1	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
RB George Amundson	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Norm Doyle	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
TE Henry Childs	3	3	28	9.33	1	11
WR Larry Wilcox	3	6	32	10.67	1	16
WR Bob Grim	2	4	40	20.00	12	29
WR Ike Harris	2	6	13	6.50	2	8
RB Jim Kiick	2	2	13	6.50	9	8
RB Sam Cunningham	1	2	2	2.00	0	2
RB Matt Muhammad	1	2	1	1.00	2	1
WR Tony Galloway	0	3	0	0.00	0	0
WR Richard Sims	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Tampa Bay	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Mel Renfro	1	35	35.00	0
ILB Phil Villapiano	1	10	10.00	0

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Tampa Bay	Recov	Force
Julius Adams	1	1
Mel Renfro	1	0
Sam Bycroft	1	0
Mark Arneson	0	1
Barty Smith	0	1
Derek Check	0	1

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov
John Hadl	1	0
Jim Kiick	1	0
Matt Muhammad	1	0
Larry Wilcox	1	0
Cas Banaszek	0	1

Punting Statistics

Tampa Bay	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Montrae Jones	6	225	37.5	30.2	47	4

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Mike Eischeid	6	318	53.0	43.2	64	2

Kicking Statistics

Tampa Bay	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Jim Turner	3/4	3/3	1/1	53	1/1

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT

Punt Return Statistics

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Al Dodd	3	19	6.3	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Larry Wilcox	3	24	8.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Al Dodd	1	34	34.0	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Bob Grim	2	37	18.5	0
Jim Kiick	2	27	13.5	0

Defensive Statistics

Tampa Bay	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Phil Villapiano	9	2	0.0	21	33
DT Dave Pureifory	8	3	2.5	22	33
DE Julius Adams	5	2	0.5	21	33
CB Jim Stienke	4	0	0.0	21	32
ILB Mark Arneson	3	1	0.0	22	32
S Bert Horn	3	0	0.0	7	16
S Burgess Owens	2	3	1.0	16	31
S Donnie Shell	1	4	0.0	22	31
DT John Mendenhall	1	1	0.0	9	14
CB Mel Renfro	1	1	0.0	21	32
DE Derek Check	1	0	0.0	8	4
CB Isaac Fulcher	1	0	0.0	1	1
CB Everett Allen	1	0	0.0	14	29

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Joe Federspiel	11	3	1.0	44	25
S Jack Mildren	7	5	0.0	31	22
S Tommy Myers	6	3	0.0	42	27
CB Robbie Magana	6	0	0.0	39	24
OLB Fulton Kuykendall	6	0	0.0	30	14
DE Billy Newsome	5	4	0.5	40	22
DE Shawn Hollingsworth	3	2	1.5	43	23
DT Derland Moore	3	4	0.0	41	24
CB Alex Kirk	3	0	0.0	28	17
CB Louis Wright	2	3	0.0	41	25
DT Ricardo Browning	2	1	0.0	30	14
OLB Tommy Nobis	2	0	0.0	26	18
ILB Carl Gersbach	1	1	0.0	3	2
RB Sam Cunningham	1	0	---	---	---
WR Ike Harris	1	0	---	---	---
DE Karl Lorch	1	0	0.0	8	5
DE Jim White	1	0	0.0	3	4
DE Mario Nakamura	1	0	0.0	11	6
S Lenny Richard	1	0	0.0	8	5
DT Harris Malinowski	0	2	0.0	14	7

Pass Rush Statistics

Tampa Bay	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Dave Pureifory	2.5	0	2	33
S Burgess Owens	1.0	0	0	31
DE Julius Adams	0.5	2	1	33
DE Elois Grooms	0.0	3	0	30
ILB Phil Villapiano	0.0	1	0	33

New Orleans	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Shawn Hollingsworth	1.5	0	1	0	23
ILB Joe Federspiel	1.0	0	0	1	25
DE Billy Newsome	0.5	1	0	0	22

Pass Defense Statistics

Tampa Bay	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Phil Villapiano	5	0	1	33
CB Jim Stienke	3	1	0	32
S Bert Horn	2	1	0	16
S Donnie Shell	1	1	0	31
DE Julius Adams	1	0	0	33
ILB Mark Arneson	1	0	0	32
CB Isaac Fulcher	1	0	0	1
CB Mel Renfro	0	0	1	32

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Robbie Magana	5	0	24
S Jack Mildren	3	0	22
CB Alex Kirk	2	1	17
S Tommy Myers	1	1	27
OLB Fulton Kuykendall	1	1	14
CB Louis Wright	1	1	25
ILB Carl Gersbach	1	0	2
ILB Joe Federspiel	0	2	25
OLB Tommy Nobis	0	1	18

Blocking Statistics

Tampa Bay	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Charles Goodrum	3	8	2	35	0	20
Sid Smith	2	9	1	38	0	22
Ed Newman	2	8	1	32	0	19
Dave Foley	2	5	0	42	2	24
Ralph Neely	1	8	0	38	0	22
Booker Brown	1	2	0	14	1	9
Cal Withrow	1	1	0	9	0	5
Jim Mitchell	0	2	0	42	0	23
Sam Bycroft	0	2	0	22	0	14

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Clarence Hironaka	2	4	17	1	25
John Demarie	1	4	16	0	28
Sam Cunningham	1	2	17	0	15
Thurman Cowley	0	3	19	2	24
Cas Banaszek	0	3	17	0	27
Randy Rasmussen	0	2	12	0	19
Bruce Rasmussen	0	2	6	0	9
Henry Childs	0	1	14	0	22
Stephen Johnstone	0	0	17	1	29

Special Teams Tackles

Tampa Bay	Tackles	STPlays
Mel Renfro	4	12
Barty Smith	1	13
Bryan Breech	1	7
Jim Stienke	1	1

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Chester Kuehl	2	12
Sam Cunningham	1	10
Mike Strachan	1	7

Participation

Tampa Bay	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Sonny Jurgensen	46	27	---	---	---	73
Dave Foley	42	24	---	---	4	70
Sid Smith	38	22	---	---	10	70
Jim Mitchell	42	23	---	---	2	67
Mel Renfro	---	---	21	32	12	65
Donnie Shell	---	---	22	31	11	64
Ralph Neely	38	22	---	---	---	60
Ed Newman	32	19	---	---	7	58
Mark Arneson	---	---	22	32	2	56
Al Dodd	30	15	---	---	11	56
Charles Goodrum	35	20	---	---	1	56
Dave Pureifory	---	---	22	33	1	56
Julius Adams	---	---	21	33	---	54
Jim Stienke	---	---	21	32	1	54
Phil Villapiano	---	---	21	33	---	54
Everett Allen	---	---	14	29	9	52
Ron Jessie	28	21	---	---	1	50
George Amundson	18	10	---	---	21	49
Burgess Owens	---	---	16	31	2	49
Barry Pearson	27	19	---	---	2	48
Elois Grooms	---	---	18	30	---	48
Sam Bycroft	22	14	---	---	10	46
Barty Smith	15	12	---	---	13	40
Freddie Scott	23	11	---	---	5	39
Wayne Mosley	21	14	---	---	---	35
Booker Brown	14	9	---	---	10	33
John Mendenhall	---	---	9	14	8	31
Bryan Breech	16	6	---	---	7	29
Bert Horn	---	---	7	16	3	26
Al Chandler	4	3	---	---	16	23
Cal Withrow	9	5	---	---	8	22
Norm Doyle	6	1	---	---	11	18
Dallas Hickman	---	---	8	5	5	18
Derek Check	---	---	8	4	5	17
Gregg Bingham	---	---	1	0	15	16
Bob Rowe	---	---	7	3	---	10
John Saunders	---	---	2	3	5	10
Montrae Jones	0	0	---	---	10	10
Jim Turner	0	0	---	---	9	9
Isaac Fulcher	---	---	1	1	5	7
Jim Turnbull	---	---	1	1	---	2
Kevin Calhoun	---	---	0	0	---	0
Malcolm Padavona	0	0	---	---	---	0
Quentin Vaughn	0	0	---	---	---	0
Will Cureton	0	0	---	---	---	0
Virgil Livers	---	---	0	0	---	0

New Orleans	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Joe Federspiel	---	---	44	25	5	74
Tommy Myers	---	---	42	27	5	74
Shawn Hollingsworth	---	---	43	23	5	71
Derland Moore	---	---	41	24	5	70
Louis Wright	---	---	41	25	4	70
Billy Newsome	---	---	40	22	6	68
Robbie Magana	---	---	39	24	4	67
Alex Kirk	---	---	28	17	17	62
Jack Mildren	---	---	31	22	4	57
John Hadl	22	33	---	---	---	55
Fulton Kuykendall	---	---	30	14	8	52
Henry Childs	14	22	---	---	14	50
Tommy Nobis	---	---	26	18	6	50
Thurman Cowley	19	24	---	---	6	49
Matt Muhammad	7	22	---	---	17	46
Clarence Hironaka	17	25	---	---	4	46
Stephen Johnstone	17	29	---	---	---	46
Ricardo Browning	---	---	30	14	2	46
Cas Banaszek	17	27	---	---	---	44
John Demarie	16	28	---	---	---	44
Bob Grim	11	22	---	---	11	44
Ike Harris	14	28	---	---	1	43
Sam Cunningham	17	15	---	---	10	42
Larry Wilcox	14	21	---	---	6	41
Randy Rasmussen	12	19	---	---	6	37
Tony Galloway	13	18	---	---	5	36
Jim Kiick	15	11	---	---	6	32
Chester Kuehl	---	---	12	8	12	32
Bruce Rasmussen	6	9	---	---	6	21
Harris Malinowski	---	---	14	7	---	21
Mario Nakamura	---	---	11	6	4	21
Jim White	---	---	3	4	10	17
Lenny Richard	---	---	8	5	4	17
J.B. Aarhus	6	4	---	---	6	16
Tracy Hanks	---	---	7	3	5	15
Karl Lorch	---	---	8	5	---	13
Richard Sims	1	5	---	---	6	12
Doug Plank	---	---	5	2	5	12
Carl Gersbach	---	---	3	2	5	10
Marc LaBounty	0	1	---	---	6	7
Mike Strachan	0	0	---	---	7	7
Mike Eischeid	0	0	---	---	6	6
Billy Wilhide	4	0	---	---	2	6
Ross Robertson	0	0	---	---	1	1
Bobby Scott	0	0	---	---	---	0
Unknown	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	16	2.3
Middle	25	101	4.0
Right	13	23	1.8
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	25	3.6
Middle	7	17	2.4
Right	8	34	4.3
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Sonny Jurgensen	24	14	1	0	1	7	1	1	0

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
John Hadl	29	14	1	1	3	3	6	3	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	1	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	7	4	18	2.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	7	82	8.2
Long (19+ Yds)	5	2	60	12.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	2	6	2.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	9	8	57	6.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	3	37	3.1
Long (19+ Yds)	5	1	29	5.8

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Tampa Bay	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Jim Mitchell	5	4	0	57	0	23
WR Barry Pearson	5	2	1	19	0	19
RB Wayne Mosley	4	2	0	11	0	14
WR Freddie Scott	3	2	0	14	0	11
WR Ron Jessie	2	1	0	44	1	21
RB George Amundson	1	0	0	0	0	10
TE Al Chandler	1	1	0	8	0	3
WR Al Dodd	1	1	0	7	0	15
RB Bryan Breech	1	1	0	0	0	6
WR Norm Doyle	1	0	0	0	0	1

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Ike Harris	6	2	0	13	0	28
WR Larry Wilcox	6	3	1	32	0	21
WR Bob Grim	4	2	2	40	1	22
TE Henry Childs	3	3	0	28	0	22
WR Tony Galloway	3	0	0	0	0	18
RB Sam Cunningham	2	1	0	2	0	15
RB Jim Kiick	2	2	0	13	0	11
RB Matt Muhammad	2	1	0	1	0	22
WR Richard Sims	1	0	0	0	0	5

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Jim Kiick	2	3	1.50	3.87

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
John Hadl	1	0	0	0.00	4.45

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Tampa Bay	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Sam Cunningham	1	0	0	0.00	1.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Rushes	Conversions
Bryan Breech	7	2
George Amundson	4	2

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
Jim Kiick	2	1
Matt Muhammad	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Conversions
Sonny Jurgensen	7	6	4

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
John Hadl	11	6	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Tampa Bay	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Freddie Scott	2	2	1
RB George Amundson	1	0	0
TE Al Chandler	1	1	1
WR Ron Jessie	1	1	1
TE Jim Mitchell	1	1	1
RB Bryan Breech	1	1	0

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Henry Childs	2	2	2
WR Ike Harris	2	1	0
RB Jim Kiick	2	2	1
RB Sam Cunningham	1	0	0
RB Matt Muhammad	1	1	0
WR Tony Galloway	1	0	0
WR Richard Sims	1	0	0
WR Larry Wilcox	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 52,300 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 15,800 (21,400)
End Zone 11,800 (15,400)
Mezzanine 6,500 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 9,200 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,200 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,800 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	52,300 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	15,800 (21,400)
End Zone	11,800 (15,400)
Mezzanine	6,500 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	9,200 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,200 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,800 (3,300)