Week 16, 1975

played in Houston, TX

48 degrees, fair, 1 mph wind

Tampa Bay Buccaneers	7	0	6	6	-	19
Houston Oilers	3	3	0	0	-	6

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:38 TBY - Wayne Mosley 2 run (Jim Turner extra point)
1Q: 02:02 HOU - John Smith 49 field goal
2Q: 02:00 HOU - John Smith 21 field goal
3Q: 08:07 TBY - Jim Turner 48 field goal
3Q: 04:23 TBY - Jim Turner 47 field goal
4Q: 02:29 TBY - Jim Turner 28 field goal
4Q: 01:14 TBY - Jim Turner 53 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:38 TBY - Wayne Mosley 2 run (Jim Turner extra point)
1Q: 02:02 HOU - John Smith 49 field goal
2Q: 02:00 HOU - John Smith 21 field goal
3Q: 08:07 TBY - Jim Turner 48 field goal
3Q: 04:23 TBY - Jim Turner 47 field goal
4Q: 02:29 TBY - Jim Turner 28 field goal
4Q: 01:14 TBY - Jim Turner 53 field goal

Team Statistics TBY HOU
Record 9-6 8-7
First Downs 16 8
- by Rushing 6 2
- by Passing 10 4
- by Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 252 129
- Offensive Plays 71 61
- Yards per Play 3.55 2.11
Net Rushing Yards 52 74
- Rushing Attempts 28 22
- Yards per Rush 1.86 3.36
Net Passing Yards 200 55
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 38 - 26 - 2 36 - 9 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 230 72
- Sacks/Yards Lost 5/30 3/17
- Yards per Pass Play 4.65 1.41
Fumbles/Lost 3/1 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 1/14 2/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.2 9.1
4th Down Conversions 1/1 0/2
Penalties/Yards 5/46 1/10
Punt Returns/Yards 3/46 3/-3
Kick Returns/Yards 2/45 5/103
Interception Ret./Yards 2/4 2/44
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 38 OWN 28
Time of Possession 35:38 24:22

Team Statistics	TBY	HOU
Record	9-6	8-7
First Downs	16	8
- by Rushing	6	2
- by Passing	10	4
- by Penalty	0	2
Total Net Yards	252	129
- Offensive Plays	71	61
- Yards per Play	3.55	2.11
Net Rushing Yards	52	74
- Rushing Attempts	28	22
- Yards per Rush	1.86	3.36
Net Passing Yards	200	55
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	38 - 26 - 2	36 - 9 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	230	72
- Sacks/Yards Lost	5/30	3/17
- Yards per Pass Play	4.65	1.41
Fumbles/Lost	3/1	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	1/14	2/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.2	9.1
4th Down Conversions	1/1	0/2
Penalties/Yards	5/46	1/10
Punt Returns/Yards	3/46	3/-3
Kick Returns/Yards	2/45	5/103
Interception Ret./Yards	2/4	2/44
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 38	OWN 28
Time of Possession	35:38	24:22

Drive Charts

Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:24	4:53	OWN 22	9	78	Touchdown
1	6:35	3:11	OWN 21	6	29	Fumble
1	1:57	1:49	OWN 40	3	-13	Punt
2	14:05	3:27	OWN 37	7	50	Interception
2	7:33	3:08	OWN 41	7	6	Interception
2	1:54	1:10	OWN 20	3	5	Punt
2	0:03	0:03	OWN 11	1	0	Half
3	15:00	4:10	OWN 21	7	27	Punt
3	9:12	1:10	OPP 35	3	4	Field Goal
3	6:48	2:30	50	5	20	Field Goal
3	2:27	1:33	OWN 22	3	3	Punt
3	0:06	0:48	OPP 48	3	1	Punt
4	8:50	2:36	OWN 20	5	15	Punt
4	5:27	3:04	OPP 27	4	16	Field Goal
4	1:43	0:36	OPP 45	3	9	Field Goal
4	0:30	0:30	OPP 30	2	-3	Game

Houston Oilers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:36	OWN 20	3	7	Punt
1	8:31	1:56	OWN 32	5	15	Punt
1	3:24	1:27	50	4	18	Field Goal
1	0:08	1:03	OWN 21	3	5	Punt
2	10:38	3:05	OWN 3	6	16	Punt
2	4:25	2:31	OPP 24	5	20	Field Goal
2	0:44	0:41	OWN 36	3	3	Punt
3	10:50	1:38	OWN 20	3	-6	Punt
3	8:02	1:14	OWN 22	3	-5	Punt
3	4:18	1:51	OWN 24	3	9	Punt
3	0:54	0:48	OWN 30	2	2	Interception
4	14:18	5:28	OWN 12	10	37	Punt
4	6:14	0:47	OWN 23	2	-10	Interception
4	2:23	0:40	OWN 36	4	9	Downs
4	1:07	0:37	OWN 15	5	15	Downs

Game MVP: Jim Turner, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Rushing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Wayne Mosley	19	29	1.53	7	0	1
George Amundson	4	17	4.25	10	1	0
Bryan Breech	3	9	3.00	5	0	0
Sonny Jurgensen	2	-3	-1.50	-1	0	0

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Roland Hooks	16	41	2.56	10	1
Sam Green	5	30	6.00	19	1
Lynn Dickey	1	3	3.00	3	0

Passing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Sonny Jurgensen	38	26	230	5/30	0	22	2	62.4

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Lynn Dickey	36	9	72	3/17	0	20	2	16.5

Receiving Statistics

Tampa Bay	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
TE Jim Mitchell	6	9	65	10.83	29	22
WR Al Dodd	5	8	42	8.40	2	21
WR Barry Pearson	4	5	23	5.75	1	8
RB Wayne Mosley	3	3	16	5.33	9	9
RB Bryan Breech	3	6	38	12.67	16	22
WR Ron Jessie	2	4	23	11.50	0	13
WR Freddie Scott	2	2	22	11.00	1	13
FB Barty Smith	1	1	1	1.00	0	1

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Butch Stark	2	6	23	11.50	3	20
WR Orlando Whiteman	2	7	15	7.50	0	10
WR Mike Thomas	2	8	24	12.00	1	15
TE Terry Nelson	1	1	0	0.00	0	0
TE Paul Seymour	1	2	9	9.00	0	9
RB Roland Hooks	1	4	1	1.00	0	1
RB Sam Green	0	2	0	0.00	0	0
WR Irving Royer	0	4	0	0.00	0	0
WR Mercury Duncan	0	2	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Tampa Bay	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
ILB Mark Arneson	1	0	0.00	0
CB Mel Renfro	1	4	4.00	0

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Jeris White	2	44	22.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Tampa Bay	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Sonny Jurgensen	3	1	0	0
Charles Goodrum	0	1	0	0

Houston	Recov	Force
Jeris White	1	0
Curley Culp	0	2
Steve Neils	0	1

Punting Statistics

Tampa Bay	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Montrae Jones	6	262	43.7	40.8	52	1

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Tom Blanchard	9	399	44.3	37.0	56	1

Kicking Statistics

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

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
John Smith	2/2	1/1	0/0	49	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Al Dodd	3	46	15.3	0

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Orlando Whiteman	3	-3	-1.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Al Dodd	1	26	26.0	0
Ron Jessie	1	19	19.0	0

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Irving Royer	3	54	18.0	0
Vernon McAlister	2	49	24.5	0

Defensive Statistics

Tampa Bay	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Mark Arneson	6	3	0.0	20	34
S Donnie Shell	5	3	0.0	20	39
CB Mel Renfro	4	0	0.0	21	38
ILB Dallas Hickman	4	0	0.0	8	7
DE Julius Adams	3	0	1.0	18	38
ILB Phil Villapiano	3	3	0.0	21	37
S Burgess Owens	2	0	1.0	17	34
WR Al Dodd	2	0	---	---	---
DT John Mendenhall	2	0	0.0	17	18
DE Derek Check	1	0	1.0	8	5
DT Bob Rowe	1	0	0.0	9	7
CB Jim Stienke	1	0	0.0	19	38
S Bert Horn	1	0	0.0	1	16
OLB Jim Turnbull	1	0	0.0	3	2
CB Everett Allen	0	2	0.0	12	33
DE Elois Grooms	0	2	0.0	18	38

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Larry Stallings	11	1	1.0	28	42
DE Elvin Bethea	9	2	1.0	27	39
CB Jeris White	8	0	0.0	24	40
S Prentice McCray	6	0	0.0	21	39
S Ron Brandon	5	1	0.0	25	39
OLB Jim Cheyunski	4	2	0.0	28	43
DT Curley Culp	3	2	2.0	25	38
CB Nelson Munsey	3	2	0.0	26	39
S Steve Foley	3	0	0.0	9	13
ILB Steve Neils	1	0	1.0	22	36
DE Steve Baumgartner	1	3	0.0	26	39
ILB Bob Stein	1	2	0.0	13	13
CB Jackie Wallace	1	2	0.0	16	33
WR Butch Stark	1	0	---	---	---
WR Irving Royer	1	0	---	---	---

Pass Rush Statistics

Tampa Bay	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Julius Adams	1.0	1	2	38
DE Derek Check	1.0	0	1	5
S Burgess Owens	1.0	0	0	34
DE Elois Grooms	0.0	2	3	38

Houston	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DT Curley Culp	2.0	1	0	38
DE Elvin Bethea	1.0	0	0	39
ILB Steve Neils	1.0	0	0	36
OLB Larry Stallings	1.0	0	0	42
DE Steve Baumgartner	0.0	0	2	39

Pass Defense Statistics

Tampa Bay	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Mel Renfro	2	2	1	38
S Donnie Shell	2	2	0	39
ILB Phil Villapiano	2	0	0	37
CB Jim Stienke	1	3	0	38
ILB Mark Arneson	1	1	1	34
OLB Jim Turnbull	1	0	0	2
CB Everett Allen	0	1	0	33

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Jeris White	7	1	2	40
OLB Larry Stallings	5	0	0	42
S Prentice McCray	4	0	0	39
S Ron Brandon	2	2	0	39
OLB Jim Cheyunski	2	1	0	43
CB Nelson Munsey	2	0	0	39
CB Jackie Wallace	1	1	0	33
DE Elvin Bethea	1	0	0	39
ILB Bob Stein	1	0	0	13
S Steve Foley	1	0	0	13

Blocking Statistics

Tampa Bay	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Sam Bycroft	2	5	19	0	22
Jim Mitchell	2	4	23	0	37
Dave Foley	2	3	23	3	40
Charles Goodrum	2	2	19	0	34
Al Chandler	1	1	7	0	8
Ralph Neely	0	6	25	0	38
Sid Smith	0	3	24	1	37
Ed Newman	0	1	13	1	27
Barty Smith	0	1	15	0	17

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Ron Saul	2	5	1	19	1	39
Winston Hill	1	3	0	20	1	28
Jon Keyworth	1	2	0	14	0	21
Paul Seymour	1	1	0	11	0	10
Craig Hertwig	1	1	0	7	0	17
Desmond Cribbs	0	6	0	22	0	35
Robert Jackson	0	2	0	19	0	34
Larry Jarvis	0	1	0	6	0	5
Tom Banks	0	0	0	17	1	33

Special Teams Tackles

Tampa Bay	Tackles	STPlays
Donnie Shell	3	14
George Amundson	1	28
Gregg Bingham	1	26
Barty Smith	1	15
Mel Renfro	1	14
Norm Doyle	1	13

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Vernon McAlister	3	20
Benny Malone	1	11
Craig Hertwig	1	11

Participation

Tampa Bay	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Mel Renfro	---	---	21	38	14	73
Donnie Shell	---	---	20	39	14	73
Dave Foley	23	40	---	---	8	71
Sonny Jurgensen	28	43	---	---	---	71
Sid Smith	24	37	---	---	10	71
Jim Mitchell	23	37	---	---	9	69
Ralph Neely	25	38	---	---	---	63
Dave Pureifory	---	---	21	38	2	61
Everett Allen	---	---	12	33	16	61
Jim Stienke	---	---	19	38	3	60
Phil Villapiano	---	---	21	37	2	60
Julius Adams	---	---	18	38	3	59
Al Dodd	15	31	---	---	12	58
Elois Grooms	---	---	18	38	2	58
Mark Arneson	---	---	20	34	3	57
Charles Goodrum	19	34	---	---	1	54
Burgess Owens	---	---	17	34	3	54
Sam Bycroft	19	22	---	---	10	51
Barty Smith	15	17	---	---	15	47
Ron Jessie	21	21	---	---	4	46
John Mendenhall	---	---	17	18	10	45
Wayne Mosley	20	25	---	---	---	45
George Amundson	5	11	---	---	28	44
Freddie Scott	9	19	---	---	16	44
Ed Newman	13	27	---	---	3	43
Barry Pearson	15	23	---	---	---	38
Al Chandler	7	8	---	---	19	34
Booker Brown	12	11	---	---	10	33
Bryan Breech	9	19	---	---	4	32
Gregg Bingham	---	---	3	0	26	29
Dallas Hickman	---	---	8	7	9	24
Derek Check	---	---	8	5	8	21
Bert Horn	---	---	1	16	4	21
Cal Withrow	5	6	---	---	8	19
Isaac Fulcher	---	---	3	6	9	18
Norm Doyle	1	4	---	---	13	18
Bob Rowe	---	---	9	7	1	17
John Saunders	---	---	3	1	8	12
Jim Turner	0	0	---	---	10	10
Montrae Jones	0	0	---	---	10	10
Jim Turnbull	---	---	3	2	3	8
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

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Jim Cheyunski	---	---	28	43	5	76
Larry Stallings	---	---	28	42	5	75
Jackie Wallace	---	---	16	33	25	74
Elvin Bethea	---	---	27	39	4	70
Ron Brandon	---	---	25	39	4	68
Steve Baumgartner	---	---	26	39	2	67
Nelson Munsey	---	---	26	39	2	67
Curley Culp	---	---	25	38	3	66
Jeris White	---	---	24	40	2	66
Prentice McCray	---	---	21	39	5	65
Ron Saul	19	39	---	---	5	63
Steve Neils	---	---	22	36	4	62
Lynn Dickey	22	39	---	---	---	61
Desmond Cribbs	22	35	---	---	4	61
Tom Banks	17	33	---	---	6	56
Robert Jackson	19	34	---	---	---	53
Winston Hill	20	28	---	---	---	48
Jon Keyworth	14	21	---	---	11	46
Orlando Whiteman	9	28	---	---	9	46
Terry Nelson	13	22	---	---	9	44
Butch Stark	7	20	---	---	15	42
Sam Green	5	10	---	---	26	41
Roland Hooks	17	24	---	---	---	41
Mike Thomas	16	25	---	---	---	41
Irving Royer	15	21	---	---	3	39
Bob Stein	---	---	13	13	10	36
Craig Hertwig	7	17	---	---	11	35
Steve Foley	---	---	9	13	8	30
Paul Seymour	11	10	---	---	7	28
Vernon McAlister	---	---	4	3	20	27
Larry Jarvis	6	5	---	---	11	22
Tom Gallimore	1	0	---	---	20	21
Ed Williams	0	0	---	---	18	18
Benny Malone	0	4	---	---	11	15
Dan Peiffer	0	4	---	---	11	15
Jermaine Perkins	---	---	3	5	7	15
Ike Delgado	---	---	1	2	12	15
R.J. Crozier	---	---	2	4	8	14
Leo Brooks	---	---	7	6	---	13
Mercury Duncan	2	10	---	---	---	12
Tom Blanchard	0	0	---	---	9	9
Vincent Boutte	---	---	1	0	6	7
John Smith	0	0	---	---	5	5
Jimmy Bernard	---	---	0	0	5	5
Jeff Gainey	0	0	---	---	2	2
Larry Cipa	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	17	3.4
Middle	15	30	2.0
Right	6	8	1.3
None	2	-3	-1.5

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	47	4.7
Middle	11	25	2.3
Right	1	2	2.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Sonny Jurgensen	38	26	3	1	1	5	2	0	2

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Lynn Dickey	36	9	1	4	3	9	6	0	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	9	6	28	3.1
Short (0-8 Yds)	10	10	87	8.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	14	9	94	6.7
Long (19+ Yds)	5	1	21	4.2

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	1	1	0.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	7	3	8	1.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	19	5	63	3.3
Long (19+ Yds)	7	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Tampa Bay	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Jim Mitchell	9	6	0	65	1	37
WR Al Dodd	8	5	0	42	1	31
RB Bryan Breech	6	3	1	38	1	19
WR Barry Pearson	5	4	0	23	0	23
WR Ron Jessie	4	2	0	23	0	21
RB Wayne Mosley	3	3	0	16	0	25
WR Freddie Scott	2	2	0	22	0	19
FB Barty Smith	1	1	0	1	0	17

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Mike Thomas	8	2	0	24	0	25
WR Orlando Whiteman	7	2	0	15	0	28
WR Butch Stark	6	2	0	23	1	20
WR Irving Royer	4	0	1	0	0	21
RB Roland Hooks	4	1	0	1	0	24
TE Paul Seymour	2	1	0	9	0	10
RB Sam Green	2	0	1	0	0	10
WR Mercury Duncan	2	0	1	0	0	10
TE Terry Nelson	1	1	0	0	0	22

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Wayne Mosley	6	0	0.00	1.53
Bryan Breech	1	4	4.00	3.00

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Lynn Dickey	1	3	3.00	3.00
Sam Green	1	2	2.00	6.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Sonny Jurgensen	3	2	13	4.33	6.05

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Lynn Dickey	2	1	9	4.50	2.00

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Tampa Bay	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Al Dodd	2	1	5	2.50	5.25
WR Barry Pearson	1	1	8	8.00	4.60

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Paul Seymour	1	1	9	9.00	4.50
RB Sam Green	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Rushes	Conversions
Bryan Breech	3	0
Wayne Mosley	1	0

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
Lynn Dickey	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Conversions
Sonny Jurgensen	8	4	1

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
Lynn Dickey	14	6	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Tampa Bay	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Bryan Breech	3	0	0
WR Al Dodd	2	1	0
WR Barry Pearson	2	2	1
FB Barty Smith	1	1	0

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Butch Stark	3	2	1
WR Orlando Whiteman	3	2	1
WR Irving Royer	2	0	0
WR Mercury Duncan	2	0	0
WR Mike Thomas	2	0	0
TE Terry Nelson	1	1	0
RB Roland Hooks	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 47,900 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 14,700 (21,400)
End Zone 10,600 (15,400)
Mezzanine 6,400 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 9,200 (13,600)
Club Seats 5,000 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,000 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	47,900 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	14,700 (21,400)
End Zone	10,600 (15,400)
Mezzanine	6,400 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	9,200 (13,600)
Club Seats	5,000 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,000 (3,300)