I just started a replay of the 1979 NFL Season using Action! PC (a computer simulation). I was a Tampa Bay season ticket holder and this was the first year the Bucs made the playoffs. Featuring a vanilla offence and a stout D, TB was often frustrating to watch but due to their ‘D’ was always in the game. Game 1 saw the Lions come to town and true to history, TB survived to go 1-0. A brief summary of the game follows:

05-22-2025 Tampa Stadium  Temp:85 Wind:0-10  No Line  MVP:Bell  HFA:ON(3)                           
                                                                                                    
                                 1   2   3   4       Tot                                            
1979 Detroit (0-1)               3   0   0   0         3                                            
1979 Tampa Bay (1-0)             0   3   9   9        21                                            
                                                                                                    
Scoring Summary                                                                                     
1  0:30  Detroit         FG Ricardo 37 (12-55-4:57)                                 3-0             
2  0:54  Tampa Bay       FG O'Donoghue 31 (8-43-2:02)                               3-3             
3 11:01  Tampa Bay       TD Williams 40 pass to Giles (no good) (4-82-1:10)         3-9             
3  0:30  Tampa Bay       FG O'Donoghue 22 (13-70-7:41)                              3-12            
4  4:02  Tampa Bay       FG O'Donoghue 26 (11-48-5:37)                              3-15            
4  1:53  Tampa Bay       TD Davis 2 run (no good) (3-9-1:21)                        3-21 

                   Det         TB                                                                   
First Downs         12         17                                                                   
Rushes          25-138     41-184                                                                   
Passes       34-11-100   21-8-161                                                                   
Sacked            8-66       2-19                                                                   
Fumble               2          0                                                                   
Penalties         8-49       5-50                                                                   
Turnovers            1          0                                                                   
Missed Tackles       8          3                                                                   
Dropped Passes       5          1                                                                   
Bad Passes           3          3                                                                   
Passes 25+           1          2                                                                   
Runs 10+             4          4                                                                   
Blitzers            24         61                                                                   
Time             25:23      34:37                                                                   
Third Down        7-19       5-14                                                                   
Fourth Down        0-2        0-0                                                                   
Red Att/Td/Fg    2/0/1      7/1/3                                                                   
Net Offense        172        326 

Detroit                                     Tampa Bay                                               
Passing    Cmp Att Yds 25 In Td Sk  Rate    Passing     Cmp Att Yds 25 In Td Sk  Rate               
Komlo       11  34 100  1  1  0  8  29.3    Williams      8  21 161  2  0  1  2  81.6               
                                                                                                    
Rushing    Att Yds  Avg FD 10 Lg TD         Rushing     Att Yds  Avg FD 10 Lg TD                    
Bussey      12  95  7.9  4  2 43  0         Bell         29 131  4.5  5  3 37  0                    
Thompson     1  22 22.0  1  1 22  0         Davis,J       7  34  4.9  2  1 14  1                    
Robinson    10  22  2.2  1  1 12  0         Williams      5  19  3.8  1  0  7  0                    
Komlo        2  -1 -0.5  0  0  1  0                      41 184  4.5  8  4 37  1                    
            25 138  5.5  6  4 43  0                                                                 
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
Receiving  Tgt Dp Rec Yds  Avg FD 25 Lg TD  Receiving   Tgt Dp Rec Yds  Avg FD 25 Lg TD             
Bussey      11  1   4  50 12.5  2  1 30  0  Giles         6  0   4 101 25.3  4  2 40  1             
Robinson     4  1   3   9  3.0  1  0  5  0  Bell          4  0   2  25 12.5  2  0 17  0             
Scott        5  0   2  11  5.5  0  0  7  0  Hagins        6  0   1  23 23.0  1  0 23  0             
Hill         5  0   1  16 16.0  0  0 16  0  Mucker        2  1   1  12 12.0  0  0 12  0             
Thompson     7  2   1  14 14.0  1  0 14  0  Owens         3  0   0   0  0.0  0  0  0  0             
Kane         1  1   0   0  0.0  0  0  0  0                8  1   0 161 20.1  7  2 40  1             
Washington,  1  0   0   0  0.0  0  0  0  0                                                          
            11  5   0 100  9.1  4  1 30  0