18 October 1976 Seahawks Win to Become First Expansion Club Victor UPI Jim Zorn passed for one touchdown and John Leypoldt kicked two field goals today as the Seattle Seahawks outlasted the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 13-10, in a sloppy battle of previously winless expansion clubs. Zorn connected with wide receiver Sam McCullum for a 15-yard score in the second period after the Bucs had taken the lead on a first period field goal. Leypoldt kicked the extra point and the Seahawks were in front to stay. He put Seattle out of reach with second period field goals of 25 and 39 yards. Tampa's Dave Green kicked a 38-yard field goal for the opening Buc score. The only Buc touchdown came late in the third period on a fluke play. With a first-and-goal at the one, the punchless Bucs failed on two plunges into the center of the Seattle line. On third down, Louis Carter lunged for the center again and was driven back - but flipped the ball to a surprised Morris Owens and the wide receiver took it in. Tampa drove to the Seattle 18 in the final seconds but veteran linebacker Mike Curtis broke through to block a 35-yard Green field goal attempt with 40 seconds left. The game took almost 3 ½ hours as Tampa Bay was penalized 20 times for 190 yards and Seattle had 15 for 120. The 35 penalties fell two shy of the NFL record set by Chicago and Cleveland in 1951.