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  Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 Detroit Lions 27
Sunday 14 December 1980 at the Silverdome
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| | TB | 11:05-1Q | Logan 60 fumble return (Yepremian kick) |
| DET | 6:22-1Q | Sims 1 run (Murray kick) |
| DET | 6:41-2Q | Williams 22 pass from Danielson (Murray kick) |
| DET | 7:40-3Q | Murray FG24 |
| DET | 10:45-4Q | Murray FG35 |
| TB | 8:49-4Q | House 32 pass from Williams (Yepremian kick) |
| DET | 8:32-4Q | Williams 91 kickoff return (Murray kick) |
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| INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS |
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RUSHING
BUCS: Williams 3-31, J.Davis 2-4, Bell 7-3, Berns 4-2, G.Davis 1-0.
LIONS: Kane 6-48, Sims 12-16, Bussey 3-9, Danielson 3-3, King 1-1, Robinson 1-0, Scott 1-(-1).
PASSING
BUCS: Williams 37-13-186-2-1.
LIONS: Danielson 44-29-360-0-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: House 5-95, Jones 4-40, Giles 1-23, Shumann 1-11, J.Davis 1-9, T.Davis 1-8.
LIONS: King 6-64, Thompson 5-106, unknown 4-69, Hill 4-69, Bussey 4-21, Sims 3-13, Williams 2-22, Kane 1-(-4).
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
LIONS: Allen 2-10.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: G.Davis 3-47, Reece 1-23.
LIONS: Kane 2-46, Williams 1-91.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Reece 4-5.
LIONS: Williams 8-64.
SACKS
BUCS: L.Selmon 3-20, Johnson 1-8.
LIONS: Allen 1-8, McCoy 1-5.
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| GAME REPORTS AND COMMENTS |
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The Lions rolled up over 400 yards of offense including 360 passing by Gary Danielson and beat the Bucs for the second time in 1980.
Doug Williams threw his fifth TD pass to Kevin House in six games to bring the Bucs to within six points with under nine minutes left, but Ray Williams returned the ensuing kickoff 91 yards for the clinching score. Lee Roy Selmon tied a career record with three sacks in the game.
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| OFFENSE | DEFENSE |
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| LT | 75 Reavis
| LDE | 77 Kollar |
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| LG | 68 Yarno
| NT | 76 Logan |
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| C | 50 Wilson
| RDE | 63 Selmon |
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| RG | 74 Sanders
| LOLB | 57 Lewis |
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| RT | 73 Hannah
| LILB | 58 Selmon |
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| WR | 89 House
| RILB | 54 Wood |
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| WR | 84 Jones
| ROLB | 56 Johnson |
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| TE | 88 Giles
| LCB | 25 Jordan |
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| FB | 38 J Davis
| SS | 33 Cotney |
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| RB | 28 G Davis
| FS | 34 Brown |
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| QB | 12 Williams
| RCB | 40 Washington |
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SUBSTITUTIONS |
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1 Yepremian, 16 Blanchard, 20 Colzie, 27 T Davis, 36 Berns, 41 Thomas, 42 Bell, 46 Reece, 52 Brantley, 55 Brown, 59 Hawkins, 62 Leonard, 65 Stalls, 72 Snell, 78 Radford, 79 Lewis, 81 Hagins, 82 Shumann, 86 Obradovich
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DID NOT PLAY |
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14 Fusina, 43 Eckwood, 69 Austin, 87 Carter
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INACTIVE |
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