Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27 Cleveland Browns 34
Sunday 28 September 1980 at Tampa Stadium
NBC COMMENTARY CREW Sam Nover and Bob Trumpy
Brian Sipe became the first QB to ever pass for more than 300
yards against the Bucs and completed 22 of his final 26 passes
to lead the Browns to victory at Tampa Stadium. The Bucs had
two receivers, Gordon Jones and Jerry Eckwood, gain over 100
yards for the first time in the same game, but after throwing for
two fourth quarter scores, Doug Williams ran out of time in a bid
to tie the game.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
75 Reavis
DE
77 Kollar
LG
72 Snell
DT
76 Logan
C
50 Wilson
DE
63 L Selmon
RG
61 Roberts
LOLB
57 Lewis
RT
73 Hannah
LILB
58 D Selmon
TE
88 Giles
RILB
54 Wood
WR
81 Hagins
ROLB
56 Johnson
WR
84 Jones
LCB
41 Thomas
FB
43 Eckwood
RCB
40 Washington
RB
42 Bell
SS
33 Cotney
QB
12 Williams
FS
25 Jordan
PLAYED
1 Yepremian, 16 Blanchard, 20 Colzie, 27 T Davis, 28 G Davis, 36
Berns, 38 J Davis, 46 Reece, 52 Brantley, 55 Brown, 59 Hawkins, 62
Leonard, 65 Stalls, 68 Yarno, 70 Calhoun, 74 Sanders, 80 Rucker, 86
Obradovich, 87 Mucker, 89 House
DID NOT PLAY
14 Fusina, 79 Lewis
GAME SCORING
TB
5:52-1Q
Yepremian FG37
TB
4:17-2Q
Yepremian FG35
CLE
11:14-2Q
Cockroft FG35
TB
10:34-2Q
Jones 41 pass from Williams (Yepremian kick)
CLE
4:39-2Q
White 8 run (Cockroft kick)
CLE
1:34-2Q
Hill 3 pass from Sipe (Cockroft kick
CLE
0:53-3Q
Feacher 13 pass from Sipe (Cockroft kick)
CLE
10:20-4Q
Hill 43 pass from Sipe (Cockroft kick)
TB
5:09-4Q
Jones 3 pass from Williams (Yepremian kick)
CLE
1:56-4Q
Cockroft FG36
TB
0:45-4Q
Eckwood 7 pass from Williams (Yepremian kick)
GAME REPORTS
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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Eckwood 11-22, Bell 11-17, Hagins 1-26, Williams 2-15.
BROWNS: M.Pruitt 15-48, White 11-27, G.Pruitt 3-19, Miller 1-0, Sipe 1-(-
2).
PASSING
BUCS: Williams 56-30-343-2-3.
BROWNS: Sipe 32-22-318-1-3.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Eckwood 10-101, Jones 7-106, G.Davis 4-45, Bell 3-21, Mucker 2-
37, Giles 2-22, Obradovich 1-8, J.Davis 1-3.
BROWNS: M.Pruitt 5-39, Rucker 4-79, Feacher 3-25, Logan 2-50, Hill 2-
46, Adams 2-46, Newsome 2-25, Oden 1-5, White 1-3.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Cotney 1-0.
BROWNS: Burrell 2-20.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: J.Davis 5-92, Obradovich 1-9.
BROWNS: Hall 3-63, Wright 1-27.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Reece 3-13.
BROWNS: Wright 3-19.
SACKS
BUCS: Logan 1-10.
BROWNS: Alzado 1-6.
VIDEO CLIPS
Gordon Jones had two touchdowns on the day
His second score was a perfect short-yardage slant pass
Jerry Eckwood had a 100-yard receiving game and this late touchdown
