Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 Detroit Lions 24
Sunday 23 November 1980 at Tampa Stadium
CBS COMMENTARY CREW Curt Gowdy and Hank Stram
Without the injured Ricky Bell, the Bucs could not hold their early
ten point lead and fell to a home defeat to the Lions. Three
second-half fumbles stopped any hopes of a Buccaneer comeback
as Detroit was able to control the clock and the victory.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
75 Reavis
DE
77 Kollar
LG
68 Yarno
DT
76 Logan
C
50 Wilson
DE
63 L Selmon
RG
72 Snell
LOLB
57 Lewis
RT
73 Hannah
LILB
58 D Selmon
TE
88 Giles
RILB
54 Wood
WR
84 Jones
ROLB
56 Johnson
WR
81 Hagins
LCB
25 Jordan
FB
27 T Davis
RCB
40 Washington
RB
43 Eckwood
SS
33 Cotney
QB
12 Williams
FS
34 Brown
PLAYED
1 Yepremian, 16 Blanchard, 20 Colzie, 28 G Davis, 36 Berns, 38 J Davis,
41 Thomas, 46 Reece, 52 Brantley, 55 Brown, 59 Hawkins, 62 Leonard,
65 Stalls, 69 Austin, 74 Sanders, 78 Radford, 79 Lewis, 86 Obradovich,
89 House
DID NOT PLAY
14 Fusina, 42 Bell, 82 Shumann
GAME SCORING
TB
7:49-1Q
Yepremian FG24
TB
11:06-2Q
Jones 12 pass from Williams (Yepremian kick)
DET
5:56-2Q
Williams 11 run (Murray kick)
DET
4:02-2Q
Sims 21 run (Murray kick)
DET
1:22-3Q
Murray FG33
DET
5:17-4Q
Bussey 5 run (Murray kick)
GAME REPORTS
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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Eckwood 12-27, Williams 1-12, J.Davis 1-3, T.Davis 1-2, G.Davis
1-1.
LIONS: Sims 15-75, Bussey 12-28, Williams 1-11, Danielson 4-10, King
1-7, Kane 6-0, Robinson 1-(-2).
PASSING
BUCS: Williams 34-18-171-1-1.
LIONS: Danielson 29-22-157-0-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Eckwood 6-45, Jones 4-48, Giles 2-17, G.Davis 2-12, Obradovich
1-21, Hagins 1-14, T.Davis 1-9, House 1-5.
LIONS: D.Hill 7-31, Scott 5-74, Sims 5-33, King 3-10, Bussey 2-9.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
LIONS: Smith 1-23.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: G.Davis 2-43, Reece 2-37.
LIONS: Kane 2-64, Williams 1-6.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Reece 6-53.
LIONS: Williams 4-63.
SACKS
BUCS: Stalls 2-22, L.Selmon 1-2.
LIONS: Baker 1-12, Pureifory 1-4.
VIDEO CLIPS
Gordon Jones had the only Tampa TD to give the Bucs a 10-0 lead
Lee Roy Selmon showed why he was a Pro Bowler with this sack
Dave Stalls had a pair of sacks of his own
