Tampa Bay Buccaneers 0 Chicago Bears 23
Monday 6 October 1980 at Soldier Field
ABC COMMENTARY CREW Frank Gifford, Howard Cosell and Fran Tarkenton
The Bucs' first-ever appearance on Monday Night Football was a
disappointing one as they were shut out by the Bears at Soldier
Field. An apparent TD pass to Jimmie Giles was nullified by a
penalty and a subsequent fieldgoal attempt was blocked ensuring
the Bucs were kept off the scoreboard. Walter Payton gained
122 of his 134 rushing yards in the second half and the four Bear
sacks of Doug Williams were the most he had sustained in a
single 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
25 Jordan
FB
43 Eckwood
RCB
40 Washington
RB
42 Bell
SS
33 Cotney
QB
12 Williams
FS
20 Colzie
PLAYED
1 Yepremian, 14 Fusina, 16 Blanchard, 27 T Davis, 28 G Davis, 36
Berns, 38 J Davis, 41 Thomas, 46 Reece, 52 Brantley, 55 Brown, 59
Hawkins, 62 Leonard, 65 Stalls, 68 Yarno, 70 Calhoun, 74 Sanders, 79
Lewis, 80 Rucker, 86 Obradovich, 87 Mucker, 89 House
DID NOT PLAY
34 Brown
GAME SCORING
CHI
4:37-2Q
Thomas FG30
CHI
8:11-3Q
Phipps 5 run (Thomas kick)
CHI
2:54-3Q
Thomas FG44
CHI
6:45-4Q
Thomas FG29
CHI
0:36-4Q
Phipps 1 run (Thomas kick)
GAME REPORTS
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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Eckwood 10-28, Bell 9-25, Fusina 1-14, Williams 3-10, G.Davis 1-
2.
BEARS: Payton 28-133, Williams 6-17, Phipps 5-11, Harper 4-9, Suhey 2-
3.
PASSING
BUCS: Williams 28-9-89-0-0, Fusina 4-2-18-1-0.
BEARS: Evans 21-10-110-0-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Jones 3-62, Bell 3-14, G.Davis 2-11, Eckwood 1-13, Giles 1-5,
J.Davis 1-2.
BEARS: Payton 4-14, Scott 2-34, Baschnagel 1-37, Fisher 1-21, Williams
1-4, Watts 1-0.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
BEARS: Page 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: J.Davis 3-100, Reece 2-24.
BEARS: Williams 1-37.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Reece 2-7.
BEARS: Lansby 3-15, Waterscheid 2-8.
SACKS
BUCS: Logan 1-10.
BEARS: Hampton 2-16, Page 1-13, Osborne 1-10, Campbell 1-10.
VIDEO CLIPS
Not many highlights from this game - David Logan had an early sack
Gordon Jones’ juggling reception was the biggest offensive play
