| Detroit Lions at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 23, 1980 Location: Tampa, FL |
| Venue: Tampa Stadium Attendance: 64976 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 79 F Humidty: 69% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Garo Yepremian 24 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Gordon Jones 12 pass from Doug Williams (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Ray Williams 11 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Billy Sims 21 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 33 FG | 17 | 10 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Dexter Bussey 5 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 24 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Freddie Scott |
| 84 | WR | Jesse Thompson |
| 76 | LOT | Karl Baldischwiler |
| 68 | LOG | Burton Lawless |
| 65 | C | Amos Fowler |
| 73 | ROG | Russ Bolinger |
| 72 | ROT | Chris Dieterich |
| 81 | TE | David Hill |
| 16 | QB | Gary Danielson |
| 24 | RB | Dexter Bussey |
| 20 | RB | Billy Sims |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Dave Pureifory |
| 79 | LDT | William Gay |
| 64 | RDT | John Mendenhall |
| 60 | RDE | Bubba Baker |
| 59 | LLB | Charlie Weaver |
| 57 | MLB | Ken Fantetti |
| 52 | RLB | Stan White |
| 35 | LCB | Wayne Smith |
| 23 | SS | Ray Oldham |
| 40 | FS | Jimmy Allen |
| 28 | RCB | James Hunter |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Isaac Hagins |
| 84 | WR | Gordon Jones |
| 75 | LOT | Dave Reavis |
| 68 | LOG | George Yarno |
| 50 | C | Steve Wilson |
| 72 | ROG | Ray Snell |
| 73 | ROT | Charley Hannah |
| 88 | TE | Jimmie Giles |
| 12 | QB | Doug Williams |
| 27 | RB | Tony Davis |
| 43 | RB | Jerry Eckwood |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Bill Kollar |
| 76 | NT | Dave Logan |
| 63 | RDE | Lee Roy Selmon |
| 77 | LOLB | Dave Lewis |
| 58 | SILB | Dewey Selmon |
| 54 | WILB | Richard Wood |
| 56 | ROLB | Cecil Johnson |
| 25 | LCB | Curtis Jordan |
| 33 | SS | Mark Cotney |
| 34 | FS | Cedric Brown |
| 40 | RCB | Mike Washington |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Billy Sims | 15 | 75 | 5.0 | 21t | 1 |
| Dexter Bussey | 12 | 28 | 2.3 | 6 | 1 |
| Ray Williams | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11t | 1 |
| Gary Danielson | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Horace King | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Rick Kane | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bo Robinson | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Jerry Eckwood | 12 | 27 | 2.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Doug Williams | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Johnny Davis | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Tony Davis | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Gary Davis | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Gary Danielson | 29 | 22 | 75.9 | 0 | 157 | 5.4 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 87.9 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Doug Williams | 34 | 18 | 52.9 | 1 | 171 | 5.0 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 64.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| David Hill | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 11 | 0 |
| Freddie Scott | 5 | 74 | 14.8 | 32 | 0 |
| Billy Sims | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 12 | 0 |
| Horace King | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Dexter Bussey | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Jerry Eckwood | 6 | 45 | 7.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Gordon Jones | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 14 | 1 |
| Jimmie Giles | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Gary Davis | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Jim Obradovich | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Isaac Hagins | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Tony Davis | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Kevin House | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Wayne Smith | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Tom Skladany | 6 | 273 | 45.5 | 56 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 7 | 285 | 40.7 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Ray Williams | 4 | 1 | 63 | 15.8 | 53 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Danny Reece | 6 | 0 | 53 | 8.8 | 13 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Rick Kane | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Ray Williams | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Gary Davis | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 25 | 0 | |
| Danny Reece | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 22 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| Bubba Baker | 1.0 |
| Dave Pureifory | 1.0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| Dave Stalls | 2.0 |
| Lee Roy Selmon | 1.0 |
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