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1980 Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 5-10-1
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Home record: 2-5-1 (135 points scored, 153 allowed) Road record: 3-5-0 (136 points scored, 188 allowed) Head Coach: John McKay 271 points scored (23rd of 28 teams), 341 points allowed (20th) NFL Averages: 20.5 points/game (327.8 points/team) Team stats and rankings: ---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers Offense: 256 530 3,220 (10) 5.81 20 17 477 1,839 (21) 3.9 9 5,059 (15) 38 Defense: 328 516 3,304 (18) 6.12 17 15 548 2,101 (19) 3.8 20 5,405 (20) 28


Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 1 Garo Yepremian K 16 5'8 175 36 13 None 12 Doug Williams QB 16 6'4 215 25 3 Grambling 14 Chuck Fusina QB 2 6'1 195 23 2 Penn State 16 Tom Blanchard P 16 6'0 185 32 10 Oregon 20 Neal Colzie DB 16 6'2 195 26 6 Ohio State 25 Curtis Jordan DB 16 6'2 205 26 5 Texas Tech 27 Tony Davis RB 15 5'10 210 27 5 Nebraska 28 Gary Davis RB 15 5'10 200 26 5 Cal Poly-S.L.O. 33 Mark Cotney DB 16 6'0 205 28 6 Cameron 34 Cedric Brown DB 13 6'1 205 26 5 Kent State 36 Rick Berns RB 16 6'2 205 24 2 Nebraska 38 Johnny Davis RB 14 6'1 235 24 3 Alabama 40 Mike Washington DB 16 6'3 200 27 5 Alabama 41 Norris Thomas DB 16 5'11 185 26 4 Southern Mississippi 42 Ricky Bell RB 14 6'2 215 25 4 Southern California 43 Jerry Eckwood RB 15 6'0 200 25 2 Arkansas 46 Danny Reece DB 16 5'11 195 25 5 Southern California 50 Steve Wilson C 15 6'3 265 26 5 Georgia 52 Scot Brantley LB 16 6'1 230 22 R Florida 54 Richard Wood LB 16 6'2 230 27 6 Southern California 55 Aaron Brown LB 16 6'2 235 24 3 Ohio State 56 Cecil Johnson LB 16 6'2 230 25 4 Pittsburgh 57 Dave Lewis LB 16 6'4 245 26 4 Southern California 58 Dewey Selmon LB 15 6'1 240 26 5 Oklahoma 59 Andy Hawkins LB 16 6'2 215 22 R Texas A&I 61 Greg Roberts OG 6 6'3 260 23 2 Oklahoma 62 Jim Leonard C 16 6'3 250 23 R Santa Clara 63 Lee Roy Selmon DE 16 6'3 250 26 5 Oklahoma 65 Dave Stalls DE 15 6'4 255 25 4 Northern Colorado 68 George Yarno OG 16 6'2 255 23 2 Washington State 69 Darrell Austin OG 8 6'4 255 28 6 South Carolina 70 Mike Calhoun DT 3 6'4 260 23 1 Notre Dame 71 Randy Crowder DT 2 6'2 250 27 6 Penn State 72 Ray Snell OG 13 6'3 255 22 R Wisconsin 73 Charley Hannah OT 16 6'5 260 25 4 Alabama 74 Gene Sanders OG 11 6'3 260 23 2 Texas A&M 75 Dave Reavis OT 16 6'5 260 30 7 Arkansas 76 David Logan DT 16 6'2 250 24 2 Pittsburgh 77 Bill Kollar DT 15 6'4 250 27 7 Montana State 78 Bruce Radford DT 12 6'5 260 25 2 Grambling 79 Reggie Lewis DE 10 6'3 255 24 2 North Texas State 80 Conrad Rucker TE 2 6'3 245 25 3 Southern 80 Tony Samuels TE 6 6'4 233 25 4 Bethune-Cookman 81 Isaac Hagins WR 16 5'9 180 26 5 Southern 82 Mike Shumann WR 6 6'0 175 25 3 Florida State 84 Gordon Jones WR 16 6'0 190 23 2 Pittsburgh 86 Jim Obradovich TE 16 6'2 230 27 6 Southern California 87 Larry Mucker WR 7 5'11 190 25 4 Arizona State 88 Jimmie Giles TE 16 6'3 245 25 4 Alcorn State 89 Kevin House WR 14 6'1 175 22 R Southern Illinois
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Doug Williams 521 254 48.8 3,396 6.52 13.4 20 3.8 16 3.1 23 194 69.9 Chuck Fusina 4 2 50.0 18 4.50 9.0 0 0.0 1 25.0 1 0 22.9 Jerry Eckwood 4 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6 Charley Hannah 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Gordon Jones           48    669   13.9    5
Jerry Eckwood          47    475   10.1    1
Ricky Bell             38    292    7.7    1
Jimmie Giles           33    602   18.2    4
Kevin House            24    531   22.1    5
Isaac Hagins           23    364   15.8    2
Tony Davis             12    115    9.6    1
Jim Obradovich         11    152   13.8    0
Gary Davis              9     79    8.8    0
Mike Shumann            4     75   18.8    1
Johnny Davis            4     17    4.2    0
Larry Mucker            2     37   18.5    0
Rick Berns              1      6    6.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Ricky Bell            174    599    3.4    2
Jerry Eckwood         149    504    3.4    2
Doug Williams          58    370    6.4    4
Rick Berns             39    131    3.4    0
Johnny Davis           39    130    3.3    1
Kevin House             1     32   32.0    0
Isaac Hagins            3     24    8.0    0
Tony Davis              5     24    4.8    0
Gary Davis              7     21    3.0    0
Chuck Fusina            1     14   14.0    0
Gordon Jones            1    -10  -10.0    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Gary Davis             44    951   21.6    0
Danny Reece             7    128   18.3    0
Jim Obradovich          5     46    9.2    0
Isaac Hagins            4     82   20.5    0
Tony Davis              4     58   14.5    0
Rick Berns              1     19   19.0    0
Tony Samuels            1     10   10.0    0
Curtis Jordan           1      0    0.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Danny Reece            57    313    5.5    1    0
Tony Davis              0      0      ?    1    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Tom Blanchard 88 3,722 42.3 12 18 1 54 529 33.2 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Garo Yepremian 1/1 7/8 7/9 1/5 0/0 16/23 31/32 79 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Scot Brantley 1 6 0 Cedric Brown 1 0 0 Neal Colzie 1 39 0 Mark Cotney 3 28 0 Randy Crowder 2.0 Cecil Johnson 3.0 Bill Kollar 3.0 Dave Lewis 1 0 0 David Logan 4.0 Lee Roy Selmon 9.0 Dave Stalls 3.0 Norris Thomas 1 0 0 Mike Washington 4 30 0 Richard Wood 3 76 1
1980 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 22 OG Ray Snell 65 Wisconsin 2 49 WR Kevin House 114 Southern Illinois 3 76 LB Scott Brantley 114 Florida 4 102 DB Larry Flowers 67 Texas Tech [pick acquired from WAS] 7 186 C Jim Leonard 87 Santa Clara 8 213 DB Derrick Goddard Drake 9 240 WR Gerald Carter 103 Texas A&M 10 267 LB Andy Hawkins 66 Texas A&I 10 275 RB Brett Davis Nevada-Las Vegas [pick acquired from SD] 11 299 DE Terry Jones Central Oklahoma 12 326 DB Gene Coleman Miami

Traded draft picks: #4 to SD (Ed Luther), #5 to OAK (William Bowens), #6 to CIN (Andrew Melontree)


Transactions:
01-1980traded Tampa's #6 pick in the 1980 draft to Bengals for Tony Davis
03-13-1980traded Darryl Carlton and Morris Owens to Redskins for "several" 1981 draft picks
04-29-1980traded Jeris White to Redskins for Danny Buggs and Washington's #4 pick in the 1980 draft
04-30-1980traded Tampa's #9 pick in the 1981 draft (trade later voided) to 49ers for Paul Seal
08-06-1980traded Tampa's #7 pick in the 1981 draft and #4 pick in the 1982 draft to Cowboys for Dave Stalls
08-25-1980traded Jimmy DuBose and Tampa's #2 pick in the 1982 draft to Dolphins for Gary Davis and Norris Thomas


1980 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/07/80    at Cincinnati Bengals      W 17-12       1-0-0
09/11/80    vs Los Angeles Rams        W 10-9        2-0-0
09/21/80    at Dallas Cowboys          L 17-28       2-1-0
09/28/80    vs Cleveland Browns        L 27-34       2-2-0
10/06/80    at Chicago Bears           L 0-23        2-3-0
10/12/80    vs Green Bay Packers       T 14-14 (OT)  2-3-1
10/19/80    at Houston Oilers          L 14-20       2-4-1
10/26/80    at San Francisco 49ers     W 24-23       3-4-1
11/02/80    vs New York Giants         W 30-13       4-4-1
11/09/80    vs Pittsburgh Steelers     L 21-24       4-5-1
11/16/80    at Minnesota Vikings       L 30-38       4-6-1
11/23/80    vs Detroit Lions           L 10-24       4-7-1
11/30/80    at Green Bay Packers       W 20-17       5-7-1
12/07/80    vs Minnesota Vikings       L 10-21       5-8-1
12/14/80    at Detroit Lions           L 14-27       5-9-1
12/20/80    vs Chicago Bears           L 13-14       5-10-1

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