Sunday December 14, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 12/14/1980:



Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE120.9  (16)193.1  (15)313.9  (18)30
DEFENSE131.6  (19)202.3  (17)333.9  (18)24
OFFENSE170.8  (1)170.3  (23)341.1  (8)27
DEFENSE105.1  (5)189.9  (10)295.0  (6)29

Line: Lions by 6

Team1234F
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-9-1)700714
Detroit Lions (8-7-0)7731027

( 7- 0) TB David Logan 60 yard fumble return (Garo Yepremian kick) ( 7- 7) DET Billy Sims 1 yard rush (Eddie Murray kick) ( 7-14) DET Ray Williams 22 yard pass from Gary Danielson (Eddie Murray kick) ( 7-17) DET Eddie Murray 24 yard field goal ( 7-20) DET Eddie Murray 25 yard field goal (14-20) TB Kevin House 32 yard pass from Doug Williams (Garo Yepremian kick) (14-27) DET Ray Williams 91 yard kickoff return (Eddie Murray kick)
                     TB              DET
First Downs:         11              19
Rushes-yards:        17-40           27-76
Yards/rush:          2.4             2.8
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     13-37-186-2     29-44-360-0
Sacked-yards:        2-13            4-28
Net pass yards:      173             332
Net yards/pass:      4.4             6.9
Total net yards:     213             408
Total plays:         56 (30% run)    75 (36% run)  
Yards/play:          3.8             5.4
Fumbles-lost:        1-1             2-2
Turnovers:           3               2
Penalties-yards:     3-24            7-57

Attendance: 77,098

Passing:
TB: Doug Williams, 13 of 37 for 186 yards and 1 TD (2 int) DET: Gary Danielson, 29 of 44 for 360 yards and 1 TD
Rushing:
TB: Ricky Bell, 7 for 3 yards; Rick Berns, 4 for 2 yards; Doug Williams, 3 for 31 yards; Johnny Davis, 2 for 4 yards; Gary Davis, 1 for 0 yards DET: Billy Sims, 12 for 16 yards and 1 TD; Rick Kane, 6 for 48 yards; Dexter Bussey, 3 for 9 yards; Gary Danielson, 3 for 3 yards; Horace King, 1 for 1 yard; Bo Robinson, 1 for 0 yards; Freddie Scott, 1 for -1 yards
Receiving:
TB: Kevin House, 5 for 95 yards and 1 TD; Gordon Jones, 4 for 40 yards; Jimmie Giles, 1 for 23 yards; Mike Shumann, 1 for 11 yards; Johnny Davis, 1 for 9 yards; Tony Davis, 1 for 8 yards DET: Horace King, 6 for 64 yards; Leonard Thompson, 5 for 106 yards; David Hill, 4 for 69 yards; Freddie Scott, 4 for 69 yards; Dexter Bussey, 4 for 21 yards; Billy Sims, 3 for 13 yards; Ray Williams, 2 for 22 yards and 1 TD; Rick Kane, 1 for -4 yards
Kick returns:
TB: Gary Davis, 3 for 47 yards; Danny Reece, 1 for 23 yards DET: Rick Kane, 2 for 46 yards; Ray Williams, 1 for 91 yards
Punt returns:
TB: Danny Reece, 4 for 5 yards DET: Ray Williams, 8 for 64 yards
Interceptions:
DET: Jimmy Allen, 2 for 10 yards
Punting:
TB: Tom Blanchard, 10 for 456 yards DET: Tom Skladany, 6 for 283 yards
Field Goals:
TB: Garo Yepremian, 0/1 DET: Eddie Murray, 2/4


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