| Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: September 21, 1980 Location: Irving, TX |
| Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 62750 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 95 F Humidty: 38% Wind: 28 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | TB | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Butch Johnson 28 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Doug Williams 11 run (Garo Yepremian kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Garo Yepremian 22 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Jimmie Giles 49 pass from Doug Williams (Garo Yepremian kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Billy Joe DuPree 9 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 17 | 14 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Robert Newhouse 2 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 17 | 21 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Billy Joe DuPree 9 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 17 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Isaac Hagins |
| 84 | WR | Gordon Jones |
| 75 | LOT | Dave Reavis |
| 72 | LOG | Ray Snell |
| 50 | C | Steve Wilson |
| 61 | ROG | Greg Roberts |
| 73 | ROT | Charley Hannah |
| 88 | TE | Jimmie Giles |
| 12 | QB | Doug Williams |
| 42 | RB | Ricky Bell |
| 43 | RB | Jerry Eckwood |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Bill Kollar |
| 76 | NT | Dave Logan |
| 63 | RDE | Lee Roy Selmon |
| 77 | LOLB | Dave Lewis |
| 55 | SILB | Aaron Brown |
| 54 | WILB | Richard Wood |
| 56 | ROLB | Cecil Johnson |
| 25 | LCB | Curtis Jordan |
| 33 | SS | Mark Cotney |
| 46 | FS | Danny Reece |
| 40 | RCB | Mike Washington |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Tony Hill |
| 88 | WR | Drew Pearson |
| 67 | LOT | Pat Donovan |
| 68 | LOG | Herbert Scott |
| 62 | C | John Fitzgerald |
| 64 | ROG | Tom Rafferty |
| 61 | ROT | Jim Cooper |
| 89 | TE | Billy Joe DuPree |
| 11 | QB | Danny White |
| 33 | RB | Tony Dorsett |
| 20 | FB | Ron Springs |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ed Jones |
| 63 | LDT | Larry Cole |
| 54 | RDT | Randy White |
| 79 | RDE | Harvey Martin |
| 68 | LLB | Mike Hegman |
| 53 | MLB | Bob Breunig |
| 50 | RLB | D.D. Lewis |
| 45 | LCB | Steve Wilson |
| 41 | SS | Charlie Waters |
| 32 | FS | Dennis Thurman |
| 34 | RCB | Aaron Mitchell |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Ricky Bell | 15 | 91 | 6.1 | 40 | 0 |
| Doug Williams | 7 | 77 | 11.0 | 27 | 1 |
| Jerry Eckwood | 10 | 36 | 3.6 | 9 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 20 | 100 | 5.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Robert Newhouse | 11 | 41 | 3.7 | 7 | 1 |
| Ron Springs | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| James Jones | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Danny White | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Doug Williams | 30 | 17 | 56.7 | 2 | 258 | 8.6 | 49t | 1 | 2 | 20 | 68.5 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Danny White | 33 | 24 | 72.7 | 0 | 244 | 7.4 | 28t | 3 | 0 | 0 | 123.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Jimmie Giles | 4 | 105 | 26.3 | 49t | 1 |
| Jerry Eckwood | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 40 | 0 |
| Isaac Hagins | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Ricky Bell | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Gordon Jones | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Kevin House | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Jim Obradovich | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 6 | 46 | 7.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Tony Hill | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 17 | 0 |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 9t | 2 |
| Jay Saldi | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 24 | 0 |
| Butch Johnson | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 28t | 1 |
| Timmy Newsome | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Dennis Thurman | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Charlie Waters | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny White | 3 | 121 | 40.3 | 56 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Danny Reece | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| James Jones | 1 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Gary Davis | 3 | 82 | 27.3 | 33 | 0 | |
| Danny Reece | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Eric Hurt | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| James Jones | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 22 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| John Dutton | 1.0 |
| Harvey Martin | 1.0 |
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