| Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: December 14, 1980 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 77098 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | TB | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Dave Logan 60 opponents fumble recovery (Garo Yepremian kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Billy Sims 1 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Ray Williams 22 pass from Gary Danielson (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 24 FG | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 25 FG | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Kevin House 32 pass from Doug Williams (Garo Yepremian kick) | 14 | 20 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Ray Williams 91 kickoff return (Eddie Murray kick) | 14 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Kevin House |
| 84 | WR | Gordon Jones |
| 75 | LOT | Dave Reavis |
| 68 | LOG | George Yarno |
| 50 | C | Steve Wilson |
| 74 | ROG | Gene Sanders |
| 73 | ROT | Charley Hannah |
| 88 | TE | Jimmie Giles |
| 12 | QB | Doug Williams |
| 28 | RB | Gary Davis |
| 38 | RB | Johnny Davis |
| 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 |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Freddie Scott |
| 39 | WR | Leonard Thompson |
| 76 | LOT | Karl Baldischwiler |
| 61 | LOG | Homer Elias |
| 65 | C | Amos Fowler |
| 73 | ROG | Russ Bolinger |
| 70 | ROT | Keith Dorney |
| 81 | TE | David Hill |
| 16 | QB | Gary Danielson |
| 24 | RB | Dexter Bussey |
| 20 | RB | Billy Sims |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Dave Pureifory |
| 77 | LDT | Curley Culp |
| 79 | RDT | William Gay |
| 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 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Doug Williams | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Johnny Davis | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ricky Bell | 7 | 3 | 0.4 | 3 | 0 |
| Rick Berns | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Gary Davis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Rick Kane | 6 | 48 | 8.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Billy Sims | 12 | 16 | 1.3 | 3 | 1 |
| Dexter Bussey | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Gary Danielson | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Horace King | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bo Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Freddie Scott | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Doug Williams | 37 | 13 | 35.1 | 2 | 186 | 5.0 | 32t | 1 | 2 | 13 | 38.8 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Gary Danielson | 44 | 29 | 65.9 | 0 | 360 | 8.2 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 98.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Kevin House | 5 | 95 | 19.0 | 32t | 1 |
| Gordon Jones | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Jimmie Giles | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Mike Shumann | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Johnny Davis | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Tony Davis | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Horace King | 6 | 64 | 10.7 | 29 | 0 |
| Leonard Thompson | 5 | 106 | 21.2 | 34 | 0 |
| David Hill | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 29 | 0 |
| Freddie Scott | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 24 | 0 |
| Dexter Bussey | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Billy Sims | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Ray Williams | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 22t | 1 |
| Rick Kane | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jimmy Allen | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 10 | 456 | 45.6 | 55 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Tom Skladany | 6 | 283 | 47.2 | 59 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Danny Reece | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Ray Williams | 8 | 0 | 64 | 8.0 | 29 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Gary Davis | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 23 | 0 | |
| Danny Reece | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Rick Kane | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Ray Williams | 1 | 91 | 91.0 | 91t | 1 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| Lee Roy Selmon | 3.0 |
| Dave Lewis | 1.0 |
| Detroit Lions | |
| Jimmy Allen | 1.0 |
| Mike McCoy | 1.0 |
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