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  Tampa Bay Buccaneers 21 Pittsburgh Steelers 24
Sunday 9 November 1980 at Tampa Stadium
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| | PIT | 9:28-1Q | Bahr FG48 |
| PIT | 8:19-1Q | Winston recovered blocked punt in the endzone (Bahr kick) |
| TB | 4:15-1Q | House 26 pass from Williams (Yepremian kick) |
| PIT | 3:32-2Q | Thornton 1 run (Bahr kick) |
| TB | 5:24-2Q | Giles 12 pass from Williams (Yepremian kick) |
| PIT | 0:03-2Q | Swann 20 pass from Bradshaw (Bahr kick) |
| TB | 1:20-3Q | Bell 8 pass from Williams (Yepremian kick) |
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RUSHING
BUCS: Bell 22-68, Eckwood 6-6, Williams 1-1.
STEELERS: Bleier 17-78, Thornton 10-32, Davis 4-18, Hawthorne 3-8, Stoudt 1-0, Bradshaw 1-(-1).
PASSING
BUCS: Williams 45-21-302-1-3.
STEELERS: Bradshaw 26-11-100-1-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Giles 6-128, House 3-58, Eckwood 3-38, Jones 3-30, Hagins 2-25, Bell 2-3, Shumann 1-17, J.Davis 1-3.
STEELERS: Bleier 3-26, Stallworth 2-34, Thornton 2-2, Swann 1-20, Smith 1-14, Grossman 1-9, Cunningham 1-(-5).
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Brantley 1-6.
STEELERS: Shell 1-7.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: G.Davis 4-76.
STEELERS: R.Davis 3-59, Pollard 1-23.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Reece 6-22.
STEELERS: Bell 4-54.
SACKS
BUCS: L.Selmon 1-6.
STEELERS: Greene 1-8.
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| GAME REPORTS AND COMMENTS |
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The game that nearly was the previous SuperBowl went Pittsburgh's way. The decisive score came just before half-time when Lynn Swann caught a deflected pass for a TD to give the Steelers a 24-14 lead at the intermission.
Doug Williams had his second 300-yard passing day of the season, but a blocked punt and fumble deep inside Tampa territory had done their damage earlier in the game.
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| OFFENSE | DEFENSE |
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| LT | 75 Reavis
| LDE | 77 Kollar |
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| LG | 68 Yarno
| NT | 76 Logan |
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| C | 50 Wilson
| RDE | 63 Selmon |
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| RG | 72 Snell
| LOLB | 57 Lewis |
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| RT | 73 Hannah
| LILB | 58 Selmon |
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| WR | 81 Hagins
| RILB | 54 Wood |
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| WR | 84 Jones
| ROLB | 56 Johnson |
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| TE | 88 Giles
| LCB | 25 Jordan |
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| FB | 43 Eckwood
| SS | 33 Cotney |
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| RB | 42 Bell
| FS | 34 Brown |
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| QB | 12 Williams
| RCB | 40 Washington |
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SUBSTITUTIONS |
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1 Yepremian, 16 Blanchard, 20 Colzie, 27 T Davis, 28 G Davis, 36 Berns, 38 J Davis, 41 Thomas, 46 Reece, 52 Brantley, 55 Brown, 59 Hawkins, 62 Leonard, 65 Stalls, 69 Austin, 78 Radford, 80 Samuels, 82 Shumann, 86 Obradovich, 89 House
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DID NOT PLAY |
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14 Fusina, 74 Sanders, 79 Lewis
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INACTIVE |
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