Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 Dallas Cowboys 28
Sunday 21 September 1980 at Texas Stadium
SCORING
DAL
8:12-1Q
Johnson 28 pass from White (Septien kick)
TB
4:40-1Q
Williams 11 run (Yepremian kick)
TB
11:25-2Q
Yepremian FG32
TB
2:39-2Q
Giles 49 pass from Williams (Yepremian kick)
DAL
0:46-2Q
Dupree 9 pass from White (Septien kick)
DAL
3:45-3Q
Newhouse 2 run (Septien kick)
DAL
6:59-4Q
Dupree 9 pass from White (Septien kick)
GAME REPORTS
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The Bucs fell to 2-1 on the 1980 season with this loss in Dallas, three Danny White TD passes leading the
Cowboys to victory. The Bucs rolled up 312 yards in total offense in the first half but only had a 17-14
advantage to show for their efforts. Jimmie Giles went over the 100-yard mark in receiving and Doug Williams
had a career high 77 yards rushing.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Bell 15-91, Williams 7-77, Eckwood 10-36.
COWBOYS: Dorsett 20-100, Newhouse 11-41, Springs 2-7, Jones
1-2, White 2-(-4).
PASSING
BUCS: Williams 30-17-258-2-1.
COWBOYS: White 33-24-244-0-3.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Giles 4-105, Eckwood 4-69, Hagins 3-34, Bell 3-12, Jones
1-18, House 1-11, Obradovich 1-9.
COWBOYS: Dorsett 6-46, Hill 5-72, DuPree 5-32, Saldi 4-41,
Johnson 3-47, Newhouse 1-6.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
COWBOYS: Thurman 1-29, Waters 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: J.Davis 3-82, Reece 1-23.
COWBOYS: Hurt 2-42, Jones 2-37.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Reece 2-7.
COWBOYS: Jones 1-14.
SACKS
BUCS: none.
COWBOYS: Dutton 1-11, Martin 1-9.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
75 Reavis
DE
77 Kollar
LG
72 Snell
DT
76 Logan
C
50 Wilson
DE
63 L Selmon
RG
61 Roberts
LOLB
57 Lewis
RT
73 Hannah
LILB
55 Brown
TE
88 Giles
RILB
54 Wood
WR
81 Hagins
ROLB
56 Johnson
WR
84 Jones
LCB
25 Jordan
FB
43 Eckwood
RCB
40 Washington
RB
42 Bell
SS
33 Cotney
QB
12 Williams
FS
46 Reece
PLAYED
1 Yepremian, 16 Blanchard, 20 Colzie, 27 T Davis, 28 G Davis,
36 Berns, 41 Thomas, 52 Brantley, 59 Hawkins, 62 Leonard, 65
Stalls, 68 Yarno, 70 Calhoun, 74 Sanders, 86 Obradovich, 87
Mucker, 89 House
DID NOT PLAY
14 Fusina, 15 Rae, 34 Brown, 38 J Davis, 58 Selmon, 79 Lewis
INACTIVES
none
COMMENTARY CREW
Pat Summerall and Tom Brookshier
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes to view the big plays
Jerry Eckwood’s big play set up the first Buccaneer touchdown
Which came on Doug Williams’ touchdown run
He later added a passing score to Jimmie Giles