Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 Houston Oilers 20
Sunday 19 October 1980 at the Houston Astrodome
SCORING
HOU
2:22-1Q
Fritsch FG21
HOU
8:14-2Q
Fritsch FG33
HOU
4:27-2Q
Barber 17 pass from Stabler (Fritsch kick)
TB
1:25-2Q
Jones 17 pass from Williams (Yepremian kick)
HOU
3:34-3Q
Carpenter 10 run (Fritsch kick)
TB
3:37-4Q
Brown 80 fumble return (Yepremian kick)
Earl Campbell rushed for a record 203 yards against the Buc defense but the Oilers only secured victory when
the Bucs were unable to go 82 yards in the final 1:18 to claim an improbable victory. Houston outgained
Tampa 467 yards to 193, but three lost fumbles kept the Bucs in contention. Cedric Brown's fumble return
came courtesy of Danny Reece who lateraled the ball to the Bucs' safety who took it back for the score.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: J.Davis 6-23, Eckwood 6-21, Bell 6-14, Williams 2-13,
Hagins 1-(-4).
OILERS: Campbell 33-203, Carpenter 7-32, Wilson 4-11, Barber
1-1, Stabler 1-(-2).
PASSING
BUCS: Williams 28-16-142-2-1.
OILERS: Stabler 26-19-242-1-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Jones 4-58, Eckwood 4-39, Bell 4-14, Giles 3-19, Hagins
1-12.
OILERS: Wilson 4-28, Renfro 3-75, Barber 3-26, Carpenter 3-20,
Johnson 2-32, Caster 1-25, Coleman 1-14, Casper 1-14,
Campbell 1-8.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Brown 1-0.
OILERS: Perry 1-7, Hartwig 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: G.Davis 4-60, T.Davis 1-16.
OILERS: Roaches 3-55.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Reece 1-(-1).
OILERS: Roaches 3-8.
SACKS
BUCS: Kollar 1-13, L.Selmon 1-7.
OILERS: Dorris 1-16.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
75 Reavis
DE
77 Kollar
LG
68 Yarno
DT
76 Logan
C
62 Leonard
DE
63 L Selmon
RG
69 Austin
LOLB
57 Lewis
RT
73 Hannah
LILB
58 D Selmon
TE
88 Giles
RILB
54 Wood
TE
80 Samuels
ROLB
56 Johnson
WR
81 Hagins
LCB
25 Jordan
FB
38 J Davis
RCB
40 Washington
RB
42 Bell
SS
33 Cotney
QB
12 Williams
FS
34 Brown
PLAYED
1 Yepremian, 16 Blanchard, 20 Colzie, 27 T Davis, 28 G Davis,
36 Berns, 41 Thomas, 43 Eckwood, 46 Reece, 50 Wilson, 52
Brantley, 55 Brown, 59 Hawkins, 65 Stalls, 72 Snell, 78
Radford, 79 Lewis, 84 Jones, 86 Obradovich, 87 Mucker
DID NOT PLAY
14 Fusina, 61 Roberts, 89 House
INACTIVES
none
COMMENTARY CREW
Unknown
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes to view the big plays
Another touchdown reception for Gordon Jones
Cedric Brown had the big defensive play of the game for the Buccaneers
Bill Kollar took down Kenny Stabler for a big loss with his sack