Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 Cincinnati Bengals 12
Sunday 7 September 1980 at Riverfront Stadium
SCORING
CIN
0:56-1Q
Sunter FG35
TB
4:15-2Q
Yepremian FG19
TB
0:29-2Q
Giles 32 pass from Williams (Yepremian kick)
CIN
2:44-3Q
Safety - Blanchard stepped out of endone
CIN
12:05-4Q
Ross 3 pass from Thompson (Sunter kick)
TB
1:47-4Q
Giles 15 pass from Williams (Yepremian kick)
GAME REPORTS
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Doug Williams and Jimmie Giles teamed up for their second touchdown pass of the game with 1:47 remaining
to give the Bucs victory in their season opener at a soaking wet Riverfront Stadium. The Bucs had earlier
missed a chance for a winning fieldgoal on a fumbled snap, only for Bengal punter Pat McInally to return the
favour on a fumbled punt snap. Cincinnati, led by future Buc QB Jack Thompson, was held to just 128 yards
of total offense, with just 16 coming through the air.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Eckwood 19-43, Williams 7-36, Bell 8-12.
BENGALS: Griffin 18-68, Alexander 16-44, Thompson 1-0,
McInally 1-0.
PASSING
BUCS: Williams 21-11-155-0-2, Eckwood 2-0-0-0-0.
BENGALS: Thompson 21-6-47-1-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Bell 5-57, Giles 3-62, Hagins 1-19, Eckwood 1-12, Jones
1-5.
BENGALS: Ross 2-22, Curtis 2-17, Griffin 1-4, Alexander 1-4.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Lewis 1-0.
BENGALS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Hagins 2-39, Berns 1-19.
BENGALS: Turner 2-53. Hicks 2-38, Kreider 1-17.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Reece 5-57.
BENGALS: Heath 3-16.
SACKS
BUCS: Crowder 2-22, L.Selmon 1-9.
BENGALS: none.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
75 Reavis
DE
77 Kollar
LG
74 Sanders
DT
71 Crowder
C
50 Wilson
DE
63 L Selmon
RG
61 Roberts
LOLB
57 Lewis
RT
73 Hannah
LILB
58 D Selmon
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
34 Brown
PLAYED
1 Yepremian, 16 Blanchard, 20 Colzie, 36 Berns, 41 Thomas,
46 Reece, 52 Brantley, 55 Brown, 59 Hawkins, 62 Leonard, 65
Stalls, 68 Yarno, 76 Logan, 78 Radford, 86 Obradovich, 87
Mucker, 89 House
DID NOT PLAY
14 Fusina, 15 Rae, 28 G Davis, 38 J Davis, 72 Snell, 79 Lewis
INACTIVES
none
COMMENTARY CREW
Curt Gowdy and Hank Stram
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes to view the big plays
Jimmie Giles’ first touchdown came when conditions were still normal at Riverfront Stadium
His second one, the game-winner, shows the amount of water on the field
Randy Crowder had a pair of sacks of future Buc QB Jack Thompson