Tampa Bay Buccaneers 21 Pittsburgh Steelers 24
Sunday 9 November 1980 at Tampa Stadium
SCORING
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)
GAME REPORTS
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The game that nearly was the previous Super Bowl 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.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
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.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
75 Reavis
DE
77 Kollar
LG
68 Yarno
DT
76 Logan
C
50 Wilson
DE
63 L Selmon
RG
72 Snell
LOLB
57 Lewis
RT
73 Hannah
LILB
58 D Selmon
TE
88 Giles
RILB
54 Wood
WR
84 Jones
ROLB
56 Johnson
WR
81 Hagins
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, 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
DID NOT PLAY
14 Fusina, 74 Sanders, 79 Lewis
INACTIVES
none
COMMENTARY CREW
Dick Stockton and Merlin Olsen
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes to view the big plays
Kevin House’s scoring reception was a thing of beauty
Jimmie Giles was left all alone on his scoring pass
Ricky Bell added one through the air to give Doug Williams three on the day