Tampa Bay Buccaneers 30 Minnesota Vikings 38
Sunday 16 November 1980 at Metropolitan Stadium
SCORING
MIN
10:47-1Q
White 27 pass from Kramer (Danmeier kick)
TB
6:00-1Q
House 19 pass from Williams (kick failed)
MIN
1:23-1Q
Senser 12 pass from Kramer (Danmeier kick)
TB
14:53-2Q
House 49 pass from Williams (Yepremian kick)
MIN
9:28-2Q
Brown 3 run (Danmeier kick)
MIN
1:46-2Q
Danmeier FG19
TB
10:55-3Q
TDavis 9 pass from Williams (Yepremian kick)
MIN
8:43-3Q
Brown 7 run (Danmeier kick)
TB
1:31-3Q
Yepremian FG32
MIN
14:57-4Q
Young 1 run (Danmeier kick)
TB
11:56-4Q
Hagins 29 pass from Williams (Yepremian kick)
GAME REPORTS
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Click here for more on Doug Williams' record-breaking day
Doug Williams threw for a Buc record 486 yards, then the fourth-highest total in NFL history, but the Bucs still
came out losers in Minnesota. The Vikings scored the first four times they had the ball and forced Tampa Bay
to play catch-up. "Both teams should burn their defensive reels of the game" John McKay said afterwards as
the two teams combined to fall just 22 yards short of the all-time NFL record for a single game.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Bell 9-24, Eckwood 7-24, G.Davis 2-14, Williams 2-13,
J.Davis 3-12.
VIKINGS: Brown 16-76, Young 8-36, Kramer 2-12.
PASSING
BUCS: Williams 55-30-486-2-4, Hannah 1-0-0-0-0.
VIKINGS: Kramer 37-24-324-0-2, Dils 3-1-7-0-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Jones 7-121, Eckwood 6-59, T.Davis 5-40,Hagins 3-93,
House 3-77, Bell 3-33, Giles 2-49, Obradovich 1-14.
VIKINGS: White 6-120, Young 6-45, Senser 4-44, Rashad 3-32,
Brown 3-31, Tucker 2-40, LaCount 1-19.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
VIKINGS: Hannon 1-16, Bryant 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: G.Davis 4-89, T.Davis 1-15, Samuels 1-10, Obradovich 1-7.
VIKINGS: Payton 6-176.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Reece 3-21.
VIKINGS: Payton 1-12.
SACKS
BUCS: Johnson 1-5, Stalls 1-0.
VIKINGS: none.
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
28 G 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, 36 Berns,
38 J Davis, 41 Thomas, 43 Eckwood, 46 Reece, 52 Brantley,
55 Brown, 59 Hawkins, 62 Leonard, 65 Stalls, 69 Austin, 74
Sanders, 78 Radford, 79 Lewis, 80 Samuels, 82 Shumann, 86
Obradovich, 89 House
DID NOT PLAY
14 Fusina
INACTIVES
none
COMMENTARY CREW
Tim Ryan and Johnny Morris
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes to view the big plays
Kevin House had two touchdowns in this game
The second one was a 49-yard bomb from Doug Williams
And Tony Davis also found the endzone courtesy of the Bucs’ quarterback