Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 Detroit Lions 27
Sunday 14 December 1980 at the Pontiac Silverdome
SCORING
TB
11:05-1Q
Logan 60 fumble return (Yepremian kick)
DET
6:22-1Q
Sims 1 run (Murray kick)
DET
6:41-2Q
Williams 22 pass from Danielson (Murray kick)
DET
7:40-3Q
Murray FG24
DET
10:45-4Q
Murray FG35
TB
8:49-4Q
House 32 pass from Williams (Yepremian kick)
DET
8:32-4Q
Williams 91 kickoff return (Murray kick)
GAME REPORTS
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The Lions rolled up over 400 yards of offense including 360 passing by Gary Danielson and beat the Bucs for
the second time in 1980. Doug Williams threw his fifth TD pass to Kevin House in six games to bring the
Bucs to within six points with under nine minutes left, but Ray Williams returned the ensuing kickoff 91 yards
for the clinching score. Lee Roy Selmon tied a career record with three sacks in the game.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Williams 3-31, J.Davis 2-4, Bell 7-3, Berns 4-2, G.Davis 1-0.
LIONS: Kane 6-48, Sims 12-16, Bussey 3-9, Danielson 3-3, King 1-1,
Robinson 1-0, Scott 1-(-1).
PASSING
BUCS: Williams 37-13-186-2-1.
LIONS: Danielson 44-29-360-0-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: House 5-95, Jones 4-40, Giles 1-23, Shumann 1-11, J.Davis
1-9, T.Davis 1-8.
LIONS: King 6-64, Thompson 5-106, Scott 4-69, Hill 4-69, Bussey 4-
21, Sims 3-13, Williams 2-22, Kane 1-(-4).
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
LIONS: Allen 2-10.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: G.Davis 3-47, Reece 1-23.
LIONS: Kane 2-46, Williams 1-91.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Reece 4-5.
LIONS: Williams 8-64.
SACKS
BUCS: L.Selmon 3-20, Johnson 1-8.
LIONS: Allen 1-8, McCoy 1-5.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
75 Reavis
DE
77 Kollar
LG
68 Yarno
DT
76 Logan
C
50 Wilson
DE
63 L Selmon
RG
74 Sanders
LOLB
57 Lewis
RT
73 Hannah
LILB
58 D Selmon
TE
88 Giles
RILB
54 Wood
WR
84 Jones
ROLB
56 Johnson
WR
89 House
LCB
25 Jordan
FB
38 J Davis
RCB
40 Washington
RB
28 G Davis
SS
33 Cotney
QB
12 Williams
FS
34 Brown
PLAYED
1 Yepremian, 16 Blanchard, 20 Colzie, 27 T Davis, 36 Berns,
41 Thomas, 42 Bell, 46 Reece, 52 Brantley, 55 Brown, 59
Hawkins, 62 Leonard, 65 Stalls, 72 Snell, 78 Radford, 79
Lewis, 81 Hagins, 82 Shumann, 86 Obradovich
DID NOT PLAY
14 Fusina, 43 Eckwood, 69 Austin, 87 Carter
INACTIVES
none
COMMENTARY CREW
Tim Ryan and Johnny Morris
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes to view the big plays
Lee Roy Selmon and David Logan teamed up once more for a sack and fumble return touchdown
Lee Roy had three sacks of his own of Gary Danielson
Kevin House had the Buccaneer offensive touchdown