Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 Green Bay Packers 14
Sunday 12 October 1980 at Tampa Stadium
SCORING
GB
3:32-1Q
Middleton 3 run (Birney kick)
TB
13:26-2Q
Wood 55 interception return (Yepremian kick)
GB
6:48-2Q
Coffman 6 pass from Dickey (Birney kick)
TB
4:50-4Q
Williams 5 run (Yepremian kick)
The Bucs only ever tie came courtesy of Green Bay kicker Tom Birney who missed a 24-yard FG with 1:05
remaining in regulation, and a 36-yarder as time expired in overtime. Lynn Dickey set an opposition passing
record against the Bucs by throwing for 418 yards, three different receivers gaining over 100 yards. But the
interception that he threw to Richard "Batman" Wood proved decisive as the Bucs' linebacker returned it 55
yards for a score.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Bell 21-85, Eckwood 8-42, Williams 5-48, J.Davis 1-5.
PACKERS: Ivery 18-74, Atkins 16-44, Middleton 6-21, Ellis 5-14,
Dickey 2-1.
PASSING
BUCS: Williams 24-6-103-0-0, Eckwood 1-0-0-0-0.
PACKERS: Dickey 51-35-418-2-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Giles 2-65, Bell 2-17, Eckwood 1-12, Jones 1-9.
PACKERS: Ivery 11-128, Coffman 9-109, Thompson 7-102,
Middleton 3-36, Lofton 2-31, Atkins 2-10, Ellis 1-2.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Wood 1-55, Colzie 1-39.
PACKERS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: G.Davis 3-51.
PACKERS: Lee 3-65, McCoy 1-20.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Reece 5-33.
PACKERS: Cassidy 4-33, Lee 2-14.
SACKS
BUCS: L.Selmon 1-3.
PACKERS: Butler 1-11, Johnson 1-7, Merrill 1-3.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
75 Reavis
DE
65 Stalls
LG
72 Snell
DT
76 Logan
C
62 Leonard
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, 27 T Davis, 28 G Davis,
36 Berns, 38 J Davis, 41 Thomas, 46 Reece, 52 Brantley, 55
Brown, 59 Hawkins, 68 Yarno, 69 Austin, 78 Radford, 80
Samuels, 86 Obradovich, 87 Mucker
DID NOT PLAY
14 Fusina, 50 Wilson, 77 Kollar, 79 Lewis, 89 House
INACTIVES
none
COMMENTARY CREW
Lindsay Nelson and Hank Stram
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes to view the big plays
Richard “Batman” Wood had a pick six touchdown
Doug Williams tied the scores with another rushing score
Neal Colzie sent the game into overtime with his interception