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