1980 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (NFL) |
| 4th place • National Football Conference • Central Division • 5-10-1 .344 |
| Head Coach: John McKay |
| Tom Bass | Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers |
| George Chaump | Running Backs |
| Boyd Dowler | Receivers |
| Wayne Fontes | Defensive Secondary |
| Abe Gibron | Chief Assistant/Defensive Line |
| Bill Johnson | Offensive Line |
| Phil Krueger | Special Teams |
| Bill Nelsen | Quarterbacks |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Mon | 8/11/1980 | A | Houston Oilers | 21-7 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 48827 | |
| Sat | 8/16/1980 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 14-21 | L | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 68384 | |
| Sat | 8/23/1980 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 20-14 | W | OT | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 59113 |
| Fri | 8/29/1980 | H | Washington Redskins | 11-6 | W | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 62555 | |
| Sun | 9/7/1980 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 17-12 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 55551 | |
| Thu | 9/11/1980 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 10-9 | W | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 66576 | |
| Sun | 9/21/1980 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 17-28 | L | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 62750 | |
| Sun | 9/28/1980 | H | Cleveland Browns | 27-34 | L | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 65540 | |
| Mon | 10/6/1980 | A | Chicago Bears | 0-23 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 61350 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1980 | H | Green Bay Packers | 14-14 | T | OT | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 64854 |
| Sun | 10/19/1980 | A | Houston Oilers | 14-20 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 48167 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1980 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 24-23 | W | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 51925 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1980 | H | New York Giants | 30-13 | W | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 68256 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1980 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 21-24 | L | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 71636 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1980 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 30-38 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 46032 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1980 | H | Detroit Lions | 10-24 | L | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 64976 | |
| Sun | 11/30/1980 | A | Green Bay Packers | 20-17 | W | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 54225 | |
| Sun | 12/7/1980 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 10-21 | L | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 65649 | |
| Sun | 12/14/1980 | A | Detroit Lions | 14-27 | L | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 77098 | |
| Sat | 12/20/1980 | H | Chicago Bears | 13-14 | L | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 55298 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Darrell Austin | 69 | ROG | 6-4 | 255 | 29 | South Carolina | 8 | 2 |
| Ricky Bell | 42 | RB | 6-2 | 218 | 25 | Southern California | 14 | 12 |
| Rick Berns | 36 | RB | 6-2 | 210 | 24 | Nebraska | 16 | 2 |
| Tom Blanchard | 16 | P | 6-0 | 185 | 32 | Oregon | 16 | 0 |
| Scot Brantley | 52 | LB | 6-1 | 230 | 22 | Florida | 16 | 0 |
| Aaron Brown | 55 | SILB | 6-2 | 238 | 24 | Ohio State | 16 | 1 |
| Cedric Brown | 34 | FS | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | Kent State | 13 | 13 |
| Mike Calhoun | 70 | NT | 6-4 | 260 | 23 | Notre Dame | 3 | 0 |
| Neal Colzie | 20 | FS | 6-2 | 196 | 27 | Ohio State | 16 | 1 |
| Mark Cotney | 33 | SS | 6-0 | 205 | 28 | New Mexico Highlands; Cameron | 16 | 16 |
| Randy Crowder | 71 | NT | 6-2 | 252 | 28 | Penn State | 2 | 2 |
| Gary Davis | 28 | RB | 5-10 | 200 | 26 | Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo) | 15 | 2 |
| Johnny Davis | 38 | RB | 6-1 | 235 | 24 | Alabama | 14 | 6 |
| Tony Davis | 27 | RB | 5-11 | 210 | 27 | Nebraska | 15 | 2 |
| Jerry Eckwood | 43 | RB | 6-0 | 198 | 26 | Arkansas | 15 | 8 |
| Chuck Fusina | 14 | QB | 6-1 | 197 | 23 | Penn State | 2 | 0 |
| Jimmie Giles | 88 | TE | 6-3 | 242 | 26 | Alcorn State | 16 | 15 |
| Isaac Hagins | 81 | WR | 5-9 | 179 | 26 | Southern University | 16 | 14 |
| Charley Hannah | 73 | ROT | 6-6 | 265 | 25 | Alabama | 16 | 16 |
| Andy Hawkins | 59 | LOLB | 6-2 | 225 | 22 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 16 | 1 |
| Kevin House | 89 | WR | 6-1 | 185 | 23 | Southern Illinois | 14 | 1 |
| Cecil Johnson | 56 | ROLB | 6-2 | 230 | 25 | Pittsburgh | 16 | 16 |
| Gordon Jones | 84 | WR | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 16 | 14 |
| Curtis Jordan | 25 | LCB-FS | 6-2 | 205 | 26 | Texas Tech | 16 | 16 |
| Bill Kollar | 77 | LDE | 6-4 | 256 | 28 | Montana State | 15 | 13 |
| Jim Leonard | 62 | C | 6-3 | 260 | 23 | Santa Clara | 16 | 2 |
| Dave Lewis | 77 | LOLB | 6-4 | 245 | 26 | San Diego CC; Southern California | 16 | 15 |
| Reggie Lewis | 79 | DE | 6-3 | 255 | 24 | North Texas | 10 | 0 |
| Dave Logan | 76 | NT | 6-2 | 250 | 24 | Pittsburgh | 16 | 14 |
| Larry Mucker | 87 | WR | 5-11 | 180 | 26 | Arizona State | 7 | 0 |
| Jim Obradovich | 86 | TE | 6-2 | 225 | 27 | El Camino JC; Southern California | 16 | 1 |
| Bruce Radford | 78 | DE | 6-5 | 257 | 25 | Grambling State | 12 | 0 |
| Dave Reavis | 75 | LOT | 6-4 | 260 | 30 | Arkansas | 16 | 16 |
| Danny Reece | 46 | FS | 5-11 | 188 | 25 | Southern California | 16 | 1 |
| Greg Roberts | 61 | ROG | 6-3 | 262 | 24 | Oklahoma | 6 | 6 |
| Conrad Rucker | 80 | TE | 6-3 | 260 | 26 | Southern University | 2 | 0 |
| Tony Samuels | 80 | TE | 6-4 | 229 | 26 | Florida A&M; Bethune-Cookman | 6 | 3 |
| Gene Sanders | 74 | LOG-ROG | 6-3 | 285 | 24 | Texas A&M | 11 | 3 |
| Dewey Selmon | 58 | SILB | 6-1 | 240 | 27 | Oklahoma | 15 | 15 |
| Lee Roy Selmon | 63 | RDE | 6-3 | 256 | 26 | Oklahoma | 16 | 16 |
| Mike Shumann | 82 | WR | 6-0 | 174 | 25 | Florida State | 6 | 0 |
| Ray Snell | 72 | ROG-LOG | 6-4 | 265 | 22 | Wisconsin | 13 | 11 |
| Dave Stalls | 65 | LDE | 6-4 | 245 | 25 | Northern Colorado | 15 | 3 |
| Norris Thomas | 41 | LCB | 5-11 | 175 | 26 | Southern Mississippi | 16 | 1 |
| Mike Washington | 40 | RCB | 6-3 | 190 | 27 | Alabama | 16 | 16 |
| Doug Williams | 12 | QB | 6-4 | 220 | 25 | Grambling State | 16 | 16 |
| Steve Wilson | 50 | C | 6-4 | 266 | 26 | Georgia | 15 | 14 |
| Richard Wood | 54 | WILB | 6-2 | 230 | 27 | Southern California | 16 | 16 |
| George Yarno | 68 | LOG | 6-2 | 267 | 23 | Washington State | 16 | 10 |
| Garo Yepremian | 1 | K | 5-8 | 172 | 36 | none | 16 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 22 | Ray Snell | G | Wisconsin |
| 2 | 49 | Kevin House | WR | Southern Illinois |
| 3 | 76 | Scot Brantley | LB | Florida |
| 4 | 102 | Larry Flowers | DB | Texas Tech |
| 7 | 186 | Jim Leonard | C | Santa Clara |
| 8 | 213 | Derrick Goddard | DB | Drake |
| 9 | 240 | Gerald Carter | WR | Texas A&M |
| 10 | 267 | Andy Hawkins | LB | Texas A&M-Kingsville |
| 10 | 275 | Brett Davis | RB | Nevada-Las Vegas |
| 11 | 299 | Terry Jones | DE | Central Oklahoma |
| 12 | 326 | Gene Coleman | DB | Miami (Florida) |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 73 | 88 | 34 | 76 | 0 | 271 |
| Opponents Totals | 58 | 108 | 76 | 99 | 0 | 341 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 281 | 102 | 154 | 25 | 99/241 41.1% | / % | 90 | 840 | |
| Opponents Totals | 313 | 126 | 168 | 19 | 110/250 44.0% | / % | 117 | 1077 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garo Yepremian | 0 | 31 | 32 | 96.9 | 16 | 23 | 69.6 | 0 | 79 |
| Kevin House | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Gordon Jones | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Jimmie Giles | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Doug Williams | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Ricky Bell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Jerry Eckwood | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Isaac Hagins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Cedric Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Johnny Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tony Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dave Logan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Shumann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Richard Wood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 32 | 31 | 32 | 96.9 | 16 | 23 | 69.6 | 0 | 271 |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 39 | 40 | 97.5 | 20 | 33 | 60.6 | 1 | 341 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garo Yepremian | 16 | 23 | 69.6 | 2 | 43 | 1/1 | 7/8 | 7/9 | 1/5 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 16 | 23 | 69.6 | 2 | 43 | 1/1 | 7/8 | 7/9 | 1/5 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 33 | 60.6 | 2/2 | 5/6 | 8/12 | 5/12 | 0/1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Bell | 174 | 599 | 3.4 | 40 | 2 |
| Jerry Eckwood | 149 | 504 | 3.4 | 35t | 2 |
| Doug Williams | 58 | 370 | 6.4 | 27 | 4 |
| Rick Berns | 39 | 131 | 3.4 | 17 | 0 |
| Johnny Davis | 39 | 130 | 3.3 | 8 | 1 |
| Kevin House | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Isaac Hagins | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Tony Davis | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Gary Davis | 7 | 21 | 3.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Chuck Fusina | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Gordon Jones | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | -10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 477 | 1839 | 3.9 | 40 | 9 |
| Opponents Totals | 548 | 2101 | 3.8 | 56 | 20 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Williams | 521 | 254 | 48.8 | 251 | 3396 | 6.5 | 13.4 | 61 | 20 | 3.8 | 16 | 3.1 | 23 | 194 | 3202 | 69.9 |
| Jerry Eckwood | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Charley Hannah | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Chuck Fusina | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 18 | 4.5 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 22.9 |
| Team Totals | 530 | 256 | 48.3 | 257 | 3414 | 6.4 | 13.3 | 61 | 20 | 3.8 | 17 | 3.2 | 24 | 194 | 3220 | 68.4 |
| Opponents Totals | 516 | 328 | 63.6 | 173 | 3477 | 6.7 | 10.6 | 50 | 17 | 3.3 | 15 | 2.9 | 24 | 173 | 3304 | 82.0 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon Jones | 48 | 669 | 13.9 | 41t | 5 |
| Jerry Eckwood | 47 | 475 | 10.1 | 40 | 1 |
| Ricky Bell | 38 | 292 | 7.7 | 22 | 1 |
| Jimmie Giles | 33 | 602 | 18.2 | 51 | 4 |
| Kevin House | 24 | 531 | 22.1 | 61 | 5 |
| Isaac Hagins | 23 | 364 | 15.8 | 48 | 2 |
| Tony Davis | 12 | 115 | 9.6 | 18 | 1 |
| Jim Obradovich | 11 | 152 | 13.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Gary Davis | 9 | 79 | 8.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Mike Shumann | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 25 | 1 |
| Johnny Davis | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Larry Mucker | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Rick Berns | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 256 | 3414 | 13.3 | 61 | 20 |
| Opponents Totals | 328 | 3477 | 10.6 | 50 | 17 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Washington | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Richard Wood | 3 | 76 | 25.3 | 55t | 1 |
| Mark Cotney | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Neal Colzie | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Scot Brantley | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Cedric Brown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Norris Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 179 | 11.9 | 55t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 185 | 10.9 | 44 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Blanchard | 88 | 3722 | 42.3 | 62 | 1 | 12 | 18 | 529 | 2953 | 33.2 |
| Team Totals | 89 | 3722 | 41.8 | 62 | 1 | 12 | 18 | 529 | 2953 | 33.2 |
| Opponents Totals | 89 | 3739 | 42.0 | 61 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 313 | 3106 | 34.9 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Reece | 57 | 1 | 313 | 5.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Tony Davis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 57 | 2 | 313 | 5.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 54 | 4 | 529 | 9.8 | 53t | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Davis | 44 | 951 | 21.6 | 54 | 0 | |
| Danny Reece | 7 | 128 | 18.3 | 23 | 0 | |
| Jim Obradovich | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 15 | 0 | |
| Isaac Hagins | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| Tony Davis | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 16 | 0 | |
| Rick Berns | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Tony Samuels | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Curtis Jordan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 67 | 1294 | 19.3 | 54 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 62 | 1417 | 22.9 | 91t | 1 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Lee Roy Selmon | 9.0 | |
| Dave Logan | 4.0 | |
| Dave Stalls | 3.0 | |
| Bill Kollar | 3.0 | |
| Randy Crowder | 2.0 | |
| Cecil Johnson | 2.0 | |
| Dave Lewis | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 24.0 | 173.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 24.0 | 194.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Bell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Berns | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aaron Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cedric Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 1 |
| Gary Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Eckwood | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | |
| Jimmie Giles | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andy Hawkins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin House | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gordon Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Curtis Jordan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Kollar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Dave Lewis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Logan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 60 | 1 |
| Larry Mucker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Obradovich | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bruce Radford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Reece | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Roberts | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dewey Selmon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Roy Selmon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Norris Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Doug Williams | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Wilson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 28 | 22 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 157 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 13 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 0 |
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