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1980 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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Record: 5-10-1, Finished 4th in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 271 points (16.9/g), 23rd of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 341 points (21.3/g), 20th.
Differential of -70 points (-4.4/g), 22nd.
Expected W-L: 5.9-10.1.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -10 (-0.6/g), 25th.
Coached by John McKay (5-10-1)
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1980 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Team Games & Schedule
Glossary · CSV · PRE| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
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| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 7 | box | W | 1-0 | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 17 | 12 | 13 | 246 | 155 | 91 | 2 | 9 | 128 | 16 | 112 | 2 |
| 2 | Thu | September 11 | box | W | 2-0 | Los Angeles Rams | 10 | 9 | 12 | 183 | 83 | 100 | 1 | 16 | 360 | 191 | 169 | 4 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 21 | box | L | 2-1 | @ | Dallas Cowboys | 17 | 28 | 22 | 442 | 238 | 204 | 2 | 26 | 390 | 244 | 146 | 1 |
| 4 | Sun | September 28 | box | L | 2-2 | Cleveland Browns | 27 | 34 | 24 | 417 | 337 | 80 | 2 | 22 | 400 | 308 | 92 | 2 | |
| 5 | Mon | October 6 | box | L | 2-3 | @ | Chicago Bears | 0 | 23 | 13 | 147 | 68 | 79 | 3 | 18 | 273 | 100 | 173 | 1 |
| 6 | Sun | October 12 | box | T | 2-3-1 | Green Bay Packers | 14 | 14 | 15 | 262 | 82 | 180 | 32 | 569 | 415 | 154 | 2 | ||
| 7 | Sun | October 19 | box | L | 2-4-1 | @ | Houston Oilers | 14 | 20 | 12 | 193 | 126 | 67 | 4 | 23 | 467 | 222 | 245 | 4 |
| 8 | Sun | October 26 | box | W | 3-4-1 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 24 | 23 | 17 | 263 | 89 | 174 | 1 | 15 | 305 | 206 | 99 | 1 |
| 9 | Sun | November 2 | box | W | 4-4-1 | New York Giants | 30 | 13 | 23 | 379 | 135 | 244 | 2 | 16 | 220 | 147 | 73 | 4 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 9 | box | L | 4-5-1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 21 | 24 | 23 | 369 | 294 | 75 | 3 | 14 | 229 | 94 | 135 | 1 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 16 | box | L | 4-6-1 | @ | Minnesota Vikings | 30 | 38 | 27 | 573 | 486 | 87 | 3 | 26 | 450 | 326 | 124 | |
| 12 | Sun | November 23 | box | L | 4-7-1 | Detroit Lions | 10 | 24 | 15 | 200 | 155 | 45 | 4 | 19 | 262 | 133 | 129 | 1 | |
| 13 | Sun | November 30 | box | W | 5-7-1 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 20 | 17 | 19 | 373 | 235 | 138 | 1 | 18 | 257 | 183 | 74 | 1 |
| 14 | Sun | December 7 | box | L | 5-8-1 | Minnesota Vikings | 10 | 21 | 19 | 348 | 220 | 128 | 2 | 19 | 365 | 247 | 118 | ||
| 15 | Sun | December 14 | box | L | 5-9-1 | @ | Detroit Lions | 14 | 27 | 11 | 213 | 173 | 40 | 3 | 19 | 408 | 332 | 76 | 2 |
| 16 | Sat | December 20 | box | L | 5-10-1 | Chicago Bears | 13 | 14 | 16 | 451 | 344 | 107 | 5 | 21 | 322 | 140 | 182 | 2 | |