Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 Minnesota Vikings 25
Sunday 8 November 1981 at Metropolitan Stadium
SCORING
MIN
4:47-1Q
Danmeier FG33
MIN
13:33-2Q
Danmeier FG38
MIN
1:09-2Q
Brown 2 run (Danmeier kick)
MIN
0:00-2Q
Danmeier FG41
MIN
11:35-3Q
Young 1 pass from Kramer (Danmeier kick)
TB
3:17-3Q
Capece FG27
MIN
13:08-4Q
Safety - White sacked Williams in the endzone
TB
9:28-4Q
Giles 1 pass from Williams (Capece kick)
The Vikings held the Bucs to under 200 yards total offense and held a 23-0 lead midway through the third
quarter before cruising to victory. Ted Brown's rushing allowed Minnesota to control the clock and their 88-
42 play advantage summed up their dominance in this game.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Williams 3-20, Eckwood 6-16, Owens 4-4, Wilder 2-3.
VIKINGS: Brown 31-129, Galbreath 11-64, Young 3-11, White 1-1.
PASSING
BUCS: Williams 27-13-154-0-1.
VIKINGS: Kramer 41-24-228-2-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Jones 5-59, House 3-70, Eckwood 3-17, Obradovich 1-7,
Giles 1-1.
VIKINGS: Senser 8-101, Brown 8-48, Young 3-22, LeCount 2-25,
White 1-18, Rashad 1-9, Galbreath 1-5.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Colzie 1-2, Lewis 1-2.
VIKINGS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Owens 3-63, Holt 2-53.
VIKINGS: Nord 2-32, Payton 2-24.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Holt 1-3, T.Bell 1-0.
VIKINGS: Payton 3-26.
SACKS
BUCS: Logan 1-7.
VIKINGS: White 0.5-2, Mullaney 0.5-2.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
74 Sanders
DE
77 Kollar
LG
72 Snell
DT
76 Logan
C
50 Wilson
DE
63 Selmon
RG
61 Roberts
LOLB
59 Hawkins
RT
73 Hannah
LILB
56 Johnson
TE
88 Giles
RILB
54 Wood
WR
84 Jones
ROLB
53 Green
WR
89 House
LCB
41 Thomas
FB
32 Wilder
RCB
40 Washington
RB
43 Eckwood
SS
20 Colzie
QB
12 Williams
FS
34 Brown
PLAYED
3 Capece, 9 Swider, 21 Holt, 26 Owens, 27 T Davis, 44
Cesare, 45 Mitchell, 51 Nafziger, 52 Brantley, 57 Lewis, 62
Leonard, 65 Stalls, 68 Yarno, 70 Hutchinson, 75 Reavis, 79
Campbell, 83 Bell, 86 Obradovich, 87 Carter, 90 White
DID NOT PLAY
10 Ford, 14 Fusina, 42 R Bell
COMMENTARY CREW
Tom Brookshier and Roger Staubach
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
It was all Minnesota when Neal Colzie recorded an interception
LB David Lewis ended another Viking scoring threat with a pick of his own
Jimmie Giles’ late touchdown gave the Bucs some small hope of recovery