Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24 Atlanta Falcons 23
Sunday 6 December 1981 at Tampa Stadium
SCORING
ATL
6:29-1Q
Luckhurst FG38
TB
0:35-1Q
Eckwood 1 run (Capece kick)
ATL
10:29-2Q
Luckhurst FG44
TB
2:13-2Q
Giles 38 pass from Williams (Capece kick)
ATL
0:00-2Q
Luckhurst FG32
ATL
11:25-3Q
Andrews 8 run (Luckhurst kick)
TB
5:40-3Q
Capece FG42
ATL
13:58-4Q
Andrews 2 run (Luckhurst kick)
TB
9:39:-4Q
House 71 pass from Williams (Capece kick)
GAME REPORTS
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Scott Hutchinson only played one season for the Bucs, but the back-up DE made the play of the game when
he deflected Mick Luckhurst's 45-yard fieldgoal with four seconds remaining and preserved the narrow Tampa
Bay victory., The lead changed hands five times in the game but Doug Williams' 336 yards passing including
a 71-yard scoring strike to Kevin House with 10 minutes remaining proved decisive.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Eckwood 11-54, Wilder 7-16, Owens 7-15, T.Bell 1-7,
Williams 2-1.
FALCONS: Andrews 17-80, Cain 10-57.
PASSING
BUCS: Williams 29-19-336-0-2.
FALCONS: Bartowski 34-24-237-1-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Wilder 6-96, House 5-126, Giles 3-62, T.Bell 3-33,
Eckwood 2-19.
FALCONS: Andrews 13-98, Jenkins 6-96, Jackson 1-13, Francis
1-10, Miller 1-10, Mayberry 1-6, Cain 1-4.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Brown 1-1.
FALCONS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Holt 4-78.
FALCONS: Smith 5-116.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Holt 2-7.
FALCONS: Woerner 1-0, Pridemore 1-0.
SACKS
BUCS: Logan 1-1.
FALCONS: Richardson 1-9.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
74 Sanders
DE
65 Stalls
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
83 Bell
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, 62 Leonard, 64
Short, 68 Yarno, 70 Hutchinson, 75 Reavis, 79 Campbell, 84
Jones, 86 Obradovich, 87 Carter, 90 White
DID NOT PLAY
10 Ford, 14 Fusina, 42 R Bell, 57 Lewis
COMMENTARY CREW
Vin Scully and Hank Stram
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
Doug Williams and Jimmie Giles hooked up for a Buccaneer touchdown
And in big games, Williams naturally found Kevin House for another score
Scott Hutchinson’s partially blocked fieldgoal sealed the Tampa Bay victory