|
  Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 Detroit Lions 17
Sunday 20 December 1981 at the Silverdome
|
|---|
| |
| | TB | 8:08-1Q | Capece FG40 |
| DET | 12:21-2Q | Hipple 9 run (Murray kick) |
| TB | 2:44-2Q | House 84 pass from Williams (Capece kick) |
| DET | 5:10-3Q | Murray FG47 |
| TB | 13:28-4Q | Capece FG30 |
| TB | 14:48-4Q | Logan 21 fumble return (Capece kick) |
| DET | 1:21-4Q | Thompson 8 pass from Hipple (Murray kick) |
|
| INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS |
|---|
RUSHING
BUCS: Owens 17-61, Wilder 8-28, Williams 6-8, Eckwood 2-7.
LIONS: Sims 19-76, V.Thompson 4-29, Bussey 4-24, Hipple 4-19, Kane 2-7, L.Thompson 2-4.
PASSING
BUCS: Williams 19-8-172-0-1.
LIONS: Hipple 28-18-205-2-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Owens 2-49, Giles 2-19, House 1-84, T.Bell 1-9,Wilder 1-8, Eckwood 1-3.
LIONS: Bussey 4-32, Scott 3-56, Sims 3-39, L.Thompson 3-34, Hill 3-33, Kane 1-6, V.Thompson 1-5.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Brown 2-9.
LIONS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Holt 2-45.
LIONS: Martin 4-105, Hill 1-21.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: T.Bell 3-24, Colzie 1-12.
LIONS: Martin 5-56.
SACKS
BUCS: Selmon 2-16, Hawkins 1-7, Wood 1-1.
LIONS: none.
|
| GAME REPORTS AND COMMENTS |
|---|
| Click here for Jim Selman's game review |
| Click here for Tom McEwen's morning-after column |
| Click here for the gamebook and play-by-play from this game |
This was for the NFC Central title. The winner went to the playoffs, the loser went home.
And it was the Bucs who won their second title in three seasons as the combination of Williams-House for 84 yards, and Selmon forcing a fumble recovered and returned for a score by David Logan gave the Bucs what they needed to win.
Eric Hipple threw a late score for the Lions, but Theo Bell recovered the ensuing onside kick. |
| OFFENSE | DEFENSE |
|---|
| | | |
|---|
| LT | 74 Sanders
| LDE | 65 Stalls |
|---|
| LG | 72 Snell
| NT | 76 Logan |
|---|
| C | 50 Wilson
| RDE | 63 Selmon |
|---|
| RG | 61 Roberts
| LOLB | 59 Hawkins |
|---|
| RT | 73 Hannah
| LILB | 56 Johnson |
|---|
| WR | 89 House
| RILB | 54 Wood |
|---|
| WR | 83 Bell
| ROLB | 53 Green |
|---|
| TE | 88 Giles
| LCB | 21 Holt |
|---|
| FB | 32 Wilder
| SS | 20 Colzie |
|---|
| RB | 26 Owens
| FS | 34 Brown |
|---|
| QB | 12 Williams
| RCB | 40 Washington |
|---|
SUBSTITUTIONS |
|
3 Capece, 9 Swider, 24 Delaney, 27 T Davis, 41 Thomas, 43 Eckwood, 44 Cesare, 51 Nafziger, 52 Brantley, 57 Lewis, 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
|
INACTIVE |
|
|
 |
|
|
