Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 Chicago Bears 28
Sunday 20 September 1981 at Soldier Field
SCORING
TB
8:06-1Q
Washington 29 interception return (Yepremian kick)
CHI
3:24-2Q
Suhey 1 run (Nielsen kick)
CHI
0:38-2Q
Fisher 88 punt return (Nielsen kick)
TB
11:10-2Q
House 11 pass from Williams (Yepremian kick)
CHI
0:06-3Q
Evans 8 run (Nielsen kick)
TB
12:23-4Q
Yepremian FG32
CHI
5:14-4Q
Williams 18 pass from Evans (Nielsen kick)
GAME REPORTS
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The Bucs held Chicago to just 75 first half yards but trailed 14-7 at the break thanks to Jeff Fisher's punt
return score with 38 seconds left in the second quarter. Doug Williams passed for over 300 yards but three
interceptions killed any hopes of a Tampa comeback in the second half. The Bucs' first TD came on an
interception of their own by Mike Washington who re-injured a groin muscle pull in the process of scoring.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Eckwood 23-114, Williams 3-18, Wilder 2-4, R.Bell 1-3,
T.Davis 1-2.
BEARS: Payton 21-64, Suhey 14-48, Evans 3-9.
PASSING
BUCS: Williams 40-17-324-2-1
BEARS: Evans 23-13-126-1-1, Payton 1-0-0-0-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: House 6-91, Giles 5-109, Jones 4-68, T.Bell 1-47, Wilder
1-9.
BEARS: Suhey 4-19, Watts 2-35, Williams 2-29, Earl 2-18,
Margerum 1-15, Baschnagel 1-6, Payton 1-4.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Washington 1-29.
BEARS: Fencik 1-20, Walterscheid 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Owens 2-45, G.Davis 1-12.
BEARS: Williams 4-66.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: T.Bell 5-5.
BEARS: Fisher 2-93.
SACKS
BUCS: none.
BEARS: Osborne 1-15.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
75 Reavis
DE
77 Kollar
LG
68 Yarno
DT
76 Logan
C
50 Wilson
DE
63 Selmon
RG
62 Leonard
LOLB
57 Lewis
RT
74 Sanders
LILB
56 Johnson
TE
88 Giles
RILB
54 Wood
WR
89 House
ROLB
53 Green
WR
84 Jones
LCB
41 Thomas
FB
32 Wilder
RCB
21 Holt
RB
43 Eckwood
SS
20 Colzie
QB
12 Williams
FS
34 Brown
PLAYED
1 Yepremian, 14 Fusina, 16 Blanchard, 26 Owens, 27 T Davis,
28 G Davis, 40 Washington, 42 R Bell, 44 Cesare, 45 Mitchell,
51 Nafziger, 52 Brantley, 59 Hawkins, 61 Roberts, 65 Stalls, 70
Hutchinson, 72 Snell, 73 Hannah, 83 Bell, 86 Obradovich, 87
Carter, 90 White
DID NOT PLAY
10 Ford
COMMENTARY CREW
Tom Brookshier and Johnny Morris
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
Mike Washington had an early pick six touchdown
Kevin House teamed up once more with Doug Williams for a score
Late in the game, Williams found Theo Bell for a big gain from the shadow of his own endzone