Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 St.Louis Cardinals 10
Sunday 27 September 1981 at Tampa Stadium
SCORING
TB
8:40-1Q
Capece FG29
TB
0:06-1Q
Capece FG23
STL
9:43-2Q
O'Donoghue FG20
STL
9:09-3Q
Harrell 1 run (O'Donoghue kick)
TB
2:41-4Q
Owens 1 run (Capece kick)
TB
1:51-4Q
Eckwood 31 run (Capece kick)
Trailing 10-6 with 2:51 remaining, Doug Williams led the Bucs on a 16-play, 80-yard drive for the go-ahead TD,
twice converting fourth down passes in the process. Cecil Johnson then intercepted Jim Hart on the second
play after the score and Jerry Eckwood bolted 31 yards for a second quick touchdown to put the game
beyond doubt. Bill Capece marked his debut for the Bucs with two fieldgoals.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Wilder 15-76, Eckwood 13-71, Williams 5-19, Owens 1-1.
CARDINALS: Anderson 20-97, Morris 12-60, Mitchell 5-18, Harrell
1-1.
PASSING
BUCS: Williams 30-17-162-0-0.
CARDINALS: Hart 18-11-91-0-0, Lomax 1-1-8-0-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Wilder 9-72, Giles 3-36, T.Bell 2-24, House 2-17,
Obradovich 1-13.
CARDINALS: Anderson 3-8, Green 2-24, Harrell 2-13, Stef 1-23,
Morris 1-11, Tilley 1-11, Mitchell 1-5, LaFleur 1-4.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Johnson 1-3.
CARDINALS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: T.Davis 1-21.
CARDINALS: Mitchell 3-64, Love 1-5.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: T.Bell 1-5.
CARDINALS: Mitchell 3-32.
SACKS
BUCS: Logan 1-12, Hutchinson 1-8.
CARDINALS: Baker 1-8.
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
TE
86 Obradovich
ROLB
53 Green
WR
89 House
LCB
41 Thomas
FB
32 Wilder
RCB
21 Holt
RB
43 Eckwood
SS
20 Colzie
QB
12 Williams
FS
34 Brown
PLAYED
3 Capece, 9 Swider, 26 Owens, 27 T Davis, 28 G Davis, 40
Washington, 44 Cesare, 45 Mitchell, 51 Nafziger, 52 Brantley,
61 Roberts, 65 Stalls, 70 Hutchinson, 72 Snell, 73 Hannah, 83
Bell, 87 Carter, 90 White
DID NOT PLAY
10 Ford, 14 Fusina, 42 R Bell, 57 Lewis, 84 Jones
COMMENTARY CREW
unknown
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
One of the few games not fully available so here is the NFL Films’ summary of the game