Tampa Bay Buccaneers 9 Dallas Cowboys 14
Sunday 21 November 1982 at Texas Stadium
TB4:53-1Q Capece FG26
TB0:07-1Q Capece FG27
DAL1:13-2Q Pearson 9 pass from White (Septien kick)
TB9:52-3Q Capece FG26
DAL3:57-3Q Newhouse 3 run (Septien kick)

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Wilder 12-67, Owens 17-50, Williams 3-6, Giles 1-1.
COWBOYS: Dorsett 15-52, Springs 4-16, Newsome 4-7, Newhouse 1-3, White 2-0.

PASSING
BUCS: Williams 42-23-258-0-0.
COWBOYS: White 16-11-158-1-1.

RECEIVING
BUCS: Wilder 5-22, Giles 4-93, House 4-24, Jones 3-45, Carter 3-42, Owens 2-9.
COWBOYS: Springs 3-28, Dorsett 3-16, Johnson 2-69, Pearson 2-24, Hill 1-21.

INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Green 1-31.
COWBOYS: none.
GAME REPORT
The Bucs fell to 0-3 in their first game after the nine-week players' strike despite outgaining the Cowboys 382-185 in total yardage. Failure to convert scoring opportunities into touchdowns killed the Bucs as they drove inside the Dallas 10-yard line on five separate occasions but could not score a touchdown. Bill Capece connected on three fieldgoals but missed a fourth when he was wide right from 24 yards. Yet despite that, the Bucs still had a late chance to win. Kevin House was ruled out of the endzone on a pass play with 31 seconds remaining, although Jimmie Giles caught a Doug Williams pass inside the Dallas 10 two plays later, but was stripped of the ball and the Cowboys recovered to the seal the win.
OFFENSEDEFENSE
LT75 Reavis LDE65 Stalls
LG68 Yarno NT76 Logan
C50 Wilson RDE63 Selmon
RG61 Roberts LOLB59 Hawkins
RT73 Hannah LILB56 Johnson
WR89 House RILB52 Brantley
WR84 Jones ROLB53 Green
TE88 Giles LCB41 Thomas
FB32 Wilder SS20 Colzie
RB26 Owens FS34 Brown
QB12 Williams RCB40 Washington
SUBSTITUTIONS
1 Morton, 3 Capece, 9 Swider, 21 Holt, 22 Smith, 24 Morris, 28 Carver, 30 Barrett, 33 Cotney, 51 Nafziger, 54 Wood, 57 Leonard, 58 Davis, 62 Farrell, 66 Reese, 78 Cannon, 82 J Bell, 83 T Bell, 86 Obradovich, 87 Carter, 90 White
DID NOT PLAY
11 Golsteyn, 44 Middleton, 67 Cobb, 72 Snell, 74 Sanders, 81 Tyler
INACTIVE