INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Owens 12-46, Wilder 13-35, Williams 1-2. SAINTS: J.Rogers 13-35, G.Rogers 13-32, Gajan 1-2. PASSING BUCS: Williams 24-15-192-0-1. SAINTS: Stabler 43-29-333-0-1. RECEIVING BUCS: House 4-70, Wilder 3-30, Giles 3-23, Jones 2-28, T.Bell 1- 24, Carter 1-12, Owens 1-5. SAINTS: Groth 9-95, Brenner 6-73, Duckett 4-71, Hardy 3-19, Scott 2-43, Gajan 2-12, Thompson 1-14, G.Rogers 1-4, Holmes 1- 2. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. SAINTS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: none. SAINTS: Thompson 2-48, Mauti 2-40. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Holt 1-5. SAINTS: Groth 3-25. SACKS BUCS: Stalls 1-13, Colzie 1-9. SAINTS: Nairne 1-14.
Leading 13-10, the Bucs had seen the Saints drive to their own 20-yard line inside the final minute. But then a holding penalty and a Dave Stalls sack pushed them back leading to Morten Andersen to attempt a 60-yard fieldgoal to tie. It missed just wide right. Bill Capece kicked two fieldgoals of his own, while three recovered New Orleans fumbles, two of them by Neal Colzie proved the ultimate difference. Colzie had a second straight monster game from his safety position, adding a sack and 10 tackles to the performance. Doug Williams hit on his best completion percentage of the season including a 34-yard scoring strike to Kevin House whilst under a heavy pass rush.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 13 New Orleans Saints 10 Sunday 5 December 1982 at the Superdome
SCORING NO 1:46-1Q Thompson 14 pass from Stabler (Fritsch kick) TB 1:12-2Q Capece FG29 TB 10:29-3Q House 34 pass from Williams (Capece kick) NO 7:45-3Q Andersen FG45 TB 0:20-3Q Capece FG50
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 75 Reavis LDE 65 Stalls LG 72 Snell NT 76 Logan C 57 Leonard RDE 63 Selmon RG 62 Farrell LOLB 59 Hawkins RT 73 Hannah LILB 56 Johnson WR 89 House RILB 52 Brantley TE 86 Obradovich ROLB 53 Green TE 88 Giles LCB 41 Thomas FB 32 Wilder SS 20 Colzie RB 26 Owens FS 34 Brown QB 12 Williams RCB 40 Washington SUBSTITUTIONS 1 Morton, 3 Capece, 9 Swider, 21 Holt, 22 Smith, 24 Morris, 28 Carver, 30 Barrett, 33 Cotney, 50 Wilson, 51 Nafziger, 54 Wood, 58 Davis, 66 Reese, 68 Yarno, 74 Sanders, 78 Cannon, 82 J Bell, 83 T Bell, 84 Jones, 87 Carter, 90 White DID NOT PLAY 11 Golsteyn, 44 Middleton, 61 Roberts, 81 Tyler INACTIVE 67 Cobb
COMMENTARY CREW Frank Gleiber and Joe Greene
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip Doug Williams and Kevin House connect for the Tampa Bay touchdown Dave Stalls with a huge sack to push the Saints back to the edge of fieldgoal range Morten Andersen’s 60-yard attempt misses just wide right to give the Bucs victory