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  Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24 Buffalo Bills 23
Sunday 19 December 1982 at Tampa Stadium
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| | BUF | 12:52-1Q | Leaks 8 run (kick failed) |
| TB | 4:36-1Q | Carver 2 pass from Williams (Capece kick) |
| BUF | 1:00-2Q | Herrera FG49 |
| TB | 0:00-2Q | Capece FG27 |
| BUF | 9:57-3Q | Leaks 3 run (Herrera kick) |
| TB | 4:16-3Q | Jones 2 pass from Williams (Capece kick) |
| TB | 14:00-4Q | Carver 13 run (Capece kick) |
| BUF | 4:05-4Q | Ferguson 10 run (Herrera kick) |
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RUSHING
BUCS: Carver 20-89, Wilder 8-25, Williams 7-24.
BILLS: Leaks 13-62, Cribbs 13-49, Ferguson 3-23, Brown 2-20, Kofler 1-12.
PASSING
BUCS: Williams 36-20-204-3-2.
BILLS: Ferguson 25-17-168-3-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Wilder 9-58, House 4-69, Giles 2-31, Jones 2-28, Carter 1-9, Obradovich 1-7, Carver 1-2.
BILLS: Cribbs 4-16, Butler 3-42, Brammer 3-22, Piccone 2-38, Leaks 3-17, Barnett 1-22, Lewis 1-11.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Colzie 1-13, Washington 1-13, Thomas 1-0.
BILLS: Freeman 1-14, Simpson 1-3, Marve 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Morton 4-67, Yarno 1-14.
OPPONENTS: Mosley 4-138.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: T.Bell 1-7.
OPPONENTS: Holt 1-6, Hooks 1-1.
SACKS
BUCS: Reese 1-16.
OPPONENTS: none.
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| GAME REPORTS AND COMMENTS |
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Leading by a single point inside the final minute, Lee Roy Selmon forced Roosevelt Leaks to fumble at the Tampa 17-yard line and Cedric Brown recovered to prevent the Bills attempting a game-winning fieldgoal. The Bucs had moved to a 24-16 lead early in the fourth quarter when rookie RB Mel Carver scored on a 13-yard run.
The Bills closed to within a point when Joe Ferguson scrambled for a touchdown with just over four minutes left and having forced a Tampa Bay punt, were driving for a winning fieldgoal attempt when Selmon came up with the crucial play of the season.
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| OFFENSE | DEFENSE |
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| LT | 75 Reavis
| LDE | 65 Stalls |
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| LG | 72 Snell
| NT | 76 Logan |
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| C | 50 Wilson
| RDE | 63 Selmon |
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| RG | 61 Roberts
| LOLB | 59 Hawkins |
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| RT | 62 Farrell
| LILB | 56 Johnson |
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| WR | 89 House
| RILB | 52 Brantley |
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| WR | 84 Jones
| ROLB | 53 Green |
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| TE | 88 Giles
| LCB | 41 Thomas |
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| TE | 82 J Bell
| SS | 20 Colzie |
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| RB | 32 Wilder
| FS | 34 Brown |
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| QB | 12 Williams
| RCB | 40 Washington |
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SUBSTITUTIONS |
| 1 Morton, 3 Capece, 9 Swider, 21 Holt, 22 Smith, 24 Morris, 28 Carver, 30 Barrett, 33 Cotney, 44 Middleton, 51 Nafziger, 54 Wood, 57 Leonard, 58 Davis, 66 Reese, 68 Yarno, 78 Cannon, 83 T Bell, 86 Obradovich, 87 Carter, 90 White |
DID NOT PLAY |
| 11 Golsteyn, 15 Quinn, 26 Owens, 73 Hannah, 74 Sanders, 81 Tyler |
INACTIVE |
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