INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Wilder 6-61, House 4-95, Jones 4-56, T.Bell 4-50, Giles 3-
75, Owens 3-23, Carter 1-7.
BEARS: Bachnagel 4-59, Payton 3-17, Margerum 2-41, Watts 1-
31, Suhey 1-15, Moorehead 1-4.
PASSING
BUCS: Williams 49-25-367-2-2, Golsteyn 1-0-0-0-0 .
BEARS: McMahon 30-12-167-0-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Wilder 6-61, House 4-95, Jones 4-56, T.Bell 4-50, Giles 3-
75, Owens 3-23, Carter 1-7.
OPPONENTS: Baschnagel 4-59, Payton 3-17, Margerum 2-41,
Watts 1-31, Suhey 1-15, Moorehead 1-4.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
BEARS: Wilson 1-39, Fencik 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Owens 3-52, Carver 2-44, Davis 1-0.
BEARS: Watts 4-78, Gentry 2-30, Harper 1-0.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Holt 3-28, T.Bell 2-6.
BEARS: Fisher 2-24.
SACKS
BUCS: Stalls 2-15, Colzie 1-14, Selmon 1-3.
BEARS: Osborne 1-20, Harris 1-11, Hampton 1-11.
To clinch their playoff berth, the Bucs came from 23-6 down midway through the fourth quarter, their biggest-ever comeback at the
time. Doug Williams passed for 367 yards, with two scores to Jimmie Giles. Bill Capece tied the score with a 40-yard fieldgoal
with 26 seconds remaining and after James Wilder rushed 47 yards on the Bucs' first play of overtime, Capece converted a 33-
yarder to win it for Tampa Bay. One of the key plays in the game came late in the first quarter when Doug Williams was hit and
fumbled but then chased down DT Steve McMichael after a 64-yard return to the Tampa 8. The Buc defense held the the Bears to
a fieldgoal which turned out to be decisive in the long run.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 26 Chicago Bears 23
Sunday 2 January 1983 at Tampa Stadium
SCORING
CHI
7:59-1Q
Thomas FG43
CHI
13:58-2Q
Thomas FG19
CHI
12:02-2Q
Wilson 39 interception return (Thomas kick)
TB
7:26-2Q
Capece FG27
TB
4:26-2Q
Capece FG31
CHI
1:41-2Q
Baschnagel 19 pass from McMahon (Thomas kick)
CHI
6:58-3Q
Thomas FG19
TB
5:03-3Q
Giles 35 pass from Williams (Capece kick)
TB
8:03-4Q
Giles 31 pass from Williams (Capece kick)
TB
0:26-4Q
Capece FG40
TB
12:21-OT
Capece FG33
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
75 Reavis
LDE
65 Stalls
LG
72 Snell
NT
76 Logan
C
50 Wilson
RDE
63 Selmon
RG
61 Roberts
LOLB
59 Hawkins
RT
62 Farrell
LILB
56 Johnson
WR
89 House
RILB
52 Brantley
WR
84 Jones
ROLB
53 Green
TE
88 Giles
LCB
41 Thomas
FB
32 Wilder
SS
20 Colzie
RB
28 Carver
FS
34 Brown
QB
12 Williams
RCB
40 Washington
SUBSTITUTIONS
1 Morton, 3 Capece, 9 Swider, 11 Golsteyn, 21 Holt, 22
Smith, 24 Morris, 26 Owens, 33 Cotney, 35 Moser, 44
Middleton, 54 Wood, 57 Leonard, 58 Davis, 66 Reese,
68 Yarno, 73 Hannah, 78 Cannon, 82 J Bell, 83 T Bell,
86 Obradovich, 87 Carter, 90 White
DID NOT PLAY
15 Quinn, 55 Jeffers, 74 Sanders, 81 Tyler
COMMENTARY CREW
Tim Ryan and Johnny Morris
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
Jimmie Giles catches his second touchdown pass of the game from Doug Williams
James Wilder’s 47-yard run on a play called “EAT 18” in overtime
Which set up Bill Capece’s winning fieldgoal to send the Bucs into the playoffs again