Tampa Bay Buccaneers 9 Green Bay Packers 12
Monday 12 December 1983 at Tampa Stadium
SCORING
GB
12:05-1Q
Stenerud FG35
TB
13:31-2Q
Capece FG22
GB
0:42-3Q
Stenerud FG32
TB
7:33-4Q
Armstrong 4 pass from Thompson (kick failed)
GB
0:28-4Q
Stenerud FG23
GB
10:53-OT
Stenerud FG23
GAME REPORTS
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Most people remember this game either for Jan Stenerud setting an NFL record for most fieldgoals in a career,
or for it being Howard Cosell's last game on Monday Night Football. Bill Capece missed a 35-yard fieldgoal in
the fourth quarter and a key extra point and hence cost us another game. After the game, John McKay
remarked that "Capece is Kaput" and sure enough, he never played again for the Buccaneers. Stenerud tied
the game with 28 seconds left with his third fieldgoal of the game, and the Packers then drove 65 yards on the
ground in overtime to allow the veteran kicker to win it 4:07 into the extra period.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Carver 22-83, Thompson 3-8, Armstrong 2-6, House 1-(-4).
PACKERS: Clark 12-35, Huckleby 8-29, Ellis 9-29, Meade 1-1,
Dickey 3-1.
PASSING
BUCS: Thompson 23-12-171-3-1.
PACKERS: Dickey 36-24-278-3-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Armstrong 5-67, Carver 3-45, T.Bell 2-39, House 2-20.
PACKERS: Coffman 4-53, Ellis 4-27, Meade 3-35, Lewis 3-33,
Huckleby 3-24, Epps 2-33, Clark 2-26, Jefferson 2-23, Lofton 1-24.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Reece 1-29, Cotney 1-0, Reese 1-0.
PACKERS: Lee 2-15, Scott 1-12.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Morton 3-53, Owens 1-0.
PACKERS: Huckleby 2-40, T.Lewis 2-26.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: T.Bell 3-8.
PACKERS: Epps 2-20.
SACKS
BUCS: Cannon 1-8, Spradlin 1-2.
PACKERS: Johnson 1-9, Boyd 1-9, Cumby 1-7.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
75 Reavis
LDE
66 Reese
LG
68 Yarno
NT
76 Logan
C
60 Grimes
RDE
63 Selmon
RG
62 Farrell
LOLB
51 Judie
RT
70 Thomas
LILB
55 Spradlin
TE
86 Obradovich
RILB
52 Brantley
WR
83 T Bell
ROLB
53 Green
WR
89 House
LCB
21 Holt
FB
46 Armstrong
SS
33 Cotney
RB
28 Carver
FS
43 Reece
QB
14 Thompson
RCB
40 Washington
PLAYED
1 Morton, 3 Capece, 5 Garcia, 22 Smith, 23 Castille, 26 Owens,
24 Morris, 41 Thomas, 44 Middleton, 54 Wood, 56 Thompson,
57 Leonard, 64 Lowry, 69 Arbubakrr, 78 Cannon, 81 Tyler, 82 J
Bell, 85 Witte, 87 Carter, 88 Giles, 90 White
DID NOT PLAY
7 Komlo, 11 Golsteyn, 58 Davis, 72 Snell, 74 Sanders, 77
Bujnoch
COMMENTARY CREW
Frank Gifford, Don Meredith and Howard Cosell
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
Beasley Reece recorded his sixth Buccaneer interception of the season
Mel Carver started in the backfield and impressed all evening
Adger Armstrong’s touchdown was the only one of the game for either side