Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 Cincinnati Bengals 23
Sunday 25 September 1983 at Tampa Stadium
SCORING
CIN
11:54-1Q
Riley 34 interception return (Breech kick)
CIN
4:28-1Q
Wilson 4 pass from Anderson (Breech kick)
CIN
7:26-2Q
Alexander 2 run (pass failed)
TB
1:51-2Q
Owens 1 run (Capece kick)
TB
3:58-3Q
Capece FG20
CIN
13:25-4Q
Breech FG24
TB
9:19-4Q
House 15 pass from Thompson (Capece kick)
GAME REPORTS
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Playing against his former team-mates for the first time, Jack Thompson proved to be the focal point of a close
contest. He completed 30 of his 40 passes for his first 300-yard game in the NFL and sparked a furious Tampa Bay
comeback from a 20-0 2nd quarter deficit. James Wilder tied his team record with 11 receptions and posted a 100-
yard receiving game. The Bucs got to within six on Thompson's TD pass to Kevin House, and after John Holt
intercepted Ken Anderson, Thompson drove Tampa Bay to the Cincinnati 12-yard line late in the game. But his fourth
down pass to Jimmie Giles was intercepted in the endzone by Robert Jackson and the Bengals ran out the clock.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Carver 10-38, Owens 7-10, Wilder 2-2, Thompson 4-2.
BENGALS: Alexander 20-61, Anderson 5-42, Wilson 2-11, Tate 3-7.
PASSING
BUCS: Thompson 40-30-316-3-1.
BENGALS: Anderson 20-15-168-1-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Wilder 11-126, Carter 4-42, Carver 4-39, Giles 4-31, Owens
3-19, House 2-35, T.Bell 1-20, Obradovich 1-4.
BENGALS: Alexander 3-10, Collinsworth 2-45, Nate 2-30, Curtis 2-
24, Ross 2-21, Wilson 2-8, Kreider 1-8, Harris 1-12.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Holt 1-13.
BENGALS: Riley 1-34, Griffin 1-24, Jackson 1-15.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Owens 2-45, O'Steen 2-30, Morton 1-20.
BENGALS: Tate 1-20, Verser 1-18, Dinkel 1-1.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Tyler 2-16.
BENGALS: Martin 1-2.
SACKS
BUCS: Cannon 1-14, Hawkins 1-8.
BENGALS: Edwards 2-15, Kemp 1-10.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
75 Reavis
LDE
78 Cannon
LG
72 Snell
NT
76 Logan
C
50 Wilson
RDE
63 Selmon
RG
68 Yarno
LOLB
59 Hawkins
RT
70 Thomas
LILB
58 Davis
TE
88 Giles
RILB
52 Brantley
WR
89 House
ROLB
53 Green
WR
87 Carter
LCB
21 Holt
FB
32 Wilder
SS
20 Colzie
RB
26 Owens
FS
34 Brown
QB
14 Thompson
RCB
23 Castille
PLAYED
1 Morton, 3 Capece, 5 Garcia, 22 Smith, 24 Morris, 28 Carver,
43 Middleton, 44 O'Steen, 54 Wood, 55 Spradlin, 56 Johnson,
60 Grimes, 65 Stalls, 66 Reese, 69 Arbubakrr, 74 Sanders, 81
Tyler, 82 J Bell, 83 T Bell, 85 Witte, 86 Obradovich, 90 White
DID NOT PLAY
8 Hewko, 11 Golsteyn, 40 Washington, 57 Leonard
INACTIVES
62 Farrell
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
James Wilder had a nice run and catch down the near sideline
Kevin House’s 4th quarter touchdown brought the Bucs to within six
But Jack Thompson’s endzone interception saw the Bucs come up short