| The Cardiac Kids Tampa Stadium 2 January 1983 The background The 1982 season was interrupted by a players' strike that caused a long disruption to the season and resulted in a 16-team playoff tournament to decide the post-season contestants. The Bucs had started the season 0-3 but found themselves on a winning streak and at 4-4 entering their final game of the season, a home encounter with the Chicago Bears. And it was a winner takes all battle, with the loser missing out on the post-season action. And the Bucs were 23-6 down midway through the third quarter and it was looking bad. Then Doug Williams twice hit Jimmie Giles wth TD passes and a Bill Capece fieldgoal inside the final minute took the game into sudden death overtime. The game situation The Bucs had forced the Bears to punt and Tampa had the ball 1st and 10 at their own 40-yard line. John McKay called "18 EAT Pitch" and James Wilder ran the Bucs into the playoffs again. Click here for the game reports & stats |
| The 100 Greatest Plays in Buccaneer history Welcome to the next and best countdown that we have ever run on BUCPOWER.COM. Featuring every one of the 32 years that the Bucs have played NFL football, we have clips of memorable touchdowns, bloopers, decisive moments and trick plays. From the ridiculous to the sublime, this is a countdown to bring back a lot of memories for Buccaneer fans of all ages around the world. Whereas the top 20-30 plays do stand out and are able to be ranked subjectively (and have been by some of the Tampa media), the early plays are generally spread out across the years and can only be placed approximately in terms of their importance. |
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