Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7 Denver Broncos 24
Sunday 15 November 1981 at Tampa Stadium
SCORING
DEN
10:56-1Q
Odoms 12 pass from Morton (Steinfort kick)
TB
13:53-3Q
Brown 40 interception return (Capece kick)
DEN
7:22-3Q
Canada 1 run (Steinfort kick)
DEN
13:33-4Q
Canada 3 pass from DeBerg (Steinfort kick)
DEN
10:58-4Q
Steinfort FG31
A second straight poor performance dropped the Bucs to 5-6 and two games back of the Vikings in the NFC
Central division. Craig Morton and future Buc Steve DeBerg both led long Bronco drives for scores, and
Tampa's only TD came on an interception return by Cedric Brown.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Eckwood 8-25, Wilder 4-7, R.Bell 1-6, Williams 1-3.
BRONCOS: Parros 12-54, Preston 15-50, Reed 9-27, Wright 1-11,
DeBerg 3-10, Canada 1-1.
PASSING
BUCS: Williams 31-14-189-2-0.
BRONCOS: Morton 14-10-73-0-1, DeBerg 15-10-70-1-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Giles 4-56, House 4-55, Wilder 3-21, Jones 1-44, Eckwood
1-8, T.Bell 1-5.
BRONCOS: Preston 6-46, Reed 4-22, Watson 3-42, Parros 3-8,
Odoms 2-23, Canada 1-3, Upchurch 1-(-1).
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Brown 1-40.
BRONCOS: Harden 2-34.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Holt 1-29, Owens 1-23.
BRONCOS: Manning 1-30.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Holt 3-17.
BRONCOS: Manning 5-56.
SACKS
BUCS: Green 2-15.
BRONCOS: Jackson 1-7, Jones 1-7, Carter 1-6.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
74 Sanders
DE
77 Kollar
LG
72 Snell
DT
76 Logan
C
62 Leonard
DE
63 Selmon
RG
61 Roberts
LOLB
59 Hawkins
RT
73 Hannah
LILB
56 Johnson
TE
88 Giles
RILB
54 Wood
TE
86 Obradovich
ROLB
53 Green
WR
89 House
LCB
41 Thomas
FB
32 Wilder
RCB
21 Holt
RB
43 Eckwood
SS
20 Colzie
QB
12 Williams
FS
34 Brown
PLAYED
3 Capece, 9 Swider, 26 Owens, 27 T Davis, 42 R Bell, 44
Cesare, 45 Mitchell, 51 Nafziger, 52 Brantley, 57 Lewis, 65
Stalls, 68 Yarno, 70 Hutchinson, 75 Reavis, 79 Campbell, 83
Bell, 84 Jones, 87 Carter, 90 White
DID NOT PLAY
10 Ford, 14 Fusina, 40 Washington, 50 Wilson
COMMENTARY CREW
unknown
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
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