Tampa Bay Buccaneers 21 San Francisco 49ers 35
Sunday 4 December 1983 at Candlestick Park
SCORING
SF
14:51-2Q
Craig 10 run (Wersching kick)
SF
8:36-2Q
Craig 1 run (Wersching kick)
TB
2:24-2Q
T.Bell 9 pass from Thompson (Capece kick)
SF
11:13-3Q
Montana 12 run (Wersching kick)
TB
9:19-3Q
House 74 pass from Thompson (Capece kick)
SF
1:17-3Q
Ring 3 run (Wersching kick)
SF
9:33-4Q
Craig 14 run (Wersching kick)
TB
1:07-4Q
Carver 3 pass from Thompson (Capece kick)
GAME REPORTS
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Jack Thompson passed for 337 yards, almost half going to Kevin House, but the Niners used five rushing
touchdowns, three by Roger Craig, to post the victory. Wendell Tyler went over the 100 yard mark against the
injury-ravaged Buccaneer defense who were missing Lee Roy Selmon from the line, and Pro Bowl LB Hugh
Green who played with one eye shut due to an allergic reaction. House's six receptions for 156 yards
including a 74-yard TD, the longest scoring pass of the season for the Bucs.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Carver 11-19, Owens 6-12, Armstrong 1-7, Thompson 1-0.
49ERS: Tyler 16-102, Craig 15-71, Montana 4-31, Ring 3-11,
Clark 1-9, Moore 1-3.
PASSING
BUCS: Thompson 46-25-337-2-3.
49ERS: Montana 31-21-227-0-0, Benjamin 1-1-12-0-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: House 6-156, Carver 5-32, Carter 4-52, Armstrong 4-44,
Obradovich 2-19, T.Bell 2-16, Tyler 1-13, Owens 1-5.
49ERS: Clark 6-90, Craig 4-37, Wilson 3-29, Francis 3-21, Tyler 3-
12, Moore 1-24, Solomon 1-17, Ring 1-9.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
49ERS: Williamson 2-26.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Morton 5-131, Smith 1-(-4).
49ERS: Moore 2-22, Cooper 1-17, Ring 0-4.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: T.Bell 2-6.
49ERS: McLemore 2-13.
SACKS
BUCS: Cannon 1-6.
49ERS: Dean 1.5-12.5, Board 0.5-3.5.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
75 Reavis
LDE
66 Reese
LG
68 Yarno
NT
76 Logan
C
60 Grimes
RDE
78 Cannon
RG
62 Farrell
LOLB
51 Judie
RT
74 Sanders
LILB
58 Davis
TE
85 Witte
RILB
52 Brantley
TE
86 Obradovich
ROLB
53 Green
WR
89 House
LCB
23 Castille
FB
46 Armstrong
SS
33 Cotney
RB
28 Carver
FS
43 Reece
QB
14 Thompson
RCB
21 Holt
PLAYED
1 Morton, 3 Capece, 5 Garcia, 22 Smith, 26 Owens, 24 Morris,
41 Thomas, 54 Wood, 55 Spradlin, 56 Thompson, 57 Leonard,
64 Lowry, 69 Arbubakrr, 70 Thomas, 81 Tyler, 82 J Bell, 83 T
Bell, 87 Carter, 90 White
DID NOT PLAY
7 Komlo, 11 Golsteyn, 44 Middleton, 72 Snell, 77 Bujnoch
INACTIVES
50 Wilson, 63 Selmon, 88 Giles
COMMENTARY CREW
Dick Stockton
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
Theo Bell had the first Buccaneer touchdown
Kevin House had a monster game including this touchdown reception
Mel Carver weighed in with a score of his own