Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 Green Bay Packers 55 Sunday 2 October 1983 at Lambeau Field
SCORING GB 11:59-1Q Epps 90 punt return (Stenerud kick) GB 6:27-1Q Clark 75 pass from Dickey (Stenerud kick) GB 14:52-2Q Huckleby 1 run (Stenerud kick) TB 11:15-2Q Green 21 interception return (Capece kick) GB 8:39-2Q Coffman 1 pass from Dickey (Stenerud kick) GB 6:57-2Q Douglass 35 fumble return (Stenerud kick) GB 4:31-2Q Anderson 27 interception return (Stenerud kick) GB 1:50-2Q Lofton 57 pass from Dickey (Stenerud kick) GB 13:35-4Q Stenerud FG19 GB 6:39-4Q Stenerud FG27 TB 2:11-4Q Owens 2 run (Capece kick)
A game to forget for Bucs fans. They trailed the Packers 49-7 at the half, thereby setting an NFL record for the most points conceeded in league history in a half. Green Bay rolled up over 500 yards of offense and scored in almost every way possible, run, pass, kick, interception return, fumble return and punt return. The Bucs were playing without three starters in their defensive secondary, both offensive guards and James Wilder, and did finally score an offensive touchdown late in the game.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Owens 6-10, Morton 5-5, Thompson 1-4, Carver 2-1. PACKERS: Clark 11-56, Ivery 9-40, Huckleby 9-29, Ellis 9-26, Meade 2-12, Lofton 1-5, Whitehurst 1-(-4). PASSING BUCS: Thompson 28-16-217-2-0, Golsteyn 19-8-89-0-0. PACKERS: Dickey 15-10-267-1-3, Whitehurst 12-7-76-0-0, Ellis 1- 1-20-0-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Carver 6-40, T.Bell 5-77, J.Bell 5-73, Carter 2-36, Tyler 2- 30, Giles 2-27, House 2-23. PACKERS: Lofton 4-112, Jefferson 4-73, Lewis 3-56, Coffman 3- 25, Clark 1-75, Huckleby 1-11, Ivery 1-10, Ellis 1-1. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Green 1-21. PACKERS: Anderson 1-27, Gray 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Owens 5-103, Spradlin 2-28, Morton 1-18. PACKERS: Gray 1-20. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Tyler 2-24. PACKERS: Epps 5-129. SACKS BUCS: Brantley 1-8. PACKERS: Douglass 1, Lewis 1, Turner 1, Anderson 0.5, Johnson 0.5
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 75 Reavis LDE 78 Cannon LG 60 Grimes NT 76 Logan C 50 Wilson RDE 63 Selmon RG 68 Yarno LOLB 56 Johnson 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 28 Carver SS 22 Smith RB 26 Owens FS 40 Washington QB 14 Thompson RCB 23 Castille PLAYED 1 Morton, 3 Capece, 5 Garcia, 11 Golsteyn, 20 Colzie, 24 Morris, 29 LaBeaux, 34 Brown, 54 Wood, 55 Spradlin, 57 Leonard, 59 Hawkins, 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, 32 Wilder, 43 Middleton, 72 Snell INACTIVES 62 Farrell
COMMENTARY CREW Jack Buck and Hank Stram
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip Hugh Green’s interception return was the only bright spot of the first half Andre Tyler had a nice reception during a fourth quarter drive Which James Owens finished with a touchdown run around right end