| Detroit Lions at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 4, 1981 Location: Tampa, FL |
| Venue: Tampa Stadium Attendance: 71733 |
| Weather: Partly Cloudy Temp: 89 F Humidty: 52% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 50 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Freddie Scott 5 pass from Jeff Komlo (Eddie Murray kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Kevin House 17 pass from Doug Williams (Bill Capece kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Kevin House 13 pass from Doug Williams (Bill Capece kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 3 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | James Wilder 37 pass from Doug Williams (Bill Capece kick) | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Jim Obradovich 6 pass from Doug Williams (Bill Capece kick) | 10 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Freddie Scott |
| 39 | WR | Leonard Thompson |
| 76 | LOT | Karl Baldischwiler |
| 61 | LOG | Homer Elias |
| 65 | C | Amos Fowler |
| 73 | ROG | Russ Bolinger |
| 70 | ROT | Keith Dorney |
| 81 | TE | David Hill |
| 19 | QB | Jeff Komlo |
| 20 | HB | Billy Sims |
| 24 | FB | Dexter Bussey |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Dave Pureifory |
| 79 | LDT | William Gay |
| 78 | RDT | Doug English |
| 60 | RDE | Bubba Baker |
| 53 | LLB | Garry Cobb |
| 57 | MLB | Ken Fantetti |
| 52 | RLB | Stan White |
| 44 | LCB | Wayne Smith |
| 23 | SS | Ray Oldham |
| 40 | FS | Jimmy Allen |
| 28 | RCB | James Hunter |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Theo Bell |
| 89 | WR | Kevin House |
| 75 | LOT | Dave Reavis |
| 68 | LOG | George Yarno |
| 50 | C | Steve Wilson |
| 61 | ROG | Greg Roberts |
| 74 | ROT | Gene Sanders |
| 88 | TE | Jimmie Giles |
| 12 | QB | Doug Williams |
| 43 | TB | Jerry Eckwood |
| 32 | FB | James Wilder |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Bill Kollar |
| 76 | NT | Dave Logan |
| 65 | RDE | Dave Stalls |
| 59 | LOLB | Andy Hawkins |
| 56 | LILB | Cecil Johnson |
| 54 | RILB | Richard Wood |
| 53 | ROLB | Hugh Green |
| 41 | LCB | Norris Thomas |
| 20 | SS | Neal Colzie |
| 34 | FS | Cedric Brown |
| 40 | RCB | Mike Washington |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Billy Sims | 24 | 75 | 3.1 | 14 | 0 |
| Dexter Bussey | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Eric Hipple | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Freddie Scott | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Komlo | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Jerry Eckwood | 16 | 21 | 1.3 | 9 | 0 |
| James Owens | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 |
| James Wilder | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 11 | 0 |
| Doug Williams | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Larry Swider | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Jeff Komlo | 25 | 14 | 56.0 | 2 | 153 | 6.1 | 46 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 54.2 |
| Eric Hipple | 15 | 4 | 26.7 | 2 | 102 | 6.8 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.8 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Doug Williams | 29 | 13 | 44.8 | 1 | 168 | 5.8 | 37t | 4 | 1 | 6 | 88.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Freddie Scott | 5 | 97 | 19.4 | 46 | 1 |
| David Hill | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Horace King | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Billy Sims | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Dexter Bussey | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Mark Nichols | 1 | 59 | 59.0 | 59 | 0 |
| Leonard Thompson | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Rick Kane | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| James Wilder | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 37t | 1 |
| Kevin House | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 17t | 2 |
| Theo Bell | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Jerry Eckwood | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Jim Obradovich | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Garry Cobb | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Cecil Johnson | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Cedric Brown | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 24 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Tom Skladany | 4 | 146 | 36.5 | 46 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Larry Swider | 8 | 368 | 46.0 | 61 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Robbie Martin | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Theo Bell | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Robbie Martin | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 21 | 0 | |
| James Harrell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| James Owens | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 23 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| Dave Pureifory | 1.0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| Bill Kollar | 1.0 |
| Dave Logan | 1.0 |
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