| Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: November 29, 1981 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 62209 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 0 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 31 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | TB | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Larry Hardy 2 pass from Archie Manning (Benny Ricardo kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | George Rogers 8 run (Benny Ricardo kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Bill Capece 51 FG | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Kevin House 16 pass from Doug Williams (Bill Capece kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 3 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Doug Williams 2 run (Bill Capece kick) | 17 | 14 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Gordon Jones 4 pass from Doug Williams (Bill Capece kick) | 24 | 14 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | James Owens 6 run (Bill Capece kick) | 31 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Theo Bell |
| 89 | WR | Kevin House |
| 74 | LOT | Gene Sanders |
| 72 | LOG | Ray Snell |
| 50 | C | Steve Wilson |
| 61 | ROG | Greg Roberts |
| 73 | ROT | Charley Hannah |
| 88 | TE | Jimmie Giles |
| 12 | QB | Doug Williams |
| 43 | TB | Jerry Eckwood |
| 32 | FB | James Wilder |
| Defense | ||
| 65 | LDE | Dave Stalls |
| 76 | NT | Dave Logan |
| 63 | RDE | Lee Roy Selmon |
| 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 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 48 | WR | Jeff Groth |
| 19 | WR | Guido Merkens |
| 84 | LOT | Dave Lafary |
| 68 | LOG | Fred Sturt |
| 62 | C | John Hill |
| 61 | ROG | Sam Adams |
| 67 | ROT | Stan Brock |
| 85 | TE | Hoby Brenner |
| 87 | TE | Larry Hardy |
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning |
| 38 | HB | George Rogers |
| Defense | ||
| 74 | LDE | Derland Moore |
| 77 | NT | Jerry Boyarsky |
| 78 | RDE | Elois Grooms |
| 57 | LOLB | Rickey Jackson |
| 93 | LILB | Glen Redd |
| 52 | RILB | Jim Kovach |
| 55 | ROLB | Rob Nairne |
| 44 | LCB | Dave Waymer |
| 20 | SS | Russell Gary |
| 37 | FS | Tommy Myers |
| 25 | RCB | Johnnie Poe |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| James Owens | 17 | 50 | 2.9 | 18 | 1 |
| James Wilder | 7 | 47 | 6.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Doug Williams | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 7 | 1 |
| Jerry Eckwood | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 5 | 0 |
| Chuck Fusina | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| George Rogers | 23 | 120 | 5.2 | 26 | 1 |
| Jack Holmes | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Scott Stauch | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Doug Williams | 24 | 16 | 66.7 | 1 | 218 | 9.1 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 105.9 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 23 | 16 | 69.6 | 2 | 162 | 7.0 | 54 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 67.7 |
| Dave Wilson | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 0 | 53 | 6.6 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60.9 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Kevin House | 6 | 107 | 17.8 | 39 | 1 |
| Jerry Eckwood | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jimmie Giles | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 26 | 0 |
| James Wilder | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 13 | 0 |
| James Owens | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Gordon Jones | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4t | 1 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Jack Holmes | 7 | 35 | 5.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Guido Merkens | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Larry Hardy | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 9 | 1 |
| Toussaint Tyler | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Jeff Groth | 1 | 54 | 54.0 | 54 | 0 |
| Aundra Thompson | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Hoby Brenner | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Rich Martini | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Mike Washington | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Cecil Johnson | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tommy Myers | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Larry Swider | 3 | 140 | 46.7 | 52 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Russell Erxleben | 2 | 70 | 35.0 | 42 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Jeff Groth | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 25 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| James Owens | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Jimmy Rogers | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Wayne Wilson | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 26 | 0 | |
| Scott Stauch | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| Lee Roy Selmon | 2.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |
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