| Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: December 20, 1981 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 80444 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | TB | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Bill Capece 40 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Eric Hipple 9 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Kevin House 84 pass from Doug Williams (Bill Capece kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 47 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Bill Capece 30 FG | 13 | 10 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Dave Logan 21 opponents fumble recovery (Bill Capece kick) | 20 | 10 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Leonard Thompson 8 pass from Eric Hipple (Eddie Murray kick) | 20 | 17 |
| 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 |
| 26 | TB | James Owens |
| 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 |
| 21 | LCB | John Holt |
| 20 | SS | Neal Colzie |
| 34 | FS | Cedric Brown |
| 40 | RCB | Mike Washington |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 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 |
| 80 | TE | Ulysses Norris |
| 17 | QB | Eric Hipple |
| 20 | HB | Billy Sims |
| 24 | FB | Dexter Bussey |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Dave Pureifory |
| 74 | LDT | Joe Ehrmann |
| 78 | RDT | Doug English |
| 79 | RDE | William Gay |
| 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 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| James Owens | 17 | 61 | 3.6 | 10 | 0 |
| James Wilder | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Doug Williams | 6 | 8 | 1.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Jerry Eckwood | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Billy Sims | 19 | 76 | 4.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Vince Thompson | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Dexter Bussey | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Eric Hipple | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 9t | 1 |
| Rick Kane | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Leonard Thompson | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Doug Williams | 19 | 8 | 42.1 | 0 | 172 | 9.1 | 84t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 92.4 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Eric Hipple | 28 | 18 | 64.3 | 2 | 205 | 7.3 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 68.3 |
| Gary Danielson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| James Owens | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 35 | 0 |
| Jimmie Giles | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Kevin House | 1 | 84 | 84.0 | 84t | 1 |
| Theo Bell | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| James Wilder | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jerry Eckwood | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dexter Bussey | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Freddie Scott | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Billy Sims | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Leonard Thompson | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 21 | 1 |
| David Hill | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Rick Kane | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Vince Thompson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Cedric Brown | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Larry Swider | 5 | 211 | 42.2 | 62 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Tom Skladany | 4 | 158 | 39.5 | 45 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Theo Bell | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Neal Colzie | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Robbie Martin | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 26 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| John Holt | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 25 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Robbie Martin | 4 | 105 | 26.3 | 34 | 0 | |
| Alvin Hall | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| Lee Roy Selmon | 2.0 |
| Andy Hawkins | 1.0 |
| Richard Wood | 1.0 |
| Detroit Lions | |
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