| Buffalo Bills at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 19, 1982 Location: Tampa, FL |
| Venue: Tampa Stadium Attendance: 62510 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 67 F Humidty: 70% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 6 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 23 |
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Roosevelt Leaks 8 run (Efren Herrera kick failed) | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Mel Carver 2 pass from Doug Williams (Bill Capece kick) | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Efren Herrera 49 FG | 9 | 7 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Bill Capece 27 FG | 9 | 10 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Roosevelt Leaks 3 run (Efren Herrera kick) | 16 | 10 |
| 3 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Gordon Jones 2 pass from Doug Williams (Bill Capece kick) | 16 | 17 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Mel Carver 13 run (Bill Capece kick) | 16 | 24 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Joe Ferguson 10 run (Efren Herrera kick) | 23 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Jerry Butler |
| 82 | WR | Frank Lewis |
| 72 | LOT | Ken Jones |
| 67 | LOG | Reggie McKenzie |
| 53 | C | Will Grant |
| 73 | ROG | Jon Borchardt |
| 70 | ROT | Joe Devlin |
| 85 | TE | Mark Brammer |
| 12 | QB | Joe Ferguson |
| 20 | RB | Joe Cribbs |
| 48 | FB | Roosevelt Leaks |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Ben Williams |
| 76 | NT | Fred Smerlas |
| 83 | RDE | Sherm White |
| 62 | LOLB | Ervin Parker |
| 54 | LILB | Eugene Marve |
| 52 | RILB | Chris Keating |
| 58 | ROLB | Isiah Robertson |
| 29 | LCB | Mario Clark |
| 22 | SS | Steve Freeman |
| 45 | FS | Bill Simpson |
| 26 | RCB | Charles Romes |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Kevin House |
| 84 | WR | Gordon Jones |
| 75 | LOT | Dave Reavis |
| 72 | LOG | Ray Snell |
| 50 | C | Steve Wilson |
| 61 | ROG | Greg Roberts |
| 62 | ROT | Sean Farrell |
| 88 | TE | Jimmie Giles |
| 12 | QB | Doug Williams |
| 82 | WR | Jerry Bell |
| 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 |
| 52 | RILB | Scot Brantley |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Roosevelt Leaks | 13 | 62 | 4.8 | 16 | 2 |
| Joe Cribbs | 13 | 49 | 3.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Joe Ferguson | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 13 | 1 |
| Curtis Brown | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Matt Kofler | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Mel Carver | 20 | 89 | 4.5 | 13t | 1 |
| James Wilder | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 9 | 0 |
| Doug Williams | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 10 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Joe Ferguson | 25 | 17 | 68.0 | 3 | 168 | 6.7 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 47.2 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Doug Williams | 36 | 20 | 55.6 | 3 | 204 | 5.7 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 55.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Joe Cribbs | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jerry Butler | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Mark Brammer | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Roosevelt Leaks | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Lou Piccone | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Buster Barnett | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Frank Lewis | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| James Wilder | 9 | 58 | 6.4 | 18 | 0 |
| Kevin House | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 42 | 0 |
| Jimmie Giles | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Gordon Jones | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 26 | 1 |
| Gerald Carter | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jim Obradovich | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Mel Carver | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Steve Freeman | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Bill Simpson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Eugene Marve | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Hugh Green | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Mike Washington | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Neal Colzie | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Greg Cater | 2 | 81 | 40.5 | 45 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Larry Swider | 3 | 136 | 45.3 | 50 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Robert Holt | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Roland Hooks | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Theo Bell | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Mike Mosley | 4 | 138 | 34.5 | 50 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Michael Morton | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 19 | 0 | |
| George Yarno | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| Booker Reese | 1.0 |
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