| Detroit Lions at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 26, 1982 Location: Tampa, FL |
| Venue: Tampa Stadium Attendance: 65997 |
| Weather: Half Cloudy Temp: 80 F Humidty: 51% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 0 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 23 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Leonard Thompson 19 pass from Gary Danielson (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Bill Capece 34 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | David Hill 7 pass from Gary Danielson (Eddie Murray kick) | 14 | 3 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Bill Capece 29 FG | 14 | 6 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Billy Sims 3 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 21 | 6 |
| 3 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Doug Williams 3 run (Bill Capece kick) | 21 | 13 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | James Owens 2 pass from Doug Williams (Bill Capece kick) | 21 | 20 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Bill Capece 27 FG | 21 | 23 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 39 | WR | Leonard Thompson |
| 72 | LOT | Chris Dieterich |
| 61 | LOG | Homer Elias |
| 65 | C | Amos Fowler |
| 67 | ROG | Don Greco |
| 70 | ROT | Keith Dorney |
| 81 | TE | David Hill |
| 80 | TE | Ulysses Norris |
| 16 | QB | Gary Danielson |
| 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 |
| 27 | LCB | Bobby Watkins |
| 26 | SS | Hector Gray |
| 35 | FS | Alvin Hall |
| 43 | RCB | Al Latimer |
| 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 |
| 86 | WR | Jim Obradovich |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Billy Sims | 21 | 68 | 3.2 | 14 | 1 |
| Horace King | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 25 | 0 |
| Dexter Bussey | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Gary Danielson | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Mel Carver | 24 | 68 | 2.8 | 8 | 0 |
| James Wilder | 11 | 47 | 4.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Doug Williams | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 3t | 1 |
| James Owens | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Gary Danielson | 16 | 7 | 43.8 | 2 | 106 | 6.6 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 66.1 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Doug Williams | 34 | 21 | 61.8 | 1 | 276 | 8.1 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 84.9 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| David Hill | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 27 | 1 |
| Leonard Thompson | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 19t | 1 |
| Billy Sims | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Horace King | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| James Wilder | 7 | 73 | 10.4 | 19 | 0 |
| Kevin House | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Jimmie Giles | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Mel Carver | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Theo Bell | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Gordon Jones | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Jim Obradovich | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| James Owens | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Garry Cobb | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Cedric Brown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Norris Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Tom Skladany | 6 | 258 | 43.0 | 50 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Larry Swider | 4 | 168 | 42.0 | 46 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Robbie Martin | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 15 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| John Holt | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 10 | 0 | |
| Theo Bell | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Alvin Hall | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 42 | 0 | |
| Robbie Martin | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Michael Morton | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Jim Obradovich | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| William Gay | 1.0 |
| Dave Pureifory | 1.0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| Lee Roy Selmon | 1.0 |
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