| Houston Oilers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 27, 1983 Location: Tampa, FL |
| Venue: Tampa Stadium Attendance: 38625 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 82 F Humidty: 67% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston OilersHOU | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 24 |
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 0 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 33 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Adger Armstrong 6 pass from Jack Thompson (Bill Capece kick failed) | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Kevin House 25 pass from Jack Thompson (run failed) | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Florian Kempf 51 FG | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Earl Campbell 1 run (Florian Kempf kick) | 10 | 12 |
| 3 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Kevin House 41 pass from Jack Thompson (Bill Capece kick) | 10 | 19 |
| 3 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | James Owens 4 run (Bill Capece kick) | 10 | 26 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Earl Campbell 2 run (Florian Kempf kick) | 17 | 26 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Jim Obradovich 3 pass from Jack Thompson (Bill Capece kick) | 17 | 33 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Chris Dressel 7 pass from Oliver Luck (Florian Kempf kick) | 24 | 33 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Mike Renfro |
| 83 | WR | Tim Smith |
| 77 | LOT | Doug France |
| 63 | LOG | Mike Munchak |
| 58 | C | David Carter |
| 74 | ROG | Bruce Matthews |
| 73 | ROT | Harvey Salem |
| 88 | TE | Chris Dressel |
| 10 | QB | Oliver Luck |
| 34 | RB | Earl Campbell |
| 30 | RB | Larry Moriarty |
| Defense | ||
| 90 | LDE | Bob Hamm |
| 67 | MG | Mike Stensrud |
| 75 | RDE | Jesse Baker |
| 53 | LOLB | Avon Riley |
| 54 | LILB | Gregg Bingham |
| 56 | RILB | Robert Abraham |
| 52 | ROLB | Robert Brazile |
| 24 | LCB | Steve Brown |
| 25 | SS | Keith Bostic |
| 36 | FS | Carter Hartwig |
| 20 | RCB | Willie Tullis |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Theo Bell |
| 89 | WR | Kevin House |
| 75 | LOT | Dave Reavis |
| 68 | LOG | George Yarno |
| 60 | C | Randy Grimes |
| 62 | ROG | Sean Farrell |
| 74 | ROT | Gene Sanders |
| 82 | TE | Jerry Bell |
| 86 | TE | Jim Obradovich |
| 14 | QB | Jack Thompson |
| 28 | TB | Mel Carver |
| Defense | ||
| 66 | LDE | Booker Reese |
| 76 | NT | Dave Logan |
| 63 | RDE | Lee Roy Selmon |
| 51 | LOLB | Ed Judie |
| 58 | LILB | Jeff Davis |
| 54 | RILB | Richard Wood |
| 53 | ROLB | Hugh Green |
| 23 | LCB | Jeremiah Castille |
| 33 | SS | Mark Cotney |
| 43 | FS | Beasley Reece |
| 21 | RCB | John Holt |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Earl Campbell | 24 | 87 | 3.6 | 11 | 2 |
| Oliver Luck | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| James Owens | 20 | 80 | 4.0 | 11 | 1 |
| Mel Carver | 9 | 38 | 4.2 | 9 | 0 |
| Adger Armstrong | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Terdell Middleton | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jack Thompson | 4 | -2 | -0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Oliver Luck | 31 | 19 | 61.3 | 3 | 186 | 6.0 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 49.3 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Jack Thompson | 29 | 17 | 58.6 | 0 | 224 | 7.7 | 41t | 4 | 2 | 14 | 122.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Tim Smith | 8 | 97 | 12.1 | 23 | 0 |
| Donnie Craft | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Chris Dressel | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 11 | 1 |
| Steve Bryant | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Mike Renfro | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Mike Holston | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Herkie Walls | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Earl Campbell | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Jim Obradovich | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 10 | 1 |
| Kevin House | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 41t | 2 |
| Adger Armstrong | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 28 | 1 |
| Gerald Carter | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 33 | 0 |
| James Owens | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Mel Carver | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Theo Bell | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Beasley Reece | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Booker Reese | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| John James | 4 | 185 | 46.3 | 53 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Frank Garcia | 3 | 123 | 41.0 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Carl Roaches | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| John Holt | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 17 | 0 | |
| Theo Bell | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Steve Brown | 2 | 98 | 49.0 | 81 | 0 | |
| Carl Roaches | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Chris Dressel | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Michael Morton | 2 | 79 | 39.5 | 45 | 0 | |
| Johnny Ray Smith | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |
| Jesse Baker | 1.0 |
| Bob Hamm | 1.0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| Hugh Green | 1.0 |
| Lee Roy Selmon | 1.0 |
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