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Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 at Detroit Lions 17

Sunday, December 20, 1981

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20, Detroit Lions 17

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers (9-7-0)3701020
Detroit Lions (8-8-0)073717

Scoring

TAMDET
1stTAMBill Capece 40 yard field goal30
2ndDETEric Hipple 9 yard rush (Eddie Murray kick)37
TAMKevin House 84 yard pass from Doug Williams (Bill Capece kick)107
3rdDETEddie Murray 47 yard field goal1010
4thTAMBill Capece 30 yard field goal1310
TAMDavid Logan 21 yard fumble return (Bill Capece kick)2010
DETLeonard Thompson 8 yard pass from Eric Hipple (Eddie Murray kick)2017

Team Stats

TAMDET
First downs1121
Rush-yards-TDs33-104-035-159-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT8-19-172-1-018-28-205-1-2
Sacked-yards0-04-24
Net pass yards172181
Total yards276340
Fumbles-lost2-04-1
Turnovers03
Penalties-yards6-405-33

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
James Owens TAM 17 61 0 10 2 49 0 35
Doug Williams TAM 8 19 172 1 0 84 6 8 0 0
Kevin House TAM 1 84 1 84
James Wilder TAM 8 28 0 8 1 8 0 8
Jimmie Giles TAM 2 19 0 13
Jerry Eckwood TAM 2 7 0 4 1 3 0 3
Theo Bell TAM 1 9 0 9
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Eric Hipple DET 18 28 205 1 2 24 4 19 1 9
Billy Sims DET 19 76 0 11 3 39 0 19
Dexter Bussey DET 4 24 0 8 4 32 0 13
Freddie Scott DET 3 56 0 24
Leonard Thompson DET 2 4 0 4 3 34 1 21
Vince Thompson DET 4 29 0 12 1 5 0 5
David Hill DET 3 33 0 13
Rick Kane DET 2 7 0 5 1 6 0 6

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Theo Bell TAM 0 0 0 0 3 24 8.0 0 0
Cedric Brown TAM 2 9 0 0
Neal Colzie TAM 0 0 0 0 1 12 12.0 0 0
John Holt TAM 0 0 0 0 2 45 22.5 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Alvin Hall DET 0 0 0 0 1 21 21.0 0 0
Robbie Martin DET 0 0 0 0 4 105 26.3 0 0 5 56 11.2 0 0