| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-5-0) | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Dallas Cowboys (7-3-0) | 6 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 30 |
| Game Info | |
|---|---|
| Stadium | Texas Stadium |
| Start Time | 3:00pm |
| Surface | astroturf |
| Weather | 49 degrees, relative humidity 77%, wind 12 mph |
| Vegas Line | Dallas Cowboys -8.0 |
| Over/Under | 0.0 (over) |
| TAM | DAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Cowboys | Rafael Septien 33 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| Cowboys | Rafael Septien 33 yard field goal | 0 | 6 | |
| 2nd | Buccaneers | Hugh Green 60 yard fumble return (Bill Capece kick) | 7 | 6 |
| Buccaneers | Bill Capece 32 yard field goal | 10 | 6 | |
| Cowboys | Ron Springs 6 yard pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 10 | 13 | |
| 3rd | Cowboys | Rafael Septien 19 yard field goal | 10 | 16 |
| Buccaneers | Gordon Jones 49 yard pass from Doug Williams (Bill Capece kick) | 17 | 16 | |
| 4th | Cowboys | Monty Hunter 19 yard interception return (Rafael Septien kick) | 17 | 23 |
| Cowboys | Timmy Newsome 10 yard pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 17 | 30 |
| TAM | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 8 | 29 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 21-105-0 | 42-179-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 8-28-113-1-3 | 27-45-312-2-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 5-35 |
| Net pass yards | 113 | 277 |
| Total yards | 218 | 456 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-41 | 6-45 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| James Wilder | TAM | 14 | 93 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Doug Williams | TAM | 8 | 28 | 113 | 1 | 3 | 49 | ||||||||
| Kevin House | TAM | 4 | 52 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Gordon Jones | TAM | 1 | 49 | 1 | 49 | ||||||||||
| Mel Carver | TAM | 7 | 12 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Jimmie Giles | TAM | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Danny White | DAL | 27 | 45 | 312 | 2 | 2 | 35 | ||||||||
| Tony Dorsett | DAL | 26 | 110 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Drew Pearson | DAL | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 95 | 0 | 35 | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | DAL | 4 | 76 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Tony Hill | DAL | 4 | 45 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Ron Springs | DAL | 7 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 7 | ||||||
| Doug Cosbie | DAL | 3 | 32 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Robert Newhouse | DAL | 5 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Doug Donley | DAL | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Timmy Newsome | DAL | 2 | 14 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Billy Joe DuPree | DAL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Theo Bell | TAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | |||||||||
| Scot Brantley | TAM | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| John Cannon | TAM | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Cotney | TAM | 1 | 50 | 0 | 50 | ||||||||||||||
| Hugh Green | TAM | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 1 | ||||||||||
| John Holt | TAM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| David Logan | TAM | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| James Owens | TAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 110 | 22.0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Lee Roy Selmon | TAM | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Dextor Clinkscale | DAL | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Ron Fellows | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 0 | 29 | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Monty Hunter | DAL | 1 | 19 | 1 | 19 | ||||||||||||||
| Dennis Thurman | DAL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Bill Capece | TAM | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Swider | TAM | 6 | 261 | 43.5 | 52 | ||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Rafael Septien | DAL | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Danny White | DAL | 3 | 112 | 37.3 | 47 | ||||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
|---|---|
| Pos | |
| Doug Williams | QB |
| Mel Carver | RB |
| James Wilder | FB |
| Kevin House | WR |
| Gordon Jones | WR |
| Jimmie Giles | TE |
| Dave Reavis | LT |
| Ray Snell | LG |
| Steve A. Wilson | C |
| Sean Farrell | RG |
| Charley Hannah | RT |
| Dave Stalls | LDE |
| David Logan | NT |
| Lee Roy Selmon | RDE |
| Andy Hawkins | LOLB |
| Cecil Johnson | LILB |
| Scot Brantley | RILB |
| Hugh Green | ROLB |
| Norris Thomas | LCB |
| John Holt | RCB |
| Mark Cotney | SS |
| Neal Colzie | FS |
| Dallas Cowboys | |
|---|---|
| Pos | |
| Danny White | QB |
| Tony Dorsett | RB |
| Ron Springs | FB |
| Drew Pearson | WR |
| Tony Hill | WR |
| Doug Cosbie | TE |
| Pat Donovan | LT |
| Herbert Scott | LG |
| Tom Rafferty | C |
| Kurt Petersen | RG |
| Jim Cooper | RT |
| Too Tall Jones | LDE |
| John Dutton | LDT |
| Randy White | RDT |
| Harvey Martin | RDE |
| Mike Hegman | LLB |
| Bob Breunig | MLB |
| Guy Brown | RLB |
| Everson Walls | LCB |
| Dennis Thurman | RCB |
| Benny Barnes | SS |
| Michael Downs | FS |