Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 Minnesota Vikings 25Sunday 10 November 1981 at Metropolitan StadiumCBS COMMENTARY CREWTom Brookshier and Roger Staubach
The Vikings held the Bucs to under 200 yards total offense and held a 23-0 lead midway through the third quarter before cruising to victory. Ted Brown's rushing allowed Minnesota to control the clock and their 88-42 play advantage summed up their dominance in this game.
GAME SCORINGMIN4:47-1Q Danmeier FG33MIN13:33-2Q Danmeier FG38MIN1:09-2Q Brown 2 run (Danmeier kick)MIN0:00-2Q Danmeier FG41MIN11:35-3Q Young 1 pass from Kramer (Danmeier kick)TB3:17-3Q Capece FG27MIN13:08-4Q Safety - White sacked Williams in the endzoneTB9:28-4Q Giles 1 pass from Williams (Capece kick)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHINGBUCS: Williams 3-20, Eckwood 6-16, Owens 4-4, Wilder 2-3.VIKINGS: Brown 31-129, Galbreath 11-64, Young 3-11, White 1-1.PASSINGBUCS: Williams 27-13-154-0-1.VIKINGS: Kramer 41-24-228-2-1.RECEIVINGBUCS: Jones 5-59, House 3-70, Eckwood 3-17, Obradovich 1-7, Giles 1-1.VIKINGS: Senser 8-101, Brown 8-48, Young 3-22, LeCount 2-25, White 1-18, Rashad 1-9, Galbreath 1-5.INTERCEPTIONSBUCS: Colzie 1-2, Lewis 1-2.VIKINGS: none.KICK RETURNSBUCS: Owens 3-63, Holt 2-53.VIKINGS: Nord 2-32, Payton 2-24.PUNT RETURNSBUCS: Holt 1-3, T.Bell 1-0.VIKINGS: Payton 3-26.SACKSBUCS: Logan 1-7.VIKINGS: White 0.5-2, Mullaney 0.5-2.
VIDEO CLIPSIt was all Minnesota when Neal Colzie recorded an interceptionDavid Lewis ended a Viking scoring threat with a pick of his ownJimmie Giles’ late touchdown gave the Bucs some hope of recovery