Tampa Bay Buccaneers 37 Green Bay Packers 3
Sunday 22 November 1981 at Tampa Stadium
CBS COMMENTARY CREW Lindsay Nelson and Fred Biletnikoff
This was the then-biggest win in franchise history as the Bucs
took advantage of four interceptions to race to a 27-0 half-time
lead. Cedric Brown returned a pick for a score for the second
straight week, and Bill Capece set a then-team record with a
51-yard field goal. Even back-up QB Chuck Fusina came off
the bench to throw his only TD in Buccaneer colours. James
Owens, who remains the only Buccaneer ever to have won an
Olympic medal, had his best-ever day as a Buccaneer.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
74 Sanders
DE
77 Kollar
LG
72 Snell
DT
76 Logan
C
50 Wilson
DE
65 Stalls
RG
61 Roberts
LOLB
59 Hawkins
RT
73 Hannah
LILB
56 Johnson
TE
88 Giles
RILB
54 Wood
WR
83 Bell
ROLB
53 Green
WR
89 House
LCB
41 Thomas
FB
32 Wilder
RCB
40 Washington
RB
43 Eckwood
SS
20 Colzie
QB
12 Williams
FS
34 Brown
PLAYED
3 Capece, 9 Swider, 14 Fusina, 21 Holt, 26 Owens, 27 T Davis, 42 R
Bell, 44 Cesare, 45 Mitchell, 51 Nafziger, 52 Brantley, 57 Lewis, 62
Leonard, 63 Selmon, 68 Yarno, 70 Hutchinson, 75 Reavis, 79
Campbell, 84 Jones, 86 Obradovich, 87 Carter, 90 White
DID NOT PLAY
10 Ford
GAME SCORING
TB
6:49-1Q
Capece FG47
TB
14:46-2Q
Brown 81 interception return (Capece kick)
TB
10:20-2Q
Owens 35 run (Capece kick)
TB
1:55-2Q
T.Bell 7 pass from Williams (Capece kick)
TB
0:40-2Q
Capece FG30
TB
13:38-4Q
Capece FG51
GB
9:58-4Q
Stenerud FG53
TB
2:26-4Q
Giles 2 pass from Fusina (Capece kick)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Owens 16-112, R.Bell 7-27, Wilder 8-25, Eckwood 6-22, Williams 3-
13, Fusina 1-7, T.Davis 1-3, House 1-1.
PACKERS: Ellis 12-55, Huckleby 6-15, Jensen 2-0.
PASSING
BUCS: Williams 23-12-148-1-1, Fusina 1-1-2-0-1.
PACKERS: Campbell 30-15-168-4-0, Whitehurst 8-6-55-0-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Giles 4-53, Owens 4-44, Wilder 2-22, House 1-13, R.Bell 1-11,
T.Bell 1-7.
PACKERS: Ellis 11-76, Lofton 6-102, Coffman 2-35, Jefferson 2-10.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Brown 2-131, Holt 1-13, Colzie 1-6.
PACKERS: Lee 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Holt 1-29.
PACKERS: McCoy 4-82, Huckleby 1-17.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Holt 2-61.
PACKERS: none.
SACKS
BUCS: Stalls 1-11, Colzie 1-0.
PACKERS: Turner 1-11, Butler 1-1.
VIDEO CLIPS
Cedric Brown’s 81-yard scoring return was the first touchdown
Theo Bell had the only receiving TD thrown by Doug Williams
Back-up QB Chuck Fusina threw his only Buc scoring pass
