Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23 San Diego Chargers 24Sunday 13 December 1981 at Tampa StadiumNBC COMMENTARY CREWPhil Sterr and Gene Washington
The Bucs could have clinched the NFC Central with a win, but Rolf Bernischke's fieldgoal with 45 seconds remaining kept the champagne on ice for another week. San Diego's winning drive was a 16-play effort in which Dan Fouts completed a key fourth down pass to Charlie Joiner. James Wilder had two scores, but a fumbled snap on the second extra point prevented the game going to overtime. Theo Bell had his best receiving day as a Buccaneer in this game.
GAME SCORINGSD9:03-1Q Sievers 27 pass from Fouts (Bernirschke kick)TB7:03-1Q T.Bell 58 pass from Williams (Capece kick)SD7:32-2Q Cappelletti 8 run (Bernirschke kick)TB10:17-3Q Capece FG49SD11:52-4Q Brooks 1 run (Bernirschke kick)TB8:33-4Q Wilder 8 run (kick failed)TB8:06-4Q Wilder 23 run (Capece kick)SD0:25-4Q Bernirschke FG29
VIDEO CLIPSTheo Bell took advantage of a missed tackle to record the first TDThen it was the James Wilder show - his first touchdown The other was with the old USC “Student Body Right” play