Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 Detroit Lions 23
Sunday 18 December 1983 at The Silverdome
CBS COMMENTARY CREW Frank Gleiber and Dick Vermiel
Kicking problems again proved instrumental in frustrating the
Bucs in their 1983 finale. Bill Capece had been replaced by free
agent signing Dave Warnke, but after he made his first extra
point, he missed the next one and a short fieldgoal as well. The
final extra point of the season was converted by offensive tackle
George Yarno who at nearly 300 pounds, is probably the
heaviest player ever to kick in the NFL. Jack Thompson passed
for the then-second highest yardage total in team history but the
NFC Champion Lions hung on to win.
GAME SCORING
TB
1:13-1Q
J.Bell 4 pass from Thompson (Warnke kick)
DET
10:02-2Q
Sims 3 run (Murray kick)
DET
3:49-2Q
Murray FG34
TB
1:12-2Q
House 20 pass from Thompson (kick failed)
DET
10:27-3Q
Murray FG36
DET
8:52-4Q
Murray FG38
DET
2:32-4Q
Chadwick 6 pass from Danielson (Murray kick)
TB
1:22-4Q
Carter 13 pass from Thompson (Yarno kick)
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STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
75 Reavis
LDE
66 Reese
LG
72 Snell
NT
76 Logan
C
60 Grimes
RDE
78 Cannon
RG
62 Farrell
LOLB
51 Judie
RT
68 Yarno
LILB
55 Spradlin
TE
82 J Bell
RILB
52 Brantley
TE
85 Witte
ROLB
53 Green
WR
89 House
LCB
21 Holt
FB
46 Armstrong
SS
33 Cotney
RB
28 Carver
FS
43 Reece
QB
11 Golsteyn
RCB
40 Washington
PLAYED
1 Morton, 2 Warnke, 5 Garcia, 22 Smith, 23 Castille, 26 Owens, 24
Morris, 41 Thomas, 44 Middleton, 54 Wood, 56 Thompson, 57 Leonard,
58 Davis, 69 Arbubakrr, 77 Bujnoch, 81 Tyler, 83 T Bell, 86 Obradovich,
87 Carter, 90 White
DID NOT PLAY
7 Komlo, 11 Golsteyn, 63 Selmon, 70 Thomas, 74 Sanders, 88 Giles
INACTIVES
3 Capece
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Carver 23-44, Thompson 1-0.
LIONS: Jones 14-69, Sims 15-56, Bussey 1-6, Danielson 2-0.
PASSING
BUCS: Thompson 42-28-373-1-3.
LIONS: Danielson 12-9-143-0-0, Hipple 15-9-80-0-0, Jones 1-0-0-0-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: House 8-136, Carver 8-67,Carter 5-82, J.Bell 3-49, Tyler 1-16,
T.Bell 1-13, Armstrong 1-5, Witte 1-5.
LIONS: Sims 5-81, Jones 5-38, Chadwick 4-46, Rubick 2-21, Thompson
1-23, Nichols 1-14.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
LIONS: Cobb 1-13.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Owens 4-47, Middleton 1-10, Armstrong 1-10.
LIONS: Hall 2-51, Jenkins 1-19.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: T.Bell 1-7, Holt 1-0.
LIONS: Martin 1-5.
SACKS
BUCS: Brantley 1-11, Cannon 1-5.
LIONS: Green 1-9, English 1-9, Cofer 1-6.
VIDEO CLIPS
Jack Thompson found Jerry Bell for the opening score of the game
The worst kicker in Tampa Bay history - Dave Warnke in action
Offensive lineman George Yarno kicked the final extra point of the year
