Tampa Bay Buccaneers 21 New Orleans Saints 23
Sunday 23 October 1983 at Tampa Stadium
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The Bucs had a 14-0 lead and a 21-10 half-time advantage over
the Saints, but still fell to their eighth straight defeat. The game's
decisive play was a 70-yard interception return for a TD by Bobby
Johnson that gave New Orleans their first lead of the game later
in the third quarter. A swarming Saint defense that sacked Jack
Thompson seven times, prevented any Tampa Bay comeback in
the final period. James Wilder made his first start at tailback for
the Bucs and gained over 100 yards rushing/receiving. Bill
Capece once again missed two fieldgoals, but the Buc defense
added four interceptions and Lee Roy Selmon had his fourth
three-sack game of his career.
GAME SCORING
TB
11:21-1Q
Wilder 2 run (Capece kick)
TB
8:24-1Q
Castille 69 interception return (Capece kick)
NO
11:36-2Q
Clark fumble recovery in endzone (Andersen)
NO
9:51-2Q
Andersen FG50
TB
3:23-2Q
Wilder 7 run (Capece kick)
NO
9:06-3Q
Goodlow 12 pass from Stabler (Andersen kick)
NO
0:50-3Q
Johnson 70 interception return (Andersen kick)
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
74 Sanders
LDE
66 Reese
LG
72 Snell
NT
76 Logan
C
57 Leonard
RDE
63 Selmon
RG
68 Yarno
LOLB
51 Judie
RT
70 Thomas
LILB
58 Davis
TE
88 Giles
RILB
52 Brantley
WR
89 House
ROLB
53 Green
WR
87 Carter
LCB
21 Holt
FB
46 Armstrong
SS
33 Cotney
RB
32 Wilder
FS
34 Brown
QB
14 Thompson
RCB
40 Washington
PLAYED
1 Morton, 3 Capece, 5 Garcia, 11 Golsteyn, 22 Smith, 23 Castille, 28
Carver, 41 Thomas, 43 Reece, 54 Wood, 55 Spradlin, 56 Thompson, 60
Grimes, 69 Arbubakrr, 75 Reavis, 77 Bujnoch, 78 Cannon, 81 Tyler, 82
J Bell, 83 T Bell, 85 Witte, 86 Obradovich, 90 White
DID NOT PLAY
7 Komlo, 26 Owens, 50 Wilson
INACTIVES
62 Farrell
GAME REPORTS
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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Wilder 20-64, Thompson 4-8, Armstrong 1-2.
SAINTS: G.Rogers 23-86, Gajan 7-46, J.Rogers 7-35, Merkens 1-16,
Stabler 2-(-4).
PASSING
BUCS: Thompson 34-16-124-3-0, Golsteyn 2-0-0-0-0.
SAINTS: Stabler 29-12-94-4-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Wilder 9-50, Carter 2-24, Giles 2-24, House 1-13, J.Bell 1-9, T.Bell
1-4.
SAINTS: Goodlow 4-30, Brenner 3-30, G.Rogers 2-7, Duckett 1-15, Tice 1-
9, Groth 1-3.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Washington 2-41, Castille 1-69, Holt 1-25.
SAINTS: Johnson 1-70, Wattelett 1-9, Jackson 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Smith 1-24, Morton 1-23.
SAINTS: Austin 2-33, Duckett 1-39.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Tyler 3-34.
SAINTS: Groth 6-43.
SACKS
BUCS: Selmon 3-26, Logan 1-8.
SAINTS: Jackson 2-15, Moore 1-9, Paul 1-7, Wilks 1-5.
VIDEO CLIPS
Only limited highlights available for this game with no sound
The Saints ran a fake fieldgoal that set up one of their touchdowns
Jack Thompson threw a late interception that ended any hopes
