Tampa Bay Buccaneers 12 Pittsburgh Steelers
Sunday 30 October 1983 at Three Rivers Stadium
CBS COMMENTARY CREW Jim Kelly and John Dockery
The Bucs ran their losing streak to nine games in this loss to the
Steelers, but once again, it was a game they should have won.
Moving FB James Wilder to the tailback position, the Bucs' star
back set a then-NFL record with 42 carries in one game. The
Bucs led 12-0 going into the 4th quarter thanks to seven
turnovers, but allowed the AFC Central Division champions to get
back into the game. Leading 12-10 with five minutes left, Kevin
House dropped an apparent TD pass when behind the Steeler
secondary and the Bucs were forced to punt. Pittsburgh then
drove downfield and won the game on Frank Pollard's one-yard
run with 31 seconds left.
GAME SCORING
TB
8:16-1Q
Capece FG26
TB
7:02-1Q
Capece FG49
TB
7:51-2Q
Capece FG27
TB
5:37-3Q
Capece FG28
PIT
8:42-4Q
Capers 11 pass from Stoudt (Anderson kick)
PIT
5:49-4Q
Anderson FG42
PIT
0:31-4Q
Pollard 1 run (Anderson kick)
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
74 Sanders
LDE
78 Cannon
LG
68 Yarno
NT
76 Logan
C
50 Wilson
RDE
63 Selmon
RG
77 Bujnoch
LOLB
51 Judie
RT
70 Thomas
LILB
58 Davis
TE
88 Giles
RILB
52 Brantley
WR
89 House
ROLB
53 Green
WR
83 T Bell
LCB
21 Holt
FB
28 Carver
SS
33 Cotney
RB
32 Wilder
FS
43 Reece
QB
14 Thompson
RCB
40 Washington
PLAYED
1 Morton, 3 Capece, 5 Garcia, 22 Smith, 23 Castille, 41 Thomas, 46
Armstrong, 54 Wood, 55 Spradlin, 56 Thompson, 57 Leonard, 66 Reese,
69 Arbubakrr, 75 Reavis, 81 Tyler, 82 J Bell, 85 Witte, 86 Obradovich, 87
Carter, 90 White
DID NOT PLAY
7 Komlo, 11 Golsteyn, 60 Grimes, 61 Bailey, 72 Snell
INACTIVES
26 Owens, 62 Farrell
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Wilder 42-126, Carver 2-7, Thompson 1-(-2).
STEELERS: Stoudt 8-55, F.Harris 13-37, Pollard 5-29, Abercrombie 3-8.
PASSING
BUCS: Thompson 29-14-114-0-0.
STEELERS: Stoudt 39-20-233-3-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Wilder 6-48, Carter 5-38, T.Bell 1-11, Armstrong 1-10, J.Bell 1-7.
STEELERS: Abercrombie 7-71, Capers 5-74, Cunningham 3-49, F.Harris
3-7, Skansi 1-21, Sweeney 1-11.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Reece 2-0, Brantley 1-0.
STEELERS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Smith 2-17, Morton 1-18, Carver 1-13.
STEELERS: Odom 4-83, T.Harris 1-32.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Tyler 2-29.
STEELERS: Skansi 6-100.
SACKS
BUCS: Logan 2-17, Green 1-7, Brantley 1-0, Selmon 1-0.
STEELERS: Willis 2-9.
VIDEO CLIPS
David Logan had sacks on consecutive plays to end the first drive
Bill Capece made four of his five fieldgoals with Andre Tyler holding
Kevin House had a chance to seal the game late in the fourth quarter
