Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24 Atlanta Falcons 23 Sunday 6 December 1981 at Tampa StadiumCBS COMMENTARY CREWVin Scully and Hank Stram
Scott Hutchinson only played one season for the Bucs, but the back-up DE made the play of the game when he deflected English kicker Mick Luckhurst's 45-yard fieldgoal with four seconds remaining and preserved the narrow Tampa victory., The lead changed hands five times in the game but Doug Williams' 336 yards passing including a 71-yard scoring strike to Kevin House with 10 minutes remaining proved decisive.
GAME SCORINGATL6:29-1Q Luckhurst FG38TB0:35-1Q Eckwood 1 run (Capece kick)ATL10:29-2Q Luckhurst FG44TB2:13-2Q Giles 38 pass from Williams (Capece kick)ATL0:00-2Q Luckhurst FG32ATL11:25-3Q Andrews 8 run (Luckhurst kick)TB5:40-3Q Capece FG42ATL13:58-4Q Andrews 2 run (Luckhurst kick)TB9:39:-4Q House 71 pass from Williams (Capece kick)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHINGBUCS: Eckwood 11-54, Wilder 7-16, Owens 7-15, T.Bell 1-7, Williams 2-1.FALCONS: Andrews 17-80, Cain 10-57.PASSINGBUCS: Williams 29-19-336-0-2.FALCONS: Bartowski 34-24-237-1-0.RECEIVINGBUCS: Wilder 6-96, House 5-126, Giles 3-62, T.Bell 3-33, Eckwood 2-19.FALCONS: Andrews 13-98, Jenkins 6-96, Jackson 1-13, Francis 1-10, Miller 1-10, Mayberry 1-6, Cain 1-4.INTERCEPTIONSBUCS: Brown 1-1.FALCONS: none.KICK RETURNSBUCS: Holt 4-78.FALCONS: Smith 5-116.PUNT RETURNSBUCS: Holt 2-7.FALCONS: Woerner 1-0, Pridemore 1-0.SACKSBUCS: Logan 1-1.FALCONS: Richardson 1-9.
VIDEO CLIPSDoug Williams and Jimmie Giles hooked up for a Buc touchdownWilliams naturally found Kevin House for another scoreScott Hutchinson’s partially blocked fieldgoal sealed the victory