Tampa Bay Buccaneers 21 San Francisco 49ers 35Sunday 4 December 1983 at Candlestick ParkCBS COMMENTARY CREWDick Stockton and Wayne Walker
Jack Thompson passed for 337 yards, almost half going to Kevin House, but the Niners used five rushing touchdowns, three by Roger Craig, to post the victory. Wendell Tyler went over the 100 yard mark against the injury-ravaged Buccaneer defense who were missing Lee Roy Selmon from the line, and Pro Bowl LB Hugh Green who played with one eye shut due to an allergic reaction. House's six receptions for 156 yards including a 74-yard TD, the longest scoring pass of the season for the Bucs.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHINGBUCS: Carver 11-19, Owens 6-12, Armstrong 1-7, Thompson 1-0.49ERS: Tyler 16-102, Craig 15-71, Montana 4-31, Ring 3-11, Clark 1-9, Moore 1-3.PASSINGBUCS: Thompson 46-25-337-2-3.49ERS: Montana 31-21-227-0-0, Benjamin 1-1-12-0-0.RECEIVINGBUCS: House 6-156, Carver 5-32, Carter 4-52, Armstrong 4-44, Obradovich 2-19, T.Bell 2-16, Tyler 1-13, Owens 1-5.49ERS: Clark 6-90, Craig 4-37, Wilson 3-29, Francis 3-21, Tyler 3-12, Moore 1-24, Solomon 1-17, Ring 1-9.INTERCEPTIONSBUCS: none.49ERS: Williamson 2-26.KICK RETURNSBUCS: Morton 5-131, Smith 1-(-4).49ERS: Moore 2-22, Cooper 1-17, Ring 0-4.PUNT RETURNSBUCS: T.Bell 2-6.49ERS: McLemore 2-13.SACKSBUCS: Cannon 1-6.49ERS: Dean 1.5-12.5, Board 0.5-3.5.
VIDEO CLIPSTheo Bell had the first Buccaneer touchdownKevin House had a monster game including this touchdown receptionMel Carver weighed in with a score of his own