| Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Chicago Bears Game Statistics |
| Date: September 20, 1981 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Soldier Field Attendance: 60130 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 68 F Humidty: 57% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | TB | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Mike Washington 29 interception return (Garo Yepremian kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Matt Suhey 1 run (Hans Nielsen kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Jeff Fisher 88 punt return (Hans Nielsen kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Kevin House 11 pass from Doug Williams (Garo Yepremian kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Vince Evans 8 run (Hans Nielsen kick) | 14 | 21 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Garo Yepremian 32 FG | 17 | 21 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Dave Williams 18 pass from Vince Evans (Hans Nielsen kick) | 17 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Kevin House |
| 84 | WR | Gordon Jones |
| 75 | LOT | Dave Reavis |
| 68 | LOG | George Yarno |
| 50 | C | Steve Wilson |
| 62 | ROG | Jim Leonard |
| 74 | ROT | Gene Sanders |
| 88 | TE | Jimmie Giles |
| 12 | QB | Doug Williams |
| 43 | TB | Jerry Eckwood |
| 32 | FB | James Wilder |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Bill Kollar |
| 76 | NT | Dave Logan |
| 63 | RDE | Lee Roy Selmon |
| 57 | LOLB | Dave Lewis |
| 56 | LILB | Cecil Johnson |
| 54 | RILB | Richard Wood |
| 53 | ROLB | Hugh Green |
| 41 | LCB | Norris Thomas |
| 20 | SS | Neal Colzie |
| 34 | FS | Cedric Brown |
| 21 | RCB | John Holt |
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Brian Baschnagel |
| 80 | WR | Rickey Watts |
| 64 | LOT | Ted Albrecht |
| 65 | LOG | Noah Jackson |
| 52 | C | Dan Neal |
| 69 | ROG | Revie Sorey |
| 70 | ROT | Dennis Lick |
| 81 | TE | Robin Earl |
| 8 | QB | Vince Evans |
| 34 | HB | Walter Payton |
| 26 | FB | Matt Suhey |
| Defense | ||
| 99 | LDE | Dan Hampton |
| 68 | LDT | Jim Osborne |
| 82 | RDT | Alan Page |
| 73 | RDE | Mike Hartenstine |
| 55 | LLB | Otis Wilson |
| 57 | MLB | Lee Kunz |
| 59 | RLB | Gary Campbell |
| 44 | LCB | Terry Schmidt |
| 45 | SS | Gary Fencik |
| 23 | FS | Lenny Walterscheid |
| 20 | RCB | Reuben Henderson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Jerry Eckwood | 23 | 114 | 5.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Doug Williams | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| James Wilder | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ricky Bell | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Tony Davis | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Walter Payton | 21 | 64 | 3.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Matt Suhey | 14 | 48 | 3.4 | 9 | 1 |
| Vince Evans | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 8t | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Doug Williams | 40 | 17 | 42.5 | 2 | 324 | 8.1 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 58.8 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Vince Evans | 23 | 13 | 56.5 | 1 | 126 | 5.5 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68.4 |
| Walter Payton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Kevin House | 6 | 91 | 15.2 | 24 | 1 |
| Jimmie Giles | 5 | 109 | 21.8 | 31 | 0 |
| Gordon Jones | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Theo Bell | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 47 | 0 |
| James Wilder | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Matt Suhey | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Rickey Watts | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Dave Williams | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 18t | 1 |
| Robin Earl | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Ken Margerum | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Brian Baschnagel | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Walter Payton | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Mike Washington | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29t | 1 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Gary Fencik | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Lenny Walterscheid | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 5 | 181 | 36.2 | 48 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bob Parsons | 7 | 300 | 42.9 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Theo Bell | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Jeff Fisher | 2 | 93 | 46.5 | 88t | 1 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| James Owens | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| Gary Davis | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Dave Williams | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 20 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| Chicago Bears | |
| Jim Osborne | 1.0 |
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