Sunday November 15, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 11/15/1981:



Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE121.7  (18)218.9  (10)340.6  (16)22
DEFENSE130.2  (16)151.5  (1)281.7  (1)33
OFFENSE104.2  (26)211.6  (12)315.8  (22)17
DEFENSE142.2  (23)182.8  (6)325.0  (9)30

Line: Broncos by 1

Team1234F
Denver Broncos (8-3-0)7071024
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-6-0)00707

( 7- 0) DEN Riley Odoms 12 yard pass from Craig Morton (Fred Steinfort kick) ( 7- 7) TB Cedric Brown 40 yard interception return (Bill Capece kick) (14- 7) DEN Larry Canada 1 yard rush (Fred Steinfort kick) (21- 7) DEN Larry Canada 3 yard pass from Steve DeBerg (Fred Steinfort kick) (24- 7) DEN Fred Steinfort 31 yard field goal
                     DEN             TB
First Downs:         22              10
Rushes-yards:        41-153          14-41
Yards/rush:          3.7             2.9
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     20-29-143-1     14-31-189-2
Sacked-yards:        2-15            3-21
Net pass yards:      128             168
Net yards/pass:      4.1             4.9
Total net yards:     281             209
Total plays:         72 (56% run)    48 (29% run)  
Yards/play:          3.9             4.4
Fumbles-lost:        0-0             0-0
Turnovers:           1               2
Penalties-yards:     5-40            6-59

Attendance: 64,518

Passing:
DEN: Steve DeBerg, 10 of 15 for 70 yards and 1 TD (1 int); Craig Morton, 10 of 14 for 73 yards and 1 TD TB: Doug Williams, 14 of 31 for 189 yards (2 int)
Rushing:
DEN: Dave Preston, 15 for 50 yards; Rick Parros, 12 for 54 yards; Tony Reed, 9 for 27 yards; Steve DeBerg, 3 for 10 yards; James Wright, 1 for 11 yards; Larry Canada, 1 for 1 yard and 1 TD TB: Jerry Eckwood, 8 for 25 yards; James Wilder, 4 for 7 yards; Ricky Bell, 1 for 6 yards; Doug Williams, 1 for 3 yards
Receiving:
DEN: Dave Preston, 6 for 46 yards; Tony Reed, 4 for 22 yards; Steve Watson, 3 for 42 yards; Rick Parros, 3 for 8 yards; Riley Odoms, 2 for 23 yards and 1 TD; Larry Canada, 1 for 3 yards and 1 TD; Rick Upchurch, 1 for -1 yards TB: Jimmie Giles, 4 for 56 yards; Kevin House, 4 for 55 yards; James Wilder, 3 for 21 yards; Gordon Jones, 1 for 44 yards; Jerry Eckwood, 1 for 8 yards; Theo Bell, 1 for 5 yards
Kick returns:
DEN: Wade Manning, 1 for 30 yards TB: John Holt, 1 for 29 yards; James Owens, 1 for 23 yards
Punt returns:
DEN: Wade Manning, 5 for 56 yards TB: John Holt, 3 for 17 yards
Interceptions:
DEN: Mike Harden, 2 for 34 yards TB: Cedric Brown, 1 for 40 yards and 1 TD
Punting:
DEN: Luke Prestridge, 6 for 243 yards TB: Larry Swider, 6 for 262 yards
Field Goals:
DEN: Fred Steinfort, 1/1


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