| NFC Divisional Playoff - Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: January 2, 1982 Location: Irving, TX |
| Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 64848 |
| Weather: Fog Temp: 64 F Humidty: 90% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 10 | 21 | 7 | 38 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | TB | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Tony Hill 9 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Rafael Septien 32 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Ron Springs 1 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Tony Dorsett 5 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 0 | 24 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | James Jones 5 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 0 | 31 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Timmy Newsome 1 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 0 | 38 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Theo Bell |
| 89 | WR | Kevin House |
| 74 | LOT | Gene Sanders |
| 72 | LOG | Ray Snell |
| 50 | C | Steve Wilson |
| 61 | ROG | Greg Roberts |
| 73 | ROT | Charley Hannah |
| 88 | TE | Jimmie Giles |
| 12 | QB | Doug Williams |
| 26 | HB | James Owens |
| 32 | FB | James Wilder |
| Defense | ||
| 65 | LDE | Dave Stalls |
| 76 | NT | Dave Logan |
| 63 | RDE | Lee Roy Selmon |
| 59 | LOLB | Andy Hawkins |
| 56 | LILB | Cecil Johnson |
| 54 | RILB | Richard Wood |
| 53 | ROLB | Hugh Green |
| 41 | LCB | Norris Thomas |
| 20 | SS | Neal Colzie |
| 34 | FS | Cedric Brown |
| 40 | RCB | Mike Washington |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Tony Hill |
| 86 | WR | Butch Johnson |
| 67 | LOT | Pat Donovan |
| 68 | LOG | Herbert Scott |
| 64 | C | Tom Rafferty |
| 65 | ROG | Kurt Petersen |
| 61 | ROT | Jim Cooper |
| 89 | TE | Billy Joe Dupree |
| 11 | QB | Danny White |
| 33 | RB | Tony Dorsett |
| 20 | FB | Ron Springs |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ed Jones |
| 78 | LDT | John Dutton |
| 54 | RDT | Randy White |
| 79 | RDE | Harvey Martin |
| 58 | LLB | Mike Hegman |
| 53 | MLB | Bob Breunig |
| 50 | RLB | D.D. Lewis |
| 24 | LCB | Everson Walls |
| 41 | SS | Charlie Waters |
| 26 | FS | Michael Downs |
| 32 | RCB | Dennis Thurman |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| James Owens | 12 | 40 | 3.3 | 12 | 0 |
| James Wilder | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Doug Williams | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jerry Eckwood | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Tony Davis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 16 | 86 | 5.4 | 26 | 1 |
| Ron Springs | 15 | 70 | 4.7 | 10 | 1 |
| Ed Jones | 9 | 32 | 3.6 | 9 | 1 |
| Robert Newhouse | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Timmy Newsome | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| Doug Cosbie | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Doug Williams | 29 | 10 | 34.5 | 4 | 187 | 6.4 | 75 | 0 | 4 | 39 | 18.1 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Danny White | 26 | 15 | 57.7 | 0 | 143 | 5.5 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 85.9 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Theo Bell | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 17 | 0 |
| James Owens | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Jimmie Giles | 2 | 98 | 49.0 | 75 | 0 |
| James Wilder | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Kevin House | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Drew Pearson | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Tony Hill | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 9t | 1 |
| James Jones | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Doug Donley | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Doug Cosbie | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Dennis Thurman | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Michael Downs | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Ed Jones | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Larry Swider | 5 | 192 | 38.4 | 52 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny White | 4 | 120 | 30.0 | 40 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Theo Bell | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| James Jones | 3 | 0 | 53 | 17.7 | 24 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| James Owens | 3 | 92 | 30.7 | 35 | 0 | |
| John Holt | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 33 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Lee Roy Selmon | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Larry Bethea | 1.0 | 17.0 |
| Harvey Martin | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| Randy White | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| Mike Hegman | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| D.D. Lewis | 0.5 | 4.5 |
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