Saturday, September 5, 1981
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vikings (0-1-0) | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| Buccaneers (1-0-0) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
| MIN | TAM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Buccaneers | Kevin House 55 yard pass from Doug Williams (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 3rd | Vikings | Rick Danmeier 45 yard field goal | 3 | 7 |
| Vikings | Rick Danmeier 25 yard field goal | 6 | 7 | |
| 4th | Buccaneers | Doug Williams 10 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick) | 6 | 14 |
| Vikings | Joe Senser 4 yard pass from Steve Dils (Rick Danmeier kick) | 13 | 14 | |
| Buccaneers | Neal Colzie 82 yard interception return (Garo Yepremian kick) | 13 | 21 |
| MIN | TAM | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 27 | 10 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 27-100-0 | 28-111-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 37-63-361-1-2 | 8-22-108-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-18 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 343 | 108 |
| Total yards | 443 | 219 |
| Fumbles-lost | 4-2 | 3-0 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-30 | 6-50 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Steve Dils | MIN | 37 | 62 | 361 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Ted Brown | MIN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 79 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 77 | 0 | 13 |
| Sammy White | MIN | 8 | 92 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Joe Senser | MIN | 5 | 60 | 1 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Rickey Young | MIN | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 47 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Terry LeCount | MIN | 2 | 38 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Ahmad Rashad | MIN | 2 | 30 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Sam Harrell | MIN | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Jarvis Redwine | MIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Doug Williams | TAM | 8 | 22 | 108 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| Kevin House | TAM | 3 | 74 | 1 | 55 | ||||||||||
| Ricky Bell | TAM | 11 | 35 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Jerry Eckwood | TAM | 6 | 36 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Jimmie Giles | TAM | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| James Wilder | TAM | 8 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Gordon Jones | TAM | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | ||
| Keith Nord | MIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Eddie Payton | MIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 59 | 9.8 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Theo Bell | TAM | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Scot Brantley | TAM | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Neal Colzie | TAM | 0.0 | 2 | 89 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Gary Davis | TAM | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jim Obradovich | TAM | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Greg Coleman | MIN | 5 | 199 | 39.8 | 0 | ||||
| Rick Danmeier | MIN | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Blanchard | TAM | 9 | 428 | 47.6 | 0 | ||||
| Garo Yepremian | TAM | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||