Sunday, November 15, 1981
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broncos (8-3-0) | 7 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 24 |
| Buccaneers (5-6-0) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| DEN | TAM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Broncos | Riley Odoms 12 yard pass from Craig Morton (Fred Steinfort kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 3rd | Buccaneers | Cedric Brown 40 yard interception return (Bill Capece kick) | 7 | 7 |
| Broncos | Larry Canada 1 yard rush (Fred Steinfort kick) | 14 | 7 | |
| 4th | Broncos | Larry Canada 3 yard pass from Steve DeBerg (Fred Steinfort kick) | 21 | 7 |
| Broncos | Fred Steinfort 31 yard field goal | 24 | 7 |
| DEN | TAM | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 22 | 10 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 41-153-1 | 14-41-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 20-29-143-2-1 | 14-31-189-0-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-15 | 3-21 |
| Net pass yards | 128 | 168 |
| Total yards | 281 | 209 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-40 | 6-59 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Dave Preston | DEN | 15 | 50 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 46 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Rick Parros | DEN | 12 | 54 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Tony Reed | DEN | 9 | 27 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Steve DeBerg | DEN | 10 | 15 | 70 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Steve Watson | DEN | 3 | 42 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Craig Morton | DEN | 10 | 14 | 73 | 1 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Riley Odoms | DEN | 2 | 23 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| James Wright | DEN | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Larry Canada | DEN | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Rick Upchurch | DEN | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||||||||||
| Doug Williams | TAM | 14 | 31 | 189 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Jimmie Giles | TAM | 4 | 56 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Kevin House | TAM | 4 | 55 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Gordon Jones | TAM | 1 | 44 | 0 | 44 | ||||||||||
| Jerry Eckwood | TAM | 8 | 25 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| James Wilder | TAM | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Ricky Bell | TAM | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Theo Bell | TAM | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||
| Mike Harden | DEN | 0.0 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Wade Manning | DEN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cedric Brown | TAM | 0.0 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| John Holt | TAM | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | |||
| James Owens | TAM | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Luke Prestridge | DEN | 6 | 243 | 40.5 | 0 | ||||
| Fred Steinfort | DEN | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Swider | TAM | 6 | 262 | 43.7 | 0 | ||||