Sunday, December 20, 1981
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buccaneers (9-7-0) | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Lions (8-8-0) | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| TAM | DET | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Buccaneers | Bill Capece 40 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| 2nd | Lions | Eric Hipple 9 yard rush (Eddie Murray kick) | 3 | 7 |
| Buccaneers | Kevin House 84 yard pass from Doug Williams (Bill Capece kick) | 10 | 7 | |
| 3rd | Lions | Eddie Murray 47 yard field goal | 10 | 10 |
| 4th | Buccaneers | Bill Capece 30 yard field goal | 13 | 10 |
| Buccaneers | David Logan 21 yard fumble return (Bill Capece kick) | 20 | 10 | |
| Lions | Leonard Thompson 8 yard pass from Eric Hipple (Eddie Murray kick) | 20 | 17 |
| TAM | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 11 | 21 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 33-104-0 | 35-159-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 8-19-172-1-0 | 18-28-205-1-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 4-24 |
| Net pass yards | 172 | 181 |
| Total yards | 276 | 340 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-0 | 4-1 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-40 | 5-33 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| James Owens | TAM | 17 | 61 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 49 | 0 | 35 | ||||||
| Doug Williams | TAM | 8 | 19 | 172 | 1 | 0 | 84 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Kevin House | TAM | 1 | 84 | 1 | 84 | ||||||||||
| James Wilder | TAM | 8 | 28 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Jimmie Giles | TAM | 2 | 19 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Jerry Eckwood | TAM | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Theo Bell | TAM | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Eric Hipple | DET | 18 | 28 | 205 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Billy Sims | DET | 19 | 76 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 19 | ||||||
| Dexter Bussey | DET | 4 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Freddie Scott | DET | 3 | 56 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Leonard Thompson | DET | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 1 | 21 | ||||||
| Vince Thompson | DET | 4 | 29 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| David Hill | DET | 3 | 33 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Rick Kane | DET | 2 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 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 | ||
| Theo Bell | TAM | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Cedric Brown | TAM | 0.0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Neal Colzie | TAM | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| John Holt | TAM | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Alvin Hall | DET | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Robbie Martin | DET | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 105 | 26.3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Bill Capece | TAM | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Swider | TAM | 5 | 211 | 42.2 | 0 | ||||
| Eddie Murray | DET | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Skladany | DET | 4 | 158 | 39.5 | 0 | ||||