Sunday, October 9, 1983
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buccaneers (0-6-0) | 10 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| Cowboys (6-0-0) | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
| TAM | DAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Buccaneers | Bill Capece 48 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| Cowboys | Ron Springs 80 yard pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 3 | 7 | |
| Buccaneers | James Owens 9 yard pass from Jack Thompson (Bill Capece kick) | 10 | 7 | |
| 2nd | Cowboys | Timmy Newsome 1 yard rush (Rafael Septien kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 3rd | Buccaneers | Gerald Carter 56 yard pass from Jack Thompson (Bill Capece kick) | 17 | 14 |
| Cowboys | Rafael Septien 41 yard field goal | 17 | 17 | |
| 4th | Buccaneers | James Wilder 23 yard rush (Bill Capece kick) | 24 | 17 |
| Cowboys | Timmy Newsome 52 yard pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 24 | 24 | |
| OT | Cowboys | Rafael Septien 42 yard field goal | 24 | 27 |
| TAM | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 13 | 25 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 23-87-1 | 37-104-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 19-30-272-2-1 | 29-44-377-2-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-24 | 5-37 |
| Net pass yards | 248 | 340 |
| Total yards | 335 | 444 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 14-185 | 12-109 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Jack Thompson | TAM | 19 | 30 | 272 | 2 | 1 | 80 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jimmie Giles | TAM | 2 | 83 | 0 | 80 | ||||||||||
| Gerald Carter | TAM | 2 | 74 | 1 | 56 | ||||||||||
| James Wilder | TAM | 10 | 51 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| James Owens | TAM | 10 | 34 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 10 | ||||||
| Theo Bell | TAM | 3 | 44 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Kevin House | TAM | 3 | 43 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Mel Carver | TAM | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Danny White | DAL | 29 | 44 | 377 | 2 | 3 | 80 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Ron Springs | DAL | 6 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 126 | 1 | 80 | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | DAL | 5 | 88 | 0 | 46 | ||||||||||
| Tony Dorsett | DAL | 24 | 68 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Timmy Newsome | DAL | 6 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 61 | 1 | 52 | ||||||
| Drew Pearson | DAL | 5 | 42 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Billy Joe DuPree | DAL | 3 | 37 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Doug Cosbie | DAL | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||
| Cedric Brown | TAM | 0.0 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Cotney | TAM | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| John Holt | TAM | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| David Logan | TAM | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| James Owens | TAM | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Booker Reese | TAM | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Lee Roy Selmon | TAM | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Andre Tyler | TAM | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Dextor Clinkscale | DAL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ron Fellows | DAL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Rod Hill | DAL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 36 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Harvey Martin | DAL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Dennis Thurman | DAL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Everson Walls | DAL | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Bill Capece | TAM | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Garcia | TAM | 8 | 356 | 44.5 | 0 | ||||
| Rafael Septien | DAL | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Warren | DAL | 7 | 289 | 41.3 | 0 | ||||