Buccaneers vs. Detroit Lions

WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31 Detroit Lions 27

Despite advance sales of 40,000 tickets, only 4,919 fans showed up to the first strike game played by replacement players. Neither team had any of its regular players on the roster.

Detroit punter Mike Black's 3rd-quarter fumble on the 3-yard line set up Harold Ricks' game-winning touchdown run.

The Buccaneers' three second-quarter touchdowns overcame the Lions' early 17-point lead. 17 of the Buccaneers' points resulted from Lions turnovers. Around 1,000 union members, including UAW president Owen Bieber, joined the Lions on the picket lines. Attendance was also likely influenced by a baseball game taking place the same day, in which the Detroit Tigers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays to win the A.L. East Championship.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Jerry Markbreit
• UMPIRE: Bob Wagner
• LINE JUDGE: Bob Beeks
• HEAD LINESMAN: Bill Reynolds
• BACK JUDGE: Ben Thompkins
• FIELD JUDGE: Bill Stanley
• SIDE JUDGE: Bill Quinby

SCORING

• LIONS: 08:11-1Q Grymes 36 pass from Hons (Prindle kick)
• LIONS: 05:16-1Q Prindle FG23
• LIONS: 04:16-1Q King 9 fumble return (Prindle kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 14:49-2Q Wright 15 pass from Hold (Tiffin kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 11:33-2Q Tripoli 15 interception return (Tiffin kick)
• LIONS: 01:51-2Q Truvillion 53 pass from Hons (Prindle kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 01:32-2Q Streater 61 pass from Hold (Tiffin kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 08:03-3Q Tiffin FG21
• BUCCANEERS: 02:17-3Q Ricks 1 run (Tiffin kick)
• LIONS: 11:41-4Q Prindle FG35

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #83 H. Walls
• LT: #64 D. Pamphrey
• LG: #62 D. Jordan
• C: #50 C. Pitcoke
• RG: #60 P. O'Connor
• RT: #68 R. Smith
• TE: #80 S. Holloway
• WR: #89 E. Streater
• QB: #07 J. Reaves
• FB: #34 A. Wright
• RB: #24 D. Land

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #90 M. Clark
• NT: #76 F. Nordgren
• RE: #78 W. Carter
• LOLB: #56 S. Montoute
• LILB: #53 F. McCallister
• RILB: #54 B. Gant
• ROLB: #52 P. Teague
• LC: #27 K. Walkerr
• RC: #31 I. Curry
• SS: #40 M. Quinn
• FS: #26 P. Tripoli

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 1 Tiffin, 5 Criswell, 11 Hold, 23 King, 29 Paige, 32 Gladman, 33 George, 36 Thomas, 47 Ricks, 51 Turpin, 59 Pennington, 66 Heffernan, 67 Harris, 70 Turner, 77 Brown, 82 Modesitt, 84 Jackson, 87 S Carter, 91 Jacobs, 94 Riggins, 98 Ramey

DID NOT PLAY

• 72 Hunt, 73 Johnson

INACTIVE

• none.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Wright 21-67, Hold 3-18, Land 7-16, Ricks 6-10, Thomas 1-2.
• LIONS: Edwards 13-28, Wester 12-46, Dollinger 5-16, Hons 1-11, Black 1-0.

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Reaves 8-2-16-0-0, Hold 15-6-102-0-2.
• LIONS: Hons 26-10-201-3-2.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Wright 4-29, Streater 1-61, Walls 1-13, Ricks 1-12, Holloway 1-3.
• LIONS: Truvillion 4-99, Grymes 3-81, Wheeler 2-17, Dollinger 1-4.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: Tripoli 2-17, Gant 1-15.
• LIONS: none.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Walls 4-104, Wright 1-17, Gladman 1-16.
• LIONS: Hall 4-73, Bradley 2-42.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Walls 4-12.
• LIONS: Bradley 5-30.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: Harris 1-9, Riggins 1-9, Montoute 1-8, Clark 1-8, McCallister 1-6.
• LIONS: Carr 1-12.

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