Buccaneers vs. Detroit Lions 
LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 Detroit Lions 17
Buccaneers quarterback Testaverde missed the game due to an injury sustained at the end of the Bears game and back-up Joe Ferguson failed to bring the Buccaneers over 200 yards in total offense.
The Tampa Bay defense carrys the blame for allowing the final 76-yard drive in eight plays allowing Peete to win it for the Lions. Rodney Peete's TD scramble with 23 seconds left sealed the Buccaneers loss.
GAMEDAY BRIEF
OFFICALS
- REFEREE: Jerry Markbreit
- UMPIRE: Al Conway
- LINE JUDGE: Bob Beeks
- SIDE JUDGE: Bill Quinby
- HEAD LINESMAN: Terry Bierke
- BACK JUDGE: Doug Toole
- FIELD JUDGE: Bill Schmitz
- REPLAY OFFICAL: Ed Bonner
SCORING
- LIONS: 10:48-1Q Murray FG28
- BUCCANEERS: 12:23-2Q Reynolds 68 interception return (Igwebuike kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 03:28-2Q Igwebuike FG27
- LIONS: 07:56-3Q Clark 33 pass from Peete (Murray kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 05:05-3Q Igwebuike FG34
- BUCCANEERS: 01:45-4Q Igwebuike FG33
- LIONS: 00:23-4Q Peete 5 run (Murray kick)
STARTERS OFFENSE
- WR: #89 M. Carrier
- LT: #74 P. Gruber
- LG: #62 M. Simmonds
- C: #60 R. Grimes
- RG: #69 J. Bruhin
- RT: #72 R. Taylor
- TE: #82 R. Hall
- WR: #84 B. Hill
- QB: #12 J. Ferguson
- FB: #43 W. Howard
- RB: #34 L. Tate
STARTERS DEFENSE
- LE: #79 R. Davis
- NT: #95 C. Jervis
- RE: #94 R. Goff
- LOLB: #59 K. Murphy
- LILB: #99 E. Marve
- RILB: #54 E. Randle
- ROLB: #57 W. Moss
- LC: #29 R. Reynolds
- RC: #22 R. Jones
- SS: #30 M. Robinson
- FS: #39 H. Hamilton
SUBSTITUTIONS
- 1 Igwebuike, 5 Mohr, 20 Harris, 32 Wilder, 36 Futrell, 38 Lawson, 40 Elder, 47 Smith, 51 Thomas, 55 Rolling, 56 Anno, 57 Najarian, 70 Swayne, 77 Weston, 78 Cannon, 83 Peebles, 85 Walker, 86 Harris, 87 Drewrey
DID NOT PLAY
- 11 Bell, 14 Testaverde 65 Graham, 73 McHale
INACTIVE
- 75 Bax, 97 Lee
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
- BUCCANEERS: Tate 20-45, Wilder 4-24, Howard 4-11, Ferguson 1-7, Smith 1-1.
- LIONS: Peete 10-78, Paige 9-33, Johnson 4-20, Painter 4-8.
PASSING
- BUCCANEERS: Ferguson 29-16-128-1-0.
- LIONS: Peete 31-17-268-2-1.
RECIEVING
- BUCCANEERS: Hill 6-49, Howard 4-12, Carrier 3-37, Drewrey 1-13, Wilder 1-10, Harris 1-7.
- LIONS: Stanley 5-86, Clark 4-97, Johnson 3-29, Mobley 3-17, Painter 1-27, Paige 1-12.
INTERCEPTIONS
- BUCCANEERS: Reynolds 1-68, Hamilton 1-16.
- LIONS: Williams 1-9.
KICK RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Elder 3-59, Futrell 1-7.
- LIONS: Palmer 4-84.
PUNT RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Futrell 3-21.
- LIONS: Stanley 4-26.
SACKS
- BUCCANEERS: Goff 2-21, Randle 1-10, Moss 1-0.
- LIONS: Cofer 2-17, Ball 1-8.
