Buccaneers vs. Detroit Lions

WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 38 Detroit Lions 21

Tampa Bays 21 first-half points and dominanting time of possession gave the Buccaneers a season-opening victory in Detroit.

Buccaneers Wayne Haddix interception return for a touchdown and Ervin Randle's 2.5 sacks beat the entire previous five seasons in one game.

The 17-point margin of victory tied the largest road victory in team history, New Orleans Saints in 1981. The Buccaneers had six turnovers and six sacks.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Tom White
• UMPIRE: Ed Fiffick
• LINE JUDGE: Jim Quirk
• SIDE JUDGE: Bill Carollo
• HEAD LINESMAN: Jerry Bergman
• BACK JUDGE: Bob Moore
• FIELD JUDGE: Don Orr
• REPLAY OFFICAL: Fritz Graf

SCORING

• BUCCANEERS: 12:45-1Q Hall 54 pass from Testaverde (Christie kick)
• LIONS: 10:14-1Q Clark 26 pass from Peete (Murray kick)
• LIONS: 01:13-1Q Sanders 1 run (Murray kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 08:53-2Q Perkins 8 pass from Testaverde (Christie kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 06:14-2Q Anderson 19 pass from Testaverde (Christie kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 10:31-3Q Cobb 2 run (Christie kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 08:12-4Q Christie FG22
• LIONS: 05:34-4Q Clark 16 pass from Gagliano (Murray kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 05:15-4Q Haddix 62 interception return (Christie kick)

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #88 M. Carrier
• LT: #74 P. Gruber
• LG: #73 T. McHale
• C: #61 T. Mayberry
• RG: #62 I. Beckles
• RT: #72 R. Taylor
• TE: #82 R. Hall
• WR: #84 B. Hill
• QB: #14 V. Testaverde
• FB: #32 B. Perkins
• RB: #40 G. Anderson

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #79 R. Davis
• NT: #95 C. Jarvis
• RE: #78 J. Cannon
• LOLB: #51 B. Thomas
• LILB: #99 E. Marve
• RILB: #54 E. Randle
• ROLB: #57 W. Moss
• LC: #45 W. Haddix
• RC: #31 R. Rice
• SS: #30 M. Robinson
• FS: #39 H. Hamilton

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 2 Christie, 3 Royals, 20 Harris, 26 Harvey, 33 Cobb. 36 Futrell, 38 Lawson, 42 Everett, 52 McCants, 53 Coleman, 56 Anno, 59 Murphy, 69 Bruhin, 71 Skow, 80 Pillow, 83 Peebles, 87 Drewrey, 89 J Anderson, 96 Newton, 98 Seals

DID NOT PLAY

• 17 Chandler, 60 Grimes, 76 Dill

INACTIVE

• 7 Carlson, 70 Swayne

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Anderson 21-74, Cobb 11-43, Perkins 7-21, Harvey 1-6, Testaverde 3-(-6).
• LIONS: Sanders 14-79, Peete 4-11.

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Testaverde 21-16-237-1-3.
• LIONS: Peete 21-10-143-1-1, Gagliano 10-4-61-2-1.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Anderson 6-79, Hall 2-65, Carrier 2-31, Hill 2-25, Cobb 2-12, Harvey 1-17, Perkins 1-8.
• LIONS: Clark 6-117, Johnson 3-38, Phillips 3-25, Greer 2-24.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: Haddix 2-84, Robinson 1-27.
• LIONS: White 1-48.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Cobb 2-48, Harvey 1-21.
• LIONS: Gray 2-110, Campbell 1-12.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Drewrey 2-8.
• LIONS: Gray 2-24.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: Randle 3-23, Murphy 1-8, Marve 1-5, Skow 1-0.
• LIONS: none.

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