Buccaneers vs. Detroit Lions

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 00 Detroit Lions 23

The Buccaneers only achieved six 1st downs and a total of 146 offensive yards as the Lions shut down all scoring opportunites.

Barry Sanders was a dominating force in the game with 187 rushing yards as the Lions controlled the clock and the game from the start.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Ed Hochuli
• UMPIRE: Art Demmas
• LINE JUDGE: Bama Glass
• SIDE JUDGE: Mike Carey
• HEAD LINESMAN: Mark Baltz
• BACK JUDGE: Jim Poole
• FIELD JUDGE: Bill Schmitz
• REPLAY OFFICAL: not documented

SCORING

• LIONS: 07:37-1Q Hanson FG29
• LIONS: 07:42-2Q Hanson FG49
• LIONS: 06:28-3Q Peete 9 run (Hanson kick)
• LIONS: 14:11-4Q Moore 1 run (Hanson kick)
• LIONS: 04:54-4Q Hanson FG37

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #85 C. Hawkins
• LT: #74 P. Gruber
• LG: #67 M. Sullivan
• C: #61 T. Mayberry
• RG: #62 I. Beckles
• RT: #76 S. Dill
• TE: #82 R. Hall
• WR: #86 T. Armstrong
• QB: #88 H. Copeland
• TE: #07 C. Erickson
• RB: #46 V. Workman

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #98 R. Seals
• NT: #96 B. Wilson
• UT: #75 E. Curry
• RE: #54 J. Williams
• LLB: #51 B. Thomas
• MLB: #56 H. Nickerson
• DB: #35 M. Mayhew
• LCB: #29 R. Reynolds
• LCB: #23 M. Carter
• SS: #41 J. King
• FS: #24 R. Jones

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 4 Stryzinski, 5 Husted, 20 Gray, 27 Bussey, 28 Buckley, 33 Royster, 37 McDowell, 40 Anderson, 44 Anderson, 47 Lynch, 53 Brady, 55 Brownlow, 66 Reimers, 70 McRae, 71 Dotson, 72 Taylor, 83 Moore, 84 Wilson, 87 Thomas, 90 Ahanotu, 92 Price

DID NOT PLAY

• 11 Weldon, 21 Mack

INACTIVE

• 13 Vlasic, 34 Cobb, 43 Harris, 50 Burnette, 73 Adams, 77 Wheeler, 81 Claiborne, 93 DuBose

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Erickson 3-25, Anderson 6-15, Royster 3-5, Workman 3-(-1).
• LIONS: Sanders 29-187, Moore 8-27, Peete 3-20, Perriman 1-10, Ware 2-(-3).

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Erickson 26-13-122-1-0.
• LIONS: Peete 22-16-134-0-0.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Hawkins 5-58, Royster 3-2, Hall 2-35, Workman 2-4, Copeland 1-23.
• LIONS: Perriman 5-40, Green 4-51, Matthews 3-36, Sanders 2-2, Johnson 1-9, Fralic 1-(-4).

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: none.
• LIONS: Swilling 1-0.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Anderson 3-60.
• LIONS: Turner 1-20.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Anderson 4-20.
• LIONS: Turner 6-17.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: Thomas 1-7, Seals 1-2.
• LIONS: Scroggins 1-11, Spindler 1-8, Clay 1-1.

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