Buccaneers vs. Detroit Lions

WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 Detroit Lions 17

Tampa Bay traveled to the Silverdome for the final time to take on a pitiful 0–9 Lions team.

With 4 seconds to go, Martin Gramatica scored a 35-yard field goal to pull out the victory, and avoid the upset. Tampa Bay improved to 4–4.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Ron Winter
• UMPIRE: Brian Balliet
• HEAD LINESMAN: Sanford Rivers
• LINE JUDGE: Ron Marinucci
• SIDE JUDGE: Ken Baker
• BACK JUDGE: Perry Paganelli
• FIELD JUDGE: Steve Zimmer
• REPLAY OFFICAL: Bob Boylston
• VIDEO OPERATOR: David Coleman

SCORING

• BUCCANEERS: 04:53-2Q Gramatica FG37
• BUCCANEERS: 01:52-2Q Dunn 12 pass from B.Johnson (Gramatica kick
• LIONS: 02:51-3Q Schlesinger 1 run (Hanson kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 00:00-3Q Williams 84 punt return (Gramatica kick)
• LIONS: 07:36-4Q Hanson FG38
• LIONS: 01:49-4Q Droughns 8 pass from Batch (Hanson kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 00:04-4Q Gramatica FG35

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #86 K. Williams
• LT: #67 K. Walker
• LG: #64 R. McDaniel
• C: #62 J. Christy
• RG: #60 C. Coleman
• RT: #71 J. Wunsch
• TE: #83 D. Moore
• WR: #19 K. Johnson
• QB: #14 B. Johnson
• RB: #28 W. Dunn
• FB: #40 M. Alstott

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #78 M. Jones
• NT: #98 j. Cannida
• DT: #99 W. Sapp
• RE: #97 S. Rice
• MLB: #53 S. Quarles
• WLB: #59 J. Duncan
• LCB: #55 D. Brooks
• RCB: #25 B. Kelly
• SS: #20 R. Barber
• FS: #47 J. Lynch
• CB: #34 D. Jackson

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 3 Royals, 7 Gramatica, 22 Stecker, 26 Smith, 27 Abdullah, 33 Vance, 35 Ivy, 38 Howell, 43 Cook, 46 Gibson, 50 Gooch, 51 Singleton, 52 Webster, 69 Pierson, 75 Washington, 80 Yoder, 84 McDermott, 85 Anthony, 87 Murphy, 91 Darby, 94 White, 96 Wyms

DID NOT PLAY

• 10 King

INACTIVE

• 1 Hamilton, 21 Abraham, 58 Cerqua, 65 Hochstein, 76 Curry, 81 Green, 88 Wynn, 92 McFarland

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Dunn 17-51, Alstott 8-48.
• LIONS: Droughns 13-30, Schlesinger 7-13, Batch 1-3, McMahon 1-3, Warren 1-3.

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: B.Johnson 36-20-188-0-1, Gramatica 1-0-0-0-0.
• LIONS: Batch 39-21-239-2-1, McMahon 1-0-0-0-0.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: K.Johnson 7-72, Dunn 5-60, Alstott 3-16, Anthony 2-19, Moore 2-14, Williams 1-7.
• LIONS: Schlesinger 5-54, Warren 4-66, Emanuel 4-35, Morton 3-61, Droughns 3-17, Anderson 1-8, Sloan 1-(-2).

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: Barber 2-0.
• LIONS: none.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Stecker 3-53.
• LIONS: Howard 4-79, Morton 1-4, Warren 0-(-4).

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Williams 6-116.
• LIONS: Howard 4-37.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: Sapp 2-7, Darby 1-8, Duncan 1-4, Rice 1-2.
• LIONS: Rice 1-8, Rogers 1-5.

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