Buccaneers vs. Detroit Lions

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 21 Detroit Lions 24

Six turnovers and four lost fumbles doomed the Buccaneers

Winston, who threw two interceptions and lost a fumble, led a 75-yard drive that he finished with a 2-yard scoring pass to O.J. Howard and then used a 40-yard pass interference call against Detroit cornerback DJ Hayden to set a 2-yard TD throw to seldom-used offensive lineman Leonard Wester to make it 21-21 with eight minutes remaining.

Winston completed 26 of 38 passes for 285 yards. His fumble led to Riddick's second TD run. Buccaneers finished with five turnovers, and Winston being sacked three times.

The loss ensures the Buccaneers, who haven't made the playoffs since 2007, will finish with a losing record. The team entered this season with heightened expectations after going 9-7 in their first year under coach Dirk Koetter, who now finds himself deflecting questions about whether his relationship with Winston - the top pick in the 2015 draft - is deteriorating.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Ed Hochuli
• UMPIRE: Shawn Smith
• DOWN JUDGE: Greg Bradley
• LINE JUDGE: Rusty Baynes
• SIDE JUDGE: Alex Kemp
• FIELD JUDGE: Dale Shaw
• BACK JUDGE: Scott Helverson
• REPLAY OFFICAL: Tom Sifferman
• VIDEO OPERATOR: not documented

SCORING

• LIONS: 08:05-1Q Riddick 2 run (Prater kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 02:51-1Q Martin 1 run (Murray kick)
• LIONS: 07:36-2Q Tate 5 pass from Stafford (Prater kick)
• LIONS: 3:11-3Q Riddick 18 run (Prater kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 13:41-4Q Howard 2 pass from Winston (Murray kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 08:05-4Q Wester 2 pass from Winston (Murray kick)
• LIONS: 00:20-4Q Prater FG46

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #11 D. Jackson
• TE: #45 A. Cross
• LT: #76 D. Smith
• LG: #64 K. Pamphile
• C: #62 E. Smith
• RG: #73 J. Sweezy
• RT: #77 C. Benenoch
• WR: #13 M. Evans
• TE: #80 O. Howard
• QB: #03 J. Winston
• RB: #22 D. Martin

STARTERS DEFENSE

• DE: #91 R. Ayers Jr.
• DT: #93 G. McCoy
• DT: #90 C. Baker
• DE: #95 R. Russell
• MLB: #58 K. Alexander
• WLB: #54 L. David
• CB: #36 R. McClain
• CB: #29 R. Smith
• CB: #24 B. Grimes
• SS: #23 C. Conte
• FS: #21 J. Evans

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 7 Murray, 9 Anger, 10 Humphries, 12 Godwin, 16 Martino, 25 Barber, 27 Olatuye, 32 Rodgers, 34 Sims, 35 Elliott, 37 Tandy, 51 Beckwith, 53 Glanton, 59 Bond, 65 Sanborn, 66 Wester, 79 O’Connor, 82 Auclair, 84 Brate, 92 Gholston, 94 Clarke, 96 Siliga.

DID NOT PLAY

• 14 Fitzpatrick, 68 Hawley.

INACTIVE

• 4 Griffin, 26 Robinson, 28 Hargreaves, 43 Ward, 67 Liedtke, 85 Wilson, 98 McDonald.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Barber 12-58, Martin 10-26, Jackson 1-23, Sims 3-16, Winston 2-10.
• LIONS: Riddick 10-29, Green 5-15, Golladay 1-9, Zenner 2-0.

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Winston 38-26-285-2-2.
• LIONS: Stafford 44-36-381-2-1.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Godwin 5-68, Howard 4-54, Jackson 4-41, Humphries 3-25, Evans 2-25, Martin 2-24, Sims 2-11, Martino 1-19, Brate 1-11, Barber 1-5, Wester 1-2.
• LIONS: Ebron 10-94, Tate 8-85, Riddick 6-64, M.Jones 3-64, T.Jones 3-26, Golladay 3-17, Roberts 2-8, Fells 1-23.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: Grimes 1-0, McClain 1-0.
• LIONS: Diggs 1-12, Slay 1-2.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Rodgers 3-60.
• LIONS: T.Jones 4-70.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Humphries 0-0.
• LIONS: T.Jones 3-16.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: none.
• LIONS: Davis 1-8, Ansah 1-1, Reeves-Maybin 0.5-4.5, Hayden 0.5-4.5

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