Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7 Detroit Lions 15
Saturday 9 September 1978 at Tampa Stadium
SCORING
TB
10:02-1Q
Bell 1 run (O'Donoghue kick)
DET
6:00-1Q
Ricardo FG48
DET
4:44-1Q
Thompson 9 pass from Landry (kick failed)
DET
0:00-2Q
Ricardo FG47
DET
11:28-4Q
Ricardo FG27
Thanks to seven sacks, the Bucs managed to "gain" -31 yards passing in this one. Ricky Bell set a then-Buc
record with a 56-yard run to set up his own score in the first quarter, thereby outgaining the whole Lion
offense in the first quarter (53 yards). But because of the turnovers, the Lions still led 12-7 at the break.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Bell 15-98, J.Davis 6-28, Carter 5-9, Ragsdale 1-5.
LIONS: Bussey 21-88, King 17-38, Gaines 3-17, Bolton 2-5, Kane
3-1.
PASSING
BUCS: Boryla 5-2-15-0-0, Huff 9-4-48-1-0.
LIONS: Landry 10-8-55-0-1, Danielson 4-1-14-0-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Giles 2-37, Owens 1-18, Hagins 1-11. J.Davis 1-0, Carter
1-(-3),
LIONS: Thompson 3-29, King 3-27, Jarvis 1-9, Kane 1-6, Hill 1-(-
2).
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
LIONS: Hunter 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Ragsdale 4-51.
LIONS: Thompson 2-52.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Cotney 5-38, Brown 2-9.
LIONS: Thompson 3-30, Hunter 1-19, Blue 1-11.
SACKS
BUCS: L.Selmon 1-12, Pear 1-10.
LIONS: Baker 3-46, Woodcock 2-23, Gallagher 1-13, O'Neil 1-12.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
75 Reavis
DE
73 Hannah
LG
65 Johnson
DT
76 Pear
C
79 Wilson
DE
63 L Selmon
RG
68 Medlin
LOLB
57 Lewis
RT
70 Carlton
LILB
61 D Selmon
TE
88 Giles
RILB
54 Wood
TE
86 Obradovich
ROLB
56 Johnson
WR
85 Owens
LCB
45 White
FB
38 J Davis
RCB
40 Washington
RB
42 Bell
SS
25 Jordan
QB
10 Boryla
FS
34 Brown
PLAYED
4 Green, 6 O'Donoghue, 19 Huff, 23 Ragsdale, 25 Jordan, 31
Anderson, 32 L Carter, 46 Reece, 51 Nafziger, 53 Bonness, 55
Brown, 60 Chambers, 67 Moritz, 71 Crowder, 74 Freitas, 77
Kollar, 81 Hagins, 82 Darby, 87 Mucker, 89 McKay
DID NOT PLAY
12 Williams, 35 DuBose
INACTIVES
62 Winans
COMMENTARY CREW
Unknown
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
Click on the boxes below to view the big plays
This is one of the few games not available on DVD - there are two clips of the game on the season highlight reel
Lee Roy Selmon makes a sack in spite of being triple-teamed by the Detroit offensive line
Ricky Bell had a long run down the right sideline