Tampa Bay Buccaneers 21 Detroit Lions 17
Sunday 16 September 1984 at Tampa Stadium
SCORING
DET
13:24-1Q
Nichols 77 pass from Danielson (Murray kick)
DET
7:46-2Q
Danielson 4 run (Murray kick)
TB
1:54-2Q
Carter 5 pass from DeBerg (Ariri kick)
TB
6:10-3Q
Wilder 2 run (Ariri kick)
DET
3:50-3Q
Murray FG28
TB
3:11-4Q
Giles 5 pass from DeBerg (Ariri kick)
Steve DeBerg replaced Jack Thompson at QB and won NFC Offensive Player of the Week honours as he led the
Bucs to a comeback win after trailing 14-0 in the second quarter. Mark Nichols' early score for the Lions came
after he "intercepted" a pass aimed for another Detroit receiver and took it the distance from the Lion 23-yard line.
The winning Buc score came on an 81-yard in seven plays, culminating in DeBerg's second TD pass of the game,
this one to TE Jimmie Giles.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Wilder 22-89, Morton 1-2, Carver 1-0, DeBerg 2-(-2).
LIONS: Sims 11-39, Jones 10-34, Danielson 3-15, Jenkins 1-8,
Nichols 1-6.
PASSING
BUCS: Thompson 13-6-57-1-0, DeBerg 27-18-195-0-2.
LIONS: Danielson 36-15-176-0-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Wilder 8-56, Carter 6-45, House 4-79, T.Bell 2-28, J.Bell 1-25,
Owens 1-9, Giles 1-5, Carver 1-5.
LIONS: Jones 5-40, Sims 5-28, Chadwick 2-16, Thompson 2-15,
Nicholls 1-77.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
LIONS: Watkins 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Owens 2-70, Morton 2-36.
LIONS: Jenkins 2-39, Martin 1-5.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Holt 3-1, T.Bell 1-0.
LIONS: Martin 2-12.
SACKS
BUCS: Selmon 1-7, Cotney 1-1.
LIONS: English 2-16.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
74 Sanders
LDE
78 Cannon
LG
72 Courson
DT
76 Logan
C
50 Wilson
RDE
63 Selmon
RG
62 Farrell
LOLB
56 Johnson
RT
73 Heller
LILB
58 Davis
TE
88 Giles
RILB
52 Brantley
WR
89 House
ROLB
53 Green
WR
87 Carter
LCB
23 Castille
QB
14 Thompson
RCB
21 Holt
FB
28 Carver
SS
43 Reece
RB
32 Wilder
FS
34 Brown
PLAYED
2 Ariri, 5 Garcia, 16 Kiel, 17 DeBerg, 20 Morton, 24 Harvey, 26
Owens, 27 Acorn, 33 Cotney, 41 Thomas, 46 Armstrong, 51
Washington, 54 Wood, 55 Spradlin, 57 Browner, 65 Jackson,
67 Morgan, 71 Braggs, 79 Kaplan, 82 J Bell, 83 T Bell, 85
Witte, 86 Carroll
DID NOT PLAY
60 Grimes, 70 Thomas, 75 Manor, 81 Tuttle
COMMENTARY CREW
Verne Lundqvist and Terry Bradshaw
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
Steve DeBerg finds one of his two favourite receivers downfield to set up a score
And Gerald Carter had the first of the two Tampa Bay touchdowns
Jimmie Giles clinched the victory with a fourth quarter score from DeBerg