Tampa Bay Buccaneers 9 Detroit Lions 30
Sunday 29 September 1985 at the Silverdome
TB4:24-1Q Igwebuike FG21
DET10:48-2Q Murray FG22
TB4:31-2Q Igwebuike FG32
DET0:02-2Q Nichols 4 pass from Hipple (Murray kick)
TB8:46-3Q Igwebuike FG20
DET4:19-3Q Murray FG33
DET0:00-3Q Murray FG39
DET8:45-4Q Nichols 9 pass from Hipple (Murray kick)
DET1:57-4Q Hipple 1 run (Murray kick)

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Wilder 27-104, Springs 3-15.
LIONS: Montgomery 16-77, Hipple 3-11, Kane 2-7, Moore 3-(-1).
PASSING
BUCS: DeBerg 31-19-193-1-0.
LIONS: Hipple 31-19-250-0-2.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Wilder 7-57, J.Bell 6-54, Carter 2-29, Springs 2-22, Giles 1-18, House 1-13.
LIONS: Chadwick 5-98, Nichols 4-35, Lewis 3-71, Montgomery 3-16, Thompson 2-18, McDonald 1-8, Kane 1-4.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
LIONS: Johnson 1-19.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Freeman 3-62, Bright 2-62.
LIONS: Hall 2-52.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Bright 3-20.
LIONS: Mandley 3-16.
SACKS
BUCS: Morgan 2-11, Logan 1-9, Green 1-9.
LIONS: Johnson 1-15, English 1-9. Gay 1-9, Graham 1-2.
GAME REPORTS AND COMMENTS
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The Bucs fell to 0-4 on the season in spite of James Wilder's fourth straight 100-yard rushing game and eighth in a row dating back to the previous season.

The Lions scored 20 unanswered points in the second half to break open a close game with Eric Hipple throwing two scores for Detroit. At this point in the season, Wilder was leading the NFL in rushing, the NFL in total yards from scrimmage and the NFC in receptions.

But the Buc offense was just him and Jerry Bell as only three of Steve DeBerg's 19 receptions went to wide receivers.
OFFENSEDEFENSE
LT66 Yarno LDE78 Cannon
LG72 Courson NT76 Logan
C60 Grimes RDE90 Holmes
RG62 Farrell LOLB51 Washington
RT73 Heller LILB58 Davis
WR89 House RILB52 Brantley
WR87 Carter ROLB53 Green
TE88 Giles LCB23 Castille
TE82 J Bell SS30 Greenwood
RB32 Wilder FS44 Sully
QB17 DeBerg RCB21 Holt
SUBSTITUTIONS
1 Igwebuike, 5 Garcia, 7 Risher, 20 Springs, 24 Prior, 29 Bright, 31 Curry, 40 Armstrong, 47 Dombrowski, 54 Randle, 56 Johnson, 57 Browner, 64 Shearin, 65 Fielder, 67 Morgan, 68 Mallory, 79 Kaplan, 81 Freeman, 85 Witte, 86 Magee,
DID NOT PLAY
8 Young, 75 Lindstrom, 83 T Bell
INACTIVE