Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27 Detroit Lions 23 Sunday 27 September 1992 at the Silverdome

SCORING TB 10:12-1Q Willis FG42 DET 6:24-2Q Hanson FG42 TB 2:03-2Q Cobb 1 run (Willis kick) DET 14:39-3Q Campbell 78 pass from Peete (Hanson kick) DET 7:45-3Q Hanson FG35 DET 4:13-3Q Hanson FG36 TB 8:24-4Q Willis FG31 TB 6:01-4Q Dotson 42 fumble return (Willis kick) DET 5:43-4Q Gray 89 kickoff return (Hanson kick) TB 0:49-4Q Hall 14 pass from Testaverde (Willis kick)

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A wild fourth quarter in Detroit that saw the Bucs win their first road game in 15 attempts. Santana Dotson returned a fumble for a score, only for Mel Gray to return the ensuing kickoff for a touchdown to put the Lions back ahead. Vinny then drove the Bucs downfield on an 80-yard drive that ended with a TD pass to Ron Hall. Detroit came back once more and victory was only secured when Milton Mack tackled Brett Perriman at the Tampa 3-yard line as time expired.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Cobb 26-107, Anderson 6-22, Testaverde 4-18. LIONS: Sanders 20-70. PASSING BUCS: Testaverde 30-17-248-3-1. LIONS: Peete 31-20-323-0-1. RECEIVING BUCS: Dawsey 6-99, Hall 6-83, Drewrey 2-38, Carrier 2-20, Anderson 1-8. LIONS: Perriman 9-117, Green 5-66, Barrett 2-34, Campbell 1- 78, Farr 1-13, Matthews 1-11, Sanders 1-4. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. LIONS: Scott 2-0, Crockett 1-2. KICK RETURNS BUCS: G.Anderson 3-76. LIONS: Gray 3-123. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Drewrey 0-0. LIONS: Gray 1-2. SACKS BUCS: Williams 1-9, Dotson 1-8, Wheeler 1-8. LIONS: none.

STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 74 Gruber DE 52 McCants LG 66 Reimers DT 71 Dotson C 61 Mayberry DT 77 Wheeler RG 70 McRae LB 54 Williams RT 72 Taylor LB 51 Thomas TE 82 Hall DB 47 Browner WR 80 Dawsey DB 31 Pollard WR 88 Carrier LCB 29 Reynolds TE 86 Armstrong RCB 21 Mack RB 40 Anderson SS 23 Carter QB 14 Testaverde FS 27 Fullington PLAYED 1 Willis, 4 Stryzinski, 5 Hawkins, 22 Lewis, 28 Jennings, 32 Highsmith, 33 Barber, 40 Anderson, 41 King, 53 Brady, 55 Brownlow, 56 Burnette, 57 Chamblee, 58 Tiggle, 59 Alexander, 64 Ryan, 69 Blados, 79 Davis, 87 Drewrey, 89 Harrison, 98 Seals DID NOT PLAY 17 DeBerg, 67 Sullivan INACTIVE 7 Erickson, 73 McHale

COMMENTARY CREW Verne Lundqvist and Dan Fouts