Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23 Detroit Lions 16 Sunday 12 December 1999 at Raymond James Stadium
SCORING DET 9:15-1Q Hanson FG37 DET 0:52-1Q Hill 10 run (Hanson kick) TB 1:34-2Q McLeod 3 pass from King (Gramatica kick) TB 13:08-2Q Safety - Frerotte sacked in the endzone DET 5:28-3Q Hanson FG25 DET 14:11-4Q Hanson FG27 TB 9:26-4Q Alstott 1 run (Gramatica kick) TB 4:18-4Q Alstott 22 pass from King (Gramatica kick)
The Bucs fell behind early to the Lions, but came back strongly as Mike Shula opened up the offense for Shaun King and the rookie responded with two TD passes and was just shy of a 300-yard passing game. It also put the Bucs into the lead in the NFC Central with this win over their division rivals. "We've always been confident, but as you get momentum going and get on a winning streak, you feel like you can't be beat," Mike Alstott said. "We're in a great situation right now."
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Alstott 8-28, King 3-7, Dunn 8-6. LIONS: Hill 10-25, Schlesinger 7-25, Frerotte 2-4, Olivo 1-1. PASSING BUCS: King 37-23-297-1-2. LIONS: Frerotte 44-23-241-1-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Dunn 6-115, Emanuel 4-46, Williams 4-31,Alstott 3-39, Green 3-22, Anthony 1-30, Moore 1-11, McLeod 1-3. LIONS: Morton 7-107, Crowell 4-47, Schlesinger 3-19, Hill 3-9, Moore 2-22, Olivo 2-14, Sloan 1-14, Stablein 1-9. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Lynch 1-28. LIONS: Carrier 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Anthony 5-107, LIONS: Howard 2-31, Talton 1-6. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Green 1-5, Williams 1-5. LIONS: Howard 2-20. SACKS BUCS: Sapp 1.5-10.5, Culpepper 1.5-7.5, Jones 1-13. LIONS: Porcher 3-26.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 74 Gruber DE 72 Ahanotu LG 65 Dogins DT 77 Culpepper C 61 Mayberry DT 99 Sapp RG 73 Middleton DE 94 White RT 71 Wunsch LLB 53 Quarles TE 83 Moore MLB 56 Nickerson WR 86 Williams RLB 55 Brooks WR 87 Emanuel LCB 21 Abraham FB 40 Alstott RCB 20 Barber RB 28 Dunn SS 47 Lynch QB 10 King FS 24 Robinson PLAYED 3 Royals, 7 Gramatica, 25 Kelly, 27 Abdullah, 30 Smith, 34 Jackson, 43 McLeod, 50 Gooch, 51 Singleton, 58 Davis, 59 Duncan, 68 Unutoa, 69 Pierson, 75 Washington, 78 Jones, 80 Davis, 81 Green, 82 Hape, 85 Anthony, 92 McFarland, 95 McLaughlin DID NOT PLAY 15 Zeier, 64 Diaz INACTIVES 12 Dilfer, 13 Milanovich, 31 Young, 66 Blackman, 79 Hegamin, 84 McDonald, 97 Jackson, 98 Cannida
COMMENTARY CREW Pat Summerall and John Madden