Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31 Detroit Lions 10 Sunday 17 September 2000 at the Silverdome
SCORING DET 12:55-1Q Hanson FG38 TB 5:52-1Q King 6 run (Gramatica kick) TB 0:30-1Q Alstott 4 run (Gramatica kick) TB 3:01-2Q McDaniel 2 pass from King (Gramatica kick) DET 0:07-2Q Crowell 50 pass from Batch (Hanson kick) TB 5:33-3Q Gramatica FG24 TB 5:43-4Q Dunn 1 run (Gramatica kick)
GAME REPORTS Rick Stroud reports from the Silverdome There's no need to fret over King as Detroit cries Whatever colour, the Bucs are in a zone McDaniel denies report that he failed to report Click here for the official gamebook and play-by-play
The Bucs made it three in a row with a typical Tampa Bay win, tons of defense and a strong running attack. Even guard Randall McDaniel got in the act catching a TD pass on a tackle eligible play for the first time in his 13-year NFL career. "It's been in the playbook since training camp" he explained afterwards.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Alstott 21-68, Dunn 10-34, King 4-17, Stecker 3-2, Zeier 1-(-1). LIONS: Stewart 8-13, Batch 2-4. PASSING BUCS: King 30-18-211-0-1. LIONS: Batch 36-26-277-2-1. RECEIVING BUCS: Johnson 8-84, Green 3-56, Dunn 3-49, Anthony 2-17, Alstott 1-3, McDaniel 1-2. LIONS: Crowell 6-93, Moore 5-41, Sloan 4-53, Stewart 4-22, Morton 3-37, Olivo 1-14, Pupunu 1-6, Schlesinger 1-6, Stablein 1-5. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Lynch 1-36, Abraham 1-13. LIONS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Stecker 1-15. LIONS: Howard 6-218. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Williams 2-42. LIONS: Howard 1-17. SACKS BUCS: Sapp 3-15, McFarland 2.5-21.5, Jones 1-8, Ahanotu 0.5-6.5. LIONS: none.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 69 Pierson DE 72 Ahanotu LG 64 McDaniel DT 92 McFarland C 62 Christy DT 99 Sapp RG 73 Middleton DE 78 Jones RT 71 Wunsch LLB 53 Quarles TE 83 Moore MLB 59 Duncan WR 19 Johnson RLB 55 Brooks WR 81 Green 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, 15 Zeier, 22 Stecker, 25 Kelly, 31 Young, 33 Vance, 46 Gibson, 50 Gooch, 51 Singleton, 52 Webster, 58 Davis, 60 Coleman, 68 Unutoa, 75 Washington, 79 Hegamin, 84 Spence, 82 Hape, 85 Anthony, 86 Williams, 94 White, 97 Jackson, 98 Cannida INACTIVES 14 Hamilton, 27 Abdullah, 34 Jackson, 65 Dogins, 76 Curry, 80 Yoder, 88 Hastings, 95 McLaughlin
COMMENTARY CREW Ray Bentley and Ron Pitts