Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 Detroit Lions 23 Sunday 21 October 2007 at Ford Field
SCORING DET 9:53-1Q Hanson FG34 DET 2:51-1Q Jones 1 run (Hanson kick) TB 12:48-2Q Hilliard 5 pass from Garcia (Bryant kick) DET 0:05-2Q Hanson FG42 DET 4:13-3Q Hanson FG32 DET 6:28-4Q Johnson 32 run (Hanson kick) TB 2:03-4Q Stovall 4 pass from Garcia (pass failed) TB 1:04-4Q Bryant FG48
Two fumbles led to Detroit scores and a blocked punt did not help either. Nine points in the final two minutes gave the scoreline some semblence of respectability but this was a bad loss to a team the Bucs should have beaten. Jeff Garcia extended his interception-less streak to a team record 189 passes but to no avail.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING RUSHING BUCS: Graham 19-92, Bennett 3-22, Garcia 6-10, Crockett 1-0. LIONS: Jones 15-76, Johnson 1-32, Duckett 4-30, Kitna 4-9. PASSING BUCS: Garcia 45-37-316-0-2. LIONS: Kitna 20-16-147-0-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Graham 13-99, Hilliard 9-92, Galloway 5-46, Askew 4-36, Stevens 4-19, Clayton 1-20, Stovall 1-4. LIONS: Jones 6-34, Williams 3-23, Johnson 2-37, Furrey 2-24, McDonald 2-17, Fitzsimmons 1-12. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. LIONS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Jones 2-44, Cox 1-27. LIONS: Walters 2-45. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Buchanon 1-6, Hilliard 1-2. LIONS: none. SACKS BUCS: Haye 1-3, White 1-9, Hovan 0.5-2, Carter 0-5-2. LIONS: White 3-18.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 70 Penn DE 94 Spires LG 78 Sears DT 71 Haye C 76 Wade DT 95 Hovan RG 75 Joseph DE 93 Carter RT 65 Trueblood WLB 55 Brooks TE 88 Becht MLB 51 Ruud WR 19 Hilliard SLB 59 June WR 84 Galloway LCB 20 Barber FB 35 Askew RCB 31 Buchanon RB 34 Graham SS 23 Phillips QB 7 Garcia FS 28 Jackson PLAYED 3 Bryant, 9 Bidwell, 11 Jones, 22 Davis, 26 Allen, 27 Cox, 29 Bennett, 30 Crockett, 39 Pearson, 48 Economos, 50 Trotter, 56 Nece, 58 Black, 68 Lehr, 69 Davis , 80 Clayton, 85 Stovall, 86 Stevens, 87 Heinrich, 90 Adams, 91 White, 96 Peterson DID NOT PLAY 5 Gradkowski INACTIVES 12 McCown, 25 Kelly, 32 Pittman, 54 Chukwurah, 57 Hayward, 72 Buenning, 81 Smith, 98 Sims
COMMENTARY CREW Ron Pitts and Tony Boselli