Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 Detroit Lions 34 Sunday 7 December 2014 at Ford Field

SCORING DET 2:57-1Q Johnson 6 pass from Stafford (Prater kick) TB 13:32-2Q Murray FG54 DET 6:07-2Q Bell 1 run (Prater kick) DET 3:01-2Q Prater FG46 TB 0:09-2Q Evans 5 pass from McCown (Murray kick) DET 11:14-3Q Prater FG23 DET 0:15-3Q Fauria 10 pass from Stafford (Prater kick) TB 12:52-4Q Evans 26 pass from McCown (Murray kick) DET 5:01-4Q Bell 5 pass from Stafford (Prater kick)

Another comfortable win for the Buccaneer opponents as Matt Stafford led the Lions with a 300-yard, three touchdown game as Tampa become one-dimensional having failed to establish a running game. “We just didn’t really get anything going throughout the day,’’ Lovie Smith said. “In all three phases we didn’t play a good football game today, and so the better team won.’’

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Martin 5-22, McCown 4-8, Sims 5-(-4). LIONS: Bell 18-83, Bush 8-26, Ross 1-4, Winn 1-2, Stafford 3-(-2). PASSING BUCS: McCown 39-20-250-2-2. LIONS: Stafford 34-26-311-0-3. RECEIVING BUCS: Jackson 10-159, Evans 4-45, Murphy 3-18, Sims 1-24, Stocker 1-4, Martin 1-0. LIONS: Johnson 8-158, Bell 5-50, Tate 4-50, Bush 4-8, Ebron 3-28, Fauria 2-17. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. LIONS: Ihedigbo 1-11, Quin 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Patton 1-23. LIONS: Ross 2-11. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Patton 0-0. LIONS: Ross 2-67. SACKS BUCS: Smith 2-0, English 1-9, Gholston 1-8. LIONS: Levy 2-13, Suh 1-11, G.Johnson 1-10, Fluellen 1-5, Ansah 1-4.

STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 73 Collins DE 56 Smith LG 70 Mankins DT 93 McCoy C 62 Dietrich-Smith DT 97 Spence RG 66 Omameh DE 90 Johnson RT 69 Dotson WLB 54 David TE 88 Stocker MLB 59 Foster WR 18 Murphy DB 29 Johnson WR 83 Jackson LCB 27 Banks WR 13 Evans RCB 21 Verner RB 22 Martin SS 30 McDougald QB 12 McCown FS 38 Goldson PLAYED 7 Murray, 9 Koenen, 11 Patton, 25 James, 26 Butler, 31 Wright, 32 Frey, 34 Sims, 37 Tandy, 39 Dixon, 45 Lemon, 48 DePaola, 50 Fletcher, 53 Magee, 57 English, 64 Pamphile, 72 Gilkey, 84 Brate, 89 Shepard, 91 Bowers, 92 Gholston, 96 Fatinikun DID NOT PLAY 8 Glennon, 61 Allen INACTIVE 10 Herron, 43 Rainey, 59 Foster, 73 Collins, 82 Myers, 87 Sef- Jenkins, 98 McDonald

COMMENTARY CREW Dick Stockton and Brady Quinn

GAME REPORTS Roy Cummings reports on a Motown meltdown ira Kaufman adds another loss to the 2014 season How Rick Stroud saw the game unfold The offense was struggling all day long Is the Buc line the worst group ever? Two more sacks for Jacquies Smith Game notes and anecdotes Scott Smith's detailed game report The official gamebook including the play-by-play