Tampa Bay Buccaneers 6 Detroit Lions 21
Sunday 8 September 1996 at the Silverdome
SCORING
TB
7:04-1Q
Husted FG30
TB
13:20-2Q
Husted FG41
DET
3:38-2Q
Sanders 54 run (Hanson kick)
DET
3:28-2Q
Raymond 24 interception return (Hanson kick)
DET
7:31-3Q
Moore 23 pass from Mitchell (Hanson kick)
The Bucs held the Lions to just 234 yards but were victimized by turnovers and a handful of big plays. The Bucs
took a 6-0 lead in the second quarter but the Lions abruptly took the lead on a 54-yard burst around left end by
Barry Sanders. Three players later, Corey Raymond redirected a Trent Dilfer pass and returned it 25 yards to
give the Lions a 14-6 halftime advantage. The Bucs were held scoreless in the second half despite making four
more excursions into Detroit territory.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Alstott 6-19, Dilfer 2-18, Brooks 4-17, Ellison 8-12,
Thompson 8-8, Weldon 1-0.
LIONS: Sanders 20-125, Mitchell 4-1, Morton 2-(-6).
PASSING
BUCS: Dilfer 34-14-176-2-0. Weldon 4-3-25-0-0, Milanovich 3-2-9-
0-0.
LIONS: Mitchell 27-14-131-0-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Hawkins 8-111, Harris 4-31, Alstott 2-23, Thompson 2-9,
Ellison 1-20, Harper 1-11, Williams 1-5.
LIONS: Moore 8-84, Sanders 3-13, Sloan 2-22, Perriman 1-12.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
LIONS: Raymond 1-24, Jeffries 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Silvan 3-59.
LIONS: Milburn 3-74.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Silvan 6-50, Hawkins 0-0.
LIONS: Milburn 3-15.
SACKS
BUCS: Culpepper 1-10, Mayhew 1-7, Curry 1-0.
LIONS: Scroggins 1-6, Elliss 1-4.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
74 Gruber
DE
75 Curry
LG
60 Pyne
DT
77 Culpepper
C
61 Mayberry
DT
97 Jackson
RG
71 Adams
DE
73 Upshaw
RT
79 Riesenberg
MLB
56 Nickerson
TE
81 Harris
RLB
55 Brooks
TE
83 Moore
DB
21 Abraham
WR
85 Hawkins
LCB
35 Mayhew
FB
40 Alstott
RCB
39 DImry
RB
37 Ellison
SS
38 Scott
QB
12 Dilfer
FS
25 Johnson
PLAYED
5 Husted, 6 Barnhardt, 11 Weldon, 13 Milanovich, 23 Bouie, 29
Gant, 34 Thompson, 41 Brooks, 43 Johnson, 45 Legette, 47
Lynch, 50 Gooch, 51 Marts, 64 Diaz, 68 Crisman, 70 Odom, 78
Jones, 80 Harper, 86 Williams, 87 Silvan, 89 Ryans, 90
Maniecki, 91 Smith, 93 DuBose
INACTIVE
27 Austin, 54 Stephens, 62 Beckles, 72 Ahanotu, 82 Tate, 84
Thomas, 99 Sapp
COMMENTARY CREW
Sam Rosen and Ron Pitts