Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24 Detroit Lions 17
Sunday 7 September 1997 at the Silverdome
SCORING
TB
9:57-1Q
Husted FG41
TB
5:09-1Q
Hape 1 pass from Dilfer (Husted kick)
TB
5:21-2Q
Dunn 6 run (Husted kick)
DET
0:08-2Q
Hanson FG48
DET
5:30-3Q
Morton 73 pass from Mitchell (Hanson kick)
TB
5:42-4Q
Alstott 1 run (Husted kick)
DET
0:15-4Q
Sanders 1 pass from Mitchell (Hanson kick)
GAME REPORTS
Rick Stroud reports from the Silverdome
Warrick Dunn is quickly running into the limelight
Trent Dilfer leads the offense to a higher gear
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The Bucs jumped out to a 17-0 lead over the Lions in the Silverdome and held on for a 24-17 victory. Rookie RB
Warrick Dunn earned his first 100-yard rushing game and scored his first NFL touchdown as the Buccaneers
dominated the first half. Detroit did manage to pull a late score back thanks to Barry Sanders but were not
able to recover their onside kick and the Bucs moved to 2-0 on the season.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Dunn 24-130, Alstott 14-34, Dilfer 3-9.
LIONS: Sanders 10-20, Rivers 1-3, Mitchell 1-1.
PASSING
BUCS: Dilfer 24-12-115-0-1.
LIONS: Mitchell 50-29-331-1-2.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Copeland 4-44, Dunn 2-20, Anthony 2-19, Williams 1-18,
Moore 1-8, Thomas 1-5, Hape 1-1.
LIONS: Sanders 8-102, Sloan 7-49, Moore 6-51, Morton 4-102,
Milburn 2-19, Metzelaars 2-8.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Mincy 1-14.
LIONS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Williams 2-36.
LIONS: Milburn 3-62.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Williams 5-30, Dunn 1-3.
LIONS: Milburn 3-14.
SACKS
BUCS: Jackson 1-5, Sapp 1-4.
LIONS: Porcher 1.5-7, Elliss 1-7, Brown 0.5-2.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
74 Gruber
LDE
72 Ahanotu
LG
60 Pyne
DT
77 Culpepper
C
61 Mayberry
DT
99 Sapp
RG
64 Diaz
RDE
91 Upshaw
RT
70 Odom
WLB
55 Brooks
TE
80 Harris
MLB
56 Nickerson
WR
85 Anthony
SLB
59 Porter
WR
88 Copeland
LCB
21 Abraham
QB
12 Dilfer
SS
47 Lynch
FB
40 Alstott
FS
25 Johnson
RB
28 Dunn
RCB
27 Parker
PLAYED
5 Husted, 6 Barnhardt, 22 Mincy, 23 Bouie, 26 Rusk, 29 Gant,
37 Ellison, 45 Legette, 50 Gooch, 52 Bellisari, 53 Quarles, 69
Pierson, 71 Wunsch, 78 Jones, 82 Hape, 83 Moore, 84
Thomas, 86 Williams, 94 White, 97 Jackson
DID NOT PLAY
4 Walsh, 32 Rhett, 73 Middleton
INACTIVES
13 Milanovich, 19 Hunter, 20 Barber, 51 Singleton, 65 Dogins,
75 Curry, 87 Davis, 90 Maniecki
COMMENTARY CREW
Eric Clemons and Trevor Matich
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the clips
Patrick Hape’s first NFL touchdown came on this one-yard pass from Trent Dilfer
Warrick Dunn scored from six yards out as part of his first 100-yard rushing day
It was left to the A-Train to complete the Buccaneer scoring in typical Mike Alstott style