Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 Detroit Lions 28 Thursday 19 October 2000 at Raymond James Stadium
SCORING TB 8:29-1Q Gramatica FG27 TB 5:00-1Q Gramatica FG43 TB 11:47-2Q Safety – blocked punt through endzone DET 7:45-2Q Hanson FG32 TB 5:24-2Q Gramatica FG50 DET 0:28-2Q Stewart 4 run (Stewart run) DET 11:29-3Q Hanson FG47 TB 13:10-4Q Gramatica FG55 DET 4:29-4Q Stewart 4 run (Hanson kick) DET 1:53-4Q Stewart 1 run (Hanson kick)
The Bucs had seven sacks and enough chances to put this Thursday-night game away, but wound up on the receiving end of Detroit ball control and a fourth straight loss on the season. The Bucs were 6-0 up and blocked a punt but no-one could fall on the loose ball for the touchdown. The offense fell apart in the second half as Shaun King threw three interceptions and Brian Kelly dropped what would have been a big pick of his own off Charlie Batch.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Dunn 8-46, King 5-33, Alstott 6-30. LIONS: J.Stewart 29-116, Bates 3-24, Batch 3-16, Foster 1-15, Morton 1-(-1). PASSING BUCS: King 34-17-149-3-0. LIONS: Batch 31-13-144-0-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Johnson 6-79, Green 3-27, Dunn 3-19, Moore 3-18, Alstott 2-6. LIONS: Morton 5-84, Stewart 2-8, Bates 1-11, Moore 1-9, Rasby 1-9, Schlesinger 1-8, Sloan 1-8, Stablein 1-7. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. LIONS: Westbrook 2-16, Claiborne 1-1. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Stecker 5-112. LIONS: Howard 4-107. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Hastings 3-26. LIONS: Howard 1-6. SACKS BUCS: Jones 4-22, Sapp 2-13, McFarland 1-2. 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 RLB 55 Brooks WR 19 Johnson DB 25 Kelly 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, 22 Stecker, 27 Abdullah, 33 Vance, 34 Jackson, 50 Gooch, 51 Singleton, 52 Webster, 58 Davis, 60 Coleman, 68 Unutoa, 79 Hegamin, 80 Yoder, 82 Hape, 85 Anthony, 88 Hastings, 94 White, 95 McLaughlin, 97 Jackson, 98 Cannida DID NOT PLAY 15 Zeier, 75 Washington INACTIVES 14 Hamilton, 31 Young, 46 Gibson, 48 Kirby, 53 Quarles, 65 Dogins, 76 Curry, 86 Williams
COMMENTARY CREW Mike Patrick, Paul Maguire and Joe Theismann