Tampa Bay Buccaneers 9 Detroit Lions 30
Sunday 29 September 1985 at the Silverdome
SCORING
TB
4:24-1Q
Igwebuike FG21
DET
10:48-2Q
Murray FG22
TB
4:31-2Q
Igwebuike FG32
DET
0:02-2Q
Nichols 4 pass from Hipple (Murray kick)
TB
8:46-3Q
Igwebuike FG20
DET
4:19-3Q
Murray FG33
DET
0:00-3Q
Murray FG39
DET
8:45-4Q
Nichols 9 pass from Hipple (Murray kick)
DET
1:57-4Q
Hipple 1 run (Murray kick)
GAME REPORTS
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The Bucs fell to 0-4 on the season in spite of James Wilder's fourth straight 100-yard rushing game and eighth
in a row dating back to the previous season. The Lions scored 20 unanswered points in the second half to
break open a close game with Eric Hipple throwing two scores for Detroit. At this point in the season, Wilder
was leading the NFL in rushing, the NFL in total yards from scrimmage and the NFC in receptions. But the
Buc offense was just him and Jerry Bell as only three of Steve DeBerg's 19 receptions went to wide receivers.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Wilder 27-104, Springs 3-15.
LIONS: Montgomery 16-77, Hipple 3-11, Kane 2-7, Moore 3-(-1).
PASSING
BUCS: DeBerg 31-19-193-1-0.
LIONS: Hipple 31-19-250-0-2.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Wilder 7-57, J.Bell 6-54, Carter 2-29, Springs 2-22, Giles
1-18, House 1-13.
LIONS: Chadwick 5-98, Nichols 4-35, Lewis 3-71, Montgomery 3-
16, Thompson 2-18, McDonald 1-8, Kane 1-4.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
LIONS: Johnson 1-19.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Freeman 3-62, Bright 2-62.
LIONS: Hall 2-52.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Bright 3-20.
LIONS: Mandley 3-16.
SACKS
BUCS: Morgan 2-11, Logan 1-9, Green 1-9.
LIONS: Johnson 1-15, English 1-9. Gay 1-9, Graham 1-2.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
66 Yarno
DE
78 Cannon
LG
72 Courson
DT
76 Logan
C
60 Grimes
DE
90 Holmes
RG
62 Farrell
LOLB
51 Washington
RT
73 Heller
LILB
58 Davis
TE
88 Giles
RILB
52 Brantley
TE
82 Bell
ROLB
53 Green
WR
87 Carter
LCB
23 Castille
WR
89 House
RCB
21 Holt
RB
32 Wilder
SS
30 Greenwood
QB
17 DeBerg
FS
44 Sully
PLAYED
1 Igwebuike, 5 Garcia, 7 Risher, 20 Springs, 24 Prior, 29 Bright,
31 Curry, 40 Armstrong, 47 Dombrowski, 54 Randle, 56
Johnson, 57 Browner, 64 Shearin, 65 Fielder, 67 Morgan, 68
Mallory, 79 Kaplan, 81 Freeman, 85 Witte, 86 Magee
DID NOT PLAY
8 Young, 75 Lindstrom, 83 T Bell
COMMENTARY CREW
Jim Hill and John Dockery
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
Karl Morgan had a strip sack to set up a Buccaneer scoring opportunity
David Logan came flying through the middle for a sack of his own
It was all defensive highlights as Hugh Green got in on the act late in the first half