Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31 Detroit Lions 27
Sunday 4 October 1987 at The Silverdome
CBS COMMENTARY CREW Jim Lampley and Kenny Stabler
Little over 10 minutes into the first replacement game, it looked
like the alternative Bucs were facing a humiliating defeat trailing
17-0. But in front of the smallest crowd ever to watch a Tampa
Bay game, 4,919, the Bucs came back thanks to a defense that
forced five sacks, had three interceptions including one for a
score that led to Paul Tripoli being named NFC Defensive Player
of the Week. Former Arena League QB Mike Hold threw two
scores, one a 61-yard bomb to Eric Streater. The Lions closed to
within four when Ray Criswell was tackled on an abortive punt,
but they could get no closer than four points as the Bucs hung
on to win.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
64 Pumphery
LDE
90 Clark
LG
62 Jordan
NT
76 Nordgren
C
50 Pitcock
RDE
78 Carter
RG
60 O’Connor
LILB
56 Montoute
RT
68 Smith
LILB
53 McCallister
TE
80 Holloway
RILB
54 Gant
WR
89 Streater
ROLB
52 Teague
WR
83 Walls
LCB
37 Walker
FB
34 Wright
RCB
31 Curry
RB
24 Land
SS
40 Quinn
QB
7 Reaves
FS
26 Tripoli
PLAYED
1 Tiffin, 5 Criswell, 11 Hold, 23 King, 29 Paige, 32 Gladman, 33
George, 36 Thomas, 47 Ricks, 51 Turpin, 59 Pennington, 66 Heffernan,
67 Harris, 70 Turner, 77 Brown, 82 Modesitt, 84 Jackson, 87 S Carter,
91 Jacobs, 94 Riggins, 98 Ramey
DID NOT PLAY
72 Hunt, 73 Johnson
GAME SCORING
DET
8:11-1Q
Grymes 36 pass from Hons (Prindle kick)
DET
5:16-1Q
Prindle FG23
DET
4:16-1Q
King 9 fumble return (Prindle kick)
TB
14:49-2Q
Wright 15 pass from Hold (Tiffin kick)
TB
11:33-2Q
Tripoli 15 interception return (Tiffin kick)
DET
1:51-2Q
Truvillion 53 pass from Hons (Prindle kick)
TB
1:32-2Q
Streater 61 pass from Hold (Tiffin kick)
TB
8:03-3Q
Tiffin FG21
TB
2:17-3Q
Ricks 1 run (Tiffin kick)
DET
11:41-4Q
Prindle FG35
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Wright 21-67, Hold 3-18, Land 7-16, Ricks 6-10, Thomas 1-2..
LIONS: Edwards 13-28, Wester 12-46, Dollinger 5-16, Hons 1-11, Black
1-0.
PASSING
BUCS: Reaves 8-2-16-0-0, Hold 15-6-102-0-2.
LIONS: Hons 26-10-201-3-2..
RECEIVING
BUCS: Wright 4-29, Streater 1-61, Walls 1-13, Ricks 1-12, Holloway 1-3.
LIONS: Truvillion 4-99, Grymes 3-81, Wheeler 2-17, Dollinger 1-4.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Tripoli 2-17, Gant 1-15.
LIONS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Walls 4-104, Wright 1-17, Gladman 1-16.
LIONS:Hall 4-73, Bradley 2-42.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Walls 4-12.
LIONS: Bradley 5-30.
SACKS
BUCS: Harris 1-9, Riggins 1-9, Montoute 1-8, Clark 1-8, McCallister 1-6.
LIONS: Carr 1-12.
VIDEO CLIPS
Adrian Wright had the first replacement team touchdown
Paul Tripoli’s pick six helped him win NFC Defensive Player of the Week
Harold Ricks put the Bucs ahead for the first time with a one-yard run