Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3 Detroit Lions 31
Sunday 29 September 1991 at the Silverdome
SCORING
DET
7:07-1Q
Sanders 7 run (Murray kick)
DET
4:46-1Q
Green 26 pass from Peete (Murray kick)
DET
4:27-2Q
Sanders 1 run (Murray kick)
TB
1:14-2Q
Christie FG32
DET
10:11-4Q
Murray FG38
DET
5:54-4Q
Sanders 69 run (Murray kick)
GAME REPORTS
Click here for Rick Stroud's comments on the game
Click here for an article on Glenn Rogers' nightmare start at CB
Click here for an article on Vinny's continued woes
Click here for what Chris Chandler did after this loss
Click here for the gamebook and play-by-play
This one wasn't even close and had it not been for Broderick Thomas forcing two fumbles, recovering another
and recording two sacks, it could have been a lot worse. The Bucs were held to under 200 yards of total
offense and neither Tampa QB had any success.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Chandler 6-56, Cobb 4-12, Wilson 4-11, Anderson 6-2.
LIONS: Sanders 27-160, Peete 3-34, Overton 3-12, Gray 1-5,
Jackson 3-3, Kramer 3-(-2).
PASSING
BUCS: Chandler 26-10-64-1-0, Testaverde 13-7-54-1-0.
LIONS: Peete 22-12-159-1-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Hall 8-37, Wilson 3-33, Carrier 3-21, Drewrey 1-12, Hill 1-
9, Dawsey 1-6.
LIONS: Green 3-66, Perriman 3-53, Clark 3-25, Sanders 2-2,
Tennell 1-13.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Reynolds 1-7.
LIONS: Crockett 1-3, Hayworth 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Hardy 4-52, G.Anderson 2-3.
LIONS: Gray 2-84.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Drewrey 1-6.
LIONS: Gray 2-55.
SACKS
BUCS: Thomas 2-12.
LIONS: Jamison 1-12, Team 1-0.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
74 Gruber
DE
98 Seals
LG
69 Bruhin
DT
79 Davis
C
61 Mayberry
DT
96 Newton
RG
62 Beckles
DE
52 McCants
RT
70 McRae
LLB
54 Solomon
TE
82 Hall
RLB
51 Thomas
WR
84 Hill
DB
22 Hampton
WR
88 Carrier
LCB
29 Reynolds
FB
20 Wilson
RCB
21 Rogers
RB
40 Anderson
SS
30 Robinson
QB
17 Chandler
FS
25 Covington
PLAYED
2 Christie, 3 Royals, 14 Testaverde, 23 Carter, 33 Frizzell, 34
Cobb, 36 Hardy, 44 Carter, 56 Anno, 58 Tiggle, 59 Murphy, 64
Ryan, 66 Hall, 72 Taylor, 73 McHale, 76 Dill, 77 Nichols, 80
Dawsey, 86 Thomas, 87 Drewrey, 92 Manley
DID NOT PLAY
7 Carlson
INACTIVE
45 Haddix, 89 Anderson
COMMENTARY CREW
Tim Ryan and Irv Cross
