Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24 Detroit Lions 14
Sunday 2 October 1994 at Tampa Stadium
SCORING
TB
6:45-1Q
Husted FG23
TB
4:48-1Q
Turner 80 punt return (Husted kick)
TB
14:01-2Q
Wilson 35 pass from Erickson (Husted kick)
DET
9:11-2Q
Mitchell 5 run (Hanson kick)
DET
4:36-2Q
Moore 5 run (Hanson kick)
TB
6:01-3Q
Rhett 1 run (Husted kick)
After 18 years of trying, the Bucs finally returned a kick or punt for a touchdown when Vernon Turner took a
punt back 80 yards in front of the Bucs' home fans. Errict Rhett's running controlled the clock and Mike
McGruder stripping Brett Perriman inside the Buc 10-yard line in the fourth quarter preserved the victory.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Rhett 20-62, Workman 6-31, Turner 3-15, McDowell 3-
12, Erickson 3-0, Royster 3-(-1).
LIONS: Sanders 20-166, Perriman 2-20, Mitchell 1-5, D.Moore
1-5.
PASSING
BUCS: Erickson 20-10-122-0-1.
LIONS: Mitchell 30-13-130-0-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Wilson 4-58, Copeland 1-19, J Harris 1-14, Moore 1-13,
Hawkins 1-9, Rhett 1-5, Armstrong 1-4.
LIONS: Perriman 7-67, H.Moore 3-44, Sanders 2-10, Holman 1-
9.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
LIONS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Turner 1-19, Culpepper 1-18.
LIONS: Gray 4-100.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Turner 3-92.
LIONS: Gray 0-0.
SACKS
BUCS: Wilson 1-5.
LIONS: Swilling 1-7.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
74 Gruber
DE
72 Ahanotu
LG
76 Dill
DT
71 Dotson
C
61 Mayberry
DT
73 Culpepper
RG
62 Beckles
DE
75 Curry
RT
78 Irwin
LLB
55 Marts
TE
81 Harris
MLB
93 DuBose
TE
86 Armstrong
RLB
27 Bussey
WR
85 Hawkins
LCB
35 Mayhew
FB
33 McDowell
RCB
39 DImry
RB
46 Workman
SS
23 Carter
QB
7 Erickson
FS
22 Everett
PLAYED
4 Stryzinski, 5 Husted, 21 McGruder, 25 Covington, 26 Green,
28 Buckley, 30 Turner, 31 Royster, 32 Rhett, 45 Stargell, 47
Lynch, 53 E Brady, 57 J Brady, 67 Sullivan, 70 McRae, 77
Wheeler, 82 Green, 83 Moore, 84 C Wilson, 88 Copeland, 91 K
Wilson, 95 Powe
DID NOT PLAY
12 Dilfer
INACTIVE
11 Weldon, 43 Harris, 56 Nickerson, 60 Pyne, 79 Love, 87
Thomas, 89 Bishop, 92 Price
COMMENTARY CREW
Mike Breen and Marcus Allen