Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 Detroit Lions 37 Sunday 24 December 1995 at Tampa Stadium

SCORING DET 10:06-1Q Morton 5 pass from Mitchell (Hanson kick) DET 4:22-1Q Scroggins 81 fumble return (Hanson kick) DET 5:02-2Q Hanson FG33 TB 0:25-2Q Husted FG27 DET 14:22-3Q Perriman 91 pass from Mitchell (Hanson kick) DET 0:10-3Q Hanson FG39 DET 9:22-4Q Hanson FG45 TB 7:12-4Q Ellison 1 run (Husted kick) DET 1:50-4Q Mitchell 1 run (Hanson kick)

GAME REPORTS Click here for the gamebook and the play-by-play Don Banks reports from the season finale at Tampa Stadium Gary Shelton reports on the end of the Sam Wyche comedy Hubert Mizell knows that Buc fans deserve better Next up - let's get a new coach for this team

Only Sam Wyche could have finished his coaching career in such a crazy scenario. Before the game, he wanted the Bucs to play in orange shirts and pants, only for Paul Gruber to lead a player-revolt against the disgusting colour combination. He then pulled Trent Dilfer at the end of the first quarter in a childish move and the game degenerated into a farce, a microcosm of Sam's final two months in charge of the Buccaneers.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Ellison 4-91, Rhett 12-53. LIONS: Sanders 18-48, Perriman 1-6, Rivers 2-4, Mitchell 3-2. PASSING BUCS: Dilfer 11-8-100-1-0, Weldon 28-11-106-1-0. LIONS: Mitchell 41-26-352-1-2, Sanders 1-1-11-0-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Hawkins 5-69, J Harris 4-56, Harper 4-49, Armstrong 2-14, Copeland 1-10, Ellison 1-9, Rhett 1-5, Thomas 1-(-6). LIONS: Moore 10-105, Perriman 5-135, Sanders 5-39, Morton 4- 64, Sloan 2-13, Holman 1-7. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Bouie 1-19. LIONS: Clay 1-11, Raymond 1-11. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Edmonds 5-99, Ellison 3-52. LIONS: Perriman 1-23, Rivers 1-4. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Edmonds 1-8. LIONS: Clay 1-2, Perriman 0-0. SACKS BUCS: Curry 2-15. LIONS: Hayworth 1-10, Spielman 1-9, Scroggins 1-7, London 1-5, Thomas 1-4.

STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 74 Gruber DE 72 Ahanotu LG 60 Pyne DT 77 Wheeler C 61 Mayberry DT 99 Sapp RG 62 Beckles DE 75 Curry RT 69 Pierson LLB 51 Marts TE 81 Harris MLB 56 Nickerson TE 86 Armstrong DB 45 Stargell WR 88 Copeland LCB 35 Mayhew WR 82 Harper RCB 39 DImry RB 32 Rhett SS 23 Bouie QB 12 Dilfer FS 25 Johnson PLAYED 1 Roby, 5 Husted, 11 Weldon, 21 McGruder, 22 Everett, 26 Abraham, 28 Buckley, 29 Gant, 37 Ellison, 41 Edmonds, 49 Saunders, 52 Rouse, 53 Brady, 54 Stephens, 55 Brooks, 65 Ingram, 67 Sullivan, 71 Dotson, 73 Culpepper, 83 Moore, 85 Hawkins, 87 Thomas, 91 Smith INACTIVE 15 Philcox, 30 Lester, 38 Scott, 70 McRae, 76 Dill, 80 Dawsey, 89 Marshall, 93 DuBose

COMMENTARY CREW Joe Buck and Tim Green