Tampa Bay Buccaneers 6 Detroit Lions 27
Monday 28 September 1998 at the Silverdome
ABC COMMENTARY CREW Al Michaels, Boomer Esiason and Dan Dierdorf
Hurricane Georges kept me stuck in Clearwater watching the
Bucs' loss on Monday night football to the Lions. Probably just as
well I did not fly up to the Motor City as this was a forgettable Buc
performance all round. Trent threw a terrible interception, his first
of the season, at the start of the second half and the Bucs had
just six first downs and 133 total yards in the game.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
74 Gruber
DE
72 Ahanotu
LG
64 Diaz
DT
77 Culpepper
C
61 Mayberry
DT
99 Sapp
RG
73 Middleton
DE
91 Upshaw
RT
70 Odom
LLB
50 Gooch
TE
83 Moore
MLB
56 Nickerson
WR
85 Anthony
RLB
55 Brooks
WR
86 Williams
LCB
21 Abraham
FB
40 Alstott
RCB
27 Parker
RB
28 Dunn
SS
47 Lynch
QB
12 Dilfer
FS
22 Mincy
PLAYED
4 Walsh, 5 Husted, 6 Barnhardt, 20 Barber, 23 Bouie, 24 Robinson, 25
Kelly, 37 Ellison, 41 Neal, 51 Singleton, 53 Quarles, 54 Palmer, 59
Duncan, 69 Pierson, 71 Wunsch, 78 Jones, 80 Davis, 82 Hape, 84
Thomas, 88 Hunter, 94 White, 97 Jackson
DID NOT PLAY
65 Dogins
INACTIVES
13 Milanovich, 26 Abdullah, 31 Young, 75 Washington, 81 Green, 87
Emanuel, 90 Maniecki, 98 Cannida
GAME SCORING
DET
9:34-2Q
Hanson FG27
DET
1:56-2Q
Hanson FG25
TB
0:16-2Q
Husted FG43
DET
13:11-3Q
Westbrook 34 interception return (Hanson kick)
DET
8:45-3Q
Batch 1 run (Hanson kick)
TB
10:44-4Q
Husted FG47
DET
10:29-4Q
Fair 105 kick return (Hanson kick)
GAME REPORTS
Rick Stroud reports from the Silverdome
An injury to Brice Hunter makes the world stop
As offenses go, the Bucs' offense is a lemon
Click here for the official gamebook and play-by-play
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Dunn 8-30, Dilfer 4-16, Alstott 5-9.
LIONS: Sanders 27-131, Batch 8-39, Reich 2-(-3), Westbrook 1-(-4),
Rivers 3-(-7).
PASSING
BUCS: Dilfer 30-12-120-1-0, Walsh 2-0-0-1-0.
LIONS: Batch 24-14-115-0-0, Reich 1-1-16-0-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Anthony 4-38, Dunn 3-35, Williams 2-18, Thomas 1-13, Hunter 1-9,
Moore 1-7.
LIONS: Moore 7-64, Sanders 4-23, Morton 3-36, Crowell 1-8.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
LIONS: Westbrook 1-34, Rice 1-25.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Williams 5-150.
LIONS: Fair 2-136.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Williams 2-9.
LIONS: Fair 4-11.
SACKS
BUCS: Culpepper 1-7.
LIONS: Porcher 1.5-13, Waldroup 1-13, Scroggins 1-11, Boyd 0.5-5.
