Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23 Detroit Lions 16
Sunday 12 December 1999 at Raymond James Stadium
FOX COMMENTARY CREW Pat Summerall and John Madden
The Bucs fell behind early to the Lions, but came back strongly
as Mike Shula opened up the offense for Shaun King and the
rookie responded with two TD passes and was just shy of a 300-
yard passing game. It also put the Bucs into the lead in the NFC
Central with this win over their division rivals. "We've always
been confident, but as you get momentum going and get on a
winning streak, you feel like you can't be beat," Mike Alstott said.
"We're in a great situation right now."
GAME SCORING
DET
9:15-1Q
Hanson FG37
DET
0:52-1Q
Hill 10 run (Hanson kick)
TB
1:34-2Q
McLeod 3 pass from King (Gramatica kick)
TB
13:08-3Q
Safety - Frerotte sacked in the endzone
DET
5:28-3Q
Hanson FG25
DET
14:11-4Q
Hanson FG27
TB
9:26-4Q
Alstott 1 run (Gramatica kick)
TB
4:18-4Q
Alstott 22 pass from King (Gramatica kick)
GAME REPORTS
Click here for the gamebook and play-by-play
Dunn looks back to move ahead
Rick Stroud reports from Raymond James Stadium
Lesson to Bucs' foes: Red (zone) means stop
King blossoming now for Bucs
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
74 Gruber
DE
72 Ahanotu
LG
65 Dogins
DT
77 Culpepper
C
61 Mayberry
DT
99 Sapp
RG
73 Middleton
DE
94 White
RT
71 Wunsch
LLB
53 Quarles
TE
83 Moore
MLB
56 Nickerson
WR
86 Williams
RLB
55 Brooks
WR
87 Emanuel
LCB
21 Abraham
FB
40 Alstott
RCB
20 Barber
RB
28 Dunn
SS
47 Lynch
QB
10 King
FS
24 Robinson
PLAYED
3 Royals, 7 Gramatica, 25 Kelly, 27 Abdullah, 30 Smith, 34 Jackson,
43 McLeod, 50 Gooch, 51 Singleton, 58 Davis, 59 Duncan, 68 Unutoa,
69 Pierson, 75 Washington, 78 Jones, 80 Davis, 81 Green, 82 Hape,
85 Anthony, 92 McFarland, 95 McLaughlin
DID NOT PLAY
15 Zeier, 64 Diaz
INACTIVES
12 Dilfer, 13 Milanovich, 31 Young, 66 Blackman, 79 Hegamin, 84
McDonald, 97 Jackson, 98 Cannida
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Alstott 8-28, King 3-7, Dunn 8-6.
LIONS: Hill 10-25, Schlesinger 7-25, Frerotte 2-4, Olivo 1-1.
PASSING
BUCS: King 37-23-297-1-2.
LIONS: Frerotte 44-23-241-1-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Dunn 6-115, Emanuel 4-46, Williams 4-31,Alstott 3-39, Green 3-22,
Anthony 1-30, Moore 1-11, McLeod 1-3.
LIONS: Morton 7-107, Crowell 4-47, Schlesinger 3-19, Hill 3-9, Moore 2-22,
Olivo 2-14, Sloan 1-14, Stablein 1-9.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Lynch 1-28.
LIONS: Carrier 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Anthony 5-107,
LIONS: Howard 2-31, Talton 1-6.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Green 1-5, Williams 1-5.
LIONS: Howard 2-20.
SACKS
BUCS: Sapp 1.5-10.5, Culpepper 1.5-7.5, Jones 1-13.
LIONS: Porcher 3-26.
