Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3 Detroit Lions 20
Sunday 31 October 1999 at The Silverdome
ESPN COMMENTARY CREW Mike Patrick, Paul Maguire and Joe Theisman
It was a nationally-televised Sunday Night game in the States
and Eric Zeier was making his first start in place of the
benched Trent Dilfer. The Bucs' best offensive drive was
halted when an apparent TD pass to Warrick Dunn was called
back after video review, but only after the Bucs were called for
delay-of-game on the extra point. Mike Alstott then fumbled at
the Detroit 1-yard line and Tampa Bay never threatened again.
GAME SCORING
DET
12:59-2Q
Hanson FG47
TB
8:02-2Q
Gramatica FG49
DET
4:52-2Q
Irvin 2 run (Hanson kick)
DET
14:54-3Q
Aldridge 21 fumble return (Hanson kick)
DET
11:34-4Q
Hanson FG50
GAME REPORTS
Click here for the gamebook and play-by-play
Rick Stroud reports from the Silverdome
Clock likely ticking down on Bucs' season
Extra-point debacle means extra frustration
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
94 White
RT
71 Wunsch
LLB
53 Quarles
TE
83 Moore
MLB
56 Nickerson
WR
85 Anthony
RLB
55 Brooks
WR
81 Green
LCB
21 Abraham
FB
40 Alstott
RCB
20 Barber
RB
28 Dunn
SS
47 Lynch
QB
15 Zeier
FS
24 Robinson
PLAYED
3 Royals, 7 Gramatica, 25 Kelly, 27 Abdullah, 30 Smith, 31 Young, 34
Jackson, 50 Gooch, 51 Singleton, 58 Davis, 59 Duncan, 65 Dogins,
68 Unutoa, 69 Pierson, 78 Jones, 80 Davis, , 82 Hape, 84 McDonald,
88 Murphy, 92 McFarland, 97 Jackson
DID NOT PLAY
12 Dilfer, 75 Washington
INACTIVES
10 King, 33 Vance, 43 McLeod, 70 Odom, 86 Williams, 87 Emanuel,
95 McLaughlin, 98 Cannida
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Dunn 9-33, Alstott 10-32, Zeier 3-7.
LIONS: Hill 16-123, Batch 5-15, Irvin 2-5, Schlesinger 1-4.
PASSING
BUCS: Zeier 44-29-256-0-0.
LIONS: Batch 19-10-128-0-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Dunn 11-77, Green 7-96, Murphy 4-28, Anthony 2-14, Hape 2-6,
Alstott 1-16, McDonald 1-11, Abdullah 1-8.
LIONS: Morton 3-54, Sloan 2-36, Irvin 2-19, Schlesinger 1-9, Crowell 1-8,
Stablein 1-2.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
LIONS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Murphy 2-36.
LIONS: Fair 1-23, Olivo 1-14.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Green 2-22.
LIONS: Uweazuoke 1-17.
SACKS
BUCS: Jackson 1-8, Jones 1-3, Robinson 0.5-4, Singleton 0.5-4.
LIONS: Scroggins 2-13, Elliss 1.5-9.5, Claiborne 1-9, Porcher 0.5-4.5.
