Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 Detroit Lions 28
Thursday 19 October 2000 at Raymond James Stadium
ESPN COMMENTARY CREW Mike Patrick, Paul Maguire and Joe Theisman
The Bucs had seven sacks and enough chances to put this
Thursday-night game away, but wound up on the receiving end
of Detroit ball control and a fourth straight loss on the season.
The Bucs were 6-0 up and blocked a punt but no-one could fall
on the loose ball for the touchdown. The offense fell apart in the
second half as Shaun King threw three interceptions and Brian
Kelly dropped what would have been a big pick of his own off
Charlie Batch.
GAME SCORING
TB
8:29-1Q
Gramatica FG27
TB
5:00-1Q
Gramatica FG43
TB
11:47-2Q
Safety – blocked punt through endzone
DET
7:45-2Q
Hanson FG32
TB
5:24-2Q
Gramatica FG50
DET
0:28-2Q
Stewart 4 run (Stewart run)
DET
11:29-3Q
Hanson FG47
TB
13:10-4Q
Gramatica FG55
DET
4:29-4Q
Stewart 4 run (Hanson kick)
DET
1:53-4Q
Stewart 1 run (Hanson kick)
GAME REPORTS
Rick Stroud reports from Raymond James Stadium
Buccaneers struggle in their hour of need
Bucs have forgotten they are a running team
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STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
69 Pierson
DE
72 Ahanotu
LG
64 McDaniel
DT
92 McFarland
C
62 Christy
DT
99 Sapp
RG
73 Middleton
DE
78 Jones
RT
71 Wunsch
LLB
53 Quarles
TE
83 Moore
RLB
55 Brooks
WR
19 Johnson
DB
25 Kelly
WR
81 Green
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, 22 Stecker, 27 Abdullah, 33 Vance, 34 Jackson,
50 Gooch, 51 Singleton, 52 Webster, 58 Davis, 60 Coleman, 68
Unutoa, 79 Hegamin, 80 Yoder, 82 Hape, 85 Anthony, 88 Hastings, 94
White, 95 McLaughlin, 97 Jackson, 98 Cannida
DID NOT PLAY
15 Zeier, 75 Washington
INACTIVES
14 Hamilton, 31 Young, 46 Gibson, 48 Kirby, 53 Quarles, 65 Dogins, 76
Curry, 86 Williams
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Dunn 8-46, King 5-33, Alstott 6-30.
LIONS: J.Stewart 29-116, Bates 3-24, Batch 3-16, Foster 1-15, Morton 1-(-
1).
PASSING
BUCS: King 34-17-149-3-0.
LIONS: Batch 31-13-144-0-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Johnson 6-79, Green 3-27, Dunn 3-19, Moore 3-18, Alstott 2-6.
LIONS: Morton 5-84, Stewart 2-8, Bates 1-11, Moore 1-9, Rasby 1-9,
Schlesinger 1-8, Sloan 1-8, Stablein 1-7.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
LIONS: Westbrook 2-16, Claiborne 1-1.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Stecker 5-112.
LIONS: Howard 4-107.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Hastings 3-26.
LIONS: Howard 1-6.
SACKS
BUCS: Jones 4-22, Sapp 2-13, McFarland 1-2.
LIONS: none.
