Tampa Bay Buccaneers 38 Detroit Lions 20
Sunday 23 November 2008 at Ford Field
FOX COMMENTARY CREW Ron Pitts and Tony Boselli
The Lions were winless and would go on to finish 0-16 under
former Buc assistant Rod Marinelli. Yet they led Tampa Bay
17-0 at the end of the first quarter. Then normal service was
returned with a pair of Jeff Garcia TD passes, Clifton Smith
taking a punt back for a score and Ronde Barber having yet
another pick six.
GAME SCORING
DET
6:07-1Q
Johnson 15 pass from Culpepper (Hanson kick)
DET
4:40-1Q
Bullocks 44 fumble return (Hanson kick)
DET
0:11-1Q
Hanson FG38
TB
11:19-2Q
Dunn 13 run (Bryant kick)
TB
4:40-2Q
Hillard 36 pass from Garcia (Bryant kick)
TB
3:00-2Q
Stevens 24 pass from Garcia (Bryant kick)
TB
11:31-3Q
C.Smith 70 punt return (Bryant kick)
TB
9:01-3Q
Barber 65 interception return (Bryant kick)
DET
2:41-3Q
Hanson FG40
TB
12:48-4Q
Brysnt FG48
GAME REPORTS
Roy Cummings reports from Ford Field
Martin Fennelly's award-winning column
The dean of Tampa sports writers, Tom McEwen
Rick Stroud looks on a redemption game for Ronde Barber
Gary Shelton picks out Clifton Smith as his player of the game
Cadillac Williams is back after 14 months on the sideline
And once again, Clifton Smith takes one to the house
Game notes and anecdotes
Further observations on the game in Detroit
Tom Jones offers his two cents on the game coverage
Scott Smith's official game report
The gamebook and play-by-play
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
70 Penn
DE
93 Carter
LG
78 Sears
DT
71 Haye
C
52 Faine
DT
95 Hovan
RG
75 Joseph
DE
90 Adams
RT
65 Trueblood
WLB
55 Brooks
TE
88 Gilmore
MLB
51 Ruud
WR
80 Clayton
SLB
59 June
WR
89 Bryant
LCB
31 Buchanon
FB
35 Askew
RCB
20 Barber
RB
28 Dunn
SS
21 Piscitelli
QB
7 Garcia
FS
36 Jackson
PLAYED
3 Bryant, 9 Bidwell, 19 Hilliard, 22 Smith, 24 Williams, 25 Talib, 26
Allen, 30 Nicholson, 33 Cook, 43 Mack, 48 Economos, 50 McCoy,
57 Hayward, 58 Black, 76 Zuttah, 79 Mahan, 84 Galloway, 86
Stevens, 87 Clark, 91 White, 97 Wilkerson, 98 Sims
DID NOT PLAY
12 McCown
INACTIVES
8 Griese, 10 Jackson, 11 Johnson, 23 Phillips, 39 Herron, 77 Lee,
81 Smith, 96 Peterson
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Dunn 14-90, Williams 16-27, Askew 1-3, Garcia 1- (-1).
LIONS: Smith 16-86, R.Johnson 4-16, Culpepper 2-6.
PASSING
BUCS: Garcia 18-13-165-0-2.
LIONS: Culpepper 20-8-121-2-1, Stanton 6-2-13-0-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Dunn 5-37, Bryant 4-48, Hilliard 2-51, Stevens 2-29.
LIONS: C.Johnson 3-66, McDonald 2-21, Cason 2-18, Standeford 1-18,
Fitzsimmons 1-8, Norris 1-3.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Barber 2-67.
LIONS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: C.Smith 5-142.
LIONS: Cason 7-154.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: C.Smith 4-90, Hilliard 1-0.
LIONS: McDonald 3-34.
SACKS
BUCS: Wilkerson 2-24, White 1-9, Adams 1-2.
LIONS: Smith 2-13, Team 1-7, Nece 1-5, Avril 1-2, Darby 1-2
