Tampa Bay Buccaneers 21 Detroit Lions 24
Sunday 10 December 2017 at Raymond James Stadium
SCORING
DET
8:05-1Q
Riddick 2 run (Prater kick)
TB
2:51-1Q
Martin 1 run (Murray kick)
DET
7:36-2Q
Tate 5 pass from Stafford (Prater kick)
DET
3:11-3Q
Riddick 18 run (Prater kick)
TB
13:41-4Q
Howard 2 pass from Winston (Murray kick)
TB
8:05-4Q
Wester 2 pass from Winston (Murray kick)
DET
0:20-4Q
Prater FG46
Another week and another loss as the Bucs fell to 4-9 on the season. Six turnovers including four lost
fumbles doomed Tampa Bay despite a fourth quarter fightback from 21-7 down to see the scores tied midway
through the final period. But once again a complete lack of a pass rush gave Matthew Stafford time all day
and he moved Detroit downfield to set up Matt Prater’s late game-winning fieldgoal.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Barber 12-58, Martin 10-26, Jackson 1-23, Sims 3-16,
Winston 2-10.
LIONS: Riddick 10-29, Green 5-15, Golladay 1-9, Zenner 2-0.
PASSING
BUCS: Winston 38-26-285-2-2.
LIONS: Stafford 44-36-381-2-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Godwin 5-68, Howard 4-54, Jackson 4-41, Humphries 3-
25, Evans 2-25, Martin 2-24, Sims 2-11, Martino 1-19, Brate 1-11,
Barber 1-5, Wester 1-2.
LIONS: Ebron 10-94, Tate 8-85, Riddick 6-64, M.Jones 3-64,
T.Jones 3-26, Golladay 3-17, Roberts 2-8, Fells 1-23.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Grimes 1-0, McClain 1-0.
LIONS: Diggs 1-12, Slay 1-2.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Rodgers 3-60.
LIONS: T.Jones 4-70.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Humphries 0-0.
LIONS: T.Jones 3-16.
SACKS
BUCS: none.
LIONS: Davis 1-8, Ansah 1-1, Reeves-Maybin 0.5-4.5, Hayden
0.5-4.5.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
76 Smith
LDE
91 Ayers
LG
64 Pamphile
DT
93 McCoy
C
62 Smith
DT
90 Baker
RG
73 Sweezy
RDE
95 Russell
RT
77 Benenoch
MLB
58 Alexander
TE
80 Howard
WLB
54 David
TE
45 Cross
CB
36 McClain
WR
11 Jackson
LCB
24 Grimes
WR
13 Evans
RCB
29 Smith
QB
3 Winston
SS
23 Conte
RB
22 Martin
FS
21 Evans
PLAYED
7 Murray, 9 Anger, 10 Humphries, 12 Godwin, 16 Martino, 25
Barber, 27 Olatuye, 32 Rodgers, 34 Sims, 35 Elliott, 37 Tandy,
51 Beckwith, 53 Glanton, 59 Bond, 65 Sanborn, 66 Wester, 79
O’Connor, 82 Auclair, 84 Brate, 92 Gholston, 94 Clarke, 96
Siliga.
DID NOT PLAY
14 Fitzpatrick, 68 Hawley.
INACTIVES
4 Griffin, 26 Robinson, 28 Hargreaves, 43 Ward, 67 Liedtke, 85
Wilson, 98 McDonald.
COMMENTARY CREW
Kenny Albert and Ronde Barber
GAME REPORTS
How Roy Cummings saw the game for Florida Football Insiders
Martin Fennelly on Gerald McCoy’s departure through injury
Tom Jones just does not see how Dirk Koetter can be back in 2018
Greg Auman’s notes column leads with Leonard Wester’s score
Peyton Barber once again outshone Doug Martin in the backfield
Scott Smith’s official game report
The NFL Gamebook and play-by-play
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
Click on the boxes below to view the big plays
Doug Martin opened the Buccaneer scoring with this one-yard dive over the right side
OJ Howard scored his fifth touchdown of the season at the start of the fourth quarter
Then the unlikliest Buc of all, Leonard Wester, caught Jameis Winston’s second TD pass of the game