Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7 Detroit Lions 38 Sunday 25 October 1992 at Tampa Stadium

SCORING DET 12:16-1Q Green 29 pass from Peete (Hanson kick) DET 6:43-1Q Moore 63 pass from Peete (Hanson kick) DET 10:23-2Q Sanders 1 run (Hanson kick) TB 0:34-2Q Cobb 1 run (Willis kick) DET 0:00-2Q Hanson FG27 DET 3:31-3Q Sanders 55 run (Hanson kick) DET 14:44-4Q Perriman 4 pass from Peete (Hanson kick)

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This was over a contest before half-time and wound up being the Bucs' worst loss of the season. All three Buc QBs saw action, but when you're outplayed by Rodney Peete, you know you've got a problem. Reggie Cobb scored a TD in his fourth straight game, one away from the team record.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Cobb 18-66, McDowell 2-18, Anderson 3-4. LIONS: Sanders 21-122, Stradford 8-28, Peete 2-16, Kramer 1-(-2). PASSING BUCS Testaverde 11-5-26-1-0, DeBerg 20-11-135-0-0, Erickson 3-1- 6-0-0. LIONS: Peete 19-11-208-1-3, Kramer 5-3-28-0-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Hall 5-45, Dawsey 4-38, Hawkins 3-52, McDowell 2-25, Anderson 2-(-2), Jennings 1-9. LIONS: Moore 3-108, Perriman 3-41, Green 2-45, Johnson 2-16, Matthews 1-12, Campbell 1-6, Sanders 1-5, Stradford 1-3. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Mack 1-0. LIONS: Blades 1-4. KICK RETURNS BUCS: G.Anderson 3-83. LIONS: Gray 3-123. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Drewrey 1-13. LIONS: Gray 0-0. SACKS BUCS: none. LIONS: Jamison 1-10, Ball 1-9.

STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 74 Gruber DE 52 McCants LG 66 Reimers DT 71 Dotson C 61 Mayberry DT 77 Wheeler RG 70 McRae LB 54 Williams RT 72 Taylor LB 51 Thomas TE 82 Hall DB 22 Lewis TE 46 Ryan DB 26 Green WR 85 Hawkins LCB 29 Reynolds FB 37 McDowell RCB 21 Mack RB 34 Cobb SS 23 Carter QB 14 Testaverde FS 27 Fullington PLAYED 1 Willis, 4 Stryzinski, 17 DeBerg, 28 Jennings, 31 Pollard, 40 Anderson, 41 King, 47 Browner, 53 Brady, 55 Brownlow, 56 Burnette, 57 Chamblee, 58 Tiggle, 62 Beckles, 75 Rogers, 78 Mayfield, 80 Dawsey, 81 Culpepper, 87 Drewrey, 98 Seals DID NOT PLAY 7 Erickson, 67 Sullivan, 73 McHale INACTIVE 86 Armstrong, 88 Carrier

COMMENTARY CREW Jim Nantz and Hank Stram