Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31 Detroit Lions 10
Sunday 17 September 2000 at the Silverdome
SCORING
DET
12:55-1Q
Hanson FG38
TB
5:52-1Q
King 6 run (Gramatica kick)
TB
0:30-1Q
Alstott 4 run (Gramatica kick)
TB
3:01-2Q
McDaniel 2 pass from King (Gramatica kick)
DET
0:07-2Q
Crowell 50 pass from Batch (Hanson kick)
TB
5:33-3Q
Gramatica FG24
TB
5:43-4Q
Dunn 1 run (Gramatica kick)
GAME REPORTS
Rick Stroud reports from the Silverdome
There's no need to fret over King as Detroit cries
Whatever colour, the Bucs are in a zone
McDaniel denies report that he failed to report
Click here for the official gamebook and play-by-play
The Bucs made it three in a row with a typical Tampa Bay win, tons of defense and a strong running attack.
Even guard Randall McDaniel got in the act catching a TD pass on a tackle eligible play for the first time in his
13-year NFL career. "It's been in the playbook since training camp" he explained afterwards.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Alstott 21-68, Dunn 10-34, King 4-17, Stecker 3-2,
Zeier 1-(-1).
LIONS: Stewart 8-13, Batch 2-4.
PASSING
BUCS: King 30-18-211-0-1.
LIONS: Batch 36-26-277-2-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Johnson 8-84, Green 3-56, Dunn 3-49, Anthony 2-17,
Alstott 1-3, McDaniel 1-2.
LIONS: Crowell 6-93, Moore 5-41, Sloan 4-53, Stewart 4-22,
Morton 3-37, Olivo 1-14, Pupunu 1-6, Schlesinger 1-6,
Stablein 1-5.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Lynch 1-36, Abraham 1-13.
LIONS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Stecker 1-15.
LIONS: Howard 6-218.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Williams 2-42.
LIONS: Howard 1-17.
SACKS
BUCS: Sapp 3-15, McFarland 2.5-21.5, Jones 1-8, Ahanotu
0.5-6.5.
LIONS: none.
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
MLB
59 Duncan
WR
19 Johnson
RLB
55 Brooks
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, 15 Zeier, 22 Stecker, 25 Kelly, 31
Young, 33 Vance, 46 Gibson, 50 Gooch, 51 Singleton, 52
Webster, 58 Davis, 60 Coleman, 68 Unutoa, 75 Washington, 79
Hegamin, 84 Spence, 82 Hape, 85 Anthony, 86 Williams, 94
White, 97 Jackson, 98 Cannida
INACTIVES
14 Hamilton, 27 Abdullah, 34 Jackson, 65 Dogins, 76 Curry, 80
Yoder, 88 Hastings, 95 McLaughlin
COMMENTARY CREW
Ray Bentley and Ron Pitts
