Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 Detroit Lions 23
Sunday 21 October 2007 at Ford Field
FOX COMMENTARY CREW Ron Pitts and Tony Boselli
Two fumbles led to Detroit scores and a blocked punt did not
help either. Nine points in the final two minutes gave the
scoreline some semblence of respectability but this was a bad
loss to a team the Bucs should have beaten. Jeff Garcia
extended his interception-less streak to a team record 189
passes but to no avail.
GAME SCORING
DET
9:53-1Q
Hanson FG34
DET
2:51-1Q
Jones 1 run (Hanson kick)
TB
12:48-2Q
Hilliard 5 pass from Garcia (Bryant kick)
DET
0:05-2Q
Hanson FG42
DET
4:13-3Q
Hanson FG32
DET
6:28-4Q
Johnson 32 run (Hanson kick)
TB
2:03-4Q
Stovall 4 pass from Garcia (pass failed)
TB
1:04-4Q
Bryant FG48
GAME REPORTS
Roy Cummings reports from Ford Field
Joe Henderson offers his opinions on the loss
How Rick Stroud saw it unfold
Gary Shelton's morning-after column
Earnest Graham proves he can carry the load
Ten special observations on the game
The Buc special teams have a rare off-day
Game notes and anecdotes
Scott Smith's official game report
The gamebook and the play-by-play of the game
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
70 Penn
DE
94 Spires
LG
78 Sears
DT
71 Haye
C
76 Wade
DT
95 Hovan
RG
75 Joseph
DE
93 Carter
RT
65 Trueblood
WLB
55 Brooks
TE
88 Becht
MLB
51 Ruud
WR
19 Hilliard
SLB
59 June
WR
84 Galloway
LCB
20 Barber
FB
35 Askew
RCB
31 Buchanon
RB
34 Graham
SS
23 Phillips
QB
7 Garcia
FS
28 Jackson
PLAYED
3 Bryant, 9 Bidwell, 11 Jones, 22 Davis, 26 Allen, 27 Cox, 29
Bennett, 30 Crockett, 39 Pearson, 48 Economos, 50 Trotter, 56
Nece, 58 Black, 68 Lehr, 69 Davis , 80 Clayton, 85 Stovall, 86
Stevens, 87 Heinrich, 90 Adams, 91 White, 96 Peterson
DID NOT PLAY
5 Gradkowski
INACTIVES
12 McCown, 25 Kelly, 32 Pittman, 54 Chukwurah, 57 Hayward, 72
Buenning, 81 Smith, 98 Sims
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Graham 19-92, Bennett 3-22, Garcia 6-10, Crockett 1-0.
LIONS: Jones 15-76, Johnson 1-32, Duckett 4-30, Kitna 4-9.
PASSING
BUCS: Garcia 45-37-316-0-2.
LIONS: Kitna 20-16-147-0-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Graham 13-99, Hilliard 9-92, Galloway 5-46, Askew 4-36, Stevens 4-
19, Clayton 1-20, Stovall 1-4.
LIONS: Jones 6-34, Williams 3-23, Johnson 2-37, Furrey 2-24, McDonald 2-
17, Fitzsimmons 1-12.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
LIONS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Jones 2-44, Cox 1-27.
LIONS: Walters 2-45.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Buchanon 1-6, Hilliard 1-2.
LIONS: none.
SACKS
BUCS: Haye 1-3, White 1-9, Hovan 0.5-2, Carter 0-5-2.
LIONS: White 3-18.
