A tough loss and one that ultimately led to the Bucs missing the post-season with a decisive pass interference non-call being one to rue after the fact. Just minutes after surrendering a game-tying, 58-yard field goal drive, the Bucs allowed the Lions to drive 63 yards for the winning 34-yard field goal. "If you want to play championship football, you've got to be able to stand up and play at a championship caliber at times, and we weren't able to do that on defense, especially at the end of the game,' said Raheem Morris.

GAME SCORING DET 2:06-1Q Burleson 10 pass from Stanton (Rayner kick) TB 12:29-2Q M.Williams 24 pass from Freeman (Barth kick) TB 3:41-2Q Blount 39 run (Barth kick) DET 0:55-2Q Rayner FG41 DET 10:16-3Q Morris 10 run (Rayner kick) TB 8:51-4Q Barth FG30 TB 1:39-4Q Barth FG26 DET 0:00-4Q Rayner FG28 DET 9:51-OT Rayner FG34

GAME REPORTS Roy Cummings reports from Raymond James Stadium Joe Henderson wants the game in No.5's hands Tom McEwen, the dean of Tampa sports writers Martin Fennelly knows playoff teams don't lose these games How Rick Stroud saw it all unfold Gary Shelton weighs in with his opinions The Bucs' playoff hopes suffer big hit Notes and anecdotes from the Buccaneer locker room How the Detroit press viewed the game Scott Smith's detailed game report The official gamebook and play-by-play

STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 70 Penn DE 96 Crowder LG 62 Larsen DT 98 Okam C 76 Zuttah DT 90 Miller RG 73 Hardman DE 91 White RT 77 Lee WLB 54 Hayes TE 82 Winslow MLB 51 Ruud TE 88 Gilmore DB 23 Lewis WR 19 Williams LCB 31 Biggers RB 34 Graham RCB 20 Barber RB 27 Blount SS 26 Jones QB 5 Freeman FS 41 Lynch PLAYED 1 Malone, 10 Barth, 11 J Johnson, 17 Benn, 18 Stroughter, 24 Williams, 28 Lumpkin, 33 Mack, 37 Anderson, 48 Economos, 50 McKenzie, 53 Koutouvides, 56 Watson, 57 Hayward, 59 Raiola, 65 Trueblood, 71 Bennett, 80 Purvis, 81 Spurlock, 85 Stovall, 87 Parker, 95 Woods, 97 Magee INACTIVE 12 Carpenter, 22 Asante, 29 Johnson, 44 Lorig, 60 Carter, 61 Barker, 67 Johnson, 89 Briscoe

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Blount 15-110, C.Williams 7-38, Freeman 5-29, Graham 1-(-1). LIONS: Morris 15-109, Burleson 1-25, Stanton 2-24, Best 6-12, Logan 4-11. PASSING BUCS: Freeman 31-21-251-0-1, Johnson 1-1-1-0-0. LIONS: Stanton 37-23-252-0-1, Logan 1-0-0-0-0. RECEIVING BUCS: M.Williams 6-96, Winslow 4-46, Benn 3-34, Graham 3-21, C.Williams 2-26, Spurlock 1-19, Gilmore 1-9, Stroughter 1-1, Purvis 1-0. LIONS: C.Johnson 10-152, Burleson 4-28, Schleffer 3-18, Morris 3-10, Pettigrew 2-25, B.Johnson 1-19. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. LIONS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Spurlock 4-76. LIONS: Logan 4-79, McBride 1-8, Fluellen 1-4. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Spurlock 3-31. LIONS: none. SACKS BUCS: none. LIONS: Jackson 1-14, Hill 1-8, Avril 1-3.