Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23 Detroit Lions 31 Sunday 21 January 2024 at Ford Field
GAME SCORING DET 8:25-1Q Badgley FG23 TB 4:19-1Q McLaughlin FG43 DET 12:33-2Q J.Reynolds 9 pass from Goff (Badgley kick) TB 0:15-2Q Otton 2 pass from Mayfield (McLaughlin) DET 3:48-3Q C.Reynolds 1 run (Badgley kick) TB 0:10-3Q White 12 pass from Mayfield (McLaughlin) DET 13:13-4Q Gibbs 31 run (Badgley kick) DET 6:22-4Q St.Brown 9 pass from Goff (Badgley kick) TB 4:37-4Q Evans 16 pass from Mayfield (McLaughln)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: R.White 9-55, Edmonds 4-19, Mayfield 2-15. LIONS: Gibbs 9-74, Montgomery 10-33, Goff 6-6, C.Reynolds 1-1. PASSING BUCS: Mayfield 41-26-349-2-3. LIONS: Goff 43-30-287-0-2. RECEIVING BUCS: Evans 8-147, Otton 5-65, Godwin 4-40, R.White 4-36, Palmer 2-32, Edmonds 2-18, Moore 1-11. LIONS: LaPorta 9-65, St.Brown 8-77, Gibbs 4-40, Montgomery 3- 14, Williams 2-35, J.Reynolds 2-27, Wright 1-29, Cabinda 1-0. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. LIONS: Gardner-Johnson 1-12, Barnes 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: none. LIONS: none. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Thompkins 1-0. LIONS: Peoples-Jones 2-18. SACKS BUCS: David 1-6, Kancey 1-4. LIONS: Melifonwu 1.5-10, Branch 1-9, Hutchinson 1-9, Reeves- Maybin 0.5-2.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 78 Wirfs DL 94 Kancey LG 64 Stinnie DL 90 Hall C 70 Hainsey DL 50 Vea RG 69 Mauch OLB 0 Diaby RT 67 Goedecke ILB 52 Britt TE 88 Otton ILB 54 David TE 41 Kieft OLB 7 Barrett WR 13 Evans CB 35 Dean WR 14 Godwin CB 24 Davis QB 6 Mayfield S 31 Winfield RB 1 White S 23 Neal PLAYED 4 McLaughlin, 5 Camarda, 8 Dennis, 9 Tryon-Shoyinka, 10 Palmer, 19 Moore, 22 Edmonds, 26 Merriweather, 27 McCollum, 29 Izien, 30 Delaney, 32 Hayes, 45 White, 49 Gill, 71 Feiler, 77 Skule, 79 O’Connor, 83 Thompkins, 87 Durham, 92 Gholston, 96 Gaines, 97 Triner, 98 Nelson DID NOT PLAY 2 Trask, 44 Tucker, 60 Leverett INACTIVES 11 Wolford, 18 Jarrett, 25 Laird, 51 Russell, 58 Watts, 61 Dzansi, 73 Walton
The 2023 Buccaneer season came to an end in the divisional round with a hard-fought loss to the Lions. The Bucs kept fighting back from deficits but needing to go 90 yards in the final two minutes to try and tie the scores, Baker Mayfield threw his second pick of the game. But for a team expected to win six games, this was a good year.
GAME REPORTS Baker Mayfield, Bucs battle to the end in playoff loss to Lions While the end felt cruel, ride was one to remember for this team If this is the end for him in Tampa, Mike Evans went out in style In waning moments, Bowles goes conservative to card counter Scott Smith’s official game report Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
NBC COMMENTARY CREW Mike Tirico and Cris Collinsworth
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the big plays Cade Otton’s score was only confirmed after a discussion between officials Rachaad White scored on the perfect screen pass against a Lion blitz Mike Evans gave the Bucs hope with his late score