Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 Detroit Lions 16 Sunday 15 September 2024 at Ford Field
NFC SOUTH STANDINGS Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2-0 New Orleans Saints 2-0 Atlanta Falcons 1-1 Carolina Panthers 0-2
FOX COMMENTARY CREW Kevin Kugler and Daryl Johnston
The Bucs made it two in a row to start the 2024 season but definitely got out of jail on this victory in the Motor City and gained revenge for the playoff loss from January. Detroit outgained the Bucs by a huge margin but could not convert in the redzone. The defense had two big turnovers and Baker Mayfield ran for one score and threw for another as the offense did enough to take a surprise victory in the first road game of the campaign.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 78 Wirfs DL 96 Gaines LG 68 Brederson NT 50 Vea C 62 Barton OLB 9 Tryon-Shoyinka RG 69 Mauch ILB 54 David RT 77 Skule ILB 52 Britt TE 88 Otton OLB 0 Diaby WR 15 McMillan CB 35 Dean WR 13 Evans CB 27 McCollum WR 14 Godwin S 29 Izien QB 6 Mayfield S 3 Whitehead RB 1 White S 23 Smith PLAYED 4 McLaughlin, 5 Camarda, 7 Irving, 8 Dennis, 10 Palmer, 19 Johnson, 21 Isaac, 24 Funderburk, 26 Merriweather, 29 Izien, 37 Thomas, 41 Kieft, 43 Braswell, 44 Tucker, 51 Russell, 58 Watts, 70 Hainsey, 79 Klein, 86 Deckers, 87 Durham, 90 Hall, 91 Greene, 92 Gholston, 95 Brewer, 98 Nelson DID NOT PLAY 2 Trask. 64 Newman INACTIVES 31 Winfield, 32 Hayes, 33 Ramirez. 56 Stille, 67 Goedecke, 82 Culp, 94 Kancey
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the big plays Chris Godwin’s 41-yard TD reception was an excellent play design Baker put the Bucs ahead for good with a designed QB draw Christian Izien had the second Tampa interception late in the 4th quarter
GAME SCORING TB 11:31-1Q McLaughlin FG30 TB 9:00-1Q McLaughlin FG55 DET 7:13-1Q Bates FG22 DET 12:47-2Q Bates FG35 TB 9:08-2Q Godwin 41 pass from Mayfield (McLaughlin) DET 11:53-3Q Bates FG32 DET 3:26-3Q Montgomery 1 run (Bates kick) TB 0:34-3Q Mayfield 11 run (McLaughlin kick)
GAME REPORTS The story of the game from The Associated Press There's something special about this Bucs defense, for crying out loud The results aren't always pretty, but Baker Mayfield gets the job done Game notes and anecdotes Lions learning what it's like to be the hunted, not the hunters Scott Smith’s official game report Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
NFL RESULTS - WEEK 2 Tampa Bay 20 Detroit 16 Buffalo 31 Miami 10 Las Vegas 26 Baltimore 23 LA Chargers 26 Carolina 3 New Orleans 44 Dallas 19 Green Bay 16 Indianapolis 10 Cleveland 18 Jacksonville 13 Minnesota 23 San Francisco 17 Seattle 23 New England 20 NY Jets 24 Tennessee 17 Washington 21 NY Giants 18 Arizona 41 LA Rams 10 Pittsburgh 13 Denver 6 Kansas City 26 Cincinnati 25 Houston 19 Chicago 13 Atlanta 22 Philadelphia 21
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Mayfield 5-34, Irving 7-22, White 10-18, Otton 1-(-4). LIONS: Gibbs 13-84, Montgomery 11-35, Williams 1-15, Goff 2-5. PASSING BUCS: Mayfield 19-12-185-1-1. LIONS: Goff 55-34-307-2-0. Fox 1-1-17-0-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Godwin 7-117, Evans 3-42, McMillan 1-21, White 1-5. LIONS: St.Brown 11-119, Gibbs 7-22, Williams 5-79, Montgomery 4- 35, Raymond 3-27, LaPorta 2-13, Patrick 2-12, Vaki 1-17. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Izien 1-17, McCollum 1-4. LIONS: Branch 1-1. KICK RETURNS BUCS: none. LIONS: Kennedy 3-81. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Palmer 0-0. LIONS: Raymind 3-32. SACKS BUCS: none. LIONS: Hutchinson 4.5-37, Onwuzrike 0.5-2.