Buccaneers vs. Detroit Lions

WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24 Detroit Lions 17

Rookie Warrick Dunn earned his first 100-yard rushing game for 130 yards and his first NFL touchdown, as Tampa Bay won 24–17. The Buccaneers defense held Barry Sanders to only 20 yards rushing.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Jerry Markbreit
• UMPIRE: Chad Brown
• LINE JUDGE: Gary Arthur
• SIDE JUDGE: Larid hayes
• HEAD LINESMAN: Terry Gierke
• BACK JUDGE: George Coleman
• FIELD JUDGE: Don Hakes
• REPLAY OFFICAL: not documented

SCORING

• BUCCANEERS: 09:57-1Q Husted FG41
• BUCCANEERS: 05:09-1Q Hape 1 pass from Dilfer (Husted kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 05:21-2Q Dunn 6 run (Husted kick)
• LIONS: 00:08-2Q Hanson FG48
• LIONS: 05:30-3Q Morton 73 pass from Mitchell (Hanson kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 05:42-4Q Alstott 1 run (Husted kick)
• LIONS: 00:15-4Q Sanders 1 pass from Mitchell (Hanson kick)

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #85 R. Anthony
• LT: #74 P. Gruber
• LG: #60 J. Pyne
• C: #61 T. Mayberry
• RG: #64 J. Diaz
• T: #70 J. Odom
• TE: #80 J. Harris
• WR: #88 H. Copeland
• QB: #12 T. Dilfer
• RB: #28 W. Dunn
• FB: #40 M. Alstott

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #72 C. Ahanotu
• LT: #77 B. Culpepper
• UT: #99 W. Sapp
• RE: #91 R. Upshaw
• SLB: #59 R. Porter
• MLB: #56 H. Nickerson
• WLB: #55 D. Brooks
• LCB: #21 D. Abraham
• RCB: #27 A. Parker
• SS: #47 J. Lynch
• FS: #25 M. Johnson

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 5 Husted, 6 Barnhardt, 22 Mincy, 23 Bouie, 26 Rusk, 29 Gant, 37 Ellison, 45 Legette, 50 Gooch, 52 Bellisari, 53 Quarles, 69 Pierson, 71 Wunsch, 78 Jones, 82 Hape, 83 Moore, 84 Thomas, 86 Williams, 94 White, 97 Jackson

DID NOT PLAY

• 4 Walsh, 32 Rhett, 73 Middleton

INACTIVE

• 13 Milanovich, 19 Hunter, 20 Barber, 51 Singleton, 65 Dogins, 75 Curry, 87 Davis, 90 Maniecki

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Dunn 24-130, Alstott 14-34, Dilfer 3-9.
• LIONS: Sanders 10-20, Rivers 1-3, Mitchell 1-1.

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Dilfer 24-12-115-0-1.
• LIONS: Mitchell 50-29-331-1-2.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Copeland 4-44, Dunn 2-20, Anthony 2-19, Williams 1-18, Moore 1-8, Thomas 1-5, Hape 1-1.
• LIONS: Sanders 8-102, Sloan 7-49, Moore 6-51, Morton 4-102, Milburn 2-19, Metzelaars 2-8.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: Mincy 1-14.
• LIONS: none.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Williams 2-36.
• LIONS: Milburn 3-62.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Williams 5-30, Dunn 1-3.
• LIONS: Milburn 3-14.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: Jackson 1-5, Sapp 1-4.
• LIONS: Porcher 1.5-7, Elliss 1-7, Brown 0.5-2

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