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Sunday, September 9, 1990 - Away Game

WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 38 Detroit Lions 21

Tampa Bays 21 first-half points and dominanting time of possession gave the Buccaneers a season-opening victory in Detroit.

Buccaneers Wayne Haddix interception return for a touchdown and Ervin Randle's 2.5 sacks beat the entire previous five seasons in one game.

The 17-point margin of victory tied the largest road victory in team history, New Orleans Saints in 1981. The Buccaneers had six turnovers and six sacks.

GAMEDAY BRIEF

  • WEATHER: Indoors - 72°F. - Humidity 50% - Wind N.E. 0 mph Wind Chill 70°F.
  • OFFICALS
    • REFEREE: Tom White
    • UMPIRE: Ed Fiffick
    • LINE JUDGE: Jim Quirk
    • SIDE JUDGE: Bill Carollo
    • HEAD LINESMAN: Jerry Bergman
    • BACK JUDGE: Bob Moore
    • FIELD JUDGE: Don Orr
    • REPLAY OFFICAL: Fritz Graf
    SCORING
    • BUCCANEERS: 12:45-1Q Hall 54 pass from Testaverde (Christie kick)
    • LIONS: 10:14-1Q Clark 26 pass from Peete (Murray kick)
    • LIONS: 01:13-1Q Sanders 1 run (Murray kick)
    • BUCCANEERS: 08:53-2Q Perkins 8 pass from Testaverde (Christie kick)
    • BUCCANEERS: 06:14-2Q Anderson 19 pass from Testaverde (Christie kick)
    • BUCCANEERS: 10:31-3Q Cobb 2 run (Christie kick)
    • BUCCANEERS: 08:12-4Q Christie FG22
    • LIONS: 05:34-4Q Clark 16 pass from Gagliano (Murray kick)
    • BUCCANEERS: 05:15-4Q Haddix 62 interception return (Christie kick)
    STARTERS OFFENSE
    • WR: #88 M. Carrier
    • LT: #74 P. Gruber
    • LG: #73 T. McHale
    • C: #61 T. Mayberry
    • RG: #62 I. Beckles
    • RT: #72 R. Taylor
    • TE: #82 R. Hall
    • WR: #84 B. Hill
    • QB: #14 V. Testaverde
    • FB: #32 B. Perkins
    • RB: #40 G. Anderson
    STARTERS DEFENSE
    • LE: #79 R. Davis
    • NT: #95 C. Jarvis
    • RE: #78 J. Cannon
    • LOLB: #51 B. Thomas
    • LILB: #99 E. Marve
    • RILB: #54 E. Randle
    • ROLB: #57 W. Moss
    • LC: #45 W. Haddix
    • RC: #31 R. Rice
    • SS: #30 M. Robinson
    • FS: #39 H. Hamilton
    SUBSTITUTIONS
    • 2 Christie, 3 Royals, 20 Harris, 26 Harvey, 33 Cobb. 36 Futrell, 38 Lawson, 42 Everett, 52 McCants, 53 Coleman, 56 Anno, 59 Murphy, 69 Bruhin, 71 Skow, 80 Pillow, 83 Peebles, 87 Drewrey, 89 J Anderson, 96 Newton, 98 Seals
    DID NOT PLAY
    • 17 Chandler, 60 Grimes, 76 Dill
    INACTIVE
    • 7 Carlson, 70 Swayne

    INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

    RUSHING
    • BUCCANEERS: Anderson 21-74, Cobb 11-43, Perkins 7-21, Harvey 1-6, Testaverde 3-(-6).
    • LIONS: Sanders 14-79, Peete 4-11.
    PASSING
    • BUCCANEERS: Testaverde 21-16-237-1-3.
    • LIONS: Peete 21-10-143-1-1, Gagliano 10-4-61-2-1.
    RECIEVING
    • BUCCANEERS: Anderson 6-79, Hall 2-65, Carrier 2-31, Hill 2-25, Cobb 2-12, Harvey 1-17, Perkins 1-8.
    • LIONS: Clark 6-117, Johnson 3-38, Phillips 3-25, Greer 2-24.
    INTERCEPTIONS
    • BUCCANEERS: Haddix 2-84, Robinson 1-27.
    • LIONS: White 1-48.
    KICK RETURNS
    • BUCCANEERS: Cobb 2-48, Harvey 1-21.
    • LIONS: Gray 2-110, Campbell 1-12.
    PUNT RETURNS
    • BUCCANEERS: Drewrey 2-8.
    • LIONS: Gray 2-24.
    SACKS
    • BUCCANEERS: Randle 3-23, Murphy 1-8, Marve 1-5, Skow 1-0.
    • LIONS: none.

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