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Sunday, December 23, 1995 - Home Game

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 Detroit Lions 37

With the loss, the Buccaneers clinched last in the NFC Central at 7-9 and extended its streak of non-winning seasons to an NFL-high 13.

Tampa Bay lost seven of its last nine games, resulting in the seventh straight year in a row the Buccaneers ended in last or tied for for last. The weight of Buccaneers coach Sam Wyche coaching style went out with a cannon-bang - the sound of his imminent firing.

Highlighting his coach-by-conflic for one last ego-blast of I'm in charge one last time, Wyche played a huge role in the debacle, yanking Dilfer in the second quarter and inserting backup Casey Weldon. Dilfer was 8-of-11 for 100 yards when removed. He had thrown one interception and twice fumbled when sacked. Weldon, who finished the game, was 11-of-27 for 106 yards, three sacks and one interception.

GAMEDAY BRIEF

  • WEATHER: Clear - 53°F. - Humidity 44% - Wind N.N.W. 10 mph Wind Chill 55°F.
  • OFFICALS
    • REFEREE: Tom White
    • UMPIRE: Jim Duke
    • LINE JUDGE: Ron Winter
    • SIDE JUDGE: Tommy Moore
    • HEAD LINESMAN: Ron Phares
    • BACK JUDGE: Jim Daopoulos
    • FIELD JUDGE: Richard Reels
    • REPLAY OFFICAL: not documented
    SCORING
    • LIONS: 10:06-1Q Morton 5 pass from Mitchell (Hanson kick)
    • LIONS: 04:22-1Q Scroggins 81 fumble return (Hanson kick)
    • BUCCANEERS: 05:02-2Q Hanson FG33
    • BUCCANEERS: 00:25-2Q Husted FG27
    • LIONS: 14:22-3Q Perriman 91 pass from Mitchell (Hanson kick)
    • LIONS: 00:10-3Q Hanson FG39
    • LIONS: 09:22-4Q Hanson FG45
    • BUCCANEERS: 07:12-4Q Ellison 1 run (Husted kick)
    • LIONS: 01:50-4Q Mitchell 1 run (Hanson kick)
    STARTERS OFFENSE
    • WR: #82 A. Harper
    • LT: #74 P. Gruber
    • LG: #60 J. Pyne
    • C: #61 T. Mayberry
    • RG: #62 I. Beckles
    • RT: #69 P. Pierson
    • TE: #81 J. Harris
    • WR: #88 H. Copeland
    • QB: #12 T. Dilfer
    • RB: #32 E. Rhett
    • TE: #86 T. Armstrong
    STARTERS DEFENSE
    • LE: #72 C. Ahanotu
    • LT: #77 M. Wheeler
    • RT: #99 W. Sapp
    • RE: #75 E. Curry
    • LLB: #51 L. Marts
    • MLB: #56 H. Nickerson
    • DB: #45 T. Stargell
    • LCB: #35 M. Mayhey
    • RCB: #39 C. Dimry
    • SS: #23 T. Bouie
    • FS: #25 M. Johnson
    SUBSTITUTIONS
    • 1 Roby, 5 Husted, 11 Weldon, 21 McGruder, 22 Everett, 26 Abraham, 28 Buckley, 29 Gant, 37 Ellison, 41 Edmonds, 49 Saunders, 52 Rouse, 53 Brady, 54 Stephens, 55 Brooks, 65 Ingram, 67 Sullivan, 71 Dotson, 73 Culpepper, 83 Moore, 85 Hawkins, 87 Thomas, 91 Smith
    DID NOT PLAY
    • none.
    INACTIVE
    • 15 Philcox, 30 Lester, 38 Scott, 70 McRae, 76 Dill, 80 Dawsey, 89 Marshall, 93 DuBose

    INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

    RUSHING
    • BUCCANEERS: Ellison 4-91, Rhett 12-53.
    • LIONS: Sanders 18-48, Perriman 1-6, Rivers 2-4, Mitchell 3-2.
    PASSING
    • BUCCANEERS: Dilfer 11-8-100-1-0, Weldon 28-11-106-1-0.
    • LIONS: Mitchell 41-26-352-1-2, Sanders 1-1-11-0-0.
    RECIEVING
    • BUCCANEERS: Hawkins 5-69, J Harris 4-56, Harper 4-49, Armstrong 2-14, Copeland 1-10, Ellison 1-9, Rhett 1-5, Thomas 1-(-6).
    • LIONS: Moore 10-105, Perriman 5-135, Sanders 5-39, Morton 4-64, Sloan 2-13, Holman 1-7.
    INTERCEPTIONS
    • BUCCANEERS: Bouie 1-19.
    • LIONS: Clay 1-11, Raymond 1-11.
    KICK RETURNS
    • BUCCANEERS: Edmonds 5-99, Ellison 3-52.
    • LIONS: Perriman 1-23, Rivers 1-4.
    PUNT RETURNS
    • BUCCANEERS: Edmonds 1-8.
    • LIONS: Clay 1-2, Perriman 0-0.
    SACKS
    • BUCCANEERS: Curry 2-15.
    • LIONS: Hayworth 1-10, Spielman 1-9, Scroggins 1-7, London 1-5, Thomas 1-4.

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