Buccaneers vs. Detroit Lions 
LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 Detroit Lions 27
The Lions scored two touchdowns in the second quarter, and led Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27–13 late in the game.
Josh Freeman suffered through some cramping issues, but rallied the Buccaneers to score a touchdown with under four minutes remaining. The subsequent onside kick failed, but the Buccaneers were able to get the ball back in the final two minutes. Freeman drove Tampa Bay to the Lions 42-yard line in the closings seconds, but they were unable to score.
GAMEDAY BRIEF
OFFICALS
- REFEREE: Walt Anderson
- UMPIRE: Butch Hannah
- HEAD LINESMAN: Steve Stelljes
- LINE JUDGE: Byron Boston
- SIDE JUDGE: James Coleman
- FIELD JUDGE: David Meslow
- BACK JUDGE: Billy Smith
- REPLAY OFFICAL: not documented
- VIDEO OPERATOR: not documented
SCORING
- LIONS: 08:58-1Q Hanson FG23
- BUCCANEERS: 07:12-1Q Barth FG38
- BUCCANEERS: 05:47-1Q Talib 28 interception return (Barth kick)
- LIONS: 00:52-1Q Hanson FG28
- LIONS: 07:16-2Q Johnson 36 pass from Stafford (Hanson kick)
- LIONS: 01:16-2Q Scheffler 11 pass from Stafford (Hanson kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 00:00-2Q Barth FG31
- LIONS: 06:16-3Q Johnson 1 pass from Stafford (Hanson kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 01:35-4Q Williams 5 pass from Freeman (Barth kick)
STARTERS OFFENSE
- WR: #19 M. Williams
- LT: #70 D. Penn
- LG: #62 T. Larsen
- C: #52 J. Faine
- RG: #75 D. Joseph
- RT: #65 J. Trueblood
- TE: #82 K. Winslow
- TE: #17 A. Benn
- QB: #05 J. Freeman
- RB: #27 L. Blount
- FB: #88 L. Stocker
STARTERS DEFENSE
- LE: #71 M. Bennett
- DT: #93 G. McCoy
- DT: #92 B. Price
- RE: #94 A. Clayborn
- SLB: #58 Q. Black
- MLB: #31 E. Biggers
- WLB: #54 G. Hayes
- LCB: #25 A. Talib
- RCB: #20 R. Barber
- SS: #26 S. Jones
- FS: #35 C. Grimm
SUBSTITUTIONS
- 9 Koenen, 10 Barth, 11 Johnson, 18 Stroughter, 28 Lumpkin, 30 Holland, 33 Mack, 34 Graham , 41 Lynch, 44 Lorig, 46 Yount, 53 Diles, 56 Watson, 57 Hayward, 59 Foster, 76 Zuttah, 77 Lee, 81 Spurlock, 87 Parker, 89 Briscoe, 90 Miller, 91 Bowers, 96 Crowder, 98 Okam
DID NOT PLAY
- none.
INACTIVE
- 21 Bradford,22 Asante, 23 Lewis, 24 Gaitor, 69 Dotson, 73 Hardman, 80 Pianalto
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
- BUCCANEERS: reeman 4-26, Blount 5-15, Graham 6-13, Johnson 1-2.
- LIONS: MBest 21-72, Harrison 8-27, Burleson 1-20, Scheffler 1-5. Morris 2-4, Stafford 1-0. Logan 1-(-2).
PASSING
- BUCCANEERS: Freeman 43-28-259-1-1 , J.Johnson 3-1-7-0-0.
- LIONS: Stafford 33-24-305-1-3.
RECIEVING
- BUCCANEERS: Graham 8-58, Winslow 6-66, Williams 4-50, Parker 4-44, Benn 4-27, Briscoe 2-14, Lumpkin 1-9, Penn 0-2, Freeman 0-(-4).
- LIONS: Johnson 6-88, Burleson 5-60, Pettigrew 4-57. Best 4-42, Morris 2-25, Davis 1-14, Scheffler 1-11, Stovall 1-8.
INTERCEPTIONS
- BUCCANEERS: Talib 1-28.
- LIONS: Houston 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Stroughter 1-78.
- LIONS: none.
PUNT RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: SSpurlock 1-(-2).
- LIONS: Logan 5-34.
SACKS
- BUCCANEERS: none.
- LIONS: Tulloch 1-4, VandenBosch 1-3.
