Lions 27-9 Buccaneers (12 Oct, 1997) Box Score

Detroit Lions

4-3, 2-2 away

	1	2	3	4	T
DET					27
TB					9

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

5-2, 3-1 home

Detroit Passing


Scott Mitchell
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
16/20	222	11.1	1	0	4-34	129.6
16/20	188	11.1	1	0	4-34	129.6

Tampa Bay Passing


Trent Dilfer
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
17/31	237	7.6	1	2	3-20	63.5
17/31	217	7.6	1	2	3-20	63.5

Detroit Rushing


Barry Sanders
Tommy Vardell
Ron Rivers
Scott Mitchell
Cory Schlesinger
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
24	215	9.0	2	82
4	30	7.5	0	13
1	7	7.0	0	7
3	7	2.3	0	3
1	0	0.0	0	0
33	259	7.8	2	82

Tampa Bay Rushing


Mike Alstott
Trent Dilfer
Warrick Dunn
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
12	40	3.3	20
3	23	7.7	17
10	9	0.9	9
25	72	2.9	20

Detroit Receiving


Herman Moore
Johnnie Morton
Cory Schlesinger
David Sloan
Barry Sanders
Pete Metzelaars
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
5	120	24.0	0	79
7	66	9.4	0	16
1	15	15.0	0	15
1	11	11.0	0	11
1	7	7.0	1	7
1	3	3.0	0	3
16	222	13.9	1	79

Tampa Bay Receiving


Horace Copeland
Warrick Dunn
Reidel Anthony
Karl Williams
Jackie Harris
Robb Thomas
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
6	105	17.5	0	46
3	71	23.7	1	59
3	22	7.3	0	12
2	20	10.0	0	11
2	13	6.5	0	11
1	6	6.0	0	6
17	237	13.9	1	59

Detroit Fumbles


Barry Sanders
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0

Tampa Bay Fumbles


Trent Dilfer
Mike Alstott
Karl Williams
Warrick Dunn
John Lynch
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	0	0
1	0	0
1	0	0
1	0	0
0	0	1
4	0	1

Detroit Defense



Stephen Boyd
Robert Porcher
Bryant Westbrook
Reggie Brown
Kerwin Waldroup
Mark Anthony Carrier III
Robert Bailey
Corey Raymond
Tracy Scroggins
George Jamison
Mike Wells
Luther Elliss
Harry Colon
Van Malone
Shane Bonham
Ron Rice
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
10	8	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	1.5	0	1	0	0
4	4	0	0	3	0	0
4	3	0	0	1	0	0
4	1	0.5	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	2	0	0
3	2	0.5	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0.5	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
52	37	3	0	8	0	0

Tampa Bay Defense



John Lynch
Derrick Brooks
Hardy Nickerson
Anthony Parker
Warren Sapp
Regan Upshaw
Melvin Johnson
Brad Culpepper
Donnie Abraham
Chidi Ahanotu
Rufus Porter
Tyoka Jackson
Charles Mincy
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
10	7	0	0	0	0	0
10	7	0	0	1	0	0
9	6	0	0	0	0	0
7	7	0	0	0	0	0
6	4	1	0	0	0	0
4	4	1	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	1	1	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	1	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
65	47	4	0	1	0	0

Detroit Interceptions


Corey Raymond
Robert Bailey
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	17	0
1	0	0
2	17	0

Tampa Bay Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Tampa Bay Interceptions

Detroit Kick Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
No Detroit Kick Returns

Tampa Bay Kick Returns


Reidel Anthony
Karl Williams
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	75	37.5	45
2	1	0.5	1
4	76	19.0	45

Detroit Punt Returns


Glyn Milburn
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	40	40.0	40	0
1	40	40.0	40	0

Tampa Bay Punt Returns


Karl Williams
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	23	5.8	12	0
4	23	5.8	12	0

Detroit Kicking


Jason Hanson
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	39	3/3	9
2/2	100.0	39	3/3	9

Tampa Bay Kicking


Michael Husted
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	25	0/1	3
1/1	100.0	25	0/1	3

Detroit Punting


John Jett
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	219	43.8	1	1	48
5	219	43.8	1	1	48

Tampa Bay Punting


Sean Landeta
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
7	294	42.0	1	2	60
7	294	42.0	1	2	60

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