| NFC Wild Card Playoff - Detroit Lions at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 28, 1997 Location: Tampa, FL |
| Venue: Houlihan's Stadium Attendance: 73361 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 51 F Humidty: 63% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 3 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Michael Husted 22 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Horace Copeland 9 pass from Trent Dilfer (Michael Husted kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Michael Husted 42 FG | 0 | 13 |
| 3 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Mike Alstott 31 run (Michael Husted kick) | 0 | 20 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Jason Hanson 33 FG | 3 | 20 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Tommy Vardell 1 run (Jason Hanson kick) | 10 | 20 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Barry Sanders | 18 | 65 | 3.6 | 15 | 0 |
| DET | Scott Mitchell | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 14 | 0 |
| DET | Ron Rivers | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| DET | Frank Reich | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| DET | Tommy Vardell | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1t | 1 |
| DET | John Jett | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| TB | Warrick Dunn | 18 | 72 | 4.0 | 11 | 0 |
| TB | Mike Alstott | 11 | 68 | 6.2 | 31t | 1 |
| TB | Reidel Anthony | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| TB | Trent Dilfer | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| DET | Scott Mitchell | 25 | 10 | 40.0 | 1 | 78 | 3.1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.8 |
| DET | Frank Reich | 15 | 11 | 73.3 | 0 | 129 | 8.6 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 99.0 |
| TB | Trent Dilfer | 26 | 13 | 50.0 | 1 | 181 | 7.0 | 50 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 69.6 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Johnnie Morton | 8 | 88 | 11.0 | 21 | 0 |
| DET | Barry Sanders | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 15 | 0 |
| DET | Herman Moore | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 |
| DET | Tommie Boyd | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 |
| DET | Tommy Vardell | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| DET | David Sloan | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| TB | Reidel Anthony | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 32 | 0 |
| TB | Warrick Dunn | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 |
| TB | Robb Thomas | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 50 | 0 |
| TB | Horace Copeland | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 9t | 1 |
| TB | Karl Williams | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| TB | Mike Alstott | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| TB | Jackie Harris | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Ron Rice | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| TB | Anthony Parker | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| DET | John Jett | 4 | 152 | 38.0 | 43 | 0 |
| TB | Sean Landeta | 5 | 202 | 40.4 | 50 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Glyn Milburn | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2.5 | 13 | 0 |
| TB | Karl Williams | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4.0 | 9 | 0 |
| TB | Warrick Dunn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFFS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
| DET | Jason Hanson | 3 | 199 | 66.3 | 0 |
| TB | Michael Husted | 5 | 341 | 68.2 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Glyn Milburn | 5 | 140 | 28.0 | 50 | 0 |
| TB | Reidel Anthony | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 28 | 0 |
| DET | Glyn Milburn | 5 | 140 | 28.0 | 50 | 0 |
| TB | Reidel Anthony | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 28 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| DET | Antonio London | 1.0 |
| DET | Luther Elliss | 1.0 |
| TB | Tyoka Jackson | 1.0 |
| TB | Chidi Ahanotu | 1.0 |
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