| Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: December 18, 1983 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 78392 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 7 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 20 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 23 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | TB | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Jerry Bell 4 pass from Jack Thompson (Dave Warnke kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Billy Sims 3 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 34 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Kevin House 20 pass from Jack Thompson (Dave Warnke kick failed) | 13 | 10 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 36 FG | 13 | 13 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 38 FG | 13 | 16 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Jeff Chadwick 6 pass from Gary Danielson (Eddie Murray kick) | 13 | 23 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Gerald Carter 13 pass from Jack Thompson (George Yarno kick) | 20 | 23 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Kevin House |
| 75 | LOT | Dave Reavis |
| 72 | LOG | Ray Snell |
| 60 | C | Randy Grimes |
| 62 | ROG | Sean Farrell |
| 68 | ROT | George Yarno |
| 82 | TE | Jerry Bell |
| 85 | TE | Mark Witte |
| 14 | QB | Jack Thompson |
| 28 | TB | Mel Carver |
| 46 | FB | Adger Armstrong |
| Defense | ||
| 66 | LDE | Booker Reese |
| 76 | NT | Dave Logan |
| 78 | RDE | John Cannon |
| 51 | LOLB | Ed Judie |
| 55 | LILB | Danny Spradlin |
| 52 | RILB | Scot Brantley |
| 53 | ROLB | Hugh Green |
| 21 | LCB | John Holt |
| 33 | SS | Mark Cotney |
| 43 | FS | Beasley Reece |
| 40 | RCB | Mike Washington |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Jeff Chadwick |
| 89 | WR | Mark Nichols |
| 72 | LOT | Chris Dieterich |
| 61 | LOG | Homer Elias |
| 52 | C | Steve Mott |
| 67 | ROG | Don Greco |
| 70 | ROT | Keith Dorney |
| 80 | TE | Ulysses Norris |
| 17 | QB | Eric Hipple |
| 20 | HB | Billy Sims |
| 20 | FB | James Jones |
| Defense | ||
| 62 | LDE | Curtis Green |
| 79 | LDT | William Gay |
| 78 | RDT | Doug English |
| 66 | RDE | Mike Cofer |
| 53 | LLB | Garry Cobb |
| 57 | MLB | Ken Fantetti |
| 59 | RLB | Jimmy Williams |
| 27 | LCB | Bobby Watkins |
| 33 | LS | Bill Graham |
| 35 | RS | Alvin Hall |
| 29 | RCB | Bruce McNorton |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Mel Carver | 23 | 44 | 1.9 | 7 | 0 |
| Jack Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| James Jones | 14 | 69 | 4.9 | 12 | 0 |
| Billy Sims | 15 | 56 | 3.7 | 11 | 1 |
| Dexter Bussey | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Gary Danielson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Jack Thompson | 42 | 28 | 66.7 | 1 | 373 | 8.9 | 45 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 108.5 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Eric Hipple | 15 | 9 | 60.0 | 0 | 80 | 5.3 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 74.3 |
| Gary Danielson | 12 | 9 | 75.0 | 0 | 143 | 11.9 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 142.0 |
| James Jones | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Kevin House | 8 | 136 | 17.0 | 45 | 1 |
| Mel Carver | 8 | 67 | 8.4 | 11 | 0 |
| Gerald Carter | 5 | 82 | 16.4 | 21 | 1 |
| Jerry Bell | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 33 | 1 |
| Andre Tyler | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Theo Bell | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Adger Armstrong | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Mark Witte | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Billy Sims | 5 | 81 | 16.2 | 54 | 0 |
| James Jones | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 8 | 0 |
| Jeff Chadwick | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 19 | 1 |
| Rob Rubick | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Leonard Thompson | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Mark Nichols | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Garry Cobb | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Frank Garcia | 3 | 104 | 34.7 | 38 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Mike Black | 3 | 121 | 40.3 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Theo Bell | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| John Holt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Robbie Martin | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| James Owens | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 22 | 0 | |
| Adger Armstrong | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Terdell Middleton | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Alvin Hall | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 32 | 0 | |
| Ken Jenkins | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| Scot Brantley | 1.0 |
| Dave Logan | 1.0 |
| Detroit Lions | |
| Mike Cofer | 1.0 |
| Curtis Green | 1.0 |
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