| Detroit Lions at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 29, 1996 Location: Tampa, FL |
| Venue: Houlihan's Stadium Attendance: 34961 |
| Weather: Half Cloudy Temp: 87 F Humidty: 70% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 27 |
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Bennie Blades 98 interception return (Jason Hanson kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Jason Hanson 20 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Johnnie Morton 31 pass from Scott Mitchell (Jason Hanson kick) | 17 | 0 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Jason Hanson 29 FG | 20 | 0 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Herman Moore 3 pass from Scott Mitchell (Jason Hanson kick) | 27 | 0 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Herman Moore |
| 87 | WR | Johnnie Morton |
| 80 | WR | Brett Perriman |
| 72 | LOT | Ray Roberts |
| 77 | LOG | Mike Compton |
| 53 | C | Kevin Glover |
| 76 | ROG | Scott Conover |
| 71 | ROT | Zefross Moss |
| 89 | TE | Pete Metzelaars |
| 19 | QB | Scott Mitchell |
| 20 | RB | Barry Sanders |
| Defense | ||
| 91 | LDE | Robert Porcher |
| 98 | NT | Henry Thomas |
| 94 | UT | Luther Elliss |
| 93 | RDE | Kerwin Waldroup |
| 51 | SLB | Tom Beer |
| 99 | MLB | Pepper Johnson |
| 47 | WLB | Stephen Boyd |
| 47 | LCB | Ryan McNeil |
| 36 | SS | Bennie Blades |
| 39 | FS | Van Malone |
| 31 | RCB | Corey Raymond |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Alvin Harper |
| 85 | WR | Courtney Hawkins |
| 69 | LOT | Pete Pierson |
| 64 | LOG | Jorge Diaz |
| 61 | C | Tony Mayberry |
| 62 | ROG | Ian Beckles |
| 79 | ROT | Doug Riesenberg |
| 83 | TE | Dave Moore |
| 12 | QB | Trent Dilfer |
| 41 | RB | Reggie Brooks |
| 40 | FB | Mike Alstott |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Chidi Ahanotu |
| 77 | NT | Brad Culpepper |
| 99 | UT | Warren Sapp |
| 73 | RDE | Regan Upshaw |
| 56 | MLB | Hardy Nickerson |
| 55 | RLB | Derrick Brooks |
| 35 | LCB | Martin Mayhew |
| 47 | SS | John Lynch |
| 25 | FS | Melvin Johnson |
| 39 | RCB | Charles Dimry |
| 21 | NB | Donnie Abraham |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Barry Sanders | 15 | 73 | 4.9 | 18 | 0 |
| Scott Mitchell | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Don Majkowski | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Johnnie Morton | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Reggie Brooks | 14 | 37 | 2.6 | 8 | 0 |
| Mike Alstott | 8 | 31 | 3.9 | 10 | 0 |
| Trent Dilfer | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 1 | 0 |
| Leroy Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Scott Mitchell | 32 | 21 | 65.6 | 0 | 230 | 7.2 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 107.6 |
| Don Majkowski | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Trent Dilfer | 26 | 14 | 53.8 | 2 | 119 | 4.6 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 34.0 |
| Casey Weldon | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 1 | 51 | 10.2 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Herman Moore | 9 | 104 | 11.6 | 33 | 1 |
| Brett Perriman | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 15 | 0 |
| Johnnie Morton | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 31t | 1 |
| Barry Sanders | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Pete Metzelaars | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Aubrey Matthews | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Alvin Harper | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Mike Alstott | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Dave Moore | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Leroy Thompson | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Jerry Ellison | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Courtney Hawkins | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jackie Harris | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bennie Blades | 1 | 98 | 98.0 | 98t | 1 |
| Van Malone | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Ryan McNeil | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Mark Royals | 3 | 134 | 44.7 | 50 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Tommy Barnhardt | 5 | 232 | 46.4 | 62 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Glyn Milburn | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Nilo Silvan | 1 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||
| Jason Hanson | 6 | 419 | 69.8 | 1 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||
| Michael Husted | 1 | 69 | 69.0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Glyn Milburn | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Nilo Silvan | 5 | 114 | 22.8 | 28 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| Shane Bonham | 1.0 |
| Robert Porcher | 1.0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| Lonnie Marts | 1.0 |
| Warren Sapp | 1.0 |
| Regan Upshaw | 1.0 |
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