| Detroit Lions at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 24, 1985 Location: Tampa, FL |
| Venue: Tampa Stadium Attendance: 43471 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 81 F Humidty: 69% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 19 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Donald Igwebuike 33 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | James Jones 1 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Donald Igwebuike 48 FG | 7 | 6 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 47 FG | 10 | 6 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 38 FG | 13 | 6 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 39 FG | 16 | 6 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | James Wilder 6 run (Donald Igwebuike kick) | 16 | 13 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Donald Igwebuike 36 FG | 16 | 16 |
| 5 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Donald Igwebuike 24 FG | 16 | 19 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Mark Nichols |
| 36 | WR | Leonard Thompson |
| 75 | LOT | Lomas Brown |
| 67 | LOG | Don Greco |
| 52 | C | Steve Mott |
| 70 | ROG | Keith Dorney |
| 71 | ROT | Rich Strenger |
| 87 | TE | David Lewis |
| 17 | QB | Eric Hipple |
| 24 | RB | Alvin Moore |
| 30 | FB | James Jones |
| Defense | ||
| 62 | LDE | Curtis Green |
| 76 | NT | Eric Williams |
| 79 | RDE | William Gay |
| 59 | LOLB | Jimmy Williams |
| 95 | LILB | Kurt Allerman |
| 98 | RILB | Vernon Maxwell |
| 92 | ROLB | Angelo King |
| 27 | LCB | Bobby Watkins |
| 21 | SS | Demetrious Johnson |
| 33 | FS | Bill Graham |
| 29 | RCB | Bruce McNorton |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Gerald Carter |
| 89 | WR | Kevin House |
| 50 | LOT | Steve Wilson |
| 72 | LOG | Steve Courson |
| 60 | C | Randy Grimes |
| 68 | ROG | Rick Mallory |
| 73 | ROT | Ron Heller |
| 88 | TE | Jimmie Giles |
| 8 | QB | Steve Young |
| 32 | RB | James Wilder |
| 86 | UBK | Calvin Magee |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | John Cannon |
| 76 | NT | Dave Logan |
| 90 | RDE | Ron Holmes |
| 54 | LOLB | Ervin Randle |
| 58 | LILB | Jeff Davis |
| 52 | RILB | Scot Brantley |
| 51 | ROLB | Chris Washington |
| 22 | LCB | Jeremiah Castille |
| 44 | SS | Ivory Sully |
| 31 | FS | Craig Curry |
| 21 | RCB | John Holt |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Alvin Moore | 16 | 59 | 3.7 | 18 | 0 |
| James Jones | 7 | 11 | 1.6 | 4 | 1 |
| Eric Hipple | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| James Wilder | 27 | 96 | 3.6 | 14 | 1 |
| Steve Young | 10 | 60 | 6.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Ron Springs | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 8 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Eric Hipple | 38 | 22 | 57.9 | 1 | 225 | 5.9 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 64.0 |
| Joe Ferguson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Steve Young | 27 | 16 | 59.3 | 0 | 167 | 6.2 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 48 | 77.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| James Jones | 7 | 49 | 7.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Mark Nichols | 4 | 70 | 17.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Leonard Thompson | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 20 | 0 |
| David Lewis | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Pete Mandley | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Alvin Moore | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Rick Kane | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Gerald Carter | 5 | 78 | 15.6 | 20 | 0 |
| James Wilder | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Calvin Magee | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Kevin House | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Jimmie Giles | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Ervin Randle | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Mike Black | 8 | 342 | 42.8 | 53 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Frank Garcia | 7 | 289 | 41.3 | 55 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Pete Mandley | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 18 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Mike Prior | 6 | 51 | 8.5 | 19 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| A.J. Jones | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 30 | 0 | |
| Alvin Hall | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 36 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Phil Freeman | 2 | 68 | 34.0 | 41 | 0 | |
| Mike Prior | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 13 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| Curtis Green | 3.0 |
| Jimmy Williams | 2.0 |
| Eric Williams | 1.0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| Jeff Davis | 1.0 |
| David Greenwood | 1.0 |
| Chris Washington | 1.0 |
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