| Detroit Lions at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 13, 1987 Location: Tampa, FL |
| Venue: Tampa Stadium Attendance: 41669 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 74 F Humidty: 55% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Pete Mandley 8 pass from Chuck Long (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Donald Igwebuike 44 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 24 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 37 FG | 13 | 3 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Gary Ellerson 6 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 20 | 3 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Bruce Hill 28 pass from Vinny Testaverde (Donald Igwebuike kick) | 20 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Gary Lee |
| 82 | WR | Pete Mandley |
| 75 | LOT | Lomas Brown |
| 61 | LOG | Scott Barrows |
| 53 | C | Kevin Glover |
| 70 | ROG | Keith Dorney |
| 73 | ROT | Harvey Salem |
| 84 | TE | Rob Rubick |
| 16 | QB | Chuck Long |
| 32 | RB | Garry James |
| 30 | FB | James Jones |
| Defense | ||
| 76 | LDE | Eric Williams |
| 93 | NT | Jerry Ball |
| 77 | RDE | Keith Ferguson |
| 59 | LOLB | Jimmy Williams |
| 51 | LILB | Shelton Robinson |
| 98 | RILB | Dennis Gibson |
| 55 | ROLB | Mike Cofer |
| 27 | LCB | Bobby Watkins |
| 34 | SS | James Griffin |
| 45 | FS | Raphel Cherry |
| 29 | RCB | Bruce McNorton |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Mark Carrier |
| 87 | WR | Gerald Carter |
| 73 | LOT | Ron Heller |
| 66 | LOG | George Yarno |
| 60 | C | Randy Grimes |
| 58 | ROG | Rick Mallory |
| 77 | ROT | J.D. Maarleveld |
| 82 | TE | Ron Hall |
| 14 | QB | Vinny Testaverde |
| 35 | RB | Jeff Smith |
| 32 | FB | James Wilder |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | John Cannon |
| 94 | NT | Mike Stensrud |
| 70 | RDE | Harry Swayne |
| 56 | LOLB | Jackie Walker |
| 58 | LILB | Jeff Davis |
| 54 | RILB | Ervin Randle |
| 51 | ROLB | Chris Washington |
| 29 | LCB | Ricky Reynolds |
| 33 | SS | Bobby Kemp |
| 28 | FS | Ray Isom |
| 22 | RCB | Rod Jones |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Garry James | 18 | 67 | 3.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Butch Woolfolk | 5 | 59 | 11.8 | 31 | 0 |
| James Jones | 14 | 40 | 2.9 | 11 | 0 |
| Gary Ellerson | 9 | 19 | 2.1 | 8 | 1 |
| Chuck Long | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Eddie Hunter | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 11 | 0 |
| James Wilder | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Jeff Smith | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Vinny Testaverde | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Chuck Long | 23 | 12 | 52.2 | 0 | 108 | 4.7 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 79.6 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Vinny Testaverde | 39 | 20 | 51.3 | 1 | 262 | 6.7 | 28t | 1 | 4 | 46 | 70.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Gary Lee | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 14 | 0 |
| James Jones | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Rob Rubick | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Pete Mandley | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 10 | 1 |
| Garry James | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Bruce Hill | 5 | 86 | 17.2 | 28t | 1 |
| Gerald Carter | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Ron Hall | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Mark Carrier | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Bobby Howard | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Eddie Hunter | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jeff Smith | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jimmy Williams | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jim Arnold | 5 | 183 | 36.6 | 46 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Frank Garcia | 7 | 242 | 34.6 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Pete Mandley | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 10 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Bobby Futrell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Gary Lee | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 36 | 0 | |
| Dan Saleaumua | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Bobby Futrell | 4 | 86 | 21.5 | 36 | 0 | |
| Bruce Hill | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| Mike Cofer | 1.5 |
| Eric Williams | 1.0 |
| Jimmy Williams | 1.0 |
| Keith Ferguson | 0.5 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
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