| Detroit Lions at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 4, 1983 Location: Tampa, FL |
| Venue: Tampa Stadium Attendance: 62154 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 88 F Humidty: 72% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Safety, Jerry Golsteyn tackled in end zone by Doug English | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 29 FG | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 48 FG | 8 | 0 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 38 FG | 11 | 0 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Mark Nichols |
| 39 | WR | Leonard Thompson |
| 72 | LOT | Chris Dieterich |
| 61 | LOG | Homer Elias |
| 65 | C | Amos Fowler |
| 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 |
| 73 | LDT | Mike Dawson |
| 78 | RDT | Doug English |
| 79 | RDE | William Gay |
| 53 | LLB | Garry Cobb |
| 57 | MLB | Ken Fantetti |
| 59 | RLB | Jimmy Williams |
| 27 | LCB | Bobby Watkins |
| 21 | LS | Demetrious Johnson |
| 35 | RS | Alvin Hall |
| 43 | RCB | Al Latimer |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Gerald Carter |
| 89 | WR | Kevin House |
| 75 | LOT | Dave Reavis |
| 72 | LOG | Ray Snell |
| 50 | C | Steve Wilson |
| 62 | ROG | Sean Farrell |
| 70 | ROT | Kelly Thomas |
| 82 | TE | Jerry Bell |
| 11 | QB | Jerry Golsteyn |
| 28 | TB | Mel Carver |
| 32 | FB | James Wilder |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | John Cannon |
| 76 | NT | Dave Logan |
| 63 | RDE | Lee Roy Selmon |
| 59 | LOLB | Andy Hawkins |
| 58 | LILB | Jeff Davis |
| 52 | RILB | Scot Brantley |
| 53 | ROLB | Hugh Green |
| 21 | LCB | John Holt |
| 33 | SS | Mark Cotney |
| 34 | FS | Cedric Brown |
| 40 | RCB | Mike Washington |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Billy Sims | 14 | 37 | 2.6 | 7 | 0 |
| James Jones | 11 | 23 | 2.1 | 5 | 0 |
| Eric Hipple | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Horace King | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Mel Carver | 11 | 22 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 |
| James Wilder | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 9 | 0 |
| Michael Morton | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 5 | 0 |
| James Owens | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Eric Hipple | 24 | 14 | 58.3 | 1 | 174 | 7.3 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 63.5 |
| Gary Danielson | 10 | 8 | 80.0 | 0 | 89 | 8.9 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 103.8 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Jerry Golsteyn | 21 | 14 | 66.7 | 0 | 120 | 5.7 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 81.4 |
| Jack Thompson | 12 | 7 | 58.3 | 1 | 97 | 8.1 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 49.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Leonard Thompson | 6 | 80 | 13.3 | 27 | 0 |
| Mark Nichols | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 14 | 0 |
| James Jones | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 29 | 0 |
| Billy Sims | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Jeff Chadwick | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Ulysses Norris | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Horace King | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Rob Rubick | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| James Wilder | 9 | 69 | 7.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Gerald Carter | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Theo Bell | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 31 | 0 |
| Jerry Bell | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Jim Obradovich | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Mark Witte | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Mel Carver | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Kevin House | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Al Latimer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Cedric Brown | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Mike Black | 6 | 235 | 39.2 | 48 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Frank Garcia | 6 | 289 | 48.2 | 64 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Robbie Martin | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 14 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Andre Tyler | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Alvin Hall | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Robbie Martin | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Michael Morton | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| William Gay | 5.5 |
| Doug English | 1.0 |
| Martin Moss | 0.5 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| Lee Roy Selmon | 2.0 |
| Dave Logan | 1.0 |
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