| Detroit Lions at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 23, 1986 Location: Tampa, FL |
| Venue: Tampa Stadium Attendance: 30029 |
| Weather: Partly Cloudy Temp: 83 F Humidty: 59% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 38 |
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | James Jones 1 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Donald Igwebuike 31 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Leonard Thompson 4 pass from Joe Ferguson (Eddie Murray kick) | 14 | 3 |
| 3 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | James Wilder 11 pass from Steve Young (Donald Igwebuike kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Jeff Chadwick 18 pass from Joe Ferguson (Eddie Murray kick) | 21 | 10 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Garry James 13 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 28 | 10 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 20 FG | 31 | 10 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Pat Franklin 2 pass from Steve Young (Donald Igwebuike kick) | 31 | 17 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Leonard Thompson 34 pass from Chuck Long (Eddie Murray kick) | 38 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Carl Bland |
| 89 | WR | Jeff Chadwick |
| 75 | LOT | Lomas Brown |
| 73 | LOG | Harvey Salem |
| 61 | C | Scott Barrows |
| 70 | ROG | Keith Dorney |
| 71 | ROT | Rich Strenger |
| 81 | TE | Jimmie Giles |
| 12 | QB | Joe Ferguson |
| 32 | RB | Garry James |
| 30 | FB | James Jones |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Keith Ferguson |
| 79 | NT | Eric Williams |
| 79 | RDE | William Gay |
| 55 | LOLB | Mike Cofer |
| 51 | LILB | Shelton Robinson |
| 58 | RILB | James Harrell |
| 57 | ROLB | Vernon Maxwell |
| 40 | LCB | Duane Galloway |
| 21 | SS | Demetrious Johnson |
| 31 | FS | Devon Mitchell |
| 29 | RCB | Bruce McNorton |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Gerald Carter |
| 81 | WR | Phil Freeman |
| 72 | LOT | Rob Taylor |
| 66 | LOG | George Yarno |
| 60 | C | Randy Grimes |
| 68 | ROG | Rick Mallory |
| 73 | ROT | Ron Heller |
| 86 | TE | Calvin Magee |
| 8 | QB | Steve Young |
| 32 | RB | James Wilder |
| 20 | FB | Ron Springs |
| Defense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Bob Nelson |
| 76 | NT | Dave Logan |
| 90 | RDE | Ron Holmes |
| 57 | LOLB | Keith Browner |
| 58 | LILB | Jeff Davis |
| 52 | RILB | Scot Brantley |
| 51 | ROLB | Chris Washington |
| 21 | LCB | Vito McKeever |
| 44 | SS | Ivory Sully |
| 31 | FS | Craig Curry |
| 22 | RCB | Rod Jones |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| James Jones | 13 | 64 | 4.9 | 15 | 1 |
| Garry James | 10 | 45 | 4.5 | 13t | 1 |
| Joe Ferguson | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Scott Williams | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| James Wilder | 24 | 130 | 5.4 | 23 | 0 |
| Steve Young | 8 | 53 | 6.6 | 31 | 0 |
| Ron Springs | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Joe Ferguson | 21 | 14 | 66.7 | 1 | 230 | 11.0 | 73 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 115.2 |
| Chuck Long | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 34 | 34.0 | 34t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Steve Young | 32 | 23 | 71.9 | 2 | 218 | 6.8 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 85.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Leonard Thompson | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 34t | 2 |
| Jeff Chadwick | 3 | 98 | 32.7 | 73 | 1 |
| Carl Bland | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 34 | 0 |
| Garry James | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 8 | 0 |
| James Jones | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| James Wilder | 9 | 71 | 7.9 | 15 | 1 |
| Calvin Magee | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 23 | 0 |
| Ron Springs | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 16 | 0 |
| Phil Freeman | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Gerald Carter | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Pat Franklin | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Devon Mitchell | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Scot Brantley | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jim Arnold | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Frank Garcia | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Bobby Futrell | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Herman Hunter | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 24 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Phil Freeman | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Bobby Futrell | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Pat Franklin | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| Mike Cofer | 2.5 |
| Keith Ferguson | 1.0 |
| William Gay | 0.5 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
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