| Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: December 17, 1989 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 40362 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 14 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 33 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | TB | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Richard Johnson 2 pass from Bob Gagliano (Eddie Murray kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Jason Phillips 55 pass from Bob Gagliano (Eddie Murray kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 33 FG | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Barry Sanders 4 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 0 | 24 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 43 FG | 0 | 27 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 35 FG | 0 | 30 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 36 FG | 0 | 33 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Mark Carrier 69 pass from Joe Ferguson (Donald Igwebuike kick) | 7 | 33 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Mark Carrier |
| 84 | WR | Bruce Hill |
| 74 | LOT | Paul Gruber |
| 73 | LOG | Tom McHale |
| 60 | C | Randy Grimes |
| 71 | ROG | Mark Cooper |
| 72 | ROT | Rob Taylor |
| 82 | TE | Ron Hall |
| 14 | QB | Vinny Testaverde |
| 34 | RB | Lars Tate |
| 32 | FB | James Wilder |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Reuben Davis |
| 97 | NT | Shawn Lee |
| 94 | RDE | Robert Goff |
| 59 | LOLB | Kevin Murphy |
| 99 | LILB | Eugene Marve |
| 54 | RILB | Ervin Randle |
| 58 | ROLB | Winston Moss |
| 29 | LCB | Ricky Reynolds |
| 30 | SS | Mark Robinson |
| 39 | FS | Harry Hamilton |
| 22 | RCB | Rod Jones |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Robert Clark |
| 84 | WR | Richard Johnson |
| 24 | WR | Jason Phillips |
| 87 | WR | Walter Stanley |
| 75 | LOT | Lomas Brown |
| 65 | LOG | Eric Andolsek |
| 53 | C | Kevin Glover |
| 67 | ROG | Ken Dallafior |
| 64 | ROT | Eric Sanders |
| 14 | QB | Bob Gagliano |
| 20 | RB | Barry Sanders |
| Defense | ||
| 76 | LDE | Eric Williams |
| 93 | NT | Jerry Ball |
| 97 | RDE | Kevin Brooks |
| 59 | LOLB | Jimmy Williams |
| 54 | LILB | Chris Spielman |
| 98 | RILB | Dennis Gibson |
| 55 | ROLB | Mike Cofer |
| 21 | LCB | Terry Taylor |
| 36 | SS | Bennie Blades |
| 35 | FS | William White |
| 43 | RCB | Jerry Holmes |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Lars Tate | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 9 | 0 |
| Sylvester Stamps | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Vinny Testaverde | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 16 | 0 |
| James Wilder | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| William Howard | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Joe Ferguson | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Barry Sanders | 21 | 104 | 5.0 | 34 | 1 |
| Bob Gagliano | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 19 | 0 |
| Carl Painter | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Tony Paige | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Chuck Long | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 6 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Joe Ferguson | 18 | 7 | 38.9 | 3 | 161 | 8.9 | 69t | 1 | 1 | 5 | 50.7 |
| Vinny Testaverde | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 1 | 18 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 16.7 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bob Gagliano | 33 | 19 | 57.6 | 1 | 192 | 5.8 | 55t | 2 | 3 | 22 | 81.9 |
| Chuck Long | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 0 | 42 | 8.4 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70.4 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Mark Carrier | 4 | 131 | 32.8 | 69t | 1 |
| James Wilder | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 6 | 0 |
| William Howard | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Lars Tate | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Ron Hall | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jason Phillips | 10 | 115 | 11.5 | 55t | 1 |
| Richard Johnson | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 13 | 1 |
| Robert Clark | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 17 | 0 |
| John Ford | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 37 | 0 |
| Walter Stanley | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Barry Sanders | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Donnie Elder | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Ray Crockett | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Jerry Holmes | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Terry Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Chris Mohr | 8 | 354 | 44.3 | 54 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jim Arnold | 5 | 255 | 51.0 | 55 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Willie Drewrey | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Walter Stanley | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 32 | 0 | |
| Mel Gray | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Donnie Elder | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 13 | 0 | |
| Sylvester Stamps | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| James Wilder | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Mel Gray | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| Winston Moss | 1.5 |
| Mark Robinson | 1.5 |
| Detroit Lions | |
| Kevin Brooks | 1.0 |
| Mike Cofer | 1.0 |
| Lawrence Pete | 1.0 |
| Jimmy Williams | 1.0 |
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