Saturday, September 9, 1978
Detroit Lions 15, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions (1-1-0) | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0-2-0) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| DET | TAM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | TAM | Ricky Bell 1 yard rush (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 0 | 7 |
| DET | Benny Ricardo 48 yard field goal | 3 | 7 | |
| DET | Jesse Thompson 9 yard pass from Greg Landry (kick failed) | 9 | 7 | |
| 2nd | DET | Benny Ricardo 47 yard field goal | 12 | 7 |
| 4th | DET | Benny Ricardo 27 yard field goal | 15 | 7 |
| DET | TAM | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 11 | 10 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 46-149-0 | 29-140-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 9-14-69-1-0 | 6-14-63-0-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-22 | 7-94 |
| Net pass yards | 47 | -31 |
| Total yards | 196 | 109 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-2 | 6-5 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 6 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-80 | 5-45 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Dexter Bussey | DET | 21 | 88 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Horace King | DET | 17 | 38 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Jesse Thompson | DET | 3 | 29 | 1 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Greg Landry | DET | 8 | 10 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||
| Lawrence Gaines | DET | 3 | 17 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Ray Jarvis | DET | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Gary Danielson | DET | 1 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||
| Rick Kane | DET | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Andy Bolton | DET | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| David Hill | DET | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Ricky Bell | TAM | 15 | 98 | 1 | 56 | ||||||||||
| Jimmie Giles | TAM | 2 | 37 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Johnny Davis | TAM | 8 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Gary Huff | TAM | 4 | 9 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 23 | ||||||||
| Morris Owens | TAM | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Isaac Hagins | TAM | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Mike Boryla | TAM | 2 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Louis Carter | TAM | 5 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 1 | -3 | 0 | -3 | ||||||
| George Ragsdale | TAM | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Luther Blue | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| James Hunter | DET | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jesse Thompson | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Leonard Thompson | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Cedric Brown | TAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mark Cotney | TAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| George Ragsdale | TAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||