| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions (0-1-0) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 16 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1-0-0) | 10 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 31 |
| DET | TAM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Buccaneers | Neil O'Donoghue 31 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| Buccaneers | Lee Roy Selmon 29 yard fumble return (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 0 | 10 | |
| 2nd | Lions | David Hill 11 yard pass from Joe Reed (Benny Ricardo kick) | 7 | 10 |
| Buccaneers | Ricky Bell 7 yard rush (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 7 | 17 | |
| Buccaneers | Jimmie Giles 66 yard pass from Doug Williams (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 7 | 24 | |
| 4th | Buccaneers | Jim Obradovich 2 yard pass from Doug Williams (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 7 | 31 |
| Lions | Rick Kane 3 yard rush (Benny Ricardo kick) | 14 | 31 | |
| Lions | Safety, English tackled Rae in end zone | 16 | 31 |
| DET | TAM | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 18 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 32-142-1 | 48-229-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 13-36-106-1-0 | 5-20-111-2-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-17 | 2-6 |
| Net pass yards | 89 | 105 |
| Total yards | 231 | 334 |
| Fumbles-lost | 5-3 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-70 | 8-70 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Horace King | DET | 10 | 53 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| David Hill | DET | 5 | 48 | 1 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Freddie Scott | DET | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Joe Reed | DET | 8 | 15 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Dexter Bussey | DET | 9 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Bo Robinson | DET | 5 | 27 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Ken Callicutt | DET | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Jeff Komlo | DET | 5 | 21 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Luther Blue | DET | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Rick Kane | DET | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Lawrence Gaines | DET | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jerry Eckwood | TAM | 20 | 121 | 0 | 46 | ||||||||||
| Jimmie Giles | TAM | 3 | 97 | 1 | 66 | ||||||||||
| Doug Williams | TAM | 4 | 16 | 99 | 2 | 0 | 66 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Ricky Bell | TAM | 13 | 53 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Johnny Davis | TAM | 6 | 26 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Rick Berns | TAM | 4 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Mike Rae | TAM | 1 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| George Ragsdale | TAM | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Jim Obradovich | TAM | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Ken Callicutt | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tony Leonard | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Leonard Thompson | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 81 | 40.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 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 | |||
| Tony Davis | TAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| George Ragsdale | TAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Danny Reece | TAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 42 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Benny Ricardo | DET | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Swider | DET | 8 | 346 | 43.3 | 0 | ||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Tom Blanchard | TAM | 5 | 176 | 35.2 | 0 | ||||
| Neil O'Donoghue | TAM | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |