Sunday, October 12, 1997
Detroit Lions 27, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 9| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions (4-3-0) | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 27 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-2-0) | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| DET | TAM | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| TAM | Michael Husted 25 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| DET | Barry Sanders 80 yard rush (Jason Hanson kick) | 7 | 3 |
| TAM | Warrick Dunn 59 yard pass from Trent Dilfer (kick failed) | 7 | 9 |
| DET | Jason Hanson 34 yard field goal | 10 | 9 |
| DET | Barry Sanders 82 yard rush (Jason Hanson kick) | 17 | 9 |
| DET | Jason Hanson 39 yard field goal | 20 | 9 |
| DET | Barry Sanders 7 yard pass from Scott Mitchell (Jason Hanson kick) | 27 | 9 |
| DET | TAM | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 13 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 33-259-2 | 25-72-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 16-20-222-1-0 | 17-31-237-1-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-34 | 3-20 |
| Net pass yards | 188 | 217 |
| Total yards | 447 | 289 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 4-0 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 2-25 | 6-41 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Barry Sanders | DET | 24 | 215 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | |||||
| Herman Moore | DET | 5 | 120 | 0 | ||||||||
| Scott Mitchell | DET | 16 | 20 | 222 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Johnnie Morton | DET | 7 | 66 | 0 | ||||||||
| Tommy Vardell | DET | 4 | 30 | 0 | ||||||||
| Cory Schlesinger | DET | 1 | 15 | 0 | ||||||||
| David Sloan | DET | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ron Rivers | DET | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||
| Pete Metzelaars | DET | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Trent Dilfer | TAM | 17 | 31 | 237 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 0 | |||
| Horace Copeland | TAM | 6 | 105 | 0 | ||||||||
| Warrick Dunn | TAM | 10 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 71 | 1 | |||||
| Mike Alstott | TAM | 12 | 40 | 0 | ||||||||
| Reidel Anthony | TAM | 3 | 22 | 0 | ||||||||
| Karl Williams | TAM | 2 | 20 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jackie Harris | TAM | 2 | 13 | 0 | ||||||||
| Robb Thomas | TAM | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||