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Coach krul & His Lions Bring A Little Northern Hospitality Down South[/size]
Traveling to Tampa for the first time this year, the Lions would play the Buccaneers on another throwback day as the Bucs would sport their old school orange jerseys. This would also be the first time krul would meet BigBucs.
Tampa Bay would start off red hot scoring a field goal on their first drive before forcing a fumble on the Lions next drive to recover it and score a touchdown off of it. 10-0 Bucs in the 1st. Detroit would have another quick 3 and out drive before everything would change.
Josh Freeman and his Bucs offense would move down the field into scoring range again, this time, Lions rookie safety Louis Delmas would pick off a pass with a little over 2 minutes remaining in the game. Stafford would then proceed to move his team down the field with relative ease, scoring quickly 10-7. Next series for Tampa with under two minutes left, Larry Foote would come up with a pick. With 10 seconds left in the half Detroit would score another touchdown to take the lead 14-10.
Lions would receive the ball to start the 2nd half...as Phillip Buchanon would take back his first kick return of the season for another touchdown. 21-10. Detroit's defense would force a 3 and out, leading to another touchdown pass by Matthew Stafford. 28 unanswered points as the Lions now lead 28-10.
Tampa would finally score again on their next drive, breaking the streak of 28 straight Detroit points. Don't get too excited though Bucs fans as Detroit would come out on the very next drive and on a first play Stafford would fake to the halfback and launch it to a wideopen Calvin Johnson for a 1 play touchdown! 35-17!
Freeman would throw his 3rd pick of the game on the next drive as the 3rd quarter came to an end with the Lions in scoring distance once more. Couple of plays later into the 4th and Kevin Smith would score on a 1 yard rushing touchdown, making it 42-17 Detroit with around 3 minutes left in the game.
As if things weren't bad enough for the Bucs, they would fumble on the ensuing kickoff return as the Lions would scoop it up for ANOTHER touchdown! 49-17 Detroit! Coach BigBucs must be regretting using the old school jerseys now.
The Bucs would score one last time before the end of the game making the score look a little more rescpectable as the Lions dominate Tampa Bay for the final score of 49-24. Good Game BB.
Game Stats
Detroit Lions
Total Offense: 315
Rushing Yards: 21
Passing Yards: 294
First Downs: 7
Turnovers: 1
Possession Time: 9:16
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Total Offense: 267
Rushing Yards: 45
Passing Yards: 222
First Downs: 8
Turnovers: 4
Possession Time: 10:44
Individual Stats
Detroit Lions
Matthew Stafford - 158.3 QB Rating, 11/13, 300 Yds, 4 TD
Kevin Smith - 8 ATT, 16 Yds, 1 TD, 2.0 AVG, 2 FUM, 2 REC, 24 Yds, 12 YAC
Maurice Morris - 1 ATT, 1 Yd, 2 REC, 64 Yds, 1 TD, 27 YAC
Calvin Johnson - 2 REC, 129 Yds, 2 TD, 58 YAC
Jared DeVries - 3 TAK, 3 TFL, 2 Sacks
Darnell Bing - 2 TAK, 1 FF
Keith Smith - 1 TAK, 1 INT
Larry Foote - 2 TAK, 1 INT
Louis Delmas - 1 INT
Lamarcus Hicks - 2 TAK, 1 AST, 1 FR, 1 TD
Phillip Buchanon - 3 KR, 164 Yds, 1 TD, 104 Long
Jason Hanson - 7/7 XP
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Josh Freeman - 104.4 QB Rating, 15/22, 240 Yds, 3 TD, 3 INT, 1 ATT, 5 Yds
Derrick Ward - 7 ATT, 38 Yds, 5.4 AVG, 3 REC, 26 Yds, 1 TD, 31 YAC
Kellen Winslow - 6 REC, 97 Yds, 16.1 AVG, 21 YAC
Antonio Bryant - 2 REC, 57 Yds, 1 TD, 44 YAC
B.J. Askew - 2 REC, 12 Yds, 1 TD, 9 YAC
Sabby Piscitelli - 3 TAK, 1 AST, 1 FF
Angelo Crowell - 2 TAK, 2 AST, 1 FF
Chris Hovan - 1 TAK, 1 FF
Barrett Ruud - 1 TAK, 3 AST, 1 TFL, 1 Sack, 1 DEF
Tanard Jackson - 1 FR
Matt Bryant - 1/1 FG, 3/3 XP, 38 Long
