Week 13, 2031

played in Tampa Bay, FL

83 degrees, fair, 4 mph wind

Detroit Lions	14	0	3	7	-	24
Tampa Bay Bucs	0	6	3	10	-	19

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:12 DET - Cory Christakes 8 pass from J.J. Sutton (Justin Branch extra point)
1Q: 04:54 DET - Richmond Freitag 1 run (Justin Branch extra point)
2Q: 14:28 TBY - Rusty Sheldon 21 field goal
2Q: 03:18 TBY - Rusty Sheldon 20 field goal
3Q: 09:31 DET - Justin Branch 28 field goal
3Q: 01:58 TBY - Rusty Sheldon 37 field goal
4Q: 12:39 DET - Bruce Brizzolara 29 pass from J.J. Sutton (Justin Branch extra point)
4Q: 08:06 TBY - Rusty Sheldon 50 field goal
4Q: 00:12 TBY - AJ Jenkins 19 pass from Vernon Wilcox (Rusty Sheldon extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:12 DET - Cory Christakes 8 pass from J.J. Sutton (Justin Branch extra point)
1Q: 04:54 DET - Richmond Freitag 1 run (Justin Branch extra point)
2Q: 14:28 TBY - Rusty Sheldon 21 field goal
2Q: 03:18 TBY - Rusty Sheldon 20 field goal
3Q: 09:31 DET - Justin Branch 28 field goal
3Q: 01:58 TBY - Rusty Sheldon 37 field goal
4Q: 12:39 DET - Bruce Brizzolara 29 pass from J.J. Sutton (Justin Branch extra point)
4Q: 08:06 TBY - Rusty Sheldon 50 field goal
4Q: 00:12 TBY - AJ Jenkins 19 pass from Vernon Wilcox (Rusty Sheldon extra point)

Team Statistics DET TBY
Record 7-5 6-6
First Downs 14 20
- by Rushing 2 1
- by Passing 11 19
- by Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 325 402
- Offensive Plays 53 80
- Yards per Play 6.13 5.03
Net Rushing Yards 78 29
- Rushing Attempts 28 6
- Yards per Rush 2.79 4.83
Net Passing Yards 247 373
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 24 - 21 - 0 73 - 44 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 252 382
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/5 1/9
- Yards per Pass Play 9.88 5.04
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 6/13 8/19
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 5.8 6.1
4th Down Conversions 0/0 2/3
Penalties/Yards 4/30 8/47
Punt Returns/Yards 4/32 3/26
Kick Returns/Yards 3/66 3/65
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/1 1/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 28
Time of Possession 29:34 30:26

Team Statistics	DET	TBY
Record	7-5	6-6
First Downs	14	20
- by Rushing	2	1
- by Passing	11	19
- by Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yards	325	402
- Offensive Plays	53	80
- Yards per Play	6.13	5.03
Net Rushing Yards	78	29
- Rushing Attempts	28	6
- Yards per Rush	2.79	4.83
Net Passing Yards	247	373
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	24 - 21 - 0	73 - 44 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	252	382
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/5	1/9
- Yards per Pass Play	9.88	5.04
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	6/13	8/19
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	5.8	6.1
4th Down Conversions	0/0	2/3
Penalties/Yards	4/30	8/47
Punt Returns/Yards	4/32	3/26
Kick Returns/Yards	3/66	3/65
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/1	1/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 33	OWN 28
Time of Possession	29:34	30:26

Drive Charts

Detroit Lions
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	5:56	OWN 40	10	60	Touchdown
1	7:15	2:29	OPP 12	5	12	Touchdown
2	14:22	3:41	OWN 20	5	20	Punt
2	7:03	1:35	OWN 28	4	37	Missed FG
2	3:12	2:05	OWN 29	3	9	Punt
2	0:04	0:04	OWN 41	1	2	Half
3	13:34	4:10	OWN 40	7	49	Field Goal
3	7:53	1:53	OWN 31	4	39	Missed FG
3	1:50	4:28	OWN 25	8	75	Touchdown
4	8:00	2:51	OWN 26	3	4	Punt
4	1:39	0:37	OWN 1	3	8	Punt

Tampa Bay Bucs
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	9:04	1:49	OWN 7	3	5	Fumble
1	4:46	5:24	OWN 26	10	70	Field Goal
2	10:41	3:38	OWN 20	7	31	Punt
2	5:28	2:16	OWN 42	10	55	Field Goal
2	1:07	1:03	OWN 18	3	3	Punt
3	15:00	1:26	OWN 20	3	6	Punt
3	9:24	1:31	OWN 31	3	6	Punt
3	6:00	4:10	OWN 37	8	43	Field Goal
4	12:22	4:22	OWN 30	8	37	Field Goal
4	5:09	3:30	OWN 29	19	70	Downs
4	1:02	1:01	OPP 46	6	46	Touchdown

Game MVP: J.J. Sutton, Detroit Lions

Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Travis Payton	16	32	2.00	6	0	0
Richmond Freitag	7	37	5.29	19	1	1
Dwayne George	4	7	1.75	5	0	0
J.J. Sutton	1	2	2.00	2	0	0

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	LG
Mikel Leshoure	4	17	4.25	8
Vernon Wilcox	1	4	4.00	4
Harry Burroughs	1	8	8.00	8

Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
J.J. Sutton	24	21	252	1/5	2	36	0	138.2

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Vernon Wilcox	73	44	382	1/9	1	24	0	78.6

Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Bruce Brizzolara	4	4	82	20.50	60	36	1
RB Travis Payton	4	4	22	5.50	3	8	0
WR Antonio Brown	3	4	47	15.67	30	30	0
WR Cory Christakes	3	4	29	9.67	0	14	1
FB Dwayne George	2	3	16	8.00	10	10	0
WR Donny Epperson	2	2	6	3.00	0	5	0
WR Lenny Castillo	2	2	36	18.00	18	29	0
TE Lester Hillson	1	1	14	14.00	0	14	0

Tampa Bay	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Dustin Bishop	13	21	147	11.31	36	21	0
WR AJ Jenkins	6	8	64	10.67	22	19	1
RB Mikel Leshoure	5	6	21	4.20	0	7	0
RB Dion Lewis	5	8	18	3.60	8	6	0
WR Isaac Seaman	5	11	58	11.60	2	24	0
TE Rob Gronkowski	4	5	28	7.00	5	11	0
WR Casey Sanderson	4	9	41	10.25	6	17	0
TE Charlie Sellars	2	2	5	2.50	0	6	0
FB Harry Burroughs	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Detroit	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Tampa Bay	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Detroit	Fumb	Recov	Force
Travis Payton	1	0	0
Jason Slowey	0	1	0
Lavonte David	0	1	0
Austin Tomei	0	0	1

Tampa Bay	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Vernon Wilcox	1	0	0	0
Robert Grossreider	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Detroit	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
R.J. Lyons	4	188	47.0	40.5	52	2

Tampa Bay	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Kerry Bergman	4	157	39.3	31.3	45	2

Kicking Statistics

Detroit	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Justin Branch	1/3	0/2	0/1	28	3/3

Tampa Bay	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Rusty Sheldon	4/4	1/1	1/1	50	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Lenny Castillo	3	30	10.0	0
Damon Sim	1	2	2.0	0

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dustin Bishop	2	16	8.0	0
Lincoln Fredrickson	1	10	10.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Antonio Brown	3	66	22.0	0

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dustin Bishop	2	48	24.0	0
Isaac Seaman	1	17	17.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Detroit	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Renaldo Sims	7	1	0.0	2	45
S Kevin Delgado	6	2	0.0	6	74
ILB Ross Donohue	6	0	0.0	4	38
DE Austin Tomei	4	0	1.0	6	58
OLB Lavonte David	4	1	0.0	5	47
S Troy Zvereva	4	1	0.0	4	62
S Robert Blanton	4	1	0.0	5	61
CB Harris Friday	4	0	0.0	4	52
CB Bryant McNeil	2	3	0.0	5	67
OLB William Backstrom	2	1	0.0	3	28
ILB Kurt Walsh	2	0	0.0	4	44
DT Percy Press	1	1	0.0	4	54
CB Kenyon Matunda	1	0	0.0	3	49
DE Norm Spencer	1	0	0.0	4	35
OLB Chester Buckley	1	0	0.0	0	7
ILB Sean Spence	1	0	0.0	3	18

Tampa Bay	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
DE John Harding	4	1	0.5	19	14
OLB C.J. Sampras	4	1	0.0	20	23
CB Brent Crawford	4	0	0.0	23	20
ILB Moe Mason	4	0	0.0	20	14
DE Toby Wallerstedt	4	0	0.0	20	22
DT Robert Grossreider	4	0	0.0	16	18
S Drew Arnold	4	0	0.0	21	18
ILB Duane Sommer	4	0	0.0	13	10
S Casey Hayward	3	4	0.0	24	17
CB Lincoln Fredrickson	3	0	0.0	7	10
CB Colin Morris	2	1	0.0	13	17
CB J.R. Coccione	2	1	0.0	24	16
S Sam Moss	2	0	0.0	8	10
DE A.J. Thomason	1	3	0.5	27	21
DT Charles Ragonesi	1	1	0.0	12	12
DT Kendall Reyes	1	0	0.0	14	11
ILB Kendall Watkins	0	1	0.0	8	11
S Ron Brooks	0	1	0.0	7	8

Pass Rush Statistics

Detroit	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Austin Tomei	1.0	2	2	0	58
OLB William Backstrom	0.0	1	4	0	28
ILB Sean Spence	0.0	1	0	0	18
DT Antoine Sellers	0.0	0	2	0	16
DE Bruce Delgado	0.0	0	2	0	39
DT Percy Press	0.0	0	1	1	54
OLB Lavonte David	0.0	0	1	0	47

Tampa Bay	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
DE A.J. Thomason	0.5	0	21
DE John Harding	0.5	0	14
DT Robert Grossreider	0.0	1	18

Pass Defense Statistics

Detroit	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Kevin Delgado	6	2	74
ILB Ross Donohue	6	0	38
OLB Renaldo Sims	6	0	45
OLB Lavonte David	4	1	47
CB Harris Friday	4	0	52
S Troy Zvereva	4	0	62
S Robert Blanton	4	0	61
ILB Kurt Walsh	3	0	44
CB Bryant McNeil	2	5	67
CB Kenyon Matunda	1	1	49
DT Percy Press	1	0	54
DE Norm Spencer	1	0	35
OLB Chester Buckley	1	0	7
OLB William Backstrom	1	0	28

Tampa Bay	Caught	PPlay
CB Lincoln Fredrickson	3	10
S Casey Hayward	3	17
CB Brent Crawford	2	20
OLB C.J. Sampras	2	23
CB Colin Morris	2	17
S Sam Moss	2	10
ILB Duane Sommer	2	10
ILB Moe Mason	1	14
DT Robert Grossreider	1	18
S Drew Arnold	1	18
CB J.R. Coccione	1	16
DT Kendall Reyes	1	11

Blocking Statistics

Detroit	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Travis Corbett	4	9	23	0	18
Julio Koepke	1	1	26	1	22
Zachary Williams	0	6	27	0	24
Mike Iupati	0	5	21	0	22
Johnnie Troutman	0	3	26	0	19
Bruce Brizzolara	0	1	25	0	24
Dwayne George	0	1	25	0	19
Lester Hillson	0	1	10	0	7

Tampa Bay	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Matt Tennant	1	1	6	0	57
Julio Elliott	0	2	5	0	59
Danny Watkins	0	2	5	0	72
Harold Curtis	0	0	1	1	17

Special Teams Tackles

Detroit	Tackles	STPlays
Lester Hillson	2	17
Bruce Brizzolara	2	13
Troy Zvereva	1	22
Antonio Brown	1	11

Tampa Bay	Tackles	STPlays
Charlie Sellars	2	15
Duane Sommer	2	13
Lincoln Fredrickson	1	12
Lonnie Terry	1	9
Rodney Bjorke	1	7

Participation

Detroit	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Kevin Delgado	---	---	6	74	14	94
Troy Zvereva	---	---	4	62	22	88
Bryant McNeil	---	---	5	67	14	86
Robert Blanton	---	---	5	61	3	69
Austin Tomei	---	---	6	58	3	67
Bruce Brizzolara	25	24	---	---	13	62
Travis Payton	21	23	---	---	18	62
Dwayne George	25	19	---	---	17	61
Percy Press	---	---	4	54	2	60
Harris Friday	---	---	4	52	3	59
Lavonte David	---	---	5	47	3	55
Kenyon Matunda	---	---	3	49	2	54
J.J. Sutton	28	25	---	---	---	53
Zachary Williams	27	24	---	---	---	51
Johnnie Troutman	26	19	---	---	6	51
Kurt Walsh	---	---	4	44	2	50
Renaldo Sims	---	---	2	45	3	50
Lenny Castillo	20	13	---	---	17	50
Julio Koepke	26	22	---	---	---	48
Bruce Delgado	---	---	2	39	5	46
Ross Donohue	---	---	4	38	4	46
Norm Spencer	---	---	4	35	6	45
Mike Iupati	21	22	---	---	---	43
Travis Corbett	23	18	---	---	---	41
Cory Christakes	17	17	---	---	1	35
Sean Spence	---	---	3	18	14	35
Lester Hillson	10	7	---	---	17	34
William Backstrom	---	---	3	28	3	34
Antonio Brown	8	10	---	---	11	29
Linval Joseph	---	---	2	20	2	24
Ricky Carpenter	8	9	---	---	7	24
Sedrick Blake	7	9	---	---	7	23
Donny Epperson	5	7	---	---	10	22
Chester Buckley	---	---	0	7	12	19
Antoine Sellers	---	---	0	16	2	18
Greg Rosenstiel	0	0	---	---	16	16
Richmond Freitag	7	5	---	---	---	12
T.J. Barnes	1	1	---	---	7	9
Justin Branch	0	0	---	---	8	8
R.J. Lyons	0	0	---	---	4	4
Damon Sim	2	0	---	---	2	4
Archie Griffin	0	0	---	---	3	3
Omar McCrory	---	---	0	0	2	2
Jason Slowey	1	1	---	---	---	2
Trent Carlisle	0	0	---	---	1	1
Dwayne Hogenmiller	0	0	---	---	---	0

Tampa Bay	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Dustin Bishop	6	72	---	---	8	86
Vernon Wilcox	6	74	---	---	---	80
Danny Watkins	5	72	---	---	3	80
Matt Tennant	6	57	---	---	8	71
Rodney Bjorke	5	59	---	---	7	71
Isaac Seaman	6	50	---	---	15	71
Julio Elliott	5	59	---	---	---	64
Martin Schwartz	5	59	---	---	---	64
AJ Jenkins	5	52	---	---	4	61
Dion Lewis	1	34	---	---	19	54
A.J. Thomason	---	---	27	21	3	51
Brent Crawford	---	---	23	20	5	48
C.J. Sampras	---	---	20	23	3	46
Colin Morris	---	---	13	17	15	45
Mikel Leshoure	5	40	---	---	---	45
Toby Wallerstedt	---	---	20	22	3	45
Drew Arnold	---	---	21	18	5	44
J.R. Coccione	---	---	24	16	4	44
Casey Hayward	---	---	24	17	2	43
John Harding	---	---	19	14	6	39
Moe Mason	---	---	20	14	3	37
Robert Grossreider	---	---	16	18	2	36
Duane Sommer	---	---	13	10	13	36
Charlie Sellars	2	18	---	---	15	35
Rob Gronkowski	0	26	---	---	8	34
Casey Sanderson	1	33	---	---	---	34
Kelechi Osemele	2	25	---	---	7	34
Harry Burroughs	2	16	---	---	14	32
Kendall Watkins	---	---	8	11	11	30
Marcus Gilbert	1	22	---	---	7	30
Sam Moss	---	---	8	10	12	30
Kurt Osborne	0	14	---	---	15	29
Lincoln Fredrickson	---	---	7	10	12	29
Harold Curtis	1	17	---	---	8	26
Lonnie Terry	2	15	---	---	9	26
Charles Ragonesi	---	---	12	12	2	26
Kendall Reyes	---	---	14	11	---	25
Donnell Frederick	---	---	8	2	13	23
Ron Brooks	---	---	7	8	2	17
Rusty Sheldon	0	0	---	---	10	10
Floyd Money	---	---	4	0	3	7
Kerry Bergman	0	0	---	---	4	4
Brandon Johnson	0	0	---	---	4	4
Christian Thompson	---	---	0	1	2	3
Colt McCoy	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	17	2.4
Middle	19	58	3.1
Right	2	3	1.5
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	0	0	0.0
Middle	6	29	4.8
Right	0	0	0.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
J.J. Sutton	24	21	4	1	1	0	1	0	0

Tampa Bay	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Vernon Wilcox	73	44	4	1	1	9	12	1	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	10	10.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	17	16	199	11.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	6	4	43	7.2
Long (19+ Yds)	0	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	6	51	8.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	36	22	116	3.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	23	15	191	8.3
Long (19+ Yds)	6	1	24	4.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Antonio Brown	4	3	0	47	1	10
TE Bruce Brizzolara	4	4	0	82	2	24
WR Cory Christakes	4	3	1	29	0	17
RB Travis Payton	4	4	0	22	0	23
FB Dwayne George	3	2	0	16	0	19
WR Donny Epperson	2	2	0	6	0	7
WR Lenny Castillo	2	2	0	36	1	13
TE Lester Hillson	1	1	0	14	0	7

Tampa Bay	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Dustin Bishop	21	13	1	147	3	72
WR Isaac Seaman	11	5	0	58	1	50
WR Casey Sanderson	9	4	0	41	0	33
RB Dion Lewis	8	5	0	18	0	34
WR AJ Jenkins	8	6	0	64	0	52
RB Mikel Leshoure	6	5	0	21	0	40
TE Rob Gronkowski	5	4	0	28	0	26
TE Charlie Sellars	2	2	0	5	0	18
FB Harry Burroughs	1	0	0	0	0	16

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Richmond Freitag	3	6	2.00	5.29
Travis Payton	2	3	1.50	2.00

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Mikel Leshoure	2	7	3.50	4.25
Vernon Wilcox	1	4	4.00	4.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
J.J. Sutton	5	4	24	4.80	10.50

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Vernon Wilcox	18	8	51	2.83	5.23

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Travis Payton	2	2	9	4.50	5.50
WR Cory Christakes	1	1	8	8.00	7.25
FB Dwayne George	1	0	0	0.00	5.33
WR Lenny Castillo	1	1	7	7.00	18.00

Tampa Bay	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Dustin Bishop	7	3	23	3.29	7.00
RB Dion Lewis	3	1	2	0.67	2.25
WR Isaac Seaman	3	1	2	0.67	5.27
TE Charlie Sellars	2	2	5	2.50	2.50
RB Mikel Leshoure	1	0	0	0.00	3.50
WR AJ Jenkins	1	1	19	19.00	8.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Rushes	Conversions
Travis Payton	4	0

Tampa Bay	Rushes	Conversions
Mikel Leshoure	2	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Conversions
J.J. Sutton	9	8	6

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Conversions
Vernon Wilcox	17	12	8

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Antonio Brown	2	2	2
TE Bruce Brizzolara	2	2	2
WR Cory Christakes	2	1	1
RB Travis Payton	1	1	0
WR Donny Epperson	1	1	0
WR Lenny Castillo	1	1	1

Tampa Bay	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Dustin Bishop	8	6	5
WR Isaac Seaman	3	2	1
RB Dion Lewis	2	1	0
WR AJ Jenkins	2	2	2
RB Mikel Leshoure	1	1	0
WR Casey Sanderson	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 41,900 (65,700 capacity)
Upper Deck 13,600 (17,700)
End Zone 8,800 (12,700)
Mezzanine 4,300 (7,300)
Sideline Seats 6,100 (11,200)
Club Seats 6,600 (12,000)
Luxury Boxes 2,500 (4,800)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	41,900 (65,700 capacity)
Upper Deck	13,600 (17,700)
End Zone	8,800 (12,700)
Mezzanine	4,300 (7,300)
Sideline Seats	6,100 (11,200)
Club Seats	6,600 (12,000)
Luxury Boxes	2,500 (4,800)