Week 3, 2021

played in Tampa Bay, FL

90 degrees, fair, 2 mph wind

Detroit Lions	0	10	3	14	-	27
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	14	3	3	3	-	23

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:41 TBY - Sherman Mitchell 3 run (Zane West extra point)
1Q: 05:24 TBY - Melvin Poston 18 pass from Ian Halbert (Zane West extra point)
2Q: 10:57 TBY - Zane West 51 field goal
2Q: 06:58 DET - Ernie Fletcher 32 field goal
2Q: 04:56 DET - Calvin Smithson 19 pass from Micah McConnell (Ernie Fletcher extra point)
3Q: 09:41 TBY - Zane West 24 field goal
3Q: 03:02 DET - Ernie Fletcher 20 field goal
4Q: 07:48 DET - Maurice Kariger 69 interception return (Ernie Fletcher extra point)
4Q: 04:41 TBY - Zane West 47 field goal
4Q: 02:12 DET - Derrick Duff 18 pass from Micah McConnell (Ernie Fletcher extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:41 TBY - Sherman Mitchell 3 run (Zane West extra point)
1Q: 05:24 TBY - Melvin Poston 18 pass from Ian Halbert (Zane West extra point)
2Q: 10:57 TBY - Zane West 51 field goal
2Q: 06:58 DET - Ernie Fletcher 32 field goal
2Q: 04:56 DET - Calvin Smithson 19 pass from Micah McConnell (Ernie Fletcher extra point)
3Q: 09:41 TBY - Zane West 24 field goal
3Q: 03:02 DET - Ernie Fletcher 20 field goal
4Q: 07:48 DET - Maurice Kariger 69 interception return (Ernie Fletcher extra point)
4Q: 04:41 TBY - Zane West 47 field goal
4Q: 02:12 DET - Derrick Duff 18 pass from Micah McConnell (Ernie Fletcher extra point)

Team Statistics DET TBY
Record 2-1 1-2
First Downs 22 21
- by Rushing 8 2
- by Passing 12 19
- by Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 334 451
- Offensive Plays 68 54
- Yards per Play 4.91 8.35
Net Rushing Yards 116 60
- Rushing Attempts 29 14
- Yards per Rush 4.00 4.29
Net Passing Yards 218 391
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 35 - 23 - 0 38 - 25 - 3
- Gross Passing Yards 243 404
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4/25 2/13
- Yards per Pass Play 5.59 9.78
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 10/16 4/9
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.8 11.0
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 5/40 9/72
Punt Returns/Yards 1/9 2/1
Kick Returns/Yards 4/113 5/125
Interception Ret./Yards 3/69 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/2 2/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 35 OWN 23
Time of Possession 33:11 26:49

Team Statistics	DET	TBY
Record	2-1	1-2
First Downs	22	21
- by Rushing	8	2
- by Passing	12	19
- by Penalty	2	0
Total Net Yards	334	451
- Offensive Plays	68	54
- Yards per Play	4.91	8.35
Net Rushing Yards	116	60
- Rushing Attempts	29	14
- Yards per Rush	4.00	4.29
Net Passing Yards	218	391
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	35 - 23 - 0	38 - 25 - 3
- Gross Passing Yards	243	404
- Sacks/Yards Lost	4/25	2/13
- Yards per Pass Play	5.59	9.78
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	10/16	4/9
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.8	11.0
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	5/40	9/72
Punt Returns/Yards	1/9	2/1
Kick Returns/Yards	4/113	5/125
Interception Ret./Yards	3/69	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/2	2/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 35	OWN 23
Time of Possession	33:11	26:49

Drive Charts

Detroit Lions
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	0:55	OWN 25	3	-4	Punt
1	10:35	2:46	OWN 25	6	18	Punt
1	5:15	4:05	OWN 48	6	10	Punt
2	10:51	3:58	OWN 46	7	39	Field Goal
2	6:45	1:56	OPP 35	5	35	Touchdown
2	2:12	2:12	OWN 12	8	38	Half
3	9:33	6:36	OWN 36	12	61	Field Goal
4	15:00	5:15	OWN 19	10	33	Punt
4	4:35	2:32	OWN 25	7	75	Touchdown
4	1:45	1:45	OPP 43	5	11	Game

Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	14:05	3:30	OWN 19	7	81	Touchdown
1	7:49	2:34	OWN 20	6	80	Touchdown
1	1:10	5:19	OWN 20	9	46	Field Goal
2	6:53	0:08	OWN 25	1	0	Interception
2	4:49	2:37	OWN 27	4	24	Punt
3	15:00	5:27	OWN 28	11	65	Field Goal
3	2:57	2:57	OWN 29	4	-8	Punt
4	9:45	2:07	OWN 13	5	54	Interception
4	7:38	3:03	OWN 26	6	44	Field Goal
4	2:03	0:18	OWN 29	1	0	Interception

Game MVP: Micah McConnell, Detroit Lions

Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Derrick Duff	14	63	4.50	21	1
Micah McConnell	7	32	4.57	10	1
Hector Wonders	7	18	2.57	7	0
Calvin Smithson	1	3	3.00	3	0

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Sherman Mitchell	11	53	4.82	41	1	1
Ian Halbert	2	2	1.00	6	0	0
Marc Hopkins	1	5	5.00	5	0	0

Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Micah McConnell	35	23	243	4/25	2	34	0	104.8

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Ian Halbert	38	25	404	2/13	1	38	3	77.1

Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
RB Derrick Duff	5	6	68	13.60	58	34	1
WR Calvin Smithson	5	10	57	11.40	35	26	1
WR Vincent Sanderson	4	4	27	6.75	2	13	0
RB Hector Wonders	3	3	21	7.00	8	10	0
TE Tim Pashos	2	2	38	19.00	23	29	0
WR Kent Arora	1	3	6	6.00	0	6	0
TE Buddy Sanderson	1	3	5	5.00	0	5	0
TE Ted Crotti	1	3	5	5.00	0	5	0
WR Amari Wolters	1	1	16	16.00	2	16	0

Tampa Bay	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Melvin Poston	9	12	127	14.11	26	31	1
WR Kendall Flynn	8	11	175	21.88	64	38	0
TE Alex Schmidgall	2	2	48	24.00	36	31	0
RB Sherman Mitchell	2	3	18	9.00	9	15	0
WR Justin Green	2	4	16	8.00	4	9	0
FB Jason Horn	1	2	6	6.00	0	6	0
TE Ty Chustz	1	3	14	14.00	0	14	0
WR Reginald Hopper	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Detroit	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Roberto Gilman	2	0	0.00	0
ILB Maurice Kariger	1	69	69.00	1

Tampa Bay	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Detroit	Fumb	Recov	Force
Micah McConnell	1	0	0
Walt Dukes	0	1	0
Kurt Kincaid	0	0	1

Tampa Bay	Fumb	Recov	Force
Melvin Poston	1	0	0
Justin Green	0	1	0
Karl Coles	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Detroit	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Nickolas McGee	4	195	48.8	38.5	58	1

Tampa Bay	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Brayden Branch	2	95	47.5	43.0	49	1

Kicking Statistics

Detroit	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Ernie Fletcher	2/2	0/0	0/0	32	3/3

Tampa Bay	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Zane West	3/3	2/2	1/1	51	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Calvin Smithson	1	9	9.0	0

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Devante Legay	2	1	0.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Clay Stanislaw	3	87	29.0	0
Amari Wolters	1	26	26.0	0

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kendall Flynn	5	125	25.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Detroit	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Maxwell Grolsko	6	3	0.0	13	32
CB Roberto Gilman	5	1	0.0	7	25
CB Dalton Murphy	4	2	0.0	13	38
S Kurt Kincaid	3	2	0.0	14	40
OLB Al Foltz	3	2	0.0	14	36
ILB Maurice Kariger	3	2	0.0	13	32
CB Clay Stanislaw	3	1	0.0	8	27
DE Ronnie Smith	2	0	1.5	14	34
DT Alec Peters	2	1	0.0	13	36
CB Sebastian Everett	2	1	0.0	7	15
ILB Earnest Sweeney	2	0	0.0	1	8
OLB Ian Bradley	1	0	0.0	5	12
DT Les Borick	1	0	0.0	8	28
S Luke Wand	1	0	0.0	1	8
DE Damon Hanson	1	0	0.0	3	8
DE Aidan Fitzgerald	0	1	0.5	11	31

Tampa Bay	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Zachary Lyon	10	4	1.0	29	39
OLB Everett Kestner	7	0	0.0	29	34
ILB Marquis Booker	6	3	1.0	29	39
DE Walter Kelley	5	1	0.0	28	39
S Braxton Talley	4	3	0.0	29	39
CB Karl Coles	4	2	0.0	28	35
S Devante Legay	4	1	0.0	29	39
DT Gene Hampton	3	0	1.0	26	32
ILB Jeffery Raney	3	0	0.0	16	16
DT Daryl Delgado	2	0	1.0	24	32
DE Alejandro Benjamin	2	1	0.0	25	30
WR Kendall Flynn	1	0	---	---	---
DE Damon Webster	1	0	0.0	9	14
TE Alex Schmidgall	1	0	---	---	---
CB Drake Ackley	1	0	0.0	11	18

Pass Rush Statistics

Detroit	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Ronnie Smith	1.5	3	1	34
DE Aidan Fitzgerald	0.5	0	1	31
OLB Al Foltz	0.0	1	1	36

Tampa Bay	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
CB Zachary Lyon	1.0	0	0	0	39
ILB Marquis Booker	1.0	0	0	0	39
DT Gene Hampton	1.0	0	0	0	32
DT Daryl Delgado	1.0	0	0	0	32
ILB Jeffery Raney	0.0	1	0	1	16
DE Alejandro Benjamin	0.0	0	1	0	30

Pass Defense Statistics

Detroit	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Roberto Gilman	4	0	2	25
CB Dalton Murphy	4	0	0	38
ILB Maurice Kariger	3	1	1	32
CB Clay Stanislaw	3	0	0	27
CB Sebastian Everett	2	1	0	15
OLB Al Foltz	2	1	0	36
S Maxwell Grolsko	2	0	0	32
S Kurt Kincaid	1	0	0	40
OLB Ian Bradley	1	0	0	12
ILB Earnest Sweeney	1	0	0	8
S Luke Wand	1	0	0	8
DE Damon Hanson	1	0	0	8

Tampa Bay	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Zachary Lyon	9	0	39
S Devante Legay	4	0	39
S Braxton Talley	2	1	39
OLB Everett Kestner	2	1	34
CB Karl Coles	2	1	35
CB Drake Ackley	2	0	18
ILB Marquis Booker	1	2	39
ILB Jeffery Raney	1	1	16

Blocking Statistics

Detroit	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
K.C. Palmer	2	6	29	1	39
Brayden Luce	2	6	29	0	39
Jack Sallee	1	3	29	1	39
Walt Dukes	1	3	29	0	39
Buddy Sanderson	1	2	7	0	14
Louie Tripplehorn	0	3	29	2	39

Tampa Bay	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Herman Mueller	2	2	14	0	40
Joshua Platt	1	6	14	0	40
Jerome Blood	0	3	14	0	40
Kenneth Holliday	0	1	14	1	40
Francisco Hamilton	0	1	14	1	40

Special Teams Tackles

Detroit	Tackles	STPlays
Buddy Sanderson	2	20
Diego Collier	2	10
Cody Alcott	1	16
Luke Wand	1	14
Christopher Humphries	1	13

Tampa Bay	Tackles	STPlays
Kenneth Holliday	2	11
Everett Kestner	1	20
Ty Chustz	1	19
Justin Green	1	11

Participation

Detroit	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Calvin Smithson	29	39	---	---	8	76
K.C. Palmer	29	39	---	---	6	74
Louie Tripplehorn	29	39	---	---	6	74
Jack Sallee	29	39	---	---	6	74
Brayden Luce	29	39	---	---	6	74
Walt Dukes	29	39	---	---	---	68
Micah McConnell	29	39	---	---	---	68
Ted Crotti	27	33	---	---	---	60
Kurt Kincaid	---	---	14	40	3	57
Alec Peters	---	---	13	36	5	54
Dalton Murphy	---	---	13	38	3	54
Al Foltz	---	---	14	36	3	53
Clay Stanislaw	---	---	8	27	16	51
Ronnie Smith	---	---	14	34	2	50
Maxwell Grolsko	---	---	13	32	3	48
Kent Arora	22	25	---	---	---	47
Derrick Duff	19	27	---	---	---	46
Maurice Kariger	---	---	13	32	1	46
Vincent Sanderson	17	28	---	---	---	45
Aidan Fitzgerald	---	---	11	31	2	44
Buddy Sanderson	7	14	---	---	20	41
Roberto Gilman	---	---	7	25	9	41
Hector Wonders	10	11	---	---	18	39
Christopher Humphries	---	---	7	17	13	37
Les Borick	---	---	8	28	---	36
Jameson Castillo	11	8	---	---	16	35
Amari Wolters	3	6	---	---	16	25
Sebastian Everett	---	---	7	15	1	23
Luke Wand	---	---	1	8	14	23
Cody Alcott	---	---	0	5	16	21
Ian Bradley	---	---	5	12	3	20
Damon Hanson	---	---	3	8	4	15
Rusty Russo	---	---	2	2	9	13
Benjamin Franz	0	1	---	---	12	13
Earnest Sweeney	---	---	1	8	2	11
Diego Collier	---	---	0	0	10	10
Ernie Fletcher	0	0	---	---	8	8
Xavier Arntson	0	0	---	---	6	6
Shane Radke	---	---	0	6	---	6
Nickolas McGee	0	0	---	---	4	4
Tim Pashos	0	3	---	---	---	3
Scottie Neff	0	0	---	---	2	2
Patrick Carr	0	0	---	---	---	0
Josue Mueller	0	0	---	---	---	0
Tito Kittner	0	0	---	---	---	0
Chris Loomis	---	---	0	0	---	0

Tampa Bay	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Braxton Talley	---	---	29	39	18	86
Everett Kestner	---	---	29	34	20	83
Zachary Lyon	---	---	29	39	10	78
Devante Legay	---	---	29	39	6	74
Marquis Booker	---	---	29	39	2	70
Walter Kelley	---	---	28	39	2	69
Kenneth Holliday	14	40	---	---	11	65
Karl Coles	---	---	28	35	2	65
Melvin Poston	13	40	---	---	7	60
Gene Hampton	---	---	26	32	2	60
Kendall Flynn	12	39	---	---	8	59
Herman Mueller	14	40	---	---	5	59
Jerome Blood	14	40	---	---	5	59
Francisco Hamilton	14	40	---	---	5	59
Daryl Delgado	---	---	24	32	1	57
Alejandro Benjamin	---	---	25	30	---	55
Joshua Platt	14	40	---	---	---	54
Ian Halbert	14	40	---	---	---	54
Alex Schmidgall	14	35	---	---	2	51
Justin Green	9	26	---	---	11	46
Sherman Mitchell	13	27	---	---	---	40
Jeffery Raney	---	---	16	16	1	33
Ty Chustz	5	8	---	---	19	32
Jason Horn	2	10	---	---	17	29
Damon Webster	---	---	9	14	6	29
Drake Ackley	---	---	11	18	---	29
Reginald Hopper	0	5	---	---	17	22
C.J. Basnight	---	---	1	4	16	21
Donnie Gordon	0	1	---	---	16	17
Marc Hopkins	1	9	---	---	1	11
Gene Ingram	---	---	3	2	5	10
Justin Thompson	---	---	1	8	1	10
Robert McConnell	---	---	0	0	10	10
Zane West	0	0	---	---	9	9
Gino Diable	---	---	0	9	---	9
Frederick Vesneske	---	---	2	0	4	6
Les Keith	0	0	---	---	5	5
Brayden Branch	0	0	---	---	5	5
Maxwell Raiola	0	0	---	---	2	2
Charlie Rogers	0	0	---	---	2	2
Josiah Abrams	1	0	---	---	---	1
Leland Culpepper	---	---	0	0	---	0
Sebastian Gale	0	0	---	---	---	0
Darren Lang	0	0	---	---	---	0
Vernon Labonte	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	35	7.0
Middle	17	60	3.5
Right	6	22	3.7
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	1	-4	-4.0
Middle	11	69	6.3
Right	2	-5	-2.5
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Micah McConnell	35	23	3	3	1	6	1	1	0

Tampa Bay	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Ian Halbert	38	25	9	2	1	3	4	3	3

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	11	8	67	6.1
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	11	125	8.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	4	51	7.3
Long (19+ Yds)	3	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	9	126	10.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	19	12	177	9.3
Long (19+ Yds)	7	4	101	14.4

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Calvin Smithson	10	5	0	57	1	39
RB Derrick Duff	6	5	0	68	1	27
WR Vincent Sanderson	4	4	0	27	0	28
WR Kent Arora	3	1	0	6	0	25
TE Buddy Sanderson	3	1	1	5	0	14
RB Hector Wonders	3	3	0	21	0	11
TE Ted Crotti	3	1	0	5	0	33
TE Tim Pashos	2	2	0	38	1	3
WR Amari Wolters	1	1	0	16	0	6

Tampa Bay	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Melvin Poston	12	9	0	127	2	40
WR Kendall Flynn	11	8	0	175	6	39
WR Justin Green	4	2	1	16	0	26
TE Ty Chustz	3	1	0	14	0	8
RB Sherman Mitchell	3	2	0	18	0	27
FB Jason Horn	2	1	0	6	0	10
TE Alex Schmidgall	2	2	0	48	1	35
WR Reginald Hopper	1	0	0	0	0	5

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Derrick Duff	3	5	1.67	4.50

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Sherman Mitchell	3	3	1.00	4.82
Marc Hopkins	1	5	5.00	5.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Micah McConnell	9	6	44	4.89	6.94

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Ian Halbert	5	2	24	4.80	10.63

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Derrick Duff	3	2	16	5.33	11.33
WR Calvin Smithson	2	2	18	9.00	5.70
WR Vincent Sanderson	1	1	1	1.00	6.75
TE Buddy Sanderson	1	0	0	0.00	1.67
TE Ted Crotti	1	0	0	0.00	1.67
TE Tim Pashos	1	1	9	9.00	19.00

Tampa Bay	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
FB Jason Horn	1	1	6	6.00	3.00
WR Kendall Flynn	1	0	0	0.00	15.91
TE Ty Chustz	1	0	0	0.00	4.67
WR Melvin Poston	1	1	18	18.00	10.58
RB Sherman Mitchell	1	0	0	0.00	6.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Rushes	Conversions
Micah McConnell	1	1
Derrick Duff	1	1

Tampa Bay	Rushes	Conversions
Sherman Mitchell	4	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Conversions
Micah McConnell	13	9	8

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Conversions
Ian Halbert	4	4	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Calvin Smithson	5	3	3
RB Derrick Duff	3	2	2
WR Vincent Sanderson	2	2	1
TE Tim Pashos	2	2	2
TE Ted Crotti	1	0	0

Tampa Bay	Targ	Catch	Conversions
FB Jason Horn	1	1	1
WR Kendall Flynn	1	1	1
TE Alex Schmidgall	1	1	1
RB Sherman Mitchell	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 99,900 (99,900 capacity)
Upper Deck 25,300 (25,300)
End Zone 18,200 (18,200)
Mezzanine 10,500 (10,500)
Sideline Seats 16,100 (16,100)
Club Seats 19,900 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes 9,900 (9,900)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	99,900 (99,900 capacity)
Upper Deck	25,300 (25,300)
End Zone	18,200 (18,200)
Mezzanine	10,500 (10,500)
Sideline Seats	16,100 (16,100)
Club Seats	19,900 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes	9,900 (9,900)