Sunday, September 16, 1984
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lions (1-2-0) | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Buccaneers (1-2-0) | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| DET | TAM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Lions | Mark Nichols 77 yard pass from Gary Danielson (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | Lions | Gary Danielson 4 yard rush (Eddie Murray kick) | 14 | 0 |
| Buccaneers | Gerald Carter 5 yard pass from Steve DeBerg (Obed Ariri kick) | 14 | 7 | |
| 3rd | Buccaneers | James Wilder 2 yard rush (Obed Ariri kick) | 14 | 14 |
| Lions | Eddie Murray 28 yard field goal | 17 | 14 | |
| 4th | Buccaneers | Jimmie Giles 5 yard pass from Steve DeBerg (Obed Ariri kick) | 17 | 21 |
| DET | TAM | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 13 | 23 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 26-102-1 | 26-89-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 15-36-176-1-0 | 24-40-252-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-8 | 2-16 |
| Net pass yards | 168 | 236 |
| Total yards | 270 | 325 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-0 | 3-1 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-49 | 9-70 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Gary Danielson | DET | 15 | 36 | 176 | 1 | 0 | 77 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Mark Nichols | DET | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 77 | 1 | 77 | ||||||
| James R. Jones | DET | 10 | 34 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 40 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Billy Sims | DET | 11 | 39 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Jeff Chadwick | DET | 2 | 16 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Leonard Thompson | DET | 2 | 15 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Ken Jenkins | DET | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| James Wilder | TAM | 22 | 89 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 56 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Steve DeBerg | TAM | 18 | 27 | 195 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Kevin House | TAM | 4 | 79 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Gerald Carter | TAM | 6 | 45 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Jack Thompson | TAM | 6 | 13 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Theo Bell | TAM | 2 | 28 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Jerry Bell | TAM | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||||
| James Owens | TAM | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Jimmie Giles | TAM | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Mel Carver | TAM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Michael Morton | TAM | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | ||
| Doug English | DET | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ken Jenkins | DET | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Robbie Martin | DET | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bobby Watkins | DET | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Theo Bell | TAM | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Mark Cotney | TAM | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| John Holt | TAM | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Michael Morton | TAM | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| James Owens | TAM | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 70 | 35.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Lee Roy Selmon | TAM | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Mike Black | DET | 6 | 252 | 42.0 | 0 | ||||
| Eddie Murray | DET | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Obed Ariri | TAM | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Garcia | TAM | 5 | 196 | 39.2 | 0 | ||||