Sunday, December 13, 1987
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lions (3-10-0) | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| Buccaneers (4-9-0) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| DET | TAM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Lions | Pete Mandley 8 yard pass from Chuck Long (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | Buccaneers | Donald Igwebuike 44 yard field goal | 7 | 3 |
| Lions | Eddie Murray 24 yard field goal | 10 | 3 | |
| 3rd | Lions | Eddie Murray 37 yard field goal | 13 | 3 |
| 4th | Lions | Gary Ellerson 6 yard rush (Eddie Murray kick) | 20 | 3 |
| Buccaneers | Bruce Hill 28 yard pass from Vinny Testaverde (Donald Igwebuike kick) | 20 | 10 |
| DET | TAM | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 22 | 20 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 50-190-1 | 14-47-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 12-23-108-1-0 | 20-39-262-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 4-46 |
| Net pass yards | 108 | 216 |
| Total yards | 298 | 263 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-1 | 2-0 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-50 | 8-66 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Garry James | DET | 18 | 67 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| James R. Jones | DET | 14 | 40 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Chuck Long | DET | 12 | 23 | 108 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Butch Woolfolk | DET | 5 | 59 | 0 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Gary Lee | DET | 3 | 36 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Rob Rubick | DET | 2 | 22 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Gary Ellerson | DET | 9 | 19 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Pete Mandley | DET | 2 | 18 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Vinny Testaverde | TAM | 20 | 39 | 262 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bruce Hill | TAM | 5 | 86 | 1 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Gerald Carter | TAM | 4 | 78 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Mark Carrier | TAM | 2 | 35 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Eddie Hunter | TAM | 6 | 30 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Ron Hall | TAM | 4 | 34 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Bobby Howard | TAM | 2 | 18 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| James Wilder | TAM | 4 | 14 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Jeff Smith | TAM | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| 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 | ||
| Mike L. Cofer | DET | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Keith Ferguson | DET | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Gary Lee | DET | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Pete Mandley | DET | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Dan Saleaumua | DET | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Eric Williams | DET | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy Williams | DET | 1.0 | 1 | 48 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Bobby Futrell | TAM | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 86 | 21.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bruce Hill | TAM | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Jim Arnold | DET | 5 | 183 | 36.6 | 0 | ||||
| Eddie Murray | DET | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Garcia | TAM | 7 | 242 | 34.6 | 0 | ||||
| Donald Igwebuike | TAM | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |