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Article: TAMPA BAY ROMPS PAST DETROIT.(SPORTS)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- December 29, 1997
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Byline: FRED GOODALL Associated Press
Bucs20 Lions10TAMPA, Fla. -- The Big Sombrero rocked, and so did the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Playing with the poise of postseason veterans, rather than upstarts, the Bucs celebrated their return to the playoffs after a 15-year absence Sunday with a 20-10 victory over the Detroit Lions.
Trent Dilfer threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Horace Copeland, Mike Alstott scored on a 31-yard run and Michael Husted kicked two field goals for Tampa Bay, which hadn't won a playoff game since 1979.
The victory, in the Bucs' first playoff game at Houlihan's Stadium in 18 years, sends them to Green Bay next Sunday ...