Buccaneers-Lions Capsule

TAMPA BAY (2-10) at DETROIT (8-4)

Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, Fox

OPENING LINE - Lions by 9 1/2

RECORD VS. SPREAD - Tampa Bay 5-7, Detroit 6-6

SERIES RECORD - Lions lead 29-27

LAST MEETING - Buccaneers beat Lions 24-21, Nov. 24, 2013

LAST WEEK - Buccaneers lost to Bengals 14-13; Lions beat Bears 34-17

AP PRO32 RANKING - Buccaneers No. 26, Lions No. 8

BUCCANEERS OFFENSE - OVERALL (26), RUSH (29), PASS (18).

BUCCANEERS DEFENSE - OVERALL (20), RUSH (18), PASS (21T).

LIONS OFFENSE - OVERALL (17), RUSH (30), PASS (9).

LIONS DEFENSE - OVERALL (2), RUSH (1), PASS (12).

STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES - Tampa Bay QB Josh McCown spent 2006 with Lions and had two catches as WR. ... Detroit QB Matthew Stafford has thrown for 602 yards and six TDs in two meetings with Tampa Bay. ... Lions are 3-0 when QB throws for at least 300 yards, Tampa Bay is 1-3. ... Bucs rookie WR Mike Evans had 554 yards receiving in November, setting team record for any month. ... Tampa Bay DT Gerald McCoy has 16 sacks in past 19 games. ... Since 2013, Bucs LB Lavonte David is only player in NFL with at least 250 tackles, five sacks and five interceptions. ... Tampa Bay pass catchers have league-worst 1,000 yards after catch this season. ... Bucs have allowed opponents to convert 33 percent of third downs with 10 or more yards to go. ... Detroit WR Calvin Johnson reached 10,000 yards receiving (10,052) in 115th game, setting NFL record as fastest to reach milestone. ... Lions RB Joique Bell ran for 91 yards and two TDs last week. ... Detroit's DeAndre Levy has seven INTs since 2013, most in NFL by LB. ... Lions opponents run only 42 percent of time on first-and-10, lowest mark in league. ... Detroit has made only 18 of 30 FGs this season for league-worst 60 percent rate.

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