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11/23/2008 - Detroit, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jeff Garcia threw for 165 yards and two touchdowns as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers downed Detroit, 38-20, to keep the Lions winless on the season.
Warrick Dunn had 14 carries for 90 yards and a score while Ronde Barber had two interceptions and returned one of them for a touchdown for the Buccaneers (8-3), who are just one-half game back of Carolina for first place in the NFC South.
Carolina is currently battling the Falcons in Atlanta.
Ike Hilliard had two catches for 51 yards and a score, while Cadillac Williams saw his first action since suffering a torn patellar tendon on September 30, 2007 and had 16 carries for 27 yards for Tampa Bay, which has won its last three games.
Daunte Culpepper started his third straight game and went just 8-for-20 with 121 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions while Calvin Johnson had three catches for 66 yards and a score for the Lions (0-11), who are faced with the prospect of becoming the first team since the league went to a 16-game format to finish a full season without a win.
Tampa Bay went 0-14 in its inaugural year of 1976 while the Colts finished 0-8-1 during the strike-shortened 1982 season.
The Lions next play on Thanksgiving when they will host the Tennessee Titans, who suffered their first loss of the season on Sunday against the Jets.
After exchanging punts to start the game, the Lions took the lead thanks to Johnson. With the ball near midfield, Culpepper threw up a pass down the left sideline that Johnson came down with in double coverage for 41 yards. Three plays later, Johnson leaped up just inside the goal line and came down with the ball on a 15-yard score and a 7-0 lead with 6:07 left in the first.
On Tampa's next drive, Garcia and Williams collided in the backfield and Garcia fumbled the ball. Daniel Bullocks picked up the loose ball and took it into the end zone from 44 yards out for a 14-0 lead.
Detroit forced the Buccaneers to punt on their next touch and got a 26-yard run from Kevin Smith to get the ball into scoring position, but had to settle for a 38-yard field goal from Jason Hanson to take a 17-0 lead into the second quarter.
Tampa, though, scored on its ensuing possession that spanned the first and second quarters. Clifton Smith returned the kickoff 49 yards to put the ball at midfield. Using the short field, Garcia quickly took his team down the field and at the 13-yard line handed the ball off to Dunn, who ran up the middle and spun around a defender on his way into the end zone.
The Bucs made it a three-point game on their next touch as Garcia found Hilliard for a 36-yard score to cap a nine-play, 69-yard drive with 4:40 to play in the first half.
On Detroit's next possession, Barber picked off Culpepper and on the next play, Garcia found Jerramy Stevens wide open over the middle for a 24-yard score and a 21-17 lead going into the break.
Tampa's special teams got in on the scoring in the third quarter. Detroit was held to a three-and-out and had to punt the ball away. Clifton Smith fielded the boot at his own 30 and raced up the middle and into the end zone for a 28-17 lead with 11:31 left in the third.
Just 2 1/2 minutes later, Tampa made it a 35-17 game as Barber stepped in front of a Culpepper pass and raced into the end zone from 65 yards out.
Later in the third, Hilliard muffed a punt and Detroit recovered deep in Tampa territory, but the team was unable to move the ball and Hanson's 40-yard field goal made it a 35-20 game with 2:43 left in the third.
However, Matt Bryant later countered with a 48-yard field goal a bit over two minutes into the fourth to make it a 38-20 contest.
Game Notes
Hanson's second field goal was the 400th of his career...The Buccaneers host New Orleans next Sunday...Kevin Smith finished the game with 86 yards on 16 carries...Tampa Bay has won five of its last six games against Detroit... Johnson has caught a touchdown in six of his last seven games.
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Matt Kenseth And Kevin Harvick Favorites To Take NASCAR Nextel Cup Championship
(September 15)—The NASCAR season has hit the homestretch with the opening event on this year’s Chase for the Cup taking place this weekend at the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway. With 10 races remaining to determine the Cup Series champion, leading online sportsbook MySportsbook.com today announced odds on all 10 Chase qualifying drivers capturing the NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship.
One of the largest sportsbook sites on the Internet, MySportsbook.com currently lists the top two drivers in the point standings as the early favorites to win the Nextel Cup. Entering the Chase for the Cup with a slim five-point lead in the point standings, 2003 NASCAR champ Matt Kenseth has been made a slight favorite to win his second Cup at 7/2 betting odds. 2001 Cup Rookie of the Year Kevin Harvick has betting odds listed at 5/2 and four-time NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon is listed at 6/1 to capture the Nextel Cup this year.
Hoping to follow in the footsteps of his legendary father who won six NASCAR titles, Dale Earnhardt Jr. stands at 8/1 to breakthrough with his first Cup victory. Staying with the family theme, MySportsbook.com lists 2005 Rookie of the Year Kyle Busch at 14/1 to succeed big brother Kurt’s 2004 NASCAR title. While Kasey Kahne was the final driver to qualify for the Chase with a third place finish last week, the oddsmakers give him a fighting chance at 10/1 mainly due to several mile-and-a-half tracks remaining on the schedule. Despite going winless on the NASCAR circuit this season, Jeff Burton enters the Chase at 5/1 to capture the Cup title. Meanwhile, rookie Denny Hamlin is 4/1 to win the championship, while veteran driver Mark Martin enters the Chase for the Cup as a 15/1 long shot to win his first NASCAR title in his 24th and final season.
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Super Bowl XLIII is now set, the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers will meet each other on February 1st in Tampa's Raymond James Stadium to battle it out for the coveted Lombardi Trophy. The game kicks off at 6:00pm ET on NBC with announcers Al Michaels and John Madden covering the on-field action. Super Bowl XLIII betting odds at online bookmaker MySportsbook.com have the Steelers listed as an early -6.5 against the spread favorite.Super Bowl XLIII Betting Odds
Pittsburgh earned their passage to the big game by beating their division rival, the Baltimore Ravens, 23-14 in yesterday's AFC Championship Game. The Steelers jumped on Baltimore early, building a 13-0 first half lead, and never let up on their way to a fairly easy win. Although the Ravens did close to within two points in the fourth quarter, it never appeared as if they had enough offense to pull off the upset.
The Steelers dominating defense held Baltimore to a total of 198 yards while allowing them to convert just three third downs in 13 attempts. Pittsburgh also forced quarterback Joe Flacco into three interceptions, one of which safety Troy Polamalu returned fourty yards for a touchdown.
The Cardinals, by far the playoff team with the longest odds to reach Super Bowl XLIII, did so yesterday with a 32-25 upset of the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship. Arizona charged out of the gates and built a 24-6 halftime lead that had the Eagles venerable defense reeling. Quarterback Kurt Warner and wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald did most of the damage, connecting on three first half touchdowns.
Arizona, however, could not sustain their momentum and the Eagles took a 25-24 with 10:45 left to play in the fourth. The Cardinals, with the franchise's first Super Bowl appearance hanging in the balance, mounted a fourteen play, 72 yard touchdown drive that consumed 7:52 off the clock. Warner hit running back Tim Hightower on a short screen for the go-ahead, game clinching score that will forever live in Cardinal infamy.
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