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Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Detroit Lions

Final · Kickoff

2007 Regular season · Week 7 · Ford Field

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Historical final score from the WHYNFL results archive. WHYNFL preserves the team labels of the time and converts supplied Eastern kickoff times. Team links open today's franchise hubs. Historical box scores and play-by-play are not supplied.

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Lions beat Buccaneers 23–16 in 2007 Week 7

The Detroit Lions beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23–16 at home at Ford Field in Week 7 of the 2007 regular season on October 21, 2007. It was a one-score game at the finish, decided by 7 points.

The result moved the Lions to 4–2 and dropped the Buccaneers to 4–3. The Buccaneers finished 2007 at 9–7 and lost in the Wild Card round. The Lions finished 2007 at 7–9 and missed the playoffs.

In their previous meeting, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers won 17–13 on October 2, 2005. When they met again, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers won 38–20 on November 23, 2008.

Written by WHYNFL from the final scores in its results archive, which begins with the 1999 season. Records, streaks and season results count regular-season and playoff finals.

Series Buccaneers lead the series 6–3 after meeting No. 9 since 1999 Full series history

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