Buccaneers vs. Chicago Bears

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 15 Chicago Bears 27

FIRST SAFETY IN BUCCANEERS HISTORY. The Buccaneers suffered their twelfth consecutive loss to the Bears, as Neal Anderson rushed for two first-quarter touchdowns, and Mike Tomczak threw a 40-yard touchdown to Brad Muster.

The Buccaneers matched up well statistically with the Bears, but were unable to overcome the early deficit due to mistake-prone play and a poor game from Vinny Testaverde. The Bears also had problems with mistakes, committing four turnovers, and giving up a safety due to a bad snap on a punt.

The Buccaneers were able to rush for 168 yards against the Bears' top-ranked defense, more than double the total usually allowed by the Bears. Donald Igwebuike suffered a season-ending groin injury while tackling Dennis Gentry on a third-quarter kickoff return.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Gene Barth
• UMPIRE: Ed Fiffick
• LINE JUDGE: Ray Dodez
• HEAD LINESMAN: Frank Glover
• BACK JUDGE: Bruce Maurer
• FIELD JUDGE: Ed Merrifield
• SIDE JUDGE: Gerald Austin
• REPLAY OFFICIAL: Mark Burns

SCORING

• BEARS: 10:38-1Q Anderson 1 run (Butler kick)
• BEARS: 06:59-1Q Anderson 17 run (Butler kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 03:10-1Q Igwebuike FG27
• BEARS: 06:10-2Q Muster 40 pass from Tomczak (Butler kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 00:00-2Q Igwebuike FG23
• BUCCANEERS: 13:22-4Q Safety - Goode downed Wagner in the endzone
• BEARS: 07:29-4Q Butler FG36
• BEARS: 02:20-4Q Butler FG43
• BUCCANEERS: 00:59-4Q Pillow 7 pass from Ferguson (Criswell kick)

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #88 M. Carrier
• LT: #74 P. Gruber
• LG: #68 R. Mallory
• C: #60 R. Grimes
• RG: #69 J. Bruhin
• RT: #72 R. Taylor
• TE: #86 C. Magee
• WR: #84 B. Hill
• QB: #14 V. Testaverde
• FB: #43 W. Howard
• RB: #34 L. Tate

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #79 R. Davis
• NT: #95 C. Jarvis
• RE: #94 R. Goff
• LOLB: #59 K. Murphy
• LILB: #99 E. Marve
• RILB: #53 S. Coleman
• ROLB: #57 W. Moss
• LCB: #29 R. Reynolds
• RCB: #36 B. Futrell
• SS: #20 O. Harris
• FS: #39 H. Hamilton

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 1 Igwebuike, 12 Ferguson, 13 Criswell, 21 Wright, 27 Goode, 28 Brown, 35 J Smith, 40 Elder, 47 D Smith, 50 Turk, 51 Washington, 52 V Jones, 54 Randle, 55 Rolling, 56 Walker, 64 Thomas, 71 Cooper, 73 McHale, 75 Kellin, 78 Cannon, 80 Pillow, 83 Clinkscales, 97 Lee

DID NOT PLAY

• none.

INACTIVE

• 22 R Jones, 82 Hall

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Tate 19-66, Testaverde 5-55, Howard 14-47.
• BEARS: Anderson 19-66, Sanders 10-50, Muster 3-17, Harbaugh 1-8, Wagner 1-0, Suhey 3-(-2).

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Testaverde 22-7-86-2-0, Ferguson 10-5-77-0-1.
• BEARS: Tomczak 21-9-179-2-1, Harbaugh 4-1-30-0-0.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Pillow 3-47, Hill 3-37, Carrier 2-39, D.Smith 2-22, Howard 1-14, Magee 1-4.
• BEARS: Morris 3-70, McKinnon 2-49, Muster 1-40, Davis 1-21, Anderson 1-17, Moorehead 1-6, Thornton 1-6.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: Hamilton 1-23, Harris 1-2.
• BEARS: Douglass 1-29, Singletary 1-13.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Elder 3-93, Futrell 1-18.
• BEARS: Gentry 1-42.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Futrell 4-54.
• BEARS: McKinnon 2-18, Kowlowski 1-0.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: Cannon 1-9.
• BEARS: Rivers 1-10.

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