LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 Chicago Bears 21
The Buccaneers defense battled the Bears to keep them under 250 offenseive yards only to have the offense lose momentum in the final two minutes with a much needed fieldgoal to win.
GAMEDAY BRIEF
OFFICALS
- REFEREE: Gerry Austin
- UMPIRE: Gordon Wells
- LINE JUDGE: Bill Reynolds
- HEAD LINESMAN: Bruce Maurer
- BACK JUDGE: Bob Moore
- FIELD JUDGE: Don Orr
- SIDE JUDGE: David Wyant
- REPLAY OFFICIAL: Bob Beeks
SCORING
- BUCCANEERS: 11:00-1Q Christie FG31
- BEARS: 06:27-1Q Anderson 12 run (Butler kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 06:04-1Q Anderson 64 run (Christie kick)
- BEARS: 08:08-2Q Anderson 8 run (Butler kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 02:00-2Q Christie FG36
- BEARS: 11:08-3Q Davis 43 pass from Harbaugh (Butler kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 03:30-4Q Hill 15 pass from Chandler (Christie kick)
STARTERS OFFENSE
- WR: #88 M. Carrier
- LT: #74 P. Gruber
- LG: #73 T. McHale
- C: #61 T. Mayberry
- RG: #62 I. Beckle
- RT: #72 R. Taylor
- TE: #82 R. Hall
- WR: #84 B. Hill
- QB: #14 V. Testaverde
- FB: #20 R. Wilson
- RB: #40 G. Anderson
STARTERS DEFENSE
- DE: #98 R. Seals
- DT: #96 T. Newton
- UT: #79 R. Davis
- DE: #52 K. McCants
- LLB: #59 K. Murphy
- MLB: #99 E. Marve
- RLB: #51 B. Thomas
- LCB: #29 R. Reynolds
- RCB: #45 W. Haddix
- FS: #33 W. Frizzell
- SS: #39 H. Hamilton
SUBSTITUTIONS
- 2 Christie, 3 Royals, 17 Chandler, 20 Harris, 26 Harvey, 31 Rice, 32 Perkins, 40 G Anderson, 42 Everett, 53 Coleman, 54 Randle, 56 Anno, 59 Murphy, 61 Mayberry, 69 Bruhin, 70 Swayne, 78 Cannon, 80 Pillow, 87 Drewrey, 91 White
DID NOT PLAY
- 37 Douglas, 81 Ford, 93 Roland
INACTIVE
- 7 Carlson, 75 Bax
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
- BUCCANEERS: Cobb 10-40, Harvey 8-37, Testaverde 5-17, Chandler 2-8, G Anderson 1-(-3).
- BEARS: Muster 14-50, Green 11-45, Bailey 4-13, Rouse 4-8, Tomczak 2-3.
PASSING
- BUCCANEERS: Testaverde 21-9-111-2-2, Chandler 4-2-24-0-0.
- BEARS: Tomczak 33-16-239-2-2, Willis 5-2-22-1-0.
RECIEVING
- BUCCANEERS: Carrier 3-57, Hill 3-44, Cobb 2-13, Hall 1-9, Harvey 1-8, G Anderson 1-4.
- BEARS: Davis 6-88, Muster 5-93, Thornton 2-30, Morris 1-17, Kozlowski 1-14, Coley 1-7, Gentry 1-7, Tomczak 1-5.
INTERCEPTIONS
- BUCCANEERS: Hamilton 2-28, Reynolds 1-46.
- BEARS: Carrier 1-0, Woolford 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Drewrey 3-48, Cobb 1-20, Harvey 1-7.
- BEARS: Bailey 1-25, Gentry 1-21.
PUNT RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Drewrey 1-8.
- BEARS: Bailey 2-36..
SACKS
- BUCCANEERS: Skow 1-7, McCants 1-5.
- BEARS: McMichael 2-2, Jones 1-14, Woolford 1-9.