Buccaneers vs. Chicago Bears 
LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 Chicago Bears 47
This game the Buccaneers were blown-out of the water as Craig Erickson nearly got killed getting blind-sided numerous times. The first Buccaneers touchdown was the result of a Hail-Mary in the final seconds of the first half.
GAMEDAY BRIEF
OFFICALS
- REFEREE: Bernie Kukar
- UMPIRE: Dave Hamilton
- LINE JUDGE: Walt Coleman
- HEAD LINESMAN: Aaron Pointer
- BACK JUDGE: Roy Clymer
- FIELD JUDGE: Bob Lewis
- SIDE JUDGE: Don Carlson
- REPLAY OFFICIAL: not documented
SCORING
- BUCCANEERS: 11:43-1Q Husted FG20
- BUCCANEERS: 08:56-2Q Anderson 1 run (Butler kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 04:51-2Q Harbaugh 1 run (Butler kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 01:10-2Q Wetnight 25 pass from Harbaugh (Butler kick)
- BEARS: 00:47-2Q Waddle 17 pass from Harbaugh (Butler kick)
- BEARS: 00:00-2Q Thomas 62 pass from Erickson (Husted kick)
- BEARS: 12:25-3Q Butler FG33
- BEARS: 10:47-4Q Butler FG40
- BEARS: 07:53-4Q Baker 8 fumble return (Butler kick)
- BEARS: 04:41-4Q Butler FG32
- BEARS: 02:03-4Q McDowell 3 pass from DeBerg (Husted kick)
STARTERS OFFENSE
- WR: #85 C. Hawkins
- LT: #76 S. Dill
- LG: #66 B. Reimers
- C: #61 T. Mayberry
- RG: #62 I. Beckles
- RT: #72 R. Taylor
- TE: #82 R. Hall
- TE: #86 T. Armstrong
- WR: #80 L. Dawsey
- QB: #07 C. Erickson
- FB: #37 A. McDowell
STARTERS DEFENSE
- LE: #90 C. Ahanotu
- NT: #77 M. Wheeler
- UT: #71 S. Dotson
- RE: #75 E. Curry
- LLB: #51 B. Thomas
- MLB: #56 H. Nickerson
- RLB: #93 D. BuBose
- LCB: #21 M. Mack
- RCB: #29 R. Reynolds
- SS: #27 B. Bussey
- FS: #23 M. Carter
SUBSTITUTIONS
- 4 Stryzinski, 5 Husted, 11 Weldon, 17 DeBerg, 20 Gray, 24 Jones, 33 Royster, 34 Cobb, 35 Mayhew, 44 Anderson, 46 Workman, 47 Lynch, 50 Burnette, 53 Brady, 55 Brownlow, 64 Ryan, 70 McRae, 73 Adams, 81 Claiborne, 87 Thomas, 88 Copeland, 96 Wilson, 98 Seals
DID NOT PLAY
- 41 King
INACTIVE
- 40 Anderson, 43 Harris, 66 Tomberlin, 67 Sullivan, 79 Love, 83 Moore, 84 Wilson
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
- BUCCANEERS: Royster 2-10, Cobb 12-8, Workman 1-8, McDowell 2-6, C.Erickson 1-4.
- BEARS: Anderson 23-104, Christian 3-10, Heyward 3-9, Harbaugh 3-2, Green 6-1.
PASSING
- BUCCANEERS: Erickson 32-13-240-2-1, DeBerg 8-7-77-1-1, Weldon 1-0-0-1-0.
- BEARS: Harbaugh 22-17-192-0-2, Willis 1-1-29-0-0.
RECIEVING
- BUCCANEERS: Dawsey 9-101, Thomas 2-78, Claiborne 2-22, Copeland 2-22, Workman 2-14, Hawkins 1-67, Royster 1-10, McDowell 1-3.
- BEARS: Davis 5-49, Waddle 5-46, Obee 3-45, Anderson 1-35, Wetnight 1-25, Conway 1-8, Heyward 1-8, Green 1-5.
INTERCEPTIONS
- BUCCANEERS: none.
- BEARS: Jones 2-24, Carrier 1-22, Blaylock 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Workman 5-67, Royster 3-32, Claiborne 1-0.
- BEARS: Conway 1-17.
PUNT RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Claiborne 2-11.
- BEARS: Obee 3-9.
SACKS
- BUCCANEERS: Seals 2-7, Curry 1-8.
- BEARS: Zorich 1-16, Cox 1-9
