Buccaneers vs. Chicago Bears 
WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 13 Chicago Bears 10
The Bears came to Tampa Bay tied for the NFC Central lead after dominating the Chargers, Chiefs and Lions in a two-week span. The Bears offense was so bad it was more important that the Buccaneers offense kept their defense from scoring.
It was Michael Husted's second fieldgoal of the game that sealed the Buccaneers victory over the Bears. Mazio Royster scored the first TD of his career and Courtney Hawkins returned a punt to inside the Chicago 10-yard line to set up one of Husted's fieldgoals.
GAMEDAY BRIEF
OFFICALS
- REFEREE: Tom White
- UMPIRE: Ed Fiffick
- LINE JUDGE: Dave Anderson
- HEAD LINESMAN: Ron Phares
- BACK JUDGE: Paul Baetz
- FIELD JUDGE: Richard Reels
- SIDE JUDGE: Bill Quinby
- REPLAY OFFICIAL: not documented
SCORING
- BUCCANEERS: 03:31-1Q Husted FG38
- BUCCANEERS: 02:03-2Q Royster 4 run (Husted kick)
- BEARS: 00:00-2Q Butler FG55
- BEARS: 09:37-3Q Anderson 1 run (Butler kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 03:38-3Q Husted FG42
STARTERS OFFENSE
- WR: #85 C. Hawkins
- LT: #74 P. Gruber
- LG: #66 B. Reimers
- C: #61 T. Mayberry
- RG: #62 I. Beckles
- RT: #76 S. Dill
- TE: #82 R. Hall
- WR: #88 H. Copeland
- QB: #07 C. Erickson
- FB: #46 V. Workman
- RB: #34 R. Cobb
STARTERS DEFENSE
- LE: #92 S. Price
- NT: #96 B. Wilson
- UT: #71 S. Dotson
- RE: #98 R. Seals
- LLB: #54 J. Williams
- MLB: #56 H. Nickerson
- DB: #27 B. Bussey
- LCB: #29 R. Reynolds
- RCB: #35 M. Mayhew
- SS: #23 M. Carter
- FS: #20 J. Gray
SUBSTITUTIONS
- 4 Stryzinski, 5 Husted, 21 Mack, 24 Jones, 28 Buckley, 33 Royster, 41 King, 44 Anderson, 47 Lynch, 51 Thomas, 53 Brady, 55 Brownlow, 67 Sullivan, 70 McRae, 72 Taylor, 73 Adams, 83 Moore, 84 Wilson, 87 Thomas, 90 Ahanotu, 93 DuBose
DID NOT PLAY
- 11 Weldon, 91 Hall
INACTIVE
- 13 Vlasic, 43 Harris, 50 Burnette, 75 Curry, 77 Wheeler, 79 Love, 86 Armstrong, 89 Collins
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
- BUCCANEERS: Cobb 19-68, Workman 5-23, Royster 2-7, Erickson 3-5.
- BEARS: Worley 18-80, Anderson 8-28, Harbaugh 1-7, Heyward 1-4.
PASSING
- BUCCANEERS: Erickson 21-12-128-1-0.
- BEARS: Harbaugh 18-11-81-0-0, Willis 18-11-86-0-0.
RECIEVING
- BUCCANEERS: Hawkins 4-57, Copeland 3-32, Workman 3-12, Wilson 1-20, Moore 1-7.
- BEARS: Green 5-29, Waddle 3-41, Obee 3-33, Wetnight 2-16, Jennings 2-14, Worley 2-9, Anderson 2-5, Conway 1-11, Heyward 1-6, Christian 1-3.
INTERCEPTIONS
- BUCCANEERS: none.
- BEARS: Woolford 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Wilson 2-37.
- BEARS: Conway 3-45, Obee 0-6.
PUNT RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Hawkins 2-34.
- BEARS: Obee 1-0.
SACKS
- BUCCANEERS: Seals 0.5-0, Ahanotu 0.5-0.
- BEARS: Armstrong 2-3, Gayle 1-13.
