Buccaneers vs. Chicago Bears

WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 09 Chicago Bears 21

The Bears took the wind out of the Buccaneers sails with a game winning 80-yard drive in the fourth quarter.

Buccaneers quarterback Trent Dilfer improved during his second start however, Tampa Bay was held to just 38 yards on the ground and 188 overall as the Bears controlled the clock for nearly 40 minutes.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Gordon McCarter
• UMPIRE: Ed Fiffick
• LINE JUDGE: Ben Montgomery
• SIDE JUDGE: Tommy Moore
• HEAD LINESMAN: John Schleyer
• BACK JUDGE: Bob Moore
• FIELD JUDGE: Donnie Hampton
• REPLAY OFFICIAL: not documented

SCORING

• BEARS: 07:15-1Q Butler FG18
• BEARS: 12:51-2Q Butler FG37
• BUCCANEERS: 00:30-2Q Husted FG33
• BEARS: 03:18-3Q Jennings 1 pass from Walsh (Butler kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 14:49-4Q Husted FG38
• BEARS: 10:49-4Q Green 4 pass from Walsh (Butler kick)

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #85 C. Hawkins
• LT: #74 P. Gruber
• LG: #70 C. McRae
• C: #61 T. Mayberry
• RG: #62 I. Beckles
• RT: #76 S. Dill
• TE: #81 J. Harris
• WR: #80 L. Dawsey
• QB: #12 T. Dilfer
• RB: #32 E. Rhett
• FB: #33 A. McDowell

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #72 C. Ahanotu
• NT: #73 B. Culpepper
• UT: #71 S. Dotson
• RE: #91 K. Wilson
• LLB: #55 L. Marts
• MLB: #56 H. Nickerson
• RLB: #27 B. Bussey
• LCB: #35 M. Mayhew
• RCB: #39 C. Dimry
• SS: #23 M. Carter
• FS: #22 T. Everett

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 4 Stryzinski, 5 Husted, 7 Erickson, 11 Weldon, 21 McGruder, 25 Covington, 28 Buckley, 30 Turner, 45 Stargell, 46 Workman, 47 Lynch, 53 E Brady, 57 J Brady, 67 Sullivan, 75 Curry, 77 Wheeler, 78 Irwin, 79 Love, 86 Armstrong, 87 Thomas, 88 Copeland, 89 Bishop, 92 Price, 93 DuBose

DID NOT PLAY

• none.

INACTIVE

• 26 Green, 31 Royster, 43 Harris, 60 Pyne, 83 Moore, 84 C Wilson, 95 Powe

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Rhett 12-20, Dilfer 1-15, McDowell 1-3.
• BEARS: Harris 19-79, Tillman 19-54, Christian 3-20, Conway 1-12, Green 2-11, Walsh 1-2.

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Dilfer 25-13-159-1-0, Weldon 3-1-5-0-0.
• BEARS: Walsh 32-19-205-1-2.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Dawsey 5-85, McDowell 2-27, Copeland 2-17, Thomas 1-14, Workman 1-6, J Harris 1-5, Hawkins 1-5, Rhett 1-5.
• BEARS: Waddle 4-49, Tillman 3-49, Graham 3-31, Wetnight 2-25, Harris 2-6, Conway 1-28, Lewis 1-8, Cook 1-4, Green 1-4, Jennings 1-1.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: Stargell 1-0.
• BEARS: Carrier 1-7.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Turner 3-63, Buckley 2-34, Armstrong 1-6.
• BEARS: none.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Turner 1-(-6).
• BEARS: Conway 0-0.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: none.
• BEARS: Douglass 1-7, Fontentot 1-7.

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