Buccaneers vs. Chicago Bears

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 Chicago Bears 13

Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive squad is taking the high ground as a nearly immovable barrier as they hold the Bears to 69 total yards in the second half.

It was the third consecutive week the Buccaneers defense held its opponent to 13 points and unable for offense to turn the effort into scores.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Ed Hochuli
• UMPIRE: Neil Gereb
• LINE JUDGE: Bruce Maurer
• SIDE JUDGE: Laird Hayes
• HEAD LINESMAN: George Hayward
• BACK JUDGE: Jim Daopoulos
• FIELD JUDGE: Ron Spitler
• REPLAY OFFICIAL: not documented

SCORING

• BEARS: 04:57-1Q Jaeger FG27
• BUCCANEERS: 10:05-2Q Moore 17 pass from Dilfer (Husted kick)
• BEARS: 05:44-2Q Jaeger FG23
• BUCCANEERS: 01:11-2Q Husted FG45
• BEARS: 08:10-3Q Harris 1 run (Jaeger kick)

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #82 A. Harper
• LT: #74 P. Gruber
• LG: #64 J. Diaz
• C: #61 T. Mayberry
• RG: #62 I. Beckles
• RT: #79 D. Riesenberg
• TE: #83 D. Moore
• WR: #85 C. Hawkins
• QB: #12 T. Dilfer
• RB: #32 E. Rhett
• FB: #40 M. Alstott

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #72 C. Ahanotu
• NT: #78 M. Jones
• UT: #99 W. Sapp
• RE: #73 R. Upshaw
• LLB: #51 L. Marts
• MLB: #56 H. Nickerson
• RLB: #55 D. Brooks
• LCB: #35 M. Mayhew
• RCB: #21 D. Abraham
• SS: #47 J. Lynch
• FS: #25 M. Johnson

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 5 Husted, 6 Barnhardt, 23 Bouie, 29 Gant, , 37 Ellison, 39 Dimry, 43 Johnson, 45 Legette, 50 Gooch, 57 Jones, 69 Pierson, 70 Odom, 75 Curry, 82 Tate, 84 Thomas, 86 Williams, 90 Maniecki, 93 DuBose, 97 Jackson

DID NOT PLAY

• 11 Weldon, 41 Brooks, 60 Pyne, 68 Crisman

INACTIVE

• 11 Weldon, 41 Brooks, 60 Pyne, 68 Crisman

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Rhett 20-67, Dilfer 2-2, Alstott 1-(-2).
• BEARS: Harris 19-118 , Salaam 16-54, Timpson 1-13, Carter 1-0, Krieg 1-0.

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Dilfer 32-15-184-1-1.
• BEARS: Krieg 25-11-84-1-0.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Thomas 6-76, Moore 5-62, Alstott 2-9, Williams 1-25, Hawkins 1-12.
• BEARS: Carter 4-6, Jennings 2-31, Engram 2-28, Timpson 2-8, Conway 1-11.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: Abraham 1-4.
• BEARS: Carrier 1-0.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Williams 5-58.
• BEARS: Jackson 1-21, Faulkerson 1-20, Engram 1-6.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Williams 3-15, Hawkins 1-(-1).
• BEARS: Engram 4-16.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: none.
• BEARS: Spellman1-6.

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