Buccaneers vs. Chicago Bears

WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31 Chicago Bears 17

Tampa Bay Buccaneers got back to their winning ways, winning their first road game of the season at Chicago.

Late in the second quarter, the Buccaneers blocked a Bears punt, and Ronde Barber scooped it up. He returned the ball 21 yards for a touchdown. As time expired in the first half, Trent Dilfer threw up a Hail Mary touchdown, which was caught by Brice Hunter, his first career NFL touchdown.

The Buccaneers took a 21–14 lead into halftime, and won the game 31–17.

Tampa Bay's record was now 5–7, still alive for the wild card hunt and total delight of Buccaneers Fans everywhere.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Ed Hochuli
• UMPIRE: Chad Brown
• LINE JUDGE: Bill Spyksma
• SIDE JUDGE: Tom Fincken
• HEAD LINESMAN: George Hayward
• BACK JUDGE: Don Carey
• FIELD JUDGE: Peter Morelli
• REPLAY OFFICIAL: not documented

SCORING

• BUCCANEERS: 09:20-1Q Alstott 5 pass from Dilfer (Husted kick)
• BEARS: 14:47-2Q Wetnight 18 pass from Horan (Jaeger kick)
• BEARS: 13:54-2Q Conway 21 pass from Moreno (Jaeger kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 03:30-2Q Barber 21 blocked punt return (Husted kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 00:00-2Q Hunter 45 pass from Dilfer (Husted kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 06:12-3Q Anthony 14 pass from Dilfer (Husted kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 00:06-3Q Husted FG28
• BEARS: 10:35-4Q Jaeger FG33

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #85 R. Anthony
• LT: #74 P. Gruber
• LG: #64 J. Diaz
• C: #61 T. Mayberry
• RG: #73 F. Middleton
• RT: #70 J. Odom
• TE: #83 D. Moore
• WR: #87 B. Emanuel
• QB: #12 T. Dilfer
• RB: #28 W. Dunn
• FB: #40 M. Alstott

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #97 T. Jackson
• NT: #77 B. Culpepper
• DT: #99 W. Sapp
• DE: #91 R. Upshaw
• SLB: #50 J. Gooch
• MLB: #59 J. Duncan
• WLB: #55 D. Brooks
• LCB: #21 D. Abraham
• RCB: #20 R. Barber
• SS: #47 J. Lynch
• FS: #22 C. Mincy

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 5 Husted, 6 Barnhardt, 23 Bouie, 25 Kelly, 29 Smith, 31 Young, 37 Ellison, 41 Neal, 51 Singleton, 53 Quarles, 54 Palmer, 59 Davis, 69 Pierson, 71 Wunsch, 78 Jones, 80 Davis, 81 Green, 82 Hape, 88 Hunter, 94 White, 98 Cannida

DID NOT PLAY

• 4 Walsh, 65 Dogins

INACTIVE

• 13 Milanovich, 26 Abdullah, 27 Parker, 33 Vance, 75 Washington, 84 Thomas, 86 Williams, 98 Mix

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Dunn 22-62, Alstott 14-43, Emanuel 1-11, Dilfer 2-(-2).
• BEARS: Allen 7-31, Bennett 10-14, Chancey 2-9, Moreno 4-9, Conway 1-6.

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Dilfer 22-13-153-1-3.
• BEARS: Moreno 41-18-153-0-1, Horan 1-1-18-0-1.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Anthony 4-47, Emanuel 3-21, Moore 2-28, Alstott 2-1, Hunter 1-45, Dunn 1-11.
• BEARS: Engram 4-33, Hallock 4-26, Conway 3-37, Wetnight 2-24, Mayes 2-23, Bennett 2-20, Robinson 1-5, Allen 1-3.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: none.
• BEARS: Collins 1-5.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Anthony 2-52.
• BEARS: Milburn 4-79, Wetnight 1-0.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Green 4-36, Barber 1-23.
• BEARS: Milburn 2-17.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: Sapp 1-9, Quarles 1-7.
• BEARS: none.

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