Buccaneers vs. Chicago Bears 
LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 Chicago Bears 13
Matt Bryant missed an ugly, Buccaneers Fan screaming, game-tying 29-yard field goal with under three minutes to go, and our Tampa Bay Buccaneers fell to the visiting Bears 13–10.
GAMEDAY BRIEF
OFFICALS
- REFEREE: Bernie Kukar
- UMPIRE: Bill Schuster
- HEAD LINESMAN: Mark Baltz
- LINE JUDGE: Tom Barnes
- SIDE JUDGE: Tom Hill
- BACK JUDGE: Steve Freeman
- FIELD JUDGE: Boris Cheek
- REPLAY OFFICIAL: Dale Hamer
- VIDEO OPERATOR: not documented
SCORING
- BEARS: 11:50-1Q Gilmore 1 pass from Orton (Gould kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 02:12-1Q Bryant FG27
- BEARS: 00:17-2Q Gould FG25
- BEARS: 03:47-3Q Gould FG36
- BUCCANEERS: 07:00-4Q Alstott 1 run (Bryant kick)
STARTERS OFFENSE
- WR: #84 J. Galloway
- LT: #69 A. Davis
- LG: #72 D. Buenning
- C: #76 J. Wade
- RG: #79 S. Mahan
- RT: #67 K. Walker
- TE: #88 A. Becht
- WR: #80 M. Clayton
- QB: #02 C. Simms
- RB: #24 C. Williams
- FB: #40 M. Alstott
STARTERS DEFENSE
- LE: #94 G. Spires
- NT: #95 C. Hovan
- DT: #92 A. McFarland
- RE: #97 S. Rice
- SLB: #56 R. Nece
- MLB: #53 S. Quarles
- WLB: #55 D. Brooks
- LCB: #25 B. Kelly
- RCB: #20 R. Barber
- FS: #34 D. Jackson
- SS: #23 J. Phillips
SUBSTITUTIONS
- 3 Bryant, 9 Bidwell, 19 Hilliard, 21 Bolden, 27 Cox, 28 Nicholson, 32 Pittman, 33 Graham, 39 Pearson, 43 Cook, 46 Adams, 51 Ruud, 58 Cooper, 75 Steussie, 77 Terry, 81 Smith, 83 Moore, 86 Shepherd, 89 Jones, 90 White, 91 Bradley, 96 Wyms
DID NOT PLAY
- 12 McCown
INACTIVE
- 13 Rattay, 26 Allen, 54 Mallard, 61 Colmer, 64 Bryant, 74 Jackson, 85 Lawrie, 87 Russell
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
- BUCCANEERS: Williams 20-84, Pittman 1-16, Alstott 3-8, Simms 1-(-1).
- BEARS: Jones 25-72, Peterson 5-27, Orton 3-19.
PASSING
- BUCCANEERS: Simms 30-19-202-0-0.
- BEARS: Orton 28-14-134-1-1.
RECIEVING
- BUCCANEERS: Galloway 7-138, Alstott 2-14, Smith 2-14, Becht 2-12, Williams 2-7, Cook 1-9, Alstott 1-6, Moore 1-5, Simms 1-(-3).
- BEARS: Muhammad 4-38, Gage 4-32, Jones 3-50, Clark 2-13, Gilmore 1-1.
INTERCEPTIONS
- BUCCANEERS: Kelly 1-0.
- BEARS: none.
KICK RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Shepherd 4-94.
- BEARS: Davis 3-69.
PUNT RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Jones 6-67.
- BEARS: Davis 2-10, Wade 1-11.
SACKS
- BUCCANEERS: Wyms 1-10, Rice 1-3.
- BEARS: Ogunleye 2-18, Brown 2-16.
