Buccaneers vs. Chicago Bears

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 13 Chicago Bears 21

Lovie Smith's return to Chicago ended with a Tampa Bay Buccaneers loss.

The Buccaneers blew a 10-0 halftime lead with three turnovers in the third quarter. The Bears scored two touchdowns off of turnovers, and a total of 21 points in the third quarter to take the lead and the win.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Walt Coleman
• UMPIRE: Bill Schuster
• HEAD LINESMAN: Jerry Bergman
• LINE JUDGE: Michael Spanier
• SIDE JUDGE: Michael Banks
• FIELD JUDGE: Greg Gautreaux
• BACK JUDGE: Rich Martinez
• REPLAY OFFICIAL: Louis Nazzaro
• VIDEO OPERATOR: not documented

SCORING

• BUCCANEERS: 13:24-2Q Evans 19 pass from McCown (Murray kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 00:04-2Q Murray FG32
• BEARS: 10:33-3Q Jeffery 2 pass from Cutler (Gould kick)
• BEARS: 04:51-3Q Forte 13 run (Gould kick)
• BEARS: 03:02-3Q Forte 1 run (Gould kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 04:56-4Q Murray FG39

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #83 V. Jackson
• LT: #73 A. Collins
• LG: #70 L. Mankins
• C: #62 E. Dietrich-Smith
• RG: #66 P. Omameh
• RT: #69 D. Dotson
• FB: #46 J. Lane
• WR: #13 M. Evans
• QB: #12 J. McCown
• RB: #22 D. Martin
• TE: #87 A. Seferian-Jenkins

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #56 J. Smith
• DT: #93 G. McCoy
• DT: #98 C. McDonald
• RE: #90 M. Johnson
• MLB: #59 M. Foster
• WLB: #51 D. Lansanah
• CB: #21 A. Verner
• CB: #27 J. Banks
• FS: #38 D. Goldson
• SS: #31 M. Wright
• NB: #29 L. Johnson

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 7 Murray, 9 Koenen, 18 Murphy, 19 Thigpen, 30 McDougald, 32 Frey, 34 Sims, 37 Tandy, 39 Dixon, 43 Rainey, 45 Lemon, 48 DePaola, 50 Fletcher, 53 Magee, 57 English, 72 Gilkey, 75 Cousins, 82 Myers, 88 Stocker, 89 Shepard, 92 Gholston, 96 Fatinikun, 97 Spence

DID NOT PLAY

• 8 Glennon

INACTIVE

• 10 Herron, 25 James, 26 Butler, 41 Wilson, 54 David, 64 Pamphile, 91 Bowers

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Martin 11-27, Sims 6-22, McCown 3-12, Rainey 1-3, Lane 1-2.
• BEARS: Forte 23-89, Carey 3-3.

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: McCown 48-25-341-2-1.
• BEARS: Cutler 27-17-130-0-1.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Murphy 6-113, Jackson 5-117, Rainey 4-18, Evans 3-47, Seferian-Jenkins 2-16, Sims 2-11, Myers 1-9, Stocker 1-6, Martin 1-4.
• BEARS: Forte 5-23, Bennett 4-37, Marshall 3-32, Jeffery 3-22, Wilson 1-10, Rosario 1-6.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: none.
• BEARS: Mundy 1-6, Conte 1-0.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Thigpen 3-42.
• BEARS: Mariani 2-46, Rosario 1-(-3).

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Thigpen 2-12.
• BEARS: Mariani 3-0.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: McDonald 1-10, McCoy 1-7, Smith 1-1.
• BEARS: Paea 2-13, Bass 1-22, Ratliff 1-4, Washington 1-1.

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