Buccaneers vs. Chicago Bears

WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 32 Chicago Bears 31

Back-to-Back victorys this season against the Chicago Bears. With just under five minutes of game play remaining the score was 23-10 and the offense of both teams ended the series in sold play

The game results found the Buccaneers on the television show "LA Law" as a disgruntled Bears fan sued the franchise for not developing the promised play-off team.. He Lost in court and the Bears lost on the field. A Great Day In Tampa Bay.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Gene Barth
• UMPIRE: Ed Coukart
• LINE JUDGE: Ray Dodez
• HEAD LINESMAN: Ron Phares
• BACK JUDGE: Bruce Maurer
• FIELD JUDGE: Dick Dolack
• SIDE JUDGE: Gerald Austin
• REPLAY OFFICIAL: Mark Burns

SCORING

• BUCCANEERS: 07:41-1Q Igwebuike FG25
• BUCCANEERS: 07:29-1Q Davis 13 interception return (Igwebuike kick)
• BEARS: 08:38-2Q Butler FG40
• BUCCANEERS: 09:33-3Q Igwebuike FG22
• BEARS: 09:16-3Q Anderson 59 run (Butler kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 10:47-4Q Tate 15 run (Igwebuike kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 04:40-4Q Igwebuike FG29
• BEARS: 04:27-4Q Morris 58 pass from Tomczak (Butler kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 03:21-4Q Carrier 78 pass from Testaverde (kick failed)
• BEARS: 02:36-4Q Davis 26 pass from Tomczak (Butler kick)
• BEARS: 01:46-4Q Davis 52 pass from Tomczak (Butler kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 00:00-4Q Igwebuike FG28

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #88 M. Carrier
• LT: #74 P. Gruber
• LG: #73 T. McHale
• C: #60 R. Grimes
• RG: #71 M. Cooper
• RT: #72 R. Taylor
• TE: #82 R. Hall
• WR: #84 B. Hill
• QB: #14 V. Testaverde
• FB: #83 D. Peebles
• RB: #32 J. Wilder

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #79 R. Davis
• NT: #95 C. Jarvis
• RE: #94 R. Goff
• LOLB: #59 K. Murphy
• LILB: #99 E. Marve
• RILB: #54 E. Randle
• ROLB: #57 W. Moss
• LCB: #29 R. Reynolds
• RCB: #22 Rod Jones
• SS: #30 M. Robinson
• FS: #39 H. Hamilton

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 1 Igwebuike, 5 Mohr, 20 Harris, 24 Stamps, 25 Cocroft, 34 Tate, 36 Futrell, 40 Elder, 43 Howard, 47 Smith, 51 Thomas, 56 Anno, 57 Najarian, 70 Swayne, 75 Bax, 77 Weston, 78 Cannon, 85 Walker, 86 Harris, 87 Drewrey, 97 Lee

DID NOT PLAY

• 12 Ferguson, 65 Graham

INACTIVE

• 61 Ingram, 80 Pillow

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Wilder 16-62, Tate 10-40, Stamps 2-20, Smith 2-4, Peebles 1-1.
• BEARS: Anderson 15-100, Muster 4-18, Harbaugh 3-6, Suhey 1-1, Morris 1-(-14).

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Testaverde 41-19-288-0-1.
• BEARS: Harbaugh 24-12-126-3-0, Tomczak 7-6-156-0-3.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Carrier 6-164, Hill 3-30, Peebles 3-29, Hall 2-26, Wilder 1-14, Drewrey 1-14, Smith 1-14, Tate 1-(-3).
• BEARS: Anderson 6-48, Morris 3-96, Davis 2-78, Muster 2-27, Gentry 2-15, McKinnon 1-7, Boso 1-6, Thornton 1-5.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: Davis 1-13, Robinson 1-6, Hamilton 1-0.
• BEARS: none.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Elder 3-57, Howard 3-49.
• BEARS: Sanders 2-39, Gentry 1-25, Suhey 1-14, Pruitt 1-11, Chapura 1-8.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Drewrey 1-11.
• BEARS: Kozlowski 4-(-2).

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: Davis 2-7, Goff 1-9.
• BEARS: Armstrong 1-9. McMichael 1-8, Dent 1-6. Singletary 1-2.

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