Buccaneers vs. Chicago Bears

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 07 Chicago Bears 13

Two turnovers by Tampa Bay in the first half allowed the Bears to jump out to a 10–0 lead at halftime at the result of two fumbles.

Mike Alstott fumbled on the first play of the game, and Karl Williams muffed a punt at the four-yard line with seconds remaining in the second quarter. The Bears won 13–7.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Bernie Kukar
• UMPIRE: Brian Balliet
• LINE JUDGE: Ron Winter
• SIDE JUDGE: Don Carlsen
• HEAD LINESMAN: Aaron Pointer
• BACK JUDGE: Paul Baetz
• FIELD JUDGE: Bill Leavy
• REPLAY OFFICIAL: not documented

SCORING

• BEARS: 02:30-1Q Harris 2 run (Jaeger kick)
• BEARS: 00:05-2Q Jaeger FG32
• BEARS: 11:00-3Q Jaeger FG25
• BUCCANEERS: 00:04-3Q Anthony 12 pass from Dilfer (Husted kick)

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #85 R. Anthony
• LT: #74 P. Gruber
• LG: #60 J. Pyne
• C: #61 T. Mayberry
• RG: #64 J. Diaz
• RT: #70 J. Odom
• TE: #80 J. Harris
• WR: #88 H. Copeland
• QB: #12 T. Dilfer
• TE: #83 D. Moore
• FB: #40 M. Alstott

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #72 C. Ahanotu
• NT: #77 B. Culpepper
• UT: #99 W. Sapp
• RE: #91 R. Upshaw
• SLB: #59 R. Porter
• MLB: #56 H. Nickerson
• WLB: #55 D. Brooks
• LCB: #21 D. Abraham
• RCB: #27 A. Parker
• SS: #47 J. Lynch
• FS: #22 C. Mincy

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 4 Walsh, 5 Husted, 7 Landeta, 23 Bouie, 25 Johnson, 28 Dunn, 31 Young, 37 Ellison, 45 Legette, 50 Gooch, 51 Singleton, 53 Quarles, 69 Pierson, 71 Wunsch, 73 Middleton, 82 Hape, 84 Thomas, 86 Williams, 87 Davis, 90 Maniecki, 94 White, 97 Jackson

DID NOT PLAY

• 32 Rhett

INACTIVE

• 13 Milanovich, 20 Barber, 24 Robinson, 29 Gant, 52 Bellisari, 65 Dogins, 75 Curry, 78 Jones

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Alstott 7-18, Dilfer 1-13, Dunn 9-4, Anthony 1-0.
• BEARS: Harris 33-116, Kramer 4-42, Autry 5-11.

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Dilfer 33-19-247-0-1.
• BEARS: Kramer 28-15-110-0-0.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Anthony 4-59, Thomas 4-53, Harris 3-54, Williams 3-53, Dunn 2-13, Alstott 2-10, Copeland 1-5.
• BEARS: Penn 6-53, Bownes 2-23, Proehl 2-4, Allred 1-9, Jennings 1-8, Wetnight 1-6, Carter 1-4, Harris 1-3.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: none.
• BEARS: none.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Williams 3-62.
• BEARS: Bownes 2-54.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Williams 3-40.
• BEARS: Hughes 2-15.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: none.
• BEARS: Thomas 1-6, Simpson 1-4.

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