Buccaneers vs. Chicago Bears 
WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 41 Chicago Bears 00
Tampa Bay crushed the visiting Bears 41–0, setting a franchise record for a shutout.
After a scoreless first quarter, the Buccaneers scored 20 points in the second quarter. Shaun King finished the day with two touchdown passes and one touchdown run. The Buccaneers won their home opener, and started the season 2–0.
Per Buccaneers coach Tony Dungy ""We haven't won like that in quite a while", the Buccaneers Fans were energised and excited that Tampa Bay might be Super Bowl bound.
GAMEDAY BRIEF
OFFICALS
- REFEREE: Bernie Kukar
- UMPIRE: Bill Schuster
- HEAD LINESMAN: Dale Hamer
- LINE JUDGE: Mark Steinkerchner
- SIDE JUDGE: Tom Hill
- BACK JUDGE: Billy Smith
- FIELD JUDGE: Scott Edwards
- REPLAY OFFICIAL: Mark Burns
- VIDEO OPERATOR: Ken Dollar
SCORING
- BUCCANEERS: 10:38-2Q Gramatica FG23
- BUCCANEERS: 02:46-2Q Gramatica FG47
- BUCCANEERS: 02:00-2Q King 3 run (Gramatica kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 01:32-2Q Barber 26 fumble return (Gramatica kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 08:38-3Q Johnson 13 pass from King (Gramatica kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 07:56-3Q Green 59 pass from King (Gramatica kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 10:44-4Q Alstott 21 run (Gramatica kick)
STARTERS OFFENSE
- WR: #81 J. Green
- LT: #69 P. Pierson
- LG: #64 R. McDaniel
- C: #62 J. Christy
- RG: #73 F. Middleton
- RT: #71 J. Wunsch
- TE: #83 D. Moore
- WR: #19 K. Johnson
- QB: #10 S. King
- RB: #28 W. Dunn
- TE: #40 M. Alstott
STARTERS DEFENSE
- LE: #72 C. Ahanotu
- DT: #92 A. McFarland
- DT: #99 W. Sapp
- RE: #78 M. Jones
- SLB: #53 S. Quarles
- MLB: #59 J. Duncan
- WLB: #55 D. Brooks
- LCB: #21 D. Abraham
- RCB: #20 R. Barber
- SS: #47 J. Lynch
- FS: #24 D. Robinson
SUBSTITUTIONS
- 3 Royals, 7 Gramatica,15 Zeier, 22 Stecker, 25 Kelly, 31 Young, 33 Vance, 46 Gibson, 50 Gooch, 51 Singleton, 52 Webster, 58 Davis, 60 Coleman, 68 Unutoa,75 Washington, 79 Hegamin, 80 Yoder, 82 Hape, 85 Anthony, 86 Williams, 94 White, 97 Jackson, 98 Cannida
DID NOT PLAY
- none.
INACTIVE
- 14 Hamilton, 27 Abdullah, 34 Jackson, 65 Dogins, 76 Curry, 84 Spence, 88 Hastings, 95 McLaughlin
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
- BUCCANEERS: Alstott 15-71, Dunn 14-53, Stecker 5-26, King 2-6.
- BEARS: McNown 5-49, Allen 6-47, Enis 11-20.
PASSING
- BUCCANEERS: King 21-10-167-0-2, Zeier 3-3-19-0-0.
- BEARS: McNown 29-15-96-2-0.
RECIEVING
- BUCCANEERS: Green 5-104, Johnson 2-32, Dunn 2-5, Williams 1-27, Hape 1-13, Alstott 1-4, Yoder 1-1.
- BEARS: Engram 4-10, Allen 3-14, Robinson 2-25, Brooks 2-19, White 2-15, Mayes 1-8, Kennison 1-5.
INTERCEPTIONS
- BUCCANEERS: Abraham 2-19.
- BEARS: none.
KICK RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Stecker 1-31.
- BEARS: Milburn 7-166.
PUNT RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Williams 4-17.
- BEARS: Milburn 3-23.
SACKS
- BUCCANEERS: Barber 2.5-25.5, Sapp 1-10, Jackson 1-8, Jones 0.5-3.5.
- BEARS: Smith 1-11, Daniels 1-4.
