Buccaneers vs. Chicago Bears 
WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 19 Chicago Bears 07
Michael Pittman rushed for 109 yards, and Brian Griese threw a touchdown pass as Tampa Bay prevailed over the visiting Chicago Bears.
GAMEDAY BRIEF
OFFICALS
- REFEREE: Jeff Triplette
- UMPIRE: Scott Dawson
- HEAD LINESMAN: Ron Marinucci
- LINE JUDGE: Jeff Seeman
- SIDE JUDGE: Greg Meyer
- BACK JUDGE: Richard Reels
- FIELD JUDGE: Duke Carroll
- REPLAY OFFICIAL: Mark Burns
- VIDEO OPERATOR: not documented
SCORING
- BUCCANEERS: 13:25-2Q Gramatica FG22
- BUCCANEERS: 00:48-2Q Clayton 6 pass from Griese (Gramatica kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 12:23-3Q Gramatica FG223
- BEARS: 03:45-3Q Jones 1 run (Edinger kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 08:52-4Q Pittman 3 run (pass failed)
STARTERS OFFENSE
- WR: #83 J. Jurevicius
- LT: #70 D. Deese
- LG: #78 M. Stinchcomb
- C: #76 J. Wade
- RG: #60 C. Coleman
- RT: #67 K. Walker
- WR: #11 B. Schroeder
- WR: #80 M. Clayton
- QB: #08 B. Griese
- RB: #32 M. Pittman
- WR: #81 T. Brown
STARTERS DEFENSE
- LDE: #94 G. Spires
- LDT: #92 A. McFarland
- RDT: #91 C. Darby
- RDE: #97 S. Rice
- CB: #27 M. Edwards
- MLB: #53 S. Quarles
- WLB: #55 D. Brooks
- LC: #25 B. Kelly
- RC: #20 R. Barber
- SS: #26 D. Smith
- FS: #23 J. Phillips
SUBSTITUTIONS
- 9 Bidwell, 10 Gramatica, 22 White, 24 Cox, 35 Ivy, 37 Allen, 38 Howell, 40 Alstott, 43 Cook, 50 Gooch, 51 Burns, 52 Gold, 56 Nece, 58 Cooper, 75 Steussie, 79 Mahan, 85 Dilger, 86 Moore, 89 Heller, 90 White, 93 Savage , 98 Smith
DID NOT PLAY
- 14 Johnson
INACTIVE
- 2 Simms, 12 Knight , 17 Garrett, 34 Comella, 69 Davis, 77 Terry, 82 Lee, 84 Galloway,
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
- BUCCANEERS: Pittman 23-109, Alstott 7-29, J.White 4-5, Griese 2-(-1), Clayton 1-(-4).
- BEARS: Jones 13-52, Thomas 5-17, Krenzel 1-4, Quinn 1-3.
PASSING
- BUCCANEERS: Griese 23-15-163-0-1.
- BEARS: Quinn 9-5-47-0-0, Krenzel 19-9-69-1-0.
RECIEVING
- BUCCANEERS: Clayton 6-62, Pittman 2-55, Jurevicius 2-21, Alstott 2-8, Brown 1-13, Heller 1-3, White 1-1.
- BEARS: Gage 4-43, Clark 3-31, Jones 3-13, Thomas 2-4. Berrian 1-14, Wade 1-11.
INTERCEPTIONS
- BUCCANEERS: Barber 1-23.
- BEARS: none.
KICK RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Cox 2-45.
- BEARS: Azumah 4-70, McKie 1-21.
PUNT RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Brown 2-14.
- BEARS: McQuarters 1-3.
SACKS
- BUCCANEERS: Rice 2-13, White 1-7, Quarles 1-5.
- BEARS: Harris 1-8.
