Buccaneers vs. Chicago Bears

WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 34 Chicago Bears 19

The Buccaneers were in-it-to-win-it as they displayed an all-around great effort, as Tampa Bay controlled the ball offensively, defensively on special teams and in bleachers with fans on the way to a 31-7 halftime lead.

Rookie Karl Williams, maid his historical mark by returning a second-quarter punt 88 yards for a touchdown, only the second Buccaneers kick return ever returned to the end zone.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Howard Roe
• UMPIRE: Ron Botchan
• LINE JUDGE: Tom Barnes
• SIDE JUDGE: Tom Fincken
• HEAD LINESMAN: Aaron Pointer
• BACK JUDGE: Tony Corrente
• FIELD JUDGE: Don Dorkowski
• REPLAY OFFICIAL: not documented

SCORING

• BEARS: 07:20-1Q Harris 1 run (Jaeger kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 01:19-1Q Moore 2 pass from Dilfer (Husted kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 13:25-2Q Rhett 3 run (Husted kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 08:45-2Q Williams 88 punt return (Husted kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 04:32-2Q Hawkins 15 pass from Dilfer (Husted kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 00:00-2Q Husted FG50
• BUCCANEERS: 13:40-4Q Husted FG22
• BEARS: 02:14-4Q Engram 6 pass from Matthews (two-pt.attempt failed)
• BEARS: 00:18-4Q Matthews 2 run (two-pt. attempt failed)

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #82 A. Harper
• LT: #74 P. Gruber
• G: #64 J. Diaz
• C: #61 T. Mayberry
• RG: #62 I. Beckles
• RT: #70 J. Odom
• TE: #80 J. Harris
• WR: #85 C. Hawkins
• QB: #12 T. Dilfer
• RB: #32 E. Rhett
• FB: #40 M. Alstott

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #72 C. Ahanotu
• NT: #77 B. Culpepper
• UT: #99 W. Sapp
• RE: #73 R. Upshaw
• DB: #39 C. Dimry
• MLB: #56 H. Nickerson
• RLB: #55 D. Brooks
• LCB: #35 M. Mayhew
• RCB: #21 D. Abraham
• SS: #47 J. Lynch
• FS: #25 M. Johnson

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 1 Marshall, 5 Husted, 6 Barnhardt, 11 Weldon, 22 Mincy, 23 Bouie, 29 Gant, 33 Staten, 37 Ellison, 41 Brooks, 45 Legette, 51 Marts, 57 Jones, 65 Dogins, 68 Crisman, 69 Pierson, 75 Curry, 78 Jones, 82 Tate, 83 Moore, 86 Williams, 93 DuBose, 94 White

DID NOT PLAY

• none.

INACTIVE

• 13 Milanovich, 27 Austin, 58 Williams, 67 Ingram, 84 Thomas, 87 Silvan, 90 Maniecki, 97 Jackson

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Rhett 14-44, Alstott 11-42, Brooks 2-2, Ellison 2-1, Dilfer 1-1, Weldon 1-(-1).
• BEARS: Salaam 7-35, Harris 9-26, Carter 1-3, Matthews 1-2, Krieg 1-1.

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Dilfer 14-11-104-0-2.
• BEARS: Krieg 26-17-139-1-0, Matthews 17-13-158-0-1.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Hawkins 4-55, Harper 2-21, Alstott 2-14, Moore 2-8, Harris 1-6.
• BEARS: Conway 9-120, Harris 6-22, Wetnight 4-61, Timpson 4-35, Engram 2-23, Cash 2-15, Salaam 1-8, Jackson 1-7, Carter 1-6.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: Mincy 1-26.
• BEARS: none.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Williams 2-49.
• BEARS: Jackson 5-88, Engram 1-19.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Williams 2-100.
• BEARS: Engram 0-0.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: Nickerson 2-15, Upshaw 1-7, Sapp 1-3.
• BEARS: Spellman 1-12.

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