Tampa Bay Buccaneers 0 Chicago Bears 10
Sunday 4 December 1977 at Tampa Stadium
CHI11:07-4Q Thomas FG32
CHI3:18-4Q Payton 3 run (Thomas kick)

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Bell 25-94, Williams 8-18, DuBose 2-8, Hagins 1-2, Ragsdale 1-(-2), Carter 5-(-6).
BEARS: Payton 33-101, Harper 9-27, Scott 1-10, Musso 1-3.
PASSING
BUCS: Hedberg 15-4-36-2-0.
BEARS: Avellini 25-11-130-1-0, Parsons 1-1-32-0-0, Harper 1-0-0-0-0 .
RECEIVING
BUCS: Hagins 1-10, McKay 1-9, Novak 1-9, Carter 1-8.
BEARS: Scott 7-79, Schubert 3-60, Latta 1-15, Harper 1-8.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: White 1-0.
BEARS: Livers 1-29, Fencik 1-10.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Hagins 1-24.
OPPONENTS: Musso 1-15.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Reece 2-3, Hagins 2-(-3).
OPPONENTS: Schubert 7-22.
SACKS
BUCS: L.Selmon 2-19, Pear 1-10.
OPPONENTS: Osborne 1-11, Newsome 1-4.
GAME REPORTS AND COMMENTS
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All the scoring took place in the fourth quarter. After a Bob Thomas field goal, Walter Payton ran three yards for a touchdown. Again, the Bucs offense had its problems and ten possessions ended in punts.

Behind Randy Hedberg who was back starting at quarterback, the Bucs generated 21 yards passing. The Bears had been 15 point favourites in this one.

After the 10-0 defeat, the Buccaneers had managed just seven points over their last five games and were on a 26-game losing streak.

Hugh Culverhouse joked about getting the number one pick in the following year's draft. "It's set. The commissioner's office figured it out according to the formula, at my request."
OFFENSEDEFENSE
LT75 Reavis
LDE78 Rudolph
LG62 Winans
DT76 Pear
C79 Wilson RDE63 L Selmon
RG68 Medlin LOLB57 Lewis
RT70 Carlton LILB61 D Selmon
TE83 Nafziger RILB54 Wood
WR85 Owens ROLB56 C Johnson
WR 89 McKay LCB45 White
FB43 Williams SS33 Cotney
RB 42 Bell FS34 Brown
QB14 Hedberg RCB40 Washington
SUBSTITUTIONS
4 Green, 23 Ragsdale, 32 L Carter, 35 DuBose, 46 Reece, 51 Ryczek, 52 Harris, 53 Bonness, 59 Lemon, 64 Robinson, 65 R Johnson, 72 G Johnson, 77 Kollar, 80 Novak, 81 Hagins, 87 Mucker
DID NOT PLAY
5 Swider, 19 Huff, 25 Jordan, 66 B Carter, 82 Waddell
INACTIVE
17 Blount, 28 Davis