  Tampa Bay Buccaneers 26 Chicago Bears 27
Sunday 25 October 1987 at Tampa Stadium
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| | TB | 9:13-1Q | Magee 7 pass from DeBerg (Igwebuike kick) |
| TB | 4:47-1Q | Smith 28 pass from DeBerg (Igwebuike kick) |
| TB | 3:10-1Q | Moss endzone fumble recovery (kick blocked) |
| CHI | 12:37-2Q | Anderson 38 run (Butler kick) |
| CHI | 9:10-2Q | McKinnon 65 punt return (Butler kick) |
| TB | 1:56-2Q | Igwebuike FG46 |
| TB | 6:01-3Q | Igwebuike FG37 |
| CHI | 5:31-4Q | McMahon 1 run (kick failed) |
| CHI | 1:28-4Q | Anderson 6 pass from McMahon (Butler kick) |
| INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS |
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RUSHING
BUCS: Wilder 19-75, Smith 6-26, DeBerg 1-0.
BEARS: Anderson 6-52, Payton 6-30, McMahon 2-9.
PASSING
BUCS: DeBerg 38-23-249-0-2.
BEARS: McMahon 24-17-195-1-1, Tomczak 10-6-45-0-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Magee 6-98, Hall 4-32, Wilder 4-7, Smith 3-47, Carrier 2-20, Carter 2-13, Miller 1-16, Freeman 1-16.
BEARS: Anderson 7-45, Gault 4-67, Morris 3-55, McKinnon 3-25, Boso 2-35, Moorehead 2-13, Payton 2-0.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Woods 1-21.
BEARS: none.
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| GAME REPORT |
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In the first game after the end of the players' strike, the Bucs gave the mighty Bears all they could handle in a game shown in the UK on Channel 4. Steve DeBerg drove the Bucs 80 and 73 yards on their first two drives of the game to put the home side 14-0 up, and then forced Mike Tomczak into an error that led to a third touchdown.
The Chicago rally from 20-0 down, was led by Jim McMahon who finished the comeback with a short pass to Neal Anderson inside the final two minutes.
Click here for how Rick Stroud saw the game
Click here for Don Banks' morning-after column
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| OFFENSE | DEFENSE |
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| LT | 72 R.Taylor
| LDE | 78 Cannon |
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| LG | 79 Goode
| NT | 94 Stensrud |
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| C | 60 Grimes
| RDE | 90 Holmes |
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| RG | 68 Mallory
| LOLB | 51 Washington |
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| RT | 73 Heller
| LILB | 58 Davis |
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| WR | 87 Carter
| RILB | 54 Randle |
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| WR | 81 Freeman
| ROLB | 57 Moss |
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| TE | 86 Magee
| LCB | 29 Reynolds |
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| FB | 32 Wilder
| SS | 33 Kemp |
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| RB | 35 Smith
| FS | 20 Woods |
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| QB | 17 DeBerg
| RCB | 22 Jones |
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SUBSTITUTIONS |
| 1 Igwebuike, 5 Garcia, 23 Anderson, 24 Tripoli, 25 Howard, 31 Gordon, 36 Futrell, 42 Bartalo, 50 Turk, 52 Brantley, 56 Walker, 59 Murphy, 75 Kellin, 77 Maarleveld, 80 S Holloway, 82 Hall, 83 Miller, 89 Carrier, 93 Sileo, 98 Keys |
DID NOT PLAY |
| 11 Shula, 14 Testaverde, 61 Jordan |
INACTIVE/TAXI SQUAD |
| 1 Tiffin, 8 Davis, 34 Wright, 39 Austin, 53 Graham, 66 Yarno, 70 Swayne, 74 Powell, 85 G.Taylor, 91 Gant |
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