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 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 32 Chicago Bears 31
Sunday 19 November 1989 at Soldier Field
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| | TB | 7:41-1Q | Igwebuike FG25 |
| TB | 7:29-1Q | Davis 13 interception return (Igwebuike kick) |
| CHI | 8:38-2Q | Butler FG40 |
| TB | 9:33-3Q | Igwebuike FG22 |
| CHI | 9:16-3Q | Anderson 59 run (Butler kick) |
| TB | 10:47-4Q | Tate 15 run (Igwebuike kick) |
| TB | 4:40-4Q | Igwebuike FG29 |
| CHI | 4:27-4Q | Morris 58 pass from Tomczak (Butler kick) |
| TB | 3:21-4Q | Carrier 78 pass from Testaverde (kick failed) |
| CHI | 2:36-4Q | Davis 26 pass from Tomczak (Butler kick) |
| CHI | 1:46-4Q | Davis 52 pass from Tomczak (Butler kick) |
| TB | 0:00-4Q | Igwebuike FG28 |
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| INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS |
RUSHING
BUCS: Wilder 16-62, Tate 10-40, Stamps 2-20, Smith 2-4, Peebles 1-1.
BEARS: Anderson 15-100, Muster 4-18, Harbaugh 3-6, Suhey 1-1, Morris 1-(-14).
PASSING
BUCS: Testaverde 41-19-288-0-1.
BEARS: Harbaugh 24-12-126-3-0, Tomczak 7-6-156-0-3.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Carrier 6-164, Hill 3-30, Peebles 3-29, Hall 2-26, Wilder 1-14, Drewrey 1-14, Smith 1-14, Tate 1-(-3).
BEARS: Anderson 6-48, Morris 3-96, Davis 2-78, Muster 2-27, Gentry 2-15, McKinnon 1-7, Boso 1-6, Thornton 1-5.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Davis 1-13, Robinson 1-6, Hamilton 1-0.
BEARS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Elder 3-57, Howard 3-49.
BEARS: Sanders 2-39, Gentry 1-25, Suhey 1-14, Pruitt 1-11, Chapura 1-8.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Drewrey 1-11.
BEARS: Kozlowski 4-(-2).
SACKS
BUCS: Davis 2-7, Goff 1-9.
BEARS: Armstrong 1-9. McMichael 1-8, Dent 1-6. Singletary 1-2.
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| GAME REPORTS AND COMMENTS |
| Click here for the gamebook and the play-by-play |
| Click here for Michelle Kaufman's comments |
| The good outweighed the bad for the Buc defense |
| Click here for how Hubert Mizell saw it unfold |
This result led to the Bucs ending up on TV's "LA Law". A storyline had a disgruntled Bear fan suing the team for not delivering a promised play-off calibre team. "They even lost to Tampa Bay ... twice" claimed the fan's lawyer!
It was 23-10 with just under five minutes left until Mike Tomczak came in at QB and both defenses decided to stop playing. An amazing finish and a sweep of the Bears for Ray Perkins' team.
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| OFFENSE | DEFENSE |
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| LT | 74 Gruber
| LDE | 79 Davis |
| LG | 73 McHale
| NT | 95 Jarvis |
| C | 60 Grimes
| RDE | 94 Goff |
| RG | 71 Cooper
| LOLB | 59 Murphy |
| RT | 72 Taylor
| LILB | 99 Marve |
| WR | 84 Hill
| RILB | 54 Randle |
| WR | 88 Carrier
| ROLB | 58 Moss |
| WR | 83 Peebles
| LCB | 29 Reynolds |
| TE | 82 Hall
| SS | 30 Robinson |
| RB | 32 Wilder
| FS | 39 Hamilton |
| QB | 14 Testaverde
| RCB | 22 Jones |
SUBSTITUTIONS |
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1 Igwebuike, 5 Mohr, 20 Harris, 24 Stamps, 25 Cocroft, 34 Tate, 36 Futrell, 40 Elder, 43 Howard, 47 Smith, 51 Thomas, 56 Anno, 57 Najarian, 70 Swayne, 75 Bax, 77 Weston, 78 Cannon, 85 Walker, 86 Harris, 87 Drewrey, 97 Lee
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DID NOT PLAY |
| 12 Ferguson, 65 Graham |
INACTIVE |
| 61 Ingram, 80 Pillow
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