Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 Chicago Bears 27
Sunday 23 December 1990 at Soldier Field
TB 7:43-1Q Carrier 5 pass from Testaverde (Christie kick)
CHI 14:04-2Q Tomczak 1 run (Butler kick)
CHI 6:08-2Q Davis 18 pass from Tomczak (Butler kick)
CHI 6:50-3Q Thornton 12 pass from Tomczak (Butler kick)
CHI 3:11-3Q Butler FG46
CHI 3:37-4Q Butler FG43
TB 1:51-4Q Hill 4 pass from Testaverde (Christie kick)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Cobb 10-40, Harvey 8-37, Testaverde 5-17, Chandler 2-8, G Anderson 1-(-3).
BEARS: Muster 14-50, Green 11-45, Bailey 4-13, Rouse 4-8, Tomczak 2-3.
PASSING
BUCS: Testaverde 21-9-111-2-2, Chandler 4-2-24-0-0.
BEARS: Tomczak 33-16-239-2-2, Willis 5-2-22-1-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Carrier 3-57, Hill 3-44, Cobb 2-13, Hall 1-9, Harvey 1-8, G Anderson 1-4.
BEARS: Davis 6-88, Muster 5-93, Thornton 2-30, Morris 1-17, Kozlowski 1-14, Coley 1-7, Gentry 1-7, Tomczak 1-5.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Hamilton 2-28, Reynolds 1-46.
BEARS: Carrier 1-0, Woolford 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Drewrey 3-48, Cobb 1-20, Harvey 1-7.
BEARS: Bailey 1-25, Gentry 1-21.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Drewrey 1-8.
BEARS: Bailey 2-36.
SACKS
BUCS: Skow 1-7, McCants 1-5.
BEARS: McMichael 2-2, Jones 1-14, Woolford 1-9.
GAME REPORTS AND COMMENTS
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The coldest ever game in Tampa Bay history, it being just 11 degrees at kickoff. There were over 20,000 Soldier Field no-shows because of the cold.
The Bucs were held to just 209 yards of total offense and had three turnovers. Fortunately the Bears threw three picks of their own or else the scoreline could have been a lot worse.
OFFENSE DEFENSE
LT 74 Gruber
LDE 79 Davis
LG 73 McHale
NT 66 Wyatt
C 60 Grimes
RDE 71 Skow
RG 62 Beckles
LOLB 51 B Thomas
RT 72 Taylor
LILB 99 Marve
WR 84 Hill
RILB 58 Moss
WR 88 Carrier
ROLB 52 McCants
TE 82 Hall
LCB 29 Reynolds
TE 89 J Anderson
SS 30 Robinson
RB 33 Cobb
FS 39 Hamilton
QB 14 Testaverde
RCB 45 Haddix
SUBSTITUTIONS
2 Christie , 3 Royals , 17 Chandler , 20 Harris , 26 Harvey , 31 Rice , 32 Perkins , 40 G Anderson , 42 Everett , 53 Coleman , 54 Randle , 56 Anno , 59 Murphy , 61 Mayberry , 69 Bruhin , 70 Swayne , 78 Cannon , 80 Pillow , 87 Drewrey , 91 White
DID NOT PLAY
37 Douglas , 81 Ford , 93 Roland
INACTIVE
7 Carlson , 75 Bax