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 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 Chicago Bears 21
Sunday 8 September 1991 at Tampa Stadium
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| | TB | 11:00-1Q | Christie FG31 |
| CHI | 6:27-1Q | Anderson 12 run (Butler kick) |
| TB | 6:04-1Q | Anderson 64 run (Christie kick) |
| CHI | 8:08-2Q | Anderson 8 run (Butler kick) |
| TB | 2:00-2Q | Christie FG36 |
| CHI | 11:08-3Q | Davis 43 pass from Harbaugh (Butler kick) |
| TB | 3:30-4Q | Hill 15 pass from Chandler (Christie kick) |
| INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS |
RUSHING
BUCS: Anderson 10-94, Testaverde 5-27, Chandler 1-8, Wilson 4-3, Cobb 1-0.
BEARS: Anderson 17-35, Harbaugh 5-24, Rouse 6-15, Morgan 1-13, Gentry 1-11, Lewis 1-2.
PASSING
BUCS: Testaverde 29-17-161-0-0, Chandler 3-2-24-0-1.
BEARS: Harbaugh 20-13-153-1-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Carrier 4-42, Wilson 4-24, Dawsey 3-33, Hall 3-28, Drewrey 2-26, G Anderson 2-17, Hill 1-15.
BEARS: Rouse 4-19, Davis 3-70, Waddle 2-27, Morgan 1-17, Anderson 1-8, Gentry 1-7, Boso 1-5.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Marve 1-0.
BEARS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Anderson 3-64, Drewrey 1-14.
BEARS: Bailey 1-27, Morgan 1-5.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Drewrey 2-13.
BEARS: Bailey 4-50.
SACKS
BUCS: Manley 1-6.
BEARS: Roper 2-20, McMichael 2-18, Dent 2-15, Armstrong 1-6.
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The Bucs held Chicago to under 250 yards of total offense but still ended up losing as they could not move the ball in the final two minutes when needing only a fieldgoal to win. Chris Chandler replaced the injured Vinny Testaverde and threw a scoring pass to Bruce Hill, but to no avail.
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| OFFENSE | DEFENSE |
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| LT | 74 Gruber
| LDE | 98 Seals |
| LG | 73 McHale
| UT | 79 Davis |
| C | 61 Mayberry
| DT | 96 Newton |
| RG | 62 Beckles
| RDE | 52 McCants |
| RT | 72 Taylor
| LLB | 59 Murphy |
| TE | 82 Hall
| MLB | 99 Marve |
| WR | 88 Carrier
| RLB | 51 Thomas |
| WR | 84 Hill
| LCB | 29 Reynolds |
| FB | 20 Wilson
| SS | 39 Hamilton |
| RB | 40 Anderson
| FS | 33 Frizzell |
| QB | 14 Testaverde
| RCB | 45 Haddix |
SUBSTITUTIONS |
| 2 Christie, 3 Royals , 17 Chandler, 21 Rogers , 22 Hampton, 25 Covington, 34 Cobb, 36 Hardy, 37 Weatherspoon, 55 Oliver, 56 Anno, 58 Tiggle, 64 Ryan, 66 Hall, 70 McRae, 76 Dill, 77 Nichols, 80 Dawsey, 86 Thomas, 87 Drewrey, 89 Anderson, 92 Manley
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DID NOT PLAY |
| 69 Bruhin |
INACTIVE |
| 7 Carlson, 23 Carter |
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