Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7 Chicago Bears 13
Sunday 23 November 1997 at Soldier Field
SCORING
CHI
2:30-1Q
Harris 2 run (Jaeger kick)
CHI
0:05-2Q
Jaeger FG32
CHI
11:00-3Q
Jaeger FG25
TB
0:04-3Q
Anthony 12 pass from Dilfer (Husted kick)
Tampa Bay essentially lost the game with a pair of first-quarter turnovers, surrendering a 10-0 lead in the first quarter after
two fumbles. The Bucs’ very first play from scrimmage started the troubles when FB Mike Alstott fumbled and CB Walt Harris
recovered. The Bears were only 1-10 coming into the game but shut down the Buccaneer running game all day and the only
Tampa touchdown came as a result of a drive extended by a pair of Chicago personal foul penalties.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Alstott 7-18, Dilfer 1-13, Dunn 9-4, Anthony 1-0.
BEARS: Harris 33-116, Kramer 4-42, Autry 5-11.
PASSING
BUCS: Dilfer 33-19-247-0-1.
BEARS: Kramer 28-15-110-0-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Anthony 4-59, Thomas 4-53, Harris 3-54, Williams 3-53,
Dunn 2-13, Alstott 2-10, Copeland 1-5.
BEARS: Penn 6-53, Bownes 2-23, Proehl 2-4, Allred 1-9, Jennings 1-
8, Wetnight 1-6, Carter 1-4, Harris 1-3.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
BEARS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Williams 3-62.
BEARS: Bownes 2-54.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Williams 3-40.
BEARS: Hughes 2-15.
SACKS
BUCS: none.
BEARS: Thomas 1-6, Simpson 1-4.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
74 Gruber
LDE
72 Ahanotu
LG
60 Pyne
DT
77 Culpepper
C
61 Mayberry
DT
99 Sapp
RG
64 Diaz
RDE
91 Upshaw
RT
70 Odom
WLB
55 Brooks
TE
80 Harris
MLB
56 Nickerson
WR
85 Anthony
SLB
59 Porter
WR
88 Copeland
LCB
21 Abraham
QB
12 Dilfer
SS
47 Lynch
TE
83 Moore
FS
22 Mincy
RB
40 Alstott
RCB
27 Parker
PLAYED
4 Walsh, 5 Husted, 7 Landeta, 23 Bouie, 25 Johnson, 28 Dunn,
31 Young, 37 Ellison, 45 Legette, 50 Gooch, 51 Singleton, 53
Quarles, 69 Pierson, 71 Wunsch, 73 Middleton, 82 Hape, 84
Thomas, 86 Williams, 87 Davis, 90 Maniecki, 94 White, 97
Jackson
DID NOT PLAY
32 Rhett
INACTIVES
13 Milanovich, 20 Barber, 24 Robinson, 29 Gant, 52 Bellisari,
65 Dogins, 75 Curry, 78 Jones
COMMENTARY CREW
Kenny Albert and Tim Green
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the clips
Jackie Harris’ reception was the offensive highlight from the first half
John Lynch’s famous hit on his brother-in-law, Bears tight end John Allred
Reidel Anthony had the only Tampa Bay touchdown of the game