Tampa Bay Buccaneers 41 Chicago Bears 0 Sunday 10 September 2000 at Raymond James Stadium
SCORING TB 10:38-2Q Gramatica FG23 TB 2:46-2Q Gramatica FG47 TB 2:00-2Q King 3 run (Gramatica kick) TB 1:32-2Q Barber 26 fumble return (Gramatica kick) TB 8:38-3Q Johnson 13 pass from King (Gramatica kick) TB 7:56-3Q Green 59 pass from King (Gramatica kick) TB 10:44-4Q Alstott 21 run (Gramatica kick)
This was as big a massacre of the Bears as the score indicates. Most of the Bears' paltry 165 yards of offense came in the fourth quarter and their only scoring opportunity was a 42-yard Paul Edinger fieldgoal that sailed wide. Michael Jordan was there as a guest of the Glazers, the sellout crowd went home happy and everyone thought the Bucs were on their way to the SuperBowl. "We haven't won like that in quite a while" summed up Tony Dungy.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Alstott 15-71, Dunn 14-53, Stecker 5-26, King 2-6. BEARS: McNown 5-49, Allen 6-47, Enis 11-20. PASSING BUCS: King 21-10-167-0-2, Zeier 3-3-19-0-0. BEARS: McNown 29-15-96-2-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Green 5-104, Johnson 2-32, Dunn 2-5, Williams 1-27, Hape 1-13, Alstott 1-4, Yoder 1-1. BEARS: Engram 4-10, Allen 3-14, Robinson 2-25, Brooks 2-19, White 2-15, Mayes 1-8, Kennison 1-5. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Abraham 2-19. BEARS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Stecker 1-31. BEARS: Milburn 7-166. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Williams 4-17. BEARS: Milburn 3-23. SACKS BUCS: Barber 2.5-25.5, Sapp 1-10, Jackson 1-8, Jones 0.5-3.5. BEARS: Smith 1-11, Daniels 1-4.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 69 Pierson DE 72 Ahanotu LG 64 McDaniel DT 92 McFarland C 62 Christy DT 99 Sapp RG 73 Middleton DE 78 Jones RT 71 Wunsch LLB 53 Quarles TE 83 Moore MLB 59 Duncan WR 19 Johnson RLB 55 Brooks WR 81 Green LCB 21 Abraham FB 40 Alstott RCB 20 Barber RB 28 Dunn SS 47 Lynch QB 10 King FS 24 Robinson PLAYED 3 Royals, 7 Gramatica,15 Zeier, 22 Stecker, 25 Kelly, 31 Young, 33 Vance, 46 Gibson, 50 Gooch, 51 Singleton, 52 Webster, 58 Davis, 60 Coleman, 68 Unutoa,75 Washington, 79 Hegamin, 80 Yoder, 82 Hape, 85 Anthony, 86 Williams, 94 White, 97 Jackson, 98 Cannida INACTIVES 14 Hamilton, 27 Abdullah, 34 Jackson, 65 Dogins, 76 Curry, 84 Spence, 88 Hastings, 95 McLaughlin
COMMENTARY CREW Dick Stockton and Matt Millen