Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31 Chicago Bears 34 Sunday 17 December 2006 at Soldier Field
SCORING CHI 7:42-1Q Clark 24 pass from Grossman (Gould kick) TB 8:19-2Q Bryant FG45 CHI 3:56-2Q Jones 5 run (Gould kick) CHI 0:23-2Q Clark 12 pass from Grossman (Gould kick) CHI 5:22-3Q Gould FG38 TB 0:25-3Q Alstott 14 run (Bryant kick) TB 14:13-4Q Smith 9 pass from Rattay (Bryant kick) CHI 9:23-4Q Benson 4 run (Gould kick) TB 6:13-4Q Galloway 64 pass from Rattay (Bryant kick) TB 3:44-4Q Hilliard 44 pass from Rattay (Bryant kick) CHI 3:37-OT Gould FG25
Down 24-3 late in the third quarter, the brief legend of “Touchdown Timmy” Rattay began as he brought the Bucs back with three passing scores in the fourth quarter. But in overtime, a fumble recovery went the Bears’ way aided by a unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on Jeremy Trueblood that helped set up the winning kick.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Williams 11-26, Alstott 6-26, Pittman 2-5. BEARS: Jones 17-68, Benson 15-53, Peterson 2-13. PASSING BUCS: Gradkowski 11-5-37-0-0, Rattay 35-20-268-1-3. BEARS: Grossman 44-29-339-0-2. RECEIVING BUCS: Smith 5-24, Pittman 4-30, Galloway 3-107, Hilliard 3-55, Stovall 3-42, Warren 2-19, Williams 2-12, Becht 2-12, Alstott 1-4. BEARS: Clark 7-125, Muhammad 6-85, Berrian 6-33, McKie 5-34, Jones 3-16, Davis 1-28, Gilmore 1-18. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. BEARS: Harris 1-3. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Cox 4-74, Pittman 2-43. BEARS: Hester 5-76, McClover 1-9. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Jones 7-46. BEARS: Hester 6-63, Berrian 1-0. SACKS BUCS: Phillips 1-9, White 1-8, Spires 1-8, Wyms 1-1. BEARS: Manning 2-5.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 69 Davis DE 94 Spires LG 79 Mahan DT 95 Hovan C 76 Wade DT 96 Wyms RG 75 Joseph DE 90 White RT 65 Trueblood LLB 56 Nece TE 88 Becht MLB 53 Quarles TE 81 Smith RLB 55 Brooks WR 84 Galloway LCB 31 Buchanon RB 40 Alstott RCB 20 Barber RB 24 Williams SS 23 Phillips QB 7 Gradkowski FS 37 Allen PLAYED 3 Bryant, 9 Bidwell, 13 Rattay, 19 Hilliard, 21 Bolden, 27 Cox, 32 Pittman, 33 Sowell, 34 Graham, 39 Pearson, 46 Adams, 50 Winborn, 51 Ruud, 52 Cash, 54 Mallard, 71 Haye, 74 Green, 77 Terry, 82 Warren, 83 Moore, 85 Stovall, 89 Jones, 91 Jenkins INACTIVES 12 McCown, 29 Zemaitis, 30 Nicholson, 66 Mihlhauser, 70 Penn, 86 Jolley, 93 Bennett, 98 Bradley
COMMENTARY CREW Dick Stockton and Darryl Johnston
GAME REPORTS Roy Cummings reports from Soldier Field How Rick Stroud saw it unfold The overtime period just summed up the entire season The veteran receivers come through for the Bucs The kick coverage teams contained Devin Hester Tom Jones' excellent Bucshotz column Game notes and anecdotes Scott Smith's game report The gamebook and the play-by-play from the game