Tampa Bay Buccaneers 36 Chicago Bears 10 Sunday 13 November 2016 at Raymond James Stadium NBC COMMENTARY CREW Dan Hellie and David Diehl
GAME SCORING TB 5:34-1Q Conte 20 interception return (Aguayo kick) CHI 2:42-1Q Barth FG54 TB 3:33-2Q Brate 10 pass from Winston (Aguayo kick) TB 0:31-2Q Aguayo FG30 CHI 0:00-2Q Meredith 50 pass from Cutler (Barth kick) TB 13:05-3Q Martino 43 pass from Winston (Aguayo kick) TB 5:19-3Q Aguayo FG27 TB 0:51-3Q Safety - fumble out of back of endzone TB 5:55-4Q Martin 1 run (Aguayo kick)
The Bucs finally got their first home win of the 2016 season and did it in some style with a old-fashioned butt-kicking of the Bears. Jameis Winston had two touchdown passes as part of a 300-yard day and Doug Martin returned from a long injury absence with a fourth quarter score in which Gerald McCoy acted as his lead blocker. The defense was outstanding all day forcing four turnovers, four sacks and scoring on a safety. The only Chicago touchdown came on a Hail Mary pass at the end of the first half. The Bucs were playing without two starters on the offensive line and lost Evan Smith early in the game at center as well.
GAME REPORTS Rick Stroud’s lead story on the game from The Tampa Bay Times Martin Fennelly looks at another unknown hero, Freddie Martino The game grades - which has enough positive marks for once Greg Auman’s notes leads with the return of Doug Martin to the backfield Scott Smith’s detailed game report Click here for the gamebook and the play-by-play
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 76 Smith LDE 91 Ayers LG 77 Benenoch DT 93 McCoy C 62 Smith DT 98 McDonald RG 74 Marpet RDE 92 Gholston RT 69 Dotson MLB 58 Alexander TE 82 Myers WLB 54 David TE 78 Cherilus SLB 51 Da Smith WR 13 Evans LCB 28 Hargeaves WR 10 Shorts RCB 24 Grimes QB 3 Winston SS 23 Conte RB 22 Martin FS 30 McDougald PLAYED 8 Glennon, 9 Anger, 11 Humphries, 16 Martino, 19 Aguayo, 21 Vermer, 25 James, 26 Robinson, 29 R Smith, 37 Tandy, 38 Adjei- Barimeh, 43 Barber, 45 Cross, 48 DePaola, 52 Lynch, 53 Glanton, 57 Spence, 67 Hughes, 72 Gottshalk, 75 Lambert, 84 Brate, 88 Stocker, 96 Russell, 97 Spence INACTIVES 4 Griffin, 32 Rodgers, 64 Pamphile, 66 Wester, 68 Hawley, 71 Werd, 89 Shepard
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Barber 12-36, Martin 16-33, James 2-7, Humphries 1-2. BEARS: Howard 15-100, Langford 2-16, Cutler 1-7, Carey 2-(-1). PASSING BUCS: Winston 33-23-312-1-2. BEARS: Cutler 30-16-182-2-1. RECEIVING BUCS: Brate 7-84, Humphries 5-46, Evans 4-66, Shorts 2-38, Martino 1-43, Martin 1-13, Stocker 1-11, Myers 1-6, James 1-5. BEARS: Jeffery 4-47, Miller 4-32, Langford 4-10, Meredith 1-50, Royal 1-24, Carey 1-16, Lasike 1-3. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Conte 1-20, Grimes 1-1. BEARS: Jones-Quartey 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Smith 1-22, Humphries 1-9. BEARS: Thompson 3-54. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Humphries 1-5. BEARS: Royal 2-(-3). SACKS BUCS: Ayers 1.5-6.5, N Spence 1-6, McDonald 1-5, McCoy 0.5-3.5. BEARS: Floyd 1.5-9, McPhee 1-15, Goldman 1-6, Young 0.5-2.