The Bucs went to a perhaps surprising 2-0 start to the season with a solid all-round performance in their home opener. The
offense racked up nearly 450 yards without a turnover and the defense was all over Justin Fields with six sacks. The game-
clinching score came when Shaq Barrett picked off a pass deep in Chicago territory and rolled into the endzone . This was
only the third time in team history and first since 1994 that the Bucs have had no turnovers in their first two games.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: R.White 17-73, Mayfield 6-17, Edmonds 2-12,
Thompkins 1-7, Tucker 8-7.
BEARS: Herbert 7-35, Johnson 4-32, Fields 4-3, Jones
1-(-3).
PASSING
BUCS: Mayfield 34-26-317-0-1.
BEARS: Fields 29-16-211-2-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Evans 6-171, Otton 6-41, Godwin 5-58, R.White
5-30, Wells 2-(-10), Palmer 2-1, Jarrett 1-7.
BEARS: Moore 6-104, Kmet 4-38, Claypool 3-36,
Johnson 2-10, Herbert 1-23.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Barrett 1-4, Izien 1-4.
BEARS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: none.
BEARS: none.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Thompkins 2-7.
BEARS: Taylor 0-0.
SACKS
BUCS: Tryon-Shoyinka 2-21, Vea 1.5-12.5, Gill 1-7,
Barrett 1-0, Hall 0.5-1.5.
BEARS: none.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27 Chicago Bears 17
Sunday 17 September 2023 at Raymond James Stadium
GAME SCORING
TB
3-0
9:03-1Q
McLaughlin FG26
CHI
3-7
6:17-1Q
Fields 1 run (Santos kick)
TB
10-7
10:53-2Q
R.White 4 run (McLaughlin kick)
CHI
10-10
1:55-2Q
Santos FG52
TB
13-10
0:00-2Q
McLaughlin FG25
TB
20-10
4:06-3Q
Evans 32 pass from Mayfield (McLaughlin)
CHI
20-17
6:17-4Q
Claypool 20 pass from Fields (Santos kick)
TB
27-17
2:03-4Q
Barrett 4 interception return (McLaughlin)
GAME REPORTS
Bucs move to 2-0 as the defense harasses Justin Fields
Who is going to tell rest of the NFL that the Bucs are still winning?
Bucs' run game awakens in Sunday's triumph against Bears
If this is Mike Evans' finale as a Buc, it gets grander by the week
How the Chicago Tribune saw the game unfold for the Bears
Scott Smith’s official game report
Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
78 Wirfs
DL
90 Hall
LG
71 Feiler
NT
50 Vea
C
70 Hainsey
DL
91 Greene
RG
69 Mauch
OLB
9 Tryon-Shoyinka
RT
67 Goedecke
ILB
45 White
TE
88 Otton
ILB
54 David
WR
83 Thompkins
OLB
7 Barrett
WR
13 Evans
CB
27 McCollum
WR
14 Godwin
CB
35 Dean
QB
6 Mayfield
S
23 Neal
RB
1 White
S
31 Winfield
PLAYED
0 Diaby, 4 McLaughlin, 5 Camarda, 10 Palmer, 18 Jarrett,
22 Edmonds, 26 Merriweather, 29 Izien, 30 Delaney, 32
Hayes, 38 Pitts, 41 Kieft, 44 Tucker, 49 Gill, 51 Russell, 52
Britt, 77 Skule, 79 O’Connor, 89 Wells, 92 Gholston, 96
Gaines, 97 Triner, 98 Nelson
DID NOT PLAY
2 Trask, 60 Leverett, 64 Stinnie
INACTIVES
8 Dennis, 21 Vaughn, 24 Davis, 58 Watts, 73 Walton, 87
Durham, 94 Kancey
NFL RESULTS - WEEK 2
Tampa Bay 27 Chicago 17
Philadelphia 34 Minnesota 28
Indianapolis 31 Houston 20
Buffalo 38 Las Vegas 10
Baltimore 27 Cincinnati 24
Seattle 37 Detroit 31
Kansas City 17 Jacksonville 9
Tennessee 27 LA Chargers 24
Atlanta 25 Green Bay 24
NY Giants 31 Arizona 28
San Francisco 30 LA Rams 23
Dallas 30 NY Jets 10
Washington 35 Denver 33
Miami 24 New England 17
New Orleans 20 Carolina 17
Pittsburgh 26 Cleveland 22
COMMENTARY CREW Joe Davis and Daryl Johnston
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
Click on the boxes below to view the big plays
Rachaad White scored from four yards out on third down
Mike Evans had a huge game including this touchdown catch
Shaq Barrett sealed the deal with the shortest interception return in Buc history