Buccaneers 31-15 Bears (21 Dec, 1997) Box Score

Chicago Bears

4-12, 2-6 away

	1	2	3	4	T
CHI					15
TB					31

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

10-6, 5-3 home

Chicago Passing


Erik Kramer
Rick Mirer
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	INT	SACKS	RTG
12/19	82	4.3	1	2-8	50.8
6/10	39	3.9	1	1-9	28.8
18/29	104	4.2	2	3-17	42.5

Tampa Bay Passing


Trent Dilfer
Steve Walsh
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	SACKS	RTG
10/18	94	5.2	1	1-8	88.7
1/1	0	0.0	0	0-0	79.2
11/19	86	4.9	1	1-8	88.5

Chicago Rushing


Darnell Autry
Tony Carter
Michael Hicks
Rick Mirer
Ronnie Harmon
Erik Kramer
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
16	45	2.8	1	8
2	25	12.5	0	16
2	9	4.5	0	8
4	6	1.5	1	3
2	6	3.0	0	4
1	-1	-1.0	0	-1
27	90	3.3	2	16

Tampa Bay Rushing


Warrick Dunn
Reidel Anthony
Errict Rhett
Mike Alstott
Trent Dilfer
Jerry Ellison
Steve Walsh
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
16	119	7.4	0	76
1	23	23.0	0	23
6	20	3.3	1	5
5	12	2.4	0	5
1	7	7.0	1	7
1	5	5.0	0	5
3	-3	-1.0	0	-1
33	183	5.5	2	76

Chicago Receiving


Ricky Proehl
Curtis Conway
Ryan Wetnight
Bobby Engram
Tremayne Allen
Tony Carter
Ronnie Harmon
John Allred
Darnell Autry
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
4	41	10.3	11
2	18	9.0	14
2	15	7.5	13
2	12	6.0	8
1	9	9.0	9
2	9	4.5	5
2	8	4.0	6
1	5	5.0	5
2	4	2.0	4
18	121	6.7	14

Tampa Bay Receiving


Karl Williams
Warrick Dunn
John Davis
Reidel Anthony
Mike Alstott
Andrew Jordan
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
4	47	11.8	1	17
3	18	6.0	0	9
1	16	16.0	0	16
1	8	8.0	0	8
1	5	5.0	0	5
1	0	0.0	0	0
11	94	8.5	1	17

Chicago Fumbles


Rick Mirer
Harper LeBel
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
0	0	1
1	1	1

Tampa Bay Fumbles


Karl Williams
Warren Sapp
team

FUM	LOST	REC
2	1	0
0	0	1
2	1	1

Chicago Defense



Marty Carter
Bryan Cox
John Mangum
Barry Minter
Sean Harris
Walt Harris
Mark Thomas
Carl Simpson
Alonzo Spellman
Terry Cousin
Marlon Forbes
Carl Reeves
Curtis Conway
Harper LeBel
Mike Dulaney
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
9	7	0	0	0	0	0
9	7	0	0	0	0	0
7	5	1	0	0	0	0
7	5	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
55	38	1	0	0	0	0

Tampa Bay Defense



Anthony Parker
Derrick Brooks
Hardy Nickerson
Warren Sapp
John Lynch
Brad Culpepper
Melvin Johnson
Donnie Abraham
Charles Mincy
Jeff Gooch
Chidi Ahanotu
Shelton Quarles
Regan Upshaw
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
13	6	0	0	0	0	0
11	6	0	0	2	0	0
7	4	0	0	0	0	0
6	5	2	0	0	0	0
6	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	1	0	0
4	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	1	0	1	0	0
67	43	3	0	5	0	1

Chicago Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Chicago Interceptions

Tampa Bay Interceptions


Melvin Johnson
Donnie Abraham
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	19	0
1	0	0
2	19	0

Chicago Kick Returns


Eric Smith
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
6	119	19.8	28	0
6	119	19.8	28	0

Tampa Bay Kick Returns


Reidel Anthony
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	90	30.0	38	0
3	90	30.0	38	0

Chicago Punt Returns


Ricky Proehl
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	30	7.5	9	0
4	30	7.5	9	0

Tampa Bay Punt Returns


Karl Williams
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
6	116	19.3	61	1
6	116	19.3	61	1

Chicago Kicking


Jeff Jaeger
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
0/0	0.0	0	1/1	1
0/0	0.0	0	1/1	1

Tampa Bay Kicking


Michael Husted
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	20	4/4	7
1/1	100.0	20	4/4	7

Chicago Punting


Todd Sauerbrun
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
7	294	42.0	0	1	62
7	294	42.0	0	1	62

Tampa Bay Punting


Sean Landeta
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	233	46.6	1	0	55
5	233	46.6	1	0	55

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